by Deborah Cox | Sep 17, 2020 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, cultural healing, Feel Better, parenting, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Uncategorized
How does anger help with compassion? Yesterday I talked with a friend who grasped, for the first time, how a family member had emotionally abused her. In about five minutes, she went from confused and ashamed . . . to angry, as she pieced together an incident in which...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 11, 2020 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, child maltreatment, cultural healing, dissociation, getting grounded, parenting, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Therapy, Uncategorized
Remember being angry as a child? Children’s anger deserves our attention. When I talk to adults about their childhood anger, they usually remember, but feel anxious talking about it. Sometimes they draw a complete blank. I definitely remember being angry as a...
by Deborah Cox | Sep 2, 2020 | anger, Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, cultural healing, dissociation, EMDR, Feel Better, getting grounded, parenting, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, Uncategorized
When anger corrodes. Wait, does it? How can you tell when your anger morphs from a moment of clarity and self-protection to something else entirely? Anger has its destructive side . . . at least Ursula K. Le Guin believes it does. I reserve the right, at the end of...
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