Happiness: An Emotional Rollercoaster Ride

This month we’re focusing on another basic emotion of the seven identified by psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman… HAPPINESS. Happiness is a great emotion; it’s by far the easiest to deal with. And the best way to experience it is to let it flow through you and enjoy the moment. On an emotional level, we can...

Anger: An Emotional Rollercoaster Ride

It’s hard dealing with difficult emotions. No-one likes, what society deems, the negative kind. And sometimes we can actually experience physical manifestations of what we’re feeling inside. But if we acknowledge what we are feeling instead of closing our eyes and wishing the ride were over, we might find that the emotion is just the...

Inspired by Anger, Motivated to Maturity

A lot is said about anger as an aggressive, hurtful, harmful emotional response to something we believe is done to us, but let’s look at anger as a helpful motivator to our own lack of activity. Below is a depiction of the ‘Cycle of Thoughts, Emotions and Actions’. When we are tired, low in mood...

The Importance of Recognising Your Triggers

The short of it is that when you’re able to recognise what prompts an anger response in you, you’re better able to predict your reaction and make the choice not to respond in your usual angry way of… A Negatively Guided Energy Release   Let’s begin by exploring some perceived injustices. Are you quick to...

What is Anger and Where Does it Come From?

Let’s begin by thinking of A.N.G.E.R as… A Negatively Guided Energy Release This means that in of itself, the emotion of anger is neither good nor bad. I’ll say that again, “in of itself, the emotion of anger is neither good nor bad.” However, it does depend on the situation or circumstance and how it’s...