Brief Anger Management

These exercises are simple and short, yet have some kick to them. Once you choose an exercise, it’s helpful to commit to doing it for a given time frame, say a number of days or weeks, and then to stick with your commitment.

Shake Up Your Anger Pattern

September 30th, 2009  

Anger comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and people experience different manifestations at different times. Yet it’s also true that each of us has a dominant style of anger. Some of us habitually smolder in resentment, other people lash out in continual aggression towards others, and some people wage subtle and manipulative warfare…

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Brief Anger Writing Exercise

February 25th, 2010  

This is an exercise that uses the writing process for quick anger management. For one week, every time you are angry, stop and make a note of it. Keep a pen and small notebook with you at all times

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Letting Go of Anger

November 24th, 2009  

As powerful and overwhelming as anger can be, there’s nothing solid or substantial about it. It’s made of thoughts and energy and it only becomes solid when we make it so in our mind. This being the case, on one level it’s a very doable thing to let go of anger…

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Letting Go of Anger II

February 14th, 2010  

So how do we let go of anger? In some ways this is a non question. We just do it. We deliberately disengage the anger response. We take charge of our state of mind and say, “I’m not going to get angry right now. I’m going to drop it.” This is a very interesting exercise, because…

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Anger Management at Work

February 19th, 2010  

For many of us, one of the most challenging places to experience and manage anger is at work. Being at work in a nine to five environment is not easy for most people, because we…

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Anger Management at Work II

March 19th, 2010  

Anger management at work is particularily challenging. There are a lot of things we can do to manage anger while on the job, but first we need to make the decision to do it, and to follow through. Once you’re ready, this post has a number of tips that should help…

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Take Charge of Your State of Mind

September 22nd, 2009  

When faced with a situation where anger arises, here is formula to help you get your mind clear quickly on the spot. The instant you notice, “Oh yeah, here we go: I’m starting to burn with anger,” stop right there and give yourself the option to act with control…

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Breaking the Addiction of Anger

July 7th, 2010  

When we have habitual anger management problems, we are addicted to anger. At the slightest provocation or inconvenience our default response is anger; we just can’t help it…

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In the Other Person’s Shoes

February 5th, 2010  

If you are in the midst of a conflict, try and imagine what the other person is going through. Write down your thoughts on this…

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When Anger Happens, Stop and Deal with It

March 24th, 2010  

If you get angry at something, whatever it is, you have to stop and deal with that anger. If you keep rolling along with being busy the energy anger is going to hijack your day, whether you are conscious of it or not. Anger is powerful and we simply have to stop and process our experience, or that power…

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