OK, let’s get down to some business concerning warm weather, leg-baring, soon-to-be-bathing suit-season. It’s not a secret that we ladies (and some men) really want to look and feel great for the time of year when we get out more, bare more, and need more energy.
I promised you a part 2, so here it is. I left you with some questions to answer about various things that might have to do with chronic anger. How did you do with that? If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go here and read part 1 first.
The thing you need to know about chronic anger is that it’s root cause lies in a completely different emotion altogether. In fact, it’s safe to say that frustration and unfulfilled expections are more accurately to blame than an out-of-control aggressive personality.
Do you constantly ask “where did the day go?” or “why does it seem like I didn’t accomplish anything?” If so, maybe it’s time to look at your methodology.
Now that we understand exactly what I’m talking about, let’s get to it. First, the need to be kind (without planning it) for some is apparent, while for others it might hesitantly sneak out after much deliberation…I said might.
Allow me to finish that question: Am I all that I’m supposed to be?
Probably not…I don’t think any of us are.
What we are now is the result of what we’ve thought and said about ourselves in the past. I don’t know about you, but I’ve tended to think inside a rather small box that didn’t [...]
Do you remember the last time you really knocked your own socks off with a feat of your personal best? The pride that fills your heart; the praise you get from others; the sudden feeling that you have made your mark on the world all melt into your experience like the best hot fudge you’ve ever tasted.
What is stressful to me may not be to you and visa-versa. That is why you always think Aunt Mary is overreacting when the family arrives at her home late for dinner.
All of the above are just examples of situations that can leave a bad taste in your mouth and a load of emotional dysfunction. Why do women tend to hang on so long to things that have hurt them?
We have plenty of excuses for Tiger Woods’ sexual mis-steps: “Powerful men have a higher sex drive,” says one expert; “Men are just wired that way,” says another. “If women don’t want their men to stray, they need to turn up the passion in the bedroom.” And I say – Pleeeeze!
