The Real Reason You React in Anger (And How to Stop)
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Gary Zukav discusses the true meaning of courage and how to manage anger by addressing emotional pain.
Join the Seat of the Soul monthly newsletter and receive weekly, wisdom filled, insights from Gary: https://seatofthesoul.com/soul-connections-newsletter/ In this Soul Snack, Gary Zukav redefines what courage really means. He shares that he once believed courage meant risking his life - jumping out of airplanes, running secret military patrols - but discovered that none of that came close to the courage it now takes him to stop a power struggle with his Spiritual Partner, Linda Francis, or to sit with his own pain instead of acting from it.. Gary explains that beneath every destructive behavior - shouting in anger, withdrawing in jealousy, judging, numbing out with food, substances, or sex - is emotional pain in the body’s energy processing centers. Ignoring that pain does not make it disappear. It allows a frightened part of your personality to act without your awareness, while feeling it instead of acting on it requires a different, deeper kind of courage than any physical risk ever did. The solution Gary offers: true courage today means feeling your pain without acting on it - choosing not to react in anger, not to enter the power struggle - because this is how…
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