You don’t need to be. The first step is understanding the anxiety and fear that math can provoke. Recent research located the emotions math provokes using fMRIs.

The researchers found that “the key to boosting students’ math performance isn’t through remedial teaching, but through providing students tools to cope with their fears.” Or said another way, teaching students to strengthen their pre-frontal cortices.

How do you do that? Meditation is a great way to learn to manage your anxiety and fear.