Anger can be a powerful tool for self-awareness and conflict resolution when we listen to its wisdom and identify the needs it’s going to bat for.
Harnessing the Power of Conscious Anger
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What is Healthy Self-Esteem?
I often talk about “loving ourselves up” through life. We know we have healthy self-esteem when we’re able to love ourselves up every time we make mistakes, aren’t good at something or do things that we regret. We don’t turn on ourselves. We don’t collapse into...
What Anger Tells Us
I’ve been reflecting on the pain of separation from people we love, on loneliness and on how much it hurts when we feel alienated from others in social gatherings. I’ve been remembering moments from my childhood when I felt existentially lonely, and how much of my...
Transforming Our Relationship with Anger
I love working from home since I live right across the street from a nature reserve. I can throw on my shoes and be out the door - and in nature - so quickly. I went for a walk after the big snow this last weekend, and I was thinking about the power driving the...
All About Anger
Even though anger is not the same thing as aggression, I often find myself tensing up around anger as if it is synonymous with aggression. I still consciously remind myself that it, in fact, is not. Anger, is the 30 second to 2 minute “whoooooosh” of activation...