The Importance of Being Angry with guest, Kylie Taylor

“Where your anger is, there you will find hidden wounds that need to be healed and grief that needs to be acknowledged” --Dr. Caroline Leaf

Why talk about anger? Jess and her guest, Kylie Taylor, MA, LPC will tell you why. 

Lots of people find themselves fearful of experiencing and being the recipient of anger. To some, anger can feel powerful and out of control. For these reasons, anger can be labeled as a “bad” emotion, but anger is often a normal, healthy response to perceived threats. It’s a healthy emotion like all others, it’s what you do with anger that can cause problems. 

Listen in as Jess and Kylie, discuss the importance of being angry, how to notice feelings of anger in your mind and body, and how to best cope with this big emotion.

Continue Learning

• Psychology Today “Is Our Culture to Blame for Our Unhealthy Anger?” by Andrea Brandt, Ph.D, M.F.T.
• American Psychological Association “Control Anger Before it Controls You”
• Good Therapy blog “The Magic of Anger” by Denise Renye, MeD, MA, PsyD.
• Therapist Aid “Anger Discussion Questions”
• Social Status and Anger Expression: The Cultural Moderation Hypothesis by Jiyoung Park and Shinobu Kitayama. Hazel R. Markus, Christopher L. Coe and Yuri Miyamoto, Mayumi Karasawam, Katherine B. Curhan, Gayle D. Love, Norito Kawakami, Jennifer Morozink Boylan and Carol D. Ryff

Produced by Jessica Warpula Schultz, LMFT
Music by Jason A. Schultz
Edited by Jessica Warpula Schultz

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