I think the thing is that when you look at the list of basic human emotions, what you

usually find is happiness, sadness, and anger is in that list too, and I think it's

actually understandable, you know, the mistake that people make that it's just another primary

emotion.

But in fact, I think what we're looking at when we're looking at anger is not a primary

emotion at all, we're looking at the way in which we manage our feelings, you might

try and see yourself in a number of ways, including, for example, reaching for a drink, but

I don't think anybody that would reach for a drink could be able to stay in any convincing

way.

That drink is really my sheelings.

Well, that's the voice of James Earl, a psychotherapist and relationship counsellor who

thinks that understanding that anger is a behaviour, not an emotion, could be revolutionary

for all of us.

Well, I'm Liz Earl, different spelling, no relation, and this is the Liz Earl, well being

show the podcast that helps us all to have a better second half, by investing in our

health and our wellbeing today, and that, of course, includes awareness of our behaviours

and our emotions, and perhaps here our own relationship with anger, maybe how it's changed

over time.

For me, I've had different experiences through my life, and I'll talk about that in this

podcast.

It's been quite interesting, actually, to view my own thoughts about anger, both when

I get angry and also being on the receiving end.

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