How Can You Transform Your Anger Into Strength?

Apply Compassionate Reframing

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Do you have anger issues?

Is your anger affecting your relationships and escalating hostility?

You are not alone!

Anger is one of the most intense and challenging emotions we humans experience. The reasons would be anything — it can arise from the feeling of injustice, frustration, or perceived threats to your well-being.

Whether the anger manifests in ourselves or others, it has the potential to create division, escalate conflicts, and affect relationships.

However, anger does not have to control us. We shouldn’t let anger take over our emotions.

But how can we prevent it? It can be done by utilizing compassion — specifically, compassionate reframing — we can transform anger into an opportunity for deeper understanding, connection, and positive change.

Before practicing compassionate reframing, let’s first understand anger and its origins.

Anger and its Origins

Anger is a reaction to an appraisal — a mental assessment of a situation that threatens something we value. However, situations sometimes do not inherently have meanings: we assign meaning based on our…