Courage to embrace anger What is courage? It derives from the Latin word cor or from French coeur, meaning “heart”. Rollo May, in his book The Courage to Create, eloquently illustrates that just as our physical heart, by pumping blood, is central to al ...
Anger necessary for progress Is it possible to achieve anything, or grow, if we don’t get “generously angry” (George Orwell)? Anger is one of the foundations for meaningful change, evolution, expansion, betterment, progress, assertion, both on the person ...
Unmet needs Marshal Rosenberg, the author of the non-violent communication method, in one of his books, The Surprising Purpose of Anger, says that anger is "a tragic expression of an unmet need". He proposes to transform anger to discover and serve our ...
You are now halfway through the 7-part essay. Feel free to jump to a specific section below. Part 1. The taboo of anger Part 2: Culture and personality types Part 3: Anger as personal power Part 4: Anger vs. trauma, depression. What anger ...
This is part 3 of the essay on anger. You can read here part 1 and part 2. Anger as personal power Would we be able to say ‘No’ if we rarely felt annoyed? Could we assert ourselves, maintain our self-respect, our identity, our personality, our cor ...
Cultural influences Geert Hofstede, a Dutch social psychologist researching cultures, defined culture as “a collective programming of the mind that distinguishes one group or category of people from another”. In our modern cultures, probably in ever ...
The taboo of anger “You look angry” – “No, I’m not angry!”, replies with an angry voice. On the other hand, anytime we hear someone telling us: “Calm down”, we get even more agitated, don’t we? ;) In our society, we don’t like to ad ...
