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How to Deal with Difficult People—Part 3—The Passive Aggressive

December, 2005

                                          

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Passive-Aggression is a psychological mechanism for handling hostility or anger in an underhanded or devious way that is hard for others to prove. Sometimes the passive-aggressive is aware of what he or she is doing, and other times not. Yet, the result is the same—things are sabotaged by the passive-aggressive and it somehow is never their fault. A really good passive aggressive is very slippery with excuses, justifications, or alternative reasons for why things go awry.

How to Deal with Difficult People — Part 2 — The Bully

November, 2005

Emotional bullying occurs when someone tries to gain control by making others feel angry or afraid. It is often characterized by yelling and name calling, sarcasm, mocking, putting down, belittling, embarassing or intimidating.

How to Deal with Difficult People — Part 1 — The Sociopath

October, 2005

We normally think of a "sociopath" as a criminal who often winds up in prison. But, according to Dr. Marla Stout who wrote "The Sociopath Nest Door," sociopaths are often non-criminals who at first glance appear normal and well-functioning.

Anger in The American Family — Part 6 — How to Be More Assertive with Family

September, 2005

Assertive communication allows you to clarify communication and stand up for yourself without making things worse or getting a negative result or response from your loved ones.

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Anger in The American Family — Part 5 — Teach Family to Treat You Better

August, 2005

Believe it or not, we are constantly teaching our family how to treat us — both by our responses to their behavior, and by the behavior we display to them which they react to.

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Anger in The American Family — Part 4 — Diffuse Family Anger by Changing Your Inner Conversations

July, 2005

When an upsetting family event occurs, you have a choice of how you are going to explain it to yourself — what you are going to tell yourself about it.

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Anger in The American Family — Part 3 — For Your Family's Sake, Learn to Respond Rather than React

June, 2005

There are many advantages to learning to be more flexible — and "response-able" — in dealing with the stresses and frustrations in your life.

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Anger in The American Family — Part 2 — Using Empathy to Defuse Family Anger

May, 2005

Lack of empathy can lead to years of family conflict, arguing and bickering. The good news is that you can increase your empathy by practicing the three basic skills outlined in this issue.

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Anger in The American Family — Part 1

April, 2005

In the April issue of Taming The Anger Bee, we start a new series titled "Anger in the Amercian Family". Part 1 highlights the negative effect stress has on family members as individuals and on the family system as a whole. Learn five practical tips to stress-guard your family — and start getting that family anger under control!

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The 8 Tools of Anger Control — Tool 8 — Retreat and Think Things Over

March, 2005

Research shows that we are pretty much incapable of resolving conflicts or thinking rationally in an argument when our stress level reches a certain point. To avoid losing control either physically or verbally, it is often best to take a temporary "time-out" - and control leave. This tool of anger management works much better if (a) you commit to return within a reasonable amount of time to work things out and (b) you work on your "self-talk" while trying to cool down.

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The 8 Tools of Anger Control — Tool 7 — Forgive But Don't Forget

February, 2005

Anger is often the result of grievances we hold toward other people or situations, usually because of our perception and feeling of having been wronged by them in some way. Resentment is a form of anger that does more damage to the holder than the offender. Making the decision to "let go" (while prot3cting ourselves) is often a process of forgiveness — or at least acceptance — and a major step toward anger control.

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The 8 Tools of Anger Control — Tool 6 — Adjust Those Expectations

January, 2005

Anger is often triggered by a discrepancy between what we expect and what we get. Learning to adjust thos eexpectations — sometimes upward an dother times downward — can help us cope with diffiuclt situations or people — or even cope with ourselves. There are four ways to adjust those expectations which are simple thought-skills to acquire.

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