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
Subtle Energy Fields – Part 2
I – like thousands of people on this precious planet – am highly sensitive to subtle energy. My home is an extension of my energy field. And so whatever enters my home enters my energy field. How I came to this ‘aha’ realization was through two flashes from my past: 1) In the 1980’s, when I first began sharing homes with ‘strangers’ (house-mates), I became aware that I have a natural affinity for Feng Shui – the Continue Reading
Feng Shui in Our Spaces
Feng Shui is the art of sensing energy. Typically this art is applied in the creation of spaces – kind of like the art of highly sensitive interior (or exterior) design. It’s about the placement of specific objects, in specific places, in specific relationships to each other, to create a ‘flow’ – a harmonious swirl – of energy in that space. The result of this is prosperity, wellbeing, harmony, joy, upliftment, and more. 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