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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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Making it stick Five minutes Under stress Clear all

Theme · Making it stick

The moment before you snap 10 Cool the body first 8 When anger turns to harm 6 The fear underneath anger 5 Choosing your response 5 What anger actually is 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Growing empathy 2 Practising under provocation 2 Making it stick 1 What you are actually defending 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 4 Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1

When · Under stress

Any ordinary day 9 Under stress 1 After a row 1 In a change 1

Notice how much of the tightness in you is the verdict you are passing. As the judging comes down, the body tends to come down with it.

This is something you can test rather than something to believe. Catch yourself narrating: he always does this, she has no respect, typical. Then…

Five minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 16:127