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In this episode: Anger
- Anger gets a bad rap
- It covers up these two emotions
- and it is information
- Men can be angry but if a woman is she is a b*** or hormonal or overreactive
- Brene Brown did a talk and stated most people know only five emotions
- Emotions Download-No sign up needed—Originally done for Launching Your Daughter Podcast
- Not talking about rage or being abusive
- Where in your body to you feel the anger – episode 30 with Amanda Hildebrant
- First-way anger serves you
- Example given regarding your teenager ignoring a curfew or employee or paid support do not follow through on a task you delegated
- Second way anger can benefit us
- Examples in this area given such as “Angry black woman”-stereotype and seen as a negative yet women of color have many reasons to be angry
- Third way is –
- Come from a place of responding vs reacting (episode 45 I talk about this distinction and mindfulness practice changes this);
- Examples are given of what it may look like and what you can do
- Action step: Think about this past week. What is one thing (event) where you felt angry? What were your thoughts about that specific event? What did you tell yourself about the person(s) or thing that happened? What did you want instead? How did you want to feel? Challenge you to address that past event with the person(s) using assertive communication
