How many times have you experienced the following scenario: You are sitting with your loved one in a restaurant, on the couch in your home, or driving a car, and you are discussing something that seems benign and lighthearted. Suddenly the discussion takes a turn and you find yourself in the middle of a heated [...]
My intention with this blog is to pull together some of the salient points from the last four blogs and tie them all together to demonstrate an assertive response to anger. Few of us are able to respond assertively to anger. Most of us fall into one or more of the types of anger expressions [...]
In prior blogs I have discussed two of the faces of anger. Today I will cover the third one, passive anger. People who express their anger passively usually direct it toward themselves. They tend to blame themselves when things don’t go right or when they are in conflict with others. They think very poorly of [...]
Continuing with the discussion on anger, expression of passive-aggressive anger is probably the most difficult to harness and transform because it is the most elusive. Individuals who express their anger with this style have a difficult time getting in touch with their anger and releasing it in any overt way. Consequently, it is very challenging [...]
If you read the last blog then you should have a pretty good idea as to which style of anger expression is yours. By the way, you may have a combination of anger expressions with different people and different situations. For example, you may be more aggressive at work and more passive-aggressive at home, etc. [...]
“Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.” — Buddha The next several blogs are going to focus on the Emotional Universe. My intention is to familiarize you with the emotional neighborhood that resides within you so [...]
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened. Montaigne Worry is one of the most unproductive, and often destructive feelings in our emotional universe. The feelings associated with worry include fear, insecurity, agitation, irritability and an overall sense of restlessness. The bodily sensations associated with fear [...]
Did you ever wish you were inside somebody else’s head? Of course you did. If you stop to think about it right now, you could probably come up with several individuals whose minds you wish you could read. If you are interviewing for a job, you probably would love to know what they think of [...]
Easier said than done. The feeling of fear can be and often is so uncomfortable, it runs havoc in our lives. It can prevent us from pursuing our goals, speaking our minds and taking charge of our lives. Have you ever stopped to reflect on the role fear plays in your life? What is it? [...]
We humans come to almost every encounter or situation with expectations of how it should be. This “should” runs our lives and is one of the major sources of our suffering. It is hard for us to be with what is; we want things to be the way we want them to be. We use [...]
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