Being clear on our purpose It’s not easy to negotiate a journey through anger. It’s like asking ourselves to deliberately walk through fire or through an area that’s filled with hidden landmines. Why would we do that? For what purpose? Well, I believe the purpose is always to heal ourselves, so we discover the ‘upside’…
What if our anger at a person or situation is really a smokescreen for deep, buried anger at God? (Or, if you aren’t comfortable with ‘God’- you could substitute ‘the universe,’ or fate or destiny.) Recently, a client shared feeling angry at God because for many years she felt empty inside. She had a nice…
In the last two posts, I shared my reflections on anger- how it affects us, the deeper aspects of anger, and how we can use our anger as a powerful catalyst for healing. A client suggested that if I were to write a part 3- then perhaps I could share about what it feels like…
As I sit down to write the second part about how we can heal our anger, I find myself entangled in the middle of a long-standing complex family discord. Over this past weekend, at different times, I observe within myself feelings of anger, fear and sadness. So, it is totally fitting that I am writing…
I have always had an ambivalent relationship with anger. Let me explain. When I was a young girl, I felt that child’s sense of utter freedom and abandon to be myself. And anger was just one emotion in the spectrum of feelings. Even as a teenager, I still felt safe to express my anger- at…