Anger Onion Exercise

For parents, teachers and coaches

I’m seeing and hearing about a lot of anger at the moment. Some of it has been bottled up for a long time as we try to tamp it down for fear of upsetting our loved ones. When we have no control over a situation and feel helpless and often hopeless, inadequate and a failure because we can’t help those we love feel happy, we move from victim to persecutor and get angry.

When you experience anger, either your own or your child’s, your first thought needs to be curious

“what is the unmet need behind this?”

“what is not being expressed?”

“what is the fear?”

Here’s an exercise to help you with this.

More on this in my book ‘Empower your kids! A coaching guide for parents.’ Buy your copy here.