There are many faces of anger. Just like the Inuit who have some twenty-two words to describe the subtleties and nuances of what we call 'snow', there are many shades of anger. Let's explore some of these - to unmask them, shifting us into power - our ability to navigate our way through them and into greater joy. Frustration, irritation, edginess, resentment, passive aggressiveness, impatience, cynicism, sarcasm, pointed jokes, withdrawal, Continue Reading
Is There Such A Thing As An ‘Anger Issue’?
It’s an interesting question to ask. We typically think of ‘anger issues’ as anger towards – someone or something. As in, “I have an issue with you / with that. It / you evoke anger in me.” Often, we perceive that our experience of anger is the other person / the other thing's ‘fault’. The ‘issue’ is perceived as being ‘out there’ – held by that which triggers, or evokes, our anger. Sometimes, ‘anger issue’ is used to describe a Continue Reading
The Power of Anger – Syndicating the Book
Last week I witnessed a wave of Clients experiencing a challenge with anger – three in fact. As I shared with them several excerpts from The Power of Anger book, I realized that it is timely to ‘syndicate’ it – that is, to share the chapters of this book sequentially, here on URLight. I anticipate that I’ll intersperse sequential excerpts from the book with ‘Commentaries’ – Insights that arise in me, personally, or in relation to anger in Continue Reading
Contribution
There is a growing malaise in our culture, as more people work longer hours with less satisfaction – and in greater isolation – doing things that they know are unhealthy and contributing mindlessly to their individual and collective frustration. This is a growing epidemic – evident in everything from obesity to addictions to violence to suicide. So many people do work that they do not love, and stay in relationships Continue Reading
‘What Tension Am I Holding That I Don’t Need?’ – Part 2
I’ve been asked numerous times over the thirty-five years I’ve been practicing daily Yoga if I would ‘teach’. (It’s a ‘cosmic joke’ that I’m apparently chronologically forty-nine. I feel perpetually like I’m twenty-eight, and sometimes like I’m fourteen!) For years I adamantly, though graciously, replied ‘No’. Yoga was my private, cherished companion. As a performing artist who was transparently visible onstage, it was my Continue Reading
3 Purposes of Anger
There are 3 distinct reasons why anger arises. Anger is an intelligence. It is our higher wisdom - our soul, our 'higher self' - speaking to us. Until now, we've not recognized this. And so we've not realized what it is saying. 1. The first way in which most people begin to recognize that they are experiencing anger is this: After a boundary has been breached. The purpose of anger in this case is to alert them to Continue Reading