How to Claim Your Anger | Being Well Podcast

Anger is one of the most complex, demanding, and difficult emotions we deal with on a regular basis. It comes with many costs to our bodies, relationships, and the world around us. At the same time, there is a vital energy associated with anger that is extremely powerful and, when harnessed effectively, quite useful.

On this episode, Dr. Rick Hanson and I explore the varied ways anger surfaces, how we can relate to it, and how in recognizing what it has to tell us we can channel its energy towards positive changes in our lives.

Key Topics:

0:00 Introduction
2:10 Framing anger relative to other emotions
6:10 The three poisons
12:20 Useful aspects of anger and issues with labeling it as bad
22:50 Repression and not downregulating others’ emotions
27:50 Treating anger with respect rather than fear
29:45 What supports us in healthily claiming anger?
37:45 Characteristics that can predispose people to be angry
39:25 The Empty Boat and recognizing anger as an affliction against onesself
42:55 Recap

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