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Many of our emotional reactions, but anger especially, are influenced more by our internal circumstances than by our external experiences.

This explains the extreme difference in my reaction to the two different retail experiences - the pet store and the polo store - I shared last week.

The thing is that we can\\u2019t control the kid at the cash register, or the line of people in a store, or the weather, or the pandemic.

And if we try to control all of those external circumstances, we set ourselves up for even bigger issues - more on this another time!

One of the aspects of our internal circumstances over which we have complete control is our expectations.

Yet our expectations are something we almost never actually control! (But again, that\\u2019s a story for another time!)

In today\\u2019s episode, I talk about expectations and how they can lead to the anger and rage that will hijack our day and ruin our chances of happiness either alone or with our families:

As I mention in the video, the key is to first see the expectations and then to recognize our reaction when our expectations go unmet.

And I can teach you how to do this!

If you\\u2019d like to learn about the new program I\\u2019m launching in about three weeks - Anger, Transformed - or to talk immediately about the danger of unmanaged expectations, please click this link to schedule your no-cost phone consultation:

https://calendly.com/artburns/45-min-coaching-session

And if you\\u2019d like to take advantage of another valuable resource, please join me on Wednesday evening for a guided meditation, followed by a discussion which is essentially a group coaching session, click here to register:

https://www.meetup.com/learning-to-surf-talks-on-buddhism-meditation-mindfulness/events/vhrtfsycchbhb/

Finally, if you\\u2019re interested in supporting this work, please consider becoming a patron of the show by clicking here:

https://www.patreon.com/artburns