by Deborah Cox | Jan 12, 2021 | anger, cultural healing, Relational Cultural Theory, religion, religious abuse
So Many Sick People A sea of sick people. Not bad people. Just regular people who’ve joined at least one cult. I believe that bad religion, religious abuse, and spiritual trauma hurt the individual, the community, and the world. Right now, the United States has...
by Deborah Cox | Oct 12, 2020 | anger, child maltreatment, Connect, cultural healing, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships
Sibling Political Anger I just spent a Saturday with my brother – after years of unspoken anger, political divisions, and very little contact. Three years my junior, he lives just twenty minutes away, Yet, we see each other perhaps once or twice a year. Michael and I...
by Deborah Cox | Oct 1, 2020 | anger, Anxiety & Calm, Becoming More of Your True Self, cultural healing, Feel Better, parenting, Reconceive, Relational Cultural Theory, Uncategorized
Mindful anger means experiencing the emotion in an: 1. awake, 2. deliberate, and 3. self-nurturing way. Let’s break this down a bit so we can see how to love ourselves through difficult moments. Last week, I had an experience that allowed me to practice this. The...
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...
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