181 - Feeling Anger Rising? These 3 Exercises Can Stop It in Its Tracks

181 - Feeling Anger Rising? These 3 Exercises Can Stop It in Its Tracks

From Anger Secrets by Alastair Duhs

April 19, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 181

About this episode

Alastair Duhs shares three practical mindfulness tools to help control anger in the moment.

For more information on how to control your anger, visit angersecrets.com . In this episode, anger expert Alastair Duhs shares three practical mindfulness tools you can reach for the moment you feel anger starting to build. Whether it's a comment that lands wrong, a situation that spirals or just one too many things going sideways in a single day, these tools work when things are heating up, not just when everything is already calm. Rather than offering a generic "take a deep breath" and leaving it there, Alastair explains exactly how each tool works, why it works and how to use it in real life. And the good news is that none of these require any prior experience with mindfulness. Key Takeaways: Mindfulness isn't meditation retreats or cushions. It's simply the practice of being present. And that tiny gap between what you feel and what you do is exactly where anger management happens. Deep breathing works,but most people aren't doing it correctly. Done properly, it sends a direct signal to your nervous system that the threat has passed, calming your body whether your mind wants to or not. Anger almost always shows up in your body before your awareness catches up. The body scan…

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Host: Alastair Duhs

Topics covered

  • anger management
  • mindfulness
  • emotional regulation
  • mental health
  • self-help

Keywords

  • anger
  • mindfulness tools
  • deep breathing
  • body scan
  • mindful observation

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