Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest conclude the strength of Calm with an episode dedicated to exploring seven ways we can work with anger skillfully.

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Timestamps:

0:35: Understanding the costs of anger

3:05: Never speaking or acting from anger

6:15: Reducing the priming for our anger

7:00: Reacting in proportion

10:00: Avoiding the habit of irritability

14:20: The tendency of fault-finding

16:30: The pitfalls of various kinds of talent

18:10: The story of the two monks

21:30: Know our near-enemies

24:30: The biology of slowing down

29:50: Walking away from excessive righteousness

33:00: Moral outrage in society

37:20: Recap

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