There’s a growing craze that suggest that President Obama should openly express outrage, most recently over the Gulf Oil Spill. According to a recent News Week article, this demand for a show of presidential fury is not coming from a few people: “…New York Times columnists want to see Obama angry; the filmmaker Spike Lee […]

Why not make joy a habit. I’m not talking about superficial joy from external conditions or circumstances, but rather the joy that is our nature—something we open wide to and wallow in. For example, I awoke this morning to the sound of birds chirping. As I paused and sunk into this moment, allowing the sound

We live in a society where there are many good reasons to be enraged, yet as practitioners of health and healing, we are often uncomfortable in the face of rage-our own and that of others. In our fear we may add to the problem by becoming frustrated, self-righteous, defensive, frozen, or indifferent. In these forms,

I was having a heated disagreement with my partner and in the thick of it, I realized how silly and inadequate words can be, not to mention ineffectual. In fact, when I stepped back and witnessed my dynamic, I recognized that I have sang this song for what feels like my entire life, if not

I’m overwhelmed–knee deep in a deadline for a Celebrating of Rage retreat. At that very moment, the telephone rings. It’s my mother. I scream, “I’m so angry I could kill.” Not a very wise comment from an emotional wisdom expert, right? My mother replies, “Girl, you ought ta come out here and climb in my