Rick Torrison offers three tools for managing anger: name the real emotion underneath it, move the energy through physical activity or journaling, and channel it into constructive action. Anger itself isn't the problem. What you do with it is.
Here are three tools I want you to use right now. Tool number one. Name the real emotion. Don't just say, I'm mad. Dig deeper. I'm hurt. Or I feel powerless or I feel betrayed. Tool two. Move the energy. Anger is energy. Anger needs motion. Go for a walk. Hit the gym. Journal it out. Pray out loud. And you know what? Cry if you need to. Here's tool number three. I need you to channel it forward. Ask how can I use this energy for something good? Your anger about injustice could fuel action. Your outrage about problems could fuel solutions.
