Regardless of how many tragedies occur in this country due to mental health issues, for many Americans there is still a stigma attached to those who suffer. Few are willing to openly address the issue. Tragedies such as Adam Lanza’s mass murder of over twenty innocent elementary school children in Newtown, Ct. stirred nation-wide outrage […]
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Category Archives: healing anger
Forgiveness and Inner Peace – the Connection
Forgiveness: so many misconceptions and misunderstandings; so many who believe forgiveness is reserved for a chosen few or must be preceded with an apology. Still others feel at times that it is impossible or worse, that there are those not deserving of its graces. And so they suffer…all of them, when healing is clearly within […]
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Kids + Divorce + Blended Families = Anger
Divorce – it’s a word that makes me cringe every time I hear it. Mine was thirty-two years ago (not of my choosing) and was one of the most painful periods of my life. Two people brought together in love take a sacred vow to love, honor, and cherish one another for eternity. No one […]
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Weak, Meek or Strong: a Biblical Perspective on Anger
The first verse of the Beatitudes in the Bible says, “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the Earth.” Like many others, I always had difficulty with the term meek. To me, it was synonymous with being weak. And yet nothing could be farther from the truth. The word meek comes from the Greek […]
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Anger in the Workplace
“One of my coworkers is so annoying! She’s always making personal calls when she’s supposed to be working. Then when she can’t finish her work she asks me for help!” Recently, one of my clients (a mechanic) complained about missing tools. “We are all responsible for our own tools. I keep mine on my workbench […]
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Joe Frasier’s Got Nothing On Me (Reactive Anger)
I was an instructor at the Learning Annex in NY City for many years. Classes ended at 9 pm and the ride home was a long one. One evening, after teaching an anger management course for three hours, I pulled into my driveway around 11 pm, exhausted and anxious to crawl into bed. I pulled […]
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