Controlling Your Anger

Steps to control your anger

1. Identify a small group of about 6 to 8 people, to meet at least once a day for approximately 15 to 20 minutes during Anger Awareness Week.
2. Have everyone read the Keep Your Cool tips in detail before beginning the meeting, and have the instructions available at all times.
3. Ask everyone in the group to identify whether:
   • They feel angry with someone in the group at this moment.
   • There is anyone they feel angry with in their lives at this moment.
   • Their anger is getting in the way of their learning, working or relating.
4. Using the Rage Gauge, simply follow the procedures to explore in detail any issues that arise between people.
5. If Person A is angry with Person B, then Person A says the following to Person B:
   • Person A: “Can I share my feelings with you and will you please listen without interrupting me”.
   • Person B must agree to this.
   • Person A can ask for feedback at the end of the process.
   • Person B should just listen and must not take anything personally (see the 6th rule of anger management).