Anger

How to Be Human

Anger is often seen as a volatile, intense reaction, but it’s crucial to let yourself feel the full range of emotions. Unfortunately, women are held to a different standard when it comes to expressing anger and are often made to feel like their experience is invalid. On today’s episode, Anna and Nina discuss their relationship with anger and how they work to channel that energy into a positive, actionable behavior.

As a collective, we’ve become so desensitized to men’s anger and have thousands of ways to deflect women’s anger. Even when a woman feels impassioned about something, she’s labeled as ‘dramatic’ (or worse), and told to just chill. Nina notes that if a woman expresses her anger in a professional environment, she’ll be put in a dangerous situation. As a result, women usually mask their emotions until something tips them over the edge.

So when does anger become a problem? Anna and Nina chat about how they practice sitting with anger and finding ways to process their emotions. They also touch on the possibility of anger as a secondary emotion一it makes feel like we're doing something, but it can sometimes hold us back from addressing what we’re actually feeling. Listen in to hear Anna and Nina’s conversation about embracing anger and finding the lessons in it.

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Topics Covered:

• What it feels like to be gaslit about your anger
• Growing up with parents who had a temper
• Rethinking frustration, irritation, and annoyance as unprocessed rage
• The biological response behind anger
• Deciphering collective versus personal anger
• Validating and moving through your emotions
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Resources Mentioned:

• @notquitebeyonce
• Breaking Free from Good-Girl Conditioning with Robin Clark on Beyond Beauty Project: The Podcast

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