Do you or a loved one experience explosive anger? If so, you are not alone. The stories and evidence based tools in this article may help! Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. —Benjamin Franklin (This is a free excerpt from my book, The Snowball Effect: How to Build … [Read more...]
Stopping Explosive Reactions with an Intermission
Stopping Explosive Reactions with an Intermission The other day I was at my son's lacrosse tournament watching his team play on field five. As I was watching one boy run down the field swishing the ball back and forth in the little net on the end of his stick, I became … [Read more...]
Outbursts of Anger: How to Calm Your Brain
We can actually change our own brain. When our anger is triggered, it can turn into rage very quickly. When we feel rage, we are no longer in wise mind and all logic is gone. This is when we cause ourselves problems. Our amygdala, the emotional part of our brain that assesses … [Read more...]