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Anger

Almost nobody wants to be the person who says the thing they cannot take back. The window between the surge and the words is short and it can be widened. That is most of what this area is about, along with the fear or hurt that anger is usually protecting.

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What anger actually is 8The moment before you snap 5The fear underneath anger 5Righteous anger and perfectionism 4When anger turns to harm 4Growing empathy 3Practising under provocation 3Equanimity and perspective 2Anger, alcohol and the body 2Choosing your response 2Making it stick 2Cool the body first 2What you are actually defending 1
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A small child works out how to feel about itself by looking at its parents' faces. If that face was missing, or busy, the looking does not stop, it just moves on to teachers, coaches, friends and strangers.

It is part of why being disrespected can feel so much larger than the moment deserves. Some of that old search is still running. The work is slow and…

Twenty minutesWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 50:16