Ep. 30: 7 Ways Past Anger
Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest conclude the strength of Calm with an episode dedicated to exploring seven ways we can work with anger skillfully.
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Timestamps:
0:35: Understanding the costs of anger
3:05: Never speaking or acting from anger
6:15: Reducing the priming for our anger
7:00: Reacting in proportion
10:00: Avoiding the habit of irritability
14:20: The tendency of fault-finding
16:30: The pitfalls of various kinds of talent
18:10: The story of the two monks
21:30: Know our near-enemies
24:30: The biology of slowing down
29:50: Walking away from excessive righteousness
33:00: Moral outrage in society
37:20: Recap
