Therapist Faith Harper, an expert in neuroscience and anger management, joins to share insights from her book, 'Unfuck Your Anger.' She delves into the complexities of anger, explaining why it's a natural response and how to calm the initial surge. Harper emphasizes anger's potential as a catalyst for social change and offers practical strategies for constructive channeling. Listeners will learn about the mind-body connection of anger, the importance of curiosity in managing it, and techniques like mindful movement for healthier emotional interactions.
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Anger's Root
Anger originates from a Latin root meaning "to out move".
It's a protective mechanism, pushing us to act and create change.
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Rosa Parks' Anger
Faith Harper uses Rosa Parks' story to illustrate productive anger.
Parks channeled her anger over injustice into strategic activism.
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Pre-Cognitive Anger
Anger often begins with pre-cognitive perception, often body-based.
The vagus nerve plays a key role, sending signals interpreted as anger.
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The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Katy Milkman
In this ground-breaking book, Katy Milkman reveals a proven path to help readers move from where they are to where they want to be. Drawing on her original research and the work of her world-renowned scientific collaborators, Milkman shares strategic methods for identifying and overcoming common barriers to change, such as impulsivity, procrastination, and forgetfulness. The book offers innovative approaches like 'temptation bundling,' using timely reminders, and creating 'set-it-and-forget-it systems' to make change more achievable. It emphasizes the importance of tailoring solutions to specific roadblocks and using science to stack the deck in favor of successful change.
Unfuck Your Anger
Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness
Faith G. Harper
Unfuck Your Anger by Faith G. Harper explores the science behind anger, frustration, and rage, offering practical tools to manage these emotions effectively. The book emphasizes forgiveness as a key component of personal healing and provides strategies to transform anger into positive action and social change. It includes various exercises like anger mapping and cognitive reframing to help readers understand and manage their anger.
Anger is a powerful signal that you or someone you value is in danger. But in our normal lives the sensations of rage we experience are false alarms - we aren't in real peril and we don't need to resort to extreme survival behaviors, such as violence.
Therapist Faith Harper (author of Unfuck Your Anger) explains why our bodies evolved this anger response, and how we can ride out the initial wave of rage and reduce the negative effects of anger on us and our relationships. She also shows that anger has its place in pushing us to find constructive ways to challenge bad things in the world around us.
WARNING: This episode contains some strong language.
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