Becoming Ronin: #75 Anger is Your Friend

#75 Anger is Your Friend

Jun 24, 2023

Overview:

In this episode we seek to understand Anger. Because anger is so misunderstood, one might feel shame or frustration around feeling angry, when in reality there are some pretty important benefits of anger. Today we will discuss the five components of anger, the appraisal process when angry, anger traps, and five ways to disrupt anger from becoming a problem.

Hopefully after listening to this discussion, you will have a better understanding on how to use anger as a tool, rather than having the desire to suppress it.

Timestamps:

[0:00] Intro

[0:30] Vision Quest Recap

[4:11] What Do You Need to Throw Out?

[9:41] What Is Anger?

[11:57] The Five Ways We Anger

[17:15] The Appraisal Theory

[21:30] The Five Anger Traps

[26:20] Evolutionary Benefit of Anger

[27:55] Wayne Dyer’s Anger Story

[32:38] The Two Types of People With Anger

[38:36] Five Ways to Disrupt Anger