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<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: The Basics of Anger 9</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: Anger: A Natural Human Emotion 11</p> <p>Chapter 2: When Is Anger a Problem? Assessing and Understanding Your Anger 19</p> <p>Chapter 3: Is Anger Damaging Your Life? 35</p> <p><b>Part II: Dealing with Past and Present Anger 51</b></p> <p>Chapter 4: Taking Immediate Action 53</p> <p>Chapter 5: Avoiding Speaking Out in Anger 69</p> <p>Chapter 6: Keeping Your Cool 79</p> <p>Chapter 7: Letting Go of Past Anger 95</p> <p>Chapter 8: Moving Forward: The Power of Forgiveness 105</p> <p><b>Part III: Preventing Future Anger 115</b></p> <p>Chapter 9: Adopting a New Outlook 117</p> <p>Chapter 10: Saying What You Mean 129</p> <p>Chapter 11: Owning Up to Your Anger 139</p> <p>Chapter 12: Balancing the Effects of Your Temperament 153</p> <p>Chapter 13: Using Anger Constructively 165</p> <p><b>Part IV: Lifestyle Changes That Improve Your Anger and Health 183</b></p> <p>Chapter 14: Managing Daily Stresses 185</p> <p>Chapter 15: Managing Your Body Chemistry 201</p> <p>Chapter 16: Getting a Good Night’s Sleep 213</p> <p>Chapter 17: Looking After Your Spiritual Health 229</p> <p>Chapter 18: Staying in a Good Mood 237</p> <p><b>Part V: Managing Anger in Relationships 255</b></p> <p>Chapter 19: At Work 257</p> <p>Chapter 20: At Home and In Intimate Relationships 271</p> <p><b>Part VI: The Part of Tens 285</b></p> <p>Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Raise a Child to Have Healthy Anger Control 287</p> <p>Chapter 22: Ten Anger-Freeing Thoughts 299</p> <p>Chapter 23: Ten Anger-Freeing Actions 307</p> <p>Index 317</p>

<p><b>Gill Bloxham, CPsychol</b> is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Gill teaches on university courses, to charity organisations such as MIND and to non-health agencies including the police and local government.<b>W. Doyle Gentry, PhD,</b> is a Clinical Psychologist and Director of the Institute for Anger-Free Living.

<p><b><i>Learn to:</i></b> <ul> <li>Stay calm under pressure</li> <li>Adopt a new outlook on difficult situations</li> <li>Manage your daily stresses and strains</li> <li>Balance the effects of your temper</li> </ul> <p><b>Wave goodbye to stress and anger</b> <p>Do you have difficulty keeping a lid on your emotions? Do you often fly off the handle? Or do you know someone else who does? This book offers essential techniques on keeping your anger under control and developing new skills to deal with stressful situations. Through helpful and straightforward explanations, this guide will help you to ease your anger and work on areas where you'd like to keep your cool. From managing stressful situations at home or in the office to tackling road rage, use this easy-to-follow advice to stay on top of your anger and keep your head in testing situations. <ul> <li><b>Work at it</b> – combat workplace stress and stay calm in a professional environment</li> <li><b>Don't look back in anger</b> – deal with the past, and learn to let go and move forward</li> <li><b>Drift away</b> – discover how to dissolve stress and ensure a good night's sleep</li> <li><b>Should I have said that?</b> – learn to manage your temper and not speak out in anger</li> <li><b>No combat zone</b> – say goodbye to physical aggression and control your body, as well as your mind</li> <li><b>Getting personal</b> – find new ways to deal with problems at home and in relationships</li> </ul> <p><b>Open the book and find:</b> <ul> <li>How to deal with pressurised situations</li> <li>Daily stress management techniques</li> <li>Advice on how to develop a new outlook</li> <li>Ways to stay in a good mood</li> <li>Key points on keeping your cool</li> <li>The skill of preventing anger in the future</li> <li>Why it's important to manage your body chemistry</li> </ul>

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