Podcasts Health Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson Working with Anger: Costs and Benefits, Repression, and the "Empty Boat"

Working with Anger: Costs and Benefits, Repression, and the "Empty Boat"

Published: May 23, 2022, 10 a.m.

Anger is one of the most complex, demanding, and difficult emotions we deal with on a regular basis, in part because it has both many costs and many uses. It burdens our bodies, relationships, and the world around us. And at the same time, there is a vital energy associated with anger that is extremely powerful and, when harnessed effectively, quite useful.\nOn this episode of Being Well, Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson explore the varied ways anger surfaces, how we can relate to it, and how in recognizing what it has to tell us we can channel its energy towards good ends.\nWatch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You\xa0can watch this episode on YouTube.\nKey Topics:\n0:00: Introduction\n2:10: Framing anger relative to other emotions\n6:15: The three poisons\n12:20: Useful aspects of anger and issues with labeling it as bad\n22:45: Repression and not downregulating others\u2019 emotions\n28:30: Treating anger with respect rather than fear\n30:15: What supports us in healthily claiming anger?\n38:00: Characteristics that can predispose people to be angry\n39:40: The Empty Boat and recognizing anger as an affliction against onesself\n43:10: Recap\nSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.\nHave a question for us?\xa0\nEmail: contact@beingwellpodcast.com to submit questions or potential topics you'd like us to explore in future episodes.\nSponsors:\nJoin over a million people using BetterHelp, the world\u2019s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!\nWant to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.\nTry Splendid Spoon today and take meal-planning off your plate. Just go to SplendidSpoon.com/BEINGWELL for $50 off your first box\nConnect with the show:\n\nSubscribe on iTunes\n\nFollow Forrest on YouTube\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Forrest on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nVisit Forrest's website