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It takes a lot of work to dig ourselves out of the state of chronic anger. We need to apply ourselves to various life changing strategies if we hope to actually change our state of mind. On the other hand, it takes work to stay stuck, but this form of work is darker and stinkier, we stay stuck...

If you suffer from chronic anger it may feel like a life sentence from which there is no escape. The sheer power of anger is overwhelming – it seems like we are at the mercy of our angry mind and there is nothing we can do. But don’t believe it, don’t think for a minute that there...

Take control of your own emotions. It’s such a simple message, and yet often so difficult to do. We know it’s true that blaming others is futile and adds further fuel to the fire, and yet we lose our cool over and over and put our emotional control in the hands of someone else. In...

There is nothing more healing, more profound, than basic human kindness. Kindness is an ocean of goodness that will sweep away all of the world’s problems in a single wave. If we were all to embrace this loving feeling, the entire world would lift up to a higher level. Even though that is...

Patience is the virtue that produces peace. This wise saying holds a key to anger management success. And although it is not easy to be patient if we struggle with anger, with practice over time we can gradually learn this eminently helpful habit of mind. Just as we learned to be angry, we can...

If you get angry and then don’t do something effective and helpful, it’s just bringing you and others down. Get angry if you must, but then do something to change the situation. Don’t sit and stew in anger, and don’t lash out in an aggressive fit, creating a solid wall...

Let’s be honest, anger is endemic in our society, yet anger management is not widely utilized. Anger management is still stigmatized, it’s still somewhat on the fringes of mainstream psychology and self help. This is unfortunate because learning to better manage your anger is...

Anger management is most successful when we have a deep commitment to change. I’m talking about the kind of commitment that is solid like a mountain and blazing like a fire. This is possible with anger because we can channel all that angry energy into an unshakable conviction for good....

Anger comes along into our life and does its damage and then we wake up and do something about it. It takes us hurting ourself or someone else before we get it that we can’t continue on this way any longer. Then we make a commitment to change and we do our best, but very often anger...

Anger management is not a sexy topic, and not one we want to share with our friends, “Hey, I found this terrific anger management website, check it out!” But on the other hand, if we have discovered a path of learning to better manage our anger, that is certainly a cause for...