Last week my blog focused on anger which is suppressed or denied. But for some people anger has become so much part of who they are that they carry it around as a heavy load, to discard this load would be to lose part of themselves. So, in this blog I focus on my insights into why for some anger has become so embedded, why we can't just let go of it and how to find a way forward.

This is my first of two blogs on Anger; where I focus on those who try and avoid their anger, who feel it is shameful and overwhelming. Here I share my insights from my own journey and my work with clients.
In this blog I will explore how our past experiences can cause us to suppress or deny our anger and how we struggle to control the 'leakages' of anger that escape when we are provoked. By looking at anger in new ways I explore how we can use anger as our guide to protect us and help us make healthier choices.

Our emotions arise as reactions to events, situations, memories and interactions with others. It's said we have over 50 emotions that help us express how we feel; they influence our mood and can help us make healthy decisions. We can get to know our emotions through body sensations, posture, body language and facial expressions; it's like our bodies way of giving us information and guidance. That is only if we stop, listen and take notice. So often we push aside this information and focus only on our thoughts. We have leant different ways to just 'not go there' as if our emotions were out to get us instead of being on our side. In this blog I look at the alternative ways we either push aside our emotions, or can learn to connect with them.