31: How to Feel Anger From a Place of Groundedness

31: How to Feel Anger From a Place of Groundedness In each of our lives, there will inevitably be someone or something that triggers in you either a burning rage or intense fear. We know we should get it out of our nervous system and let it go, but that’s easier said than done. How can we so easily let someone off the hook after they cut us off in traffic? How can we not get angry when reading the heartbreaking news we wake up to everyday? Regardless of the reason, the fallout can often be damaging. Fear and anger arise from a ‘perceived’ threat creating a fight-or-flight response in our body. While it’s not easy to distinguish in the moment whether it’s a genuine threat or a distorted thought, slowing down to do so helps create space for us to respond appropriately to these highly charged emotions. In this episode of The Optimized Life Podcast, Jess and Amy share some of their personal experiences of dealing with emotions of fear and anger. They even outline actionable steps that they find helpful to regulate their emotions and connect with themselves. Listen in as we talk about: 10:47 Amy explains how she creates awareness around her anger in order to feel it safely. 12:37 Jess relates her anger to excavating honesty and allowing it to exist instead of turning to aggression or numbing mechanisms 21:55 How anger can promote urgency, cooperation and collectivism 26:43 Jess goes deep into her personal experience with characterizing anger as an unmet need and how she’s come to express it in a healthy way in her marriage 34:02 Amy defines the four types of attachment and how most of us typically respond to anger brought forth by these patterns 45:17 Jess and Amy break down the actionable steps they are each doing to create space around anger in order to feel it from a grounded place ———Download The Optimized Life Toolkit——— Our TOP 5 HACKS that will FINALLY Get You "IN THE ZONE" All Day everyday: ———Where to Find Amy & Jess——— 🙋‍ Amy Guerrero: 🙋‍ Jess Janda: ———Connect With Amy & Jess——— ✨ Join The Optimized Life Podcast Community:

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31: How to Feel Anger From a Place of Groundedness is an episode from The Optimized Life by Amy Guerrero & Jess Janda.

This episode is 00:50:58 long.

This episode was published on Jan 15, 2022.

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