32: Anger and Co Part 2

The Way Forward

ANGER AND CO PART 2.

Anger is a very visceral emotion, I bet just thinking about anger can bring on that feeling of things bubbling over into arguments, misunderstandings and even fights.

I see anger as a red-light warning that there is something going on underneath the anger – and researchers are split on whether it is a primary or secondary emotion. Luckily the tools and techniques to processing anger in a healthy way don’t rely on the category it falls in to.

One of Anger’s near neighbours is Contempt (and that requires a pinch of disgust) so we are going to put it under the microscope to find out why we so often go there.

(If you haven’t listened to Anger and Co Part1 it’s really beneficial to start from there and listen in sequence to the Episodes to extract the most from them)

So today I am going to walk you through the following:

What contempt is and how it physically feels

Why contempt focuses on the inadequacy of others

How creating a superiority/inferiority dynamic is damaging

What external actions signal our contempt

How contempt signals a need to reframe

How contempt and anger on a chronic basis lead to physical ill health

Why repeatedly processing anger with contempt damages mental health.

You’ll leave with:

The confidence to correctly identify contempt

The skills to utilise the right tools from your emotional backpack to remedy it

Higher level of Emotional Literacy

Remedies for frequently frequented contempt pitfalls

Ways to use contempt to provoke healthy change

With Love and Empowerment

X Fliss X

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