Smothering The Fire Of Anger

For some people it is not easy to avoid those first few moments of a heated exchange. But there are ways of making sure it won’t escalate into something we all regret. The first thing to do is to stop talking and move well away from the person who has triggered your anger.  Otherwise you [...]

Resisting Angry Thoughts

In earlier posts we looked at logical reasons for challenging our anger.  Now we’ll explore how to train the mind to be resistant, to intrusions of angry thoughts. We can do this by developing calmness, the very opposite of agitation and rage.  How can we bring this about? The tremendous power of affirmations has been [...]