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Sarah, thank you for sharing some of these delightful recommendations (this is my first batch and I am looking forward to more!)

Loved your thoughts on Anger. Collectively, we have not figured out a way to process anger. When we tend to hold it up, it's like a pressure cooker that is bound to erupt in an unexpected fashion. If we release it immediately, it can end up spilling over like milk left in the microwave for too many minutes.

How do you process your anger ?

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Thanks so much for being here, Anerudh! I so appreciate your kind words.

I process my anger in many ways: every day I move my body every day (usually HIIT, which is very helpful to me in sloughing off anxiety and negative feelings/energy of any kind; I really need to go all out for 15 minutes), and meditate. Weekly I get outside as much as a I can, show up at my 12 Step meeting, and go to (well, now Zoom into) therapy.

I love your analogy of milk in the microwave -- that's such an apt way of describing that immediacy of anger. I admit I have struggled (do struggle) with that, especially when I am run down for any reason or experiencing a lot of anxiety/overwhelm. I really have to work to let my anger out in healthy, non-compulsive ways that don't do damage to myself or other people. (But that's worthy work, no doubt, and I'll keep doing it.)

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Thank you for sharing - Exercising has been of great stress buster/anger-releaser for me as well. The healthy and non-compulsive parts hits the nail on its head.

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Wanted to share with you something I wrote (inspired by the email you sent out)

https://anerudhbalaji.substack.com/p/sharing-the-joy-of-reading

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I LOVE this, Anerudh. I'll be sending you a special edition on Valentine's Day next week -- would you mind if I linked to this?

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Would love it! Thank you for sharing!

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And thank you for the kind words!

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