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Refocusing Anger for Growth & Empowerment |
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r-a-g-e workshops for women in London  Anger is a natural, healthy emotion so why is feeling angry sometimes such a challenge for a woman? This workshop goes beyond the territory most anger management groups and courses provide. The thinking behind Anger Management suggests that somehow it is wrong to feel angry and that it is a dangerous emotion and should be controlled, whereas r-a-g-e workshops for women highlights the advantages and strengths in tapping into the power of anger and refocusing that energy into positive action. We can feel safer exploring our unique feminine experiences in depth in a space without men present but most of all women together have much more fun!  How would it be if we learnt to see our anger as a helpful, life giving emotion that can flow freely and give us energy to move forward creatively with our lives?  Anger is simply an emotion, yet it is often confused with aggressive behaviour, but they are not the same. Once we understand that aggression is a learned behaviour and is neither the only, nor the most effective way of expressing anger, we can start to make choices about how we respond when we feel angry.  Suppressing anger takes a lot of energy and women tend to do this more than men. Women are often taught from an early age that expressing anger is both unfeminine and unwelcome so our opportunities to experiment with anger are limited and often met by a negative response. By getting to know our anger better and find strength in this healthy emotion, we can start to grow.  Relationships are valuable, yet the fear of losing them or upsetting someone close to us can hold us back from saying what we mean. By not communicating honestly, we can end up staying in situations that are damaging us or increasing our frustration. Alternatively we may turn the pain we feel back on ourselves or onto others in a harmful way and find relationships difficult to sustain. Once we can learn to identify our needs and express these clearly and directly we can regain our confidence in effectively resolving conflicts and setting our personal boundaries. This in turn empowers us to exercise choice in who we wish to be in relationship with and learn to maintain only healthy, nurturing relationships and have the strength to leave behind those that no longer serve us.
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