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Blamers: how to deal with challenging people
Blamers are people who are unwilling or unable to show empathy in situations which they find emotionally uncomfortable. They choose instead to pass their discomfort on by laying the responsibility (the blame) for the situation with others. They decide that 'everyone...
Does Negative Self Talk make you angry with yourself?
Does Negative Self Talk make you angry with yourself? Worrying excessively about a future event? Are you creating negative scenarios about the outcome of this event? Do you sometimes become angry with yourself for not being able to deal...
Is your inner child angry?
Are there situations which make your inner child angry frightened with an emotion which you don't understand? As a child you need to see good emotional self care strategies modeled by carers..So if your care givers were distracted by their own unmet needs it's less...
Can wood bathing calm your anger and stress?
Does your anger make you irritated, annoyed or stressed quickly and often? Do you need to get up, move around and maybe get some fresh air? Perhaps spending time in nature would help. Wood Bathing Have you heard of ‘wood bathing’? This was developed in Japan in the...
Is ‘Controlling Your Anger’ the answer?
I believe that the idea of 'controlling your anger' is a misconception. It suggests that anger is negative. Anger is neither good nor bad. Think about it as a message from your body about how it thinks you should respond to a given situation. Problems arise when you...