Thank you. I've found Russell's first book to be so helpful and have been looking forward to the workbook. And thank you for bringing up the topic of "angry women." It was both painful and validating to hear.
Am thinking about threat activation from blocks to drive pursuit and the trouble we're in if we have a goal of "person X must behave in a certain way", for example. Of course person X is likely to not behave exactly as we want at all times - our drive is blocked, a threat! The more our goals are reliant on controlling things out of our control, the more they'll be blocked, we'll be threatened and anger more likely to arise
Yep, I think this nails it. Obstacles and threats often activate a common motivational system - namely threat protection/prevention/overcoming the threat. Anger comes to help, though there are trade-offs!
Thank you. I've found Russell's first book to be so helpful and have been looking forward to the workbook. And thank you for bringing up the topic of "angry women." It was both painful and validating to hear.
I think the workbook will be great! And yes, thinking about anger across genders is important.
Am thinking about threat activation from blocks to drive pursuit and the trouble we're in if we have a goal of "person X must behave in a certain way", for example. Of course person X is likely to not behave exactly as we want at all times - our drive is blocked, a threat! The more our goals are reliant on controlling things out of our control, the more they'll be blocked, we'll be threatened and anger more likely to arise
Yep, I think this nails it. Obstacles and threats often activate a common motivational system - namely threat protection/prevention/overcoming the threat. Anger comes to help, though there are trade-offs!
I can recommend Russell's latest book
I did some training with Russell via the Compassionate Mind Foundation, highly recommended
Absolutely. He is one of the best!
Stan you look adorable peeping from behind Russell's books!
Haha! Thanks 😜.