How to Work with Anger in Meditation

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Ill will — resentment, irritation, or judgment — can cloud the mind in meditation and life. In this episode of Radio Headspace, Dora shares a personal story of meeting anger with compassion, and offers simple mindfulness tools to soften its grip, tend to underlying needs, and move toward peace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:11.6	Hi, welcome back to Radio Headspace. It's Dora. Not long ago, I was in a group meditation and found myself completely distracted.
1:16.6	But not by my phone or to-do list. I was stuck in a mental loop,
1:21.6	replaying a conversation where I felt deeply dismissed.
1:26.6	It was one of those moments where someone said something small,
1:29.9	but it hit a nerve. I kept rehashing it in my mind, what I should have said, what they should
1:35.8	have said, how I could prove a point next time. And there I was, sitting cross-legged, eyes closed,
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