Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation

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Never Get Angry Again is New York Times and internationally bestselling author David J. Lieberman's comprehensive, holistic look at the underlying emotional, physical, and spiritual causes of anger, and a practical guide to what the reader can do to gain perspective. David J. Lieberman understands that a change in perspective is all that is needed to help keep from flying off the handle. In Never Get Angry Again, he reveals how to see anger through a comprehensive, holistic lens, illuminates the underlying emotional, spiritual, and physical components of anger, and gives the readers simple, practical tools to snuff out anger before it even occurs. Take a deep breath and count to ten. Meditate. Visualize your happy place. You’ve probably heard all of these anger management techniques and more from friends, family, and experts, but somehow they miss the mark when it comes to coping with the complex emotion of anger. Let’s face it: if anger-management techniques were effective, you wouldn’t be reading this book. These clumsy attempts to maintain calmness are usually futile and sometimes emotionally draining. The fact is, either something bothers us (causing anxiety, frustration, or anger), or it doesn’t. A state of calm is better accomplished by not becoming agitated in the first place. When we fight the urge to blow up or melt down, we fight against our own nature. Title Page Copyright Notice Introduction Part I: The Real Reason You are so Angry 1. How Perspective Takes Shape 2. Angry with Ourselves, Angry at the World 3. Isolated from Ourselves, Disconnected from Others 4. Step Right Up and Choose Your Reality Part II: The Cost of Living, The Price of Escaping 5. Why Smart People Do Dumb Things 6. A Fight to the Death 7. Reality Isn’t Going Anywhere 8. The Meaning of Pleasure, the Pleasure of Meaning Part III: Making Sense of Pain and Suffering 9. Here Comes the Pain 10. Why Good Things Happen to Bad People 11. Staying Sane in an Insane World Part IV: Make Peace with The Past, for Good 12. Planes of Acceptance 13. Trauma, Tragedy, and Triggers 14. It’s Not Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood 15. My Apologies, Please Part V: How to Love Being Alive 16. A Date with Destiny 17. Becoming Extraordinary 18. Escaping the Trap of Procrastination Part VI: Reclaiming Ourselves and Redefining our Boundaries 19. Redrawing the Lines with Boundary Breachers 20. How to Talk to People Who Don’t Listen 21. Speak Now, or Forever Be in Pieces 22. Successful Relationships with Impossible People Part VII: Advanced Psychological Strategies to Live Anger Free 23. The Power of Neuroplasticity 24. Change Your Self-Concept, Change Your Life 25. Taking Advantage of the Mind/Body Connection 26. Getting Real with Meditation and Visualization 27. In the Heat of the Moment 28. The Magnitude of Gratitude 29. The Anger Games 30. Game Day Special Note to Readers Acknowledgments Endnotes Notes 1 Notes 2 Notes 3 Notes 4 Notes 5 Notes 6 Notes 7 Notes 8 Notes 9 Notes 10 Notes 11 Notes 12 Notes 14 Notes 15 Notes 16 Notes 17 Notes 18 Notes 21 Notes 22 Notes 23 Notes 24 Notes 25 Notes 26 Notes 27 Notes 28 Notes 30 Also by David J. Lieberman About the Author Newsletter Sign-up Copyright