AngerCoach Show – Episode #9 – Managing Expectations
This months episode discusses the benefits of managing your expectations. Learn what your expectations are, where they come from and understand how the world around us influences our expectations. When we understand these things, then we can better adjust what our expectations are when it comes to our lives, our relationships, our families, our possessions…
Tips for Coping with Financial Pressures
Guest Article by Courtney Phillips: These days, it’s hard not to notice the state of the economy. Whether you are directly affected by the current situation, it’s hard not to let financial worries crop up from time to time. However, for some people these concerns can be quite bothersome and can cause much unnecessary stress…
Federal Employees need Anger Management Too Sometimes
I recently received a referral from an employee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS employees often face very stressful situations, depending on their job function and can find learning skills in anger management to be extremely helpful. Homeland security is one of our nations top priorities and therefore can be an equation for…
Cell Phone Use Increases Stress
From The American Institute Of Stress: “One might think that cell phones would reduce stress by facilitating contacting someone in an emergency or transmitting time urgent information but a recent study suggests otherwise. A sociology professor who followed more than 1300 people found that those who regularly used cell phones or pagers “experienced an increase…
Holiday Stress Leads to Anger
Learning to deal with stress is one of the eight tools that is needed for anger control. Learning to deal with holiday stress is even more challenging because of the time crunch around the holidays and the need to deal with relatives who might not always be exactly at the top of your Christmas list….
Aggressive Response Triggers More Road Rage
According to new research published by the Response Insurance Company: Fully one-half of drivers who are subjected to aggressive driving behavior on the road respond with aggression of their own, thus risking a more serious confrontation. when a driver gets the finger, is cut off or tailgated, 50% of the victims respond with horn honking,…
Anger Tip- Don’t take sides
You may have noticed that your friends – or relatives – often try to enlist you on their side in conflicts they have with other people. Getting caught in the middle can be VERY stressful for you. Stay neutral, if you can, in office politics, family squabbles and interpersonal bickering. It’ll save you a world…
The AngerCoach Show – Episode 2 Aggressive Driving & Road Rage
This month’s episode deals with aggressive driving and road rage. Aggressive driving not only endangers people’s lives, but puts immense stress on our relationships with others. We talk about practical ways individuals can reduce stress and calm down while on the road, as well as ways of mitigating road related disagreements. We host Dr. Leon…
Angry Mom Kills Child
The costs of uncontrolled anger are high, as illustrated in the following tragic story reported in the 11Alive.com website in Atlanta: “Atlanta police said a Fulton County woman confessed to killing her 2-year-old daughter during a fit of anger. Investigators said 29-year-old Shandrell Banks told police that she became frustrated when her daughter, Nateyonna, would…
Reduce Anger by Asserting Yourself
This holiday season, you may find yourself in groups or gatherings that make you feel uncomfortable. Sometime you can change it without offending anyone, yet standing up for our rights or opinions. We call this “assertive communication.” When the tone of a social gathering becomes too confrontational, negative, lewd, insensitive, prejudiced, or otherwise distasteful, you…
Startlines can reduce stress
Forget about deadlines. How about startlines? For a society so obsessed with when a project gets finished,we’re curiously all too casual about when to get it started. And that can be the most critical factor of all. Which may explain why so many deadlines aren’t met. Instead of stressing over when something is due, focus…
Anger At Work Linked To Stress
Some people say they know just what to do when their jobs becoming too stressful, but others feel stuck and frustrated. There are tears and confrontations which can lead to poor productivity, abuse of sick days, stealing supplies, and irritability or depression. Sometimes the stress and anger are due to home problems which the employee…
A Case Of Turkey Rage
News item: “27-year-old Vermont resident Steven J. Lapre is claiming that he is being made an example of after being accused of running over and killing a wild turkey as he was driving to his anger management class. He asked at his arraignment, “How many citations do they hand out for all the dead deer…
Aggressive Driving Has High Costs
News item: “A 32-year-old Payson man learned that lesson the hard way Sunday. He was driving down a street in Orem (Utah) with his wife and children when he exchanged angry words with a local man. The Orem man pursued the family and tailgated their Chevy Suburban. In the heat of the moment, the Payson…
Anger May Trigger Heart Problems
If you have heart problems and are on a ventricular fibrillator, try to stay calm! Boston researchers are reporting that bursts of anger may trigger potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbances. The hotter the temper, the higher the risk appears of ventricular fibrillation. “The old conventional wisdom is that, if you know someone has a heart…