ANGER MANAGEMENT

One out of five Americans has an anger management problem. Anger is a natural human emotion and is nature’s way of empowering us to “ward off” our perception of an attack or threat to our well being. The problem is not anger; the problem is the mismanagement of anger. Mismanaged anger and rage is the major cause of conflict in our personal and professional relationships.

Is there such a thing as good anger?

Most people associate anger with negativity — and given the word’s traditional usage, that association makes sense. As defined by the Oxford English dictionary, anger is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances. Despite that gloomy interpretation, some anger can, in fact, be good for you. How

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Anger, anxiety weigh on government employees as shutdown continues

BY: DR. ANEES BENFERHAT (PHILADELPHIA) — The federal government’s partial shutdown is affecting an estimated 800,000 federal employees, many of whom will not be receiving their paychecks this weekend even as they continue to work. About 51,000 of those employees work for the TSA, including Brian Turner, a 27-year-old husband and father to a newborn

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