Manage Your Anger (The Successful Living Series) [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Gael Lindenfield (Author), Polly Adams (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 11, 1998 | Series: The Successful Living Series

Anger is a natural response to hurt, frustration, bereavement, loss, or threat. But it can also be a very damaging response, and unless we deal with it effectively, the results can be highly destructive. We may take out our feelings on people we love, we may even feel violent, or we may turn our anger in upon ourselves - feeling regret, guilt, bitterness, or apathy. Because this is an emotion we often try to hide from ourselves as well as from others, we are often not aware quite how deep our anger runs.

This audiobook explains:

• The effect of anger on our minds and bodies

• Strategies for preventing the build-up of frustration

• How to deal effectively with problems of buried and misdirected anger

• How to keep calm when faced with outbursts

• Effective strategies for resolving conflict

• Skills to help us handle the anger of others

Manage Your Anger is an essential guide for anyone interested in growing as a person and improving their relationships.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Gael Lindenfield is a trained and licensed psychiatric social worker with over twenty years' experience helping people overcome their fears and achieve new self-confidence. The author of six highly successful books, she appears frequently on television, writes for newspapers and magazines, and lectures as a motivational speaker. She lives in the United Kingdom.

Polly Adams has starred both on and off Broadway, and is widely respected as an actor in the audio medium.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HarperAudio (March 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694519103
• ISBN-13: 978-0694519101
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,801,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Some good advice, some dangerous advice..., October 6, 2005

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Kay F Gibbs (Chapel Hill, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manage Your Anger (The Successful Living Series) (Audio Cassette)

I bought this tape because I was finding myself angry all the time about something, either in my personal life or about something going on in Society. Lindenfield offers some practical knowledge about coping with anger. She falls very short when she suggests confronting an angry or rageful person who might attempt to assault you in the process of your following her suggestions. She suggests in this situation to be prepared to run or defend yourself, or throwing something. I was surprised at such a suggestion and thought this to detract from much of the practical advice she offers. She is suggesting acting out and from all I have learned this is not moving one in a direction of emotional health. While it is nice and rather idealistic to be as assertive as she suggests, in confronting others who anger us, my experience in a situation such as this is to avoid confronting the angry or rageful person, until they are able to cope with a confrontation, otherwise you could end up in the hospital with a concussion or some other serious injury. No matter how you say it to them, some people are just going to react negatively. Sometimes it is just better to let it go. You aren't responsible for changing everyone's behavior, you are only responsible for changing your own, unless of course you are raising children..

Don't be sucked in by the catchy title, but if you buy it, keep an open mind and use some of her very good suggestions to create your own ideas of what will work for you. You can determine how another will receive a confrontation.