Awakening From Your Anger — A Rebranding.

For those of you who follow my writings, you will know that I have not been very active for a year or so. In many respects I had said what I wanted to say about the human side of global warming, and I cannot say that I have had much impact. I do recognize that people appreciate my blog posts but I am wanting a better way to utilize my skills.

More recently I have been very active in attempting to promote my two books (see below). I indicated in an earlier post that, based on a series of independent reviews, I had received very positive feedback on the two books, and thus believe that it to be very important to gain wider distribution. As a result, I have spent a considerable amount of money in the effort of attracting a major publisher, again with little success.

In considering what to do, and in discussion with friends, I believe the dominant theme of our culture to be what we (my friends and I) have called anxious anger, especially in the USA but also in Canada. Many, many people seem to feel both powerless and angry at the inefficiency and dehumanizing of our culture, much of which is expressed in the extensive polarization of conflicted situations. Yet such conflict does not yield to effective action. Note the current status of US politics.

Anger per se is an emotion of unresolved conflict. It is one of the most dangerous of emotions yet can also be the most useful of emotions if combined with effective conflict management. My forte is emotional management, especially the management of conflict. I can be a resource to leadership but leadership per se is not my forte. I am a teacher and a healer; I can work well with others where my skills are useful.

Thus I have decided to rebrand this blog and focus on the teaching of how to manage anger and conflict effectively. More importantly, I will be focusing on the process of living more effectively and more authentically. In my experience, this leads to a greater ability to cooperate and contribute — we need this.

In about a week, I will change both the name and the web address of this blog to Awakening From Your Anger, www.AwakeningFromYourAnger.com (likely — I cannot guarantee the name until I actually change it). It should be an easy transition in which the old posts and subscribers are imported to the new site; that is my hope yet technological glitches may occur.

If you are interested in following my writings, check out the new site. Just before making the transfer, I will send a post indicating the change and just after I will send an additional post, hoping this second post will reach subscribers. If you do not receive both posts and are still interested in following my writings, please re-subscribe. In any event, subscribe if my blog interests you.

Thanks.

Dave MacQuarrie.

Incientally, if you are interested in my two books Blowing Out the Darkness: The Management of Emotional Life Issues, Especially Anger and Rage and Acedia, the Darkness Within, and the darkness of Climate Change, they are now available in a variety of formats: hardcover, paperback, kindle, and audiobook.

It may be confusing to find them though, partly because there has been considerable rebranding of them as well. Other than being updated to 2023, the content remains the same.

There are still a few of the original AuthorHouse publications circulating. These have the original covers and have not been updated.

The books published by Ewings Publishing LLC include hardcover, paperback and audiobook formats (the audiobooks are in the final stages of production). These have the original covers and have been updated. The easiest source is Amazon.com.

The books published by Stellar Publishing include hardcover and paperback formats (currently in the final stages of production). These have the new cover designs and have been updated. The easiest source is Amazon.com.