Rage comes when we neglect any of these steps. Not feeling or acknowledging it allows us to continue to be violated, and turn our anger inward. Inappropriate expressions such as beating someone who called us a name or even pounding pillows only keeps us in arousal mode. If we do not release the anger, we nurse grudges and make our lives ( Read more... )

Because of my brain injury, I have little memory of things in my life that caused a deep rage. However, I was able to reconstruct one incident from my past. As I recalled the incident, I could feel the bile rise up in me ( Read more... )

 
ADF’s definition of moderation is “cultivating one’s appetites so that one is neither a slave to them nor driven to ill health (mental or physical), through excess or deficiency.”

ADF couches moderation in terms of addiction.  For me, it is more than that.  I see moderation in terms of living a healthy life.  Consider how disruptive a life is when ( Read more... )