Therapist Faith Harper's first tip for regulating our anger is to take advantage of an important feature of anger. When we experience a small violation of our needs or expectations, we usually don't jump into full, wholless, bile explosion mode. We really struggle socially to let men have a wide range of emotional experiences. iHeartMedia gives you access to all, every audio company, and every audience that you have,. The best thing for us to do is to build a relationship with our consumers.
Achilles has anger issues. The great Greek warrior sits out most of the Trojan War because he's angrily sulking. When he finally enters battle, he does so in a fit of rage that causes him to commit atrocities and bring dishonor on himself.
So what can we learn from this angry character in Homer's epic poem, The Iliad? With the help of Harvard classics expert Greg Nagy and anger counsellor Dr Faith Harper, we look at how anger can creep up on us and what we can do to defuse this sometimes explosive emotion.
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