Why is everyone so angry? Actually, a better question is what is everyone so angry about?
Anger gets a bad rap. Not because of what anger is - an intelligent, natural, normal human emotion that shows up for a reason. Like all our other feelings, anger is simply a messenger telling us that something is not right. Anger gets a bad rap because of how we mismanage it.
Anger is not neutral. Left to its own devices, it will cause us to go on the attack. We will attack others (blame, scapegoat), the situation (this is bad, this shouldn't be happening), or ourselves (guilt, shame).
When anger becomes our armour, it hardens the heart. When anger gets stuck or is left unaddressed, it creates distance and inner turmoil. When anger is unchecked, it scorches relationships, sabotages peace and leaves us feeling regretful and out of control.
We need ways to release its grip.
Cooling the anger means learning how to hold and express our anger without allowing it to burn us or those around us. It means slowing down enough, becoming aware and mindful enough to listen to what it's trying to say. Beneath the heat, there is almost always something more tender that needs our loving attention - fear, hurt, a boundary crossed, a need unmet.
Join me to learn about tools we can use to cool the anger, to pause, and to move through it in ways that restore connection to ourselves and to others.
This series is presented by Caroline Kohn, LL.B, RPC, MPCC. Caroline is a Public Speaker who has offered services in Psychological Counselling and Consulting for over 30 years. These talks are her reflections from her professional and personal experience.
The series is presented mostly in English, but Caroline takes questions and comments in French.
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