Toddler tantrums. Screaming teens. Work stress. Emotional labor. These are just a few things that can spark a parent's outrage. Yet societal messages can make anger seem problematic rather than ...
In our previous post, we discussed anger as pollution-ridden motivating energy, like coal, and we discussed the immediate hand-burning downside of holding on to the hot coal of anger. Anger gives us ...
Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, ...