Category: Email Anger Program
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Ghosts
Everyone struggles with ghosts, usually the residue of our childhood or other significant emotional traumas. These are resolvable — if we will do the work. In my case, the ghost has been the disappointments wherein I have attempted to promote myself, either through my workshops or my books. I sincerely believe that the skills and…
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Transforming Anger into Emotional Resilience
There have been a number of posts show up in my email this past week that remind me of the need for this blog. In a recent post, Jack Kornfield, a noted American Buddhist, writes “When self-righteous anger arises, we can let it go. Retaining our own fierce clarity, we too can seek justice, yet do…
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Anger #31 Loose Ends And Final Comments
Comment: The final email. Hopefully you have gained from this program. I wish you well! MacQuarrie Email Program — Loose Ends and Final Comments Congratulations. You have completed the thirty emails of this program. I know that this has required a lot of work on your part. I also hope that it has been an effective…
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Anger #30 Dealing With Other Angry People
Comment: Angry people tend to attract angry responses, likely from other angry people. If you are to live otherwise, you will need to know how to respond to other’s who are angry. MacQuarrie Email Program #30 — Dealing With Other Angry People In Email #01, I indicated your anger will tell you there is a…
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Anger #29 Responding To Children
Comment: Child discipline is fraught with ‘shoulds,’ and thus a place of major difficulty. Child discipline is more accurately discipline of the parent so as to provide consistency and nurturing. MacQuarrie Email Program #29 — Responding To Children I chose this topic as part of the program because children are a part of the lives…
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Anger #28 Intimacy And Relationship
Comment: In some fashion, we all want intimacy, but we are unwilling to risk, and thus we shift to psychological games with predictable negative outcomes. “Here we go again!” Sad. MacQuarrie Email Program #28 — Intimacy and Relationship A friend of mine, a cultural anthropologist, asked approximately 40,000 people how they wanted to live their…
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Anger #27 Conflict And Resolving Difficulties
Comment: Very few people like conflict — however it is a major underlying feature of relationship. For trust to build, conflict needs resolution. MacQuarrie Email Program #27 — Conflict and Resolving Difficulties The task for this email is to explore how you handle difficulties. Please reflect on the following: The resolution of difficulties is a…
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Anger #26 The Message Of Your Anger
Comment: Having established safety for all, the next most important aspect is to distinguish whether the issue is me, or my relationship with others. And then get on with resolving the issues. MacQuarrie Email Program #26 — The Message of Your Anger In the previous emails, I dealt with Safety and Energy. Here we will…
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Anger #25 — Managing Yourself While Angry
Comment: I cannot emphasize enough — the primary issue of emotional management is Safety! Everyone must be safe, and idealy everyone must feel safe (Security). MacQuarrie Email Program #25 — Managing Yourself While Angry In the next two emails, I am going to expand upon the concepts developed in Emails #07 and #08, the process…
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Anger #24r The Third Set Of Emails
Comment: We are getting close to the end of the series; I hope you are gaining benefit from it. MacQuarrie Email Review #03 — The Third Set of Emails From my perspective, the past eight emails (#17-#24) have included important topics: blocks to awareness, and why we avoid knowing and living values (rather than beliefs)…
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