Managing Your Reaction to Stress, Day 4: "The Fire Within: Meditations on Anger, Power, and Purpose"
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
At the core of emotional regulation is the vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in the body. It acts as the primary communication link between your brain and your major organs, and it is the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system—the "rest and digest" system.
Be guided as you strengthen this powerful emotional regulator with your breath.
WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S SERIES:
THE FIRE WITHIN: MEDITATIONS ON ANGER, POWER, AND PURPOSE
Welcome to "The Fire Within: Meditations on Anger, Power, and Purpose"
In a world that often tells us to "just let go," "The Fire Within" challenges the conventional wisdom about anger. This isn't a series about suppressing or escaping your feelings. Instead, it is a guided journey to sit with your anger, to understand it, and to transform its intense energy from a destructive force into a potent catalyst for growth. Over seven episodes, you will learn to listen to what your anger is truly telling you, to reclaim your power from reactivity, and to forge a path forward with courage and clarity. This is a series for those ready to confront the uncomfortable truth of their emotions and emerge with an unshakable inner strength.
This is day 4 of a 7-day meditation series, "The Fire Within: Meditations on Anger, Power, and Purpose," episodes 3353-3359.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Calming the Flame Quest:
Take one small, proactive step every day this week to address a situation that has been causing you frustration or anger. Choose one action that feels empowering, not reactive.
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All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to [email protected].Let go of repetitive negative thoughts.
The beach waves were composed by Mike Koenig.
Music composed by Christopher Lloyd Clark licensed by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com, and also by musician Greg Keller.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 3,356 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I hope you enjoyed the bonus episodes that I shared with you at the very beginning part of this week's series. |
| 0:21.6 | And those are the same episodes that I share on the SIP and Om meditation app. |
| 0:27.6 | So if you ever want to go a little more deeply into any series, |
| 0:33.6 | that's the way to do it. |
| 0:35.6 | You can try the app for two weeks free, |
| 0:38.1 | and if you enjoy the podcast and you want to support me, |
| 0:42.7 | I offer the SIP and Ome meditation app for you, |
| 0:47.6 | where there's deeper insight and longer guided meditations. |
| 0:51.9 | You also receive a journal that goes with each week's series, as well as a guide with a recommended book, |
| 1:00.9 | a yoga, chakra, breathing technique, the affirmation, an herbal tea, a yoga asana, and so much more. |
| 1:08.7 | There's a lot of additional support. |
| 1:11.8 | So again, you can try it for free for a week. |
| 1:15.3 | So now let's continue with this week. |
| 1:21.8 | You are exploring a theme that we all relate to. And this is a theme that has to do with managing anger. |
| 1:33.2 | The series is called The Fire Within Meditations on Anger, Power, and Purpose. |
| 1:44.4 | So in today's episode, you will be introduced to insight that will help you to explore |
| 1:54.4 | the theme from a scientific approach as to what's really going on in your brain and your body when you're |
| 2:03.3 | experiencing difficult emotions such as anger. |
| 2:08.1 | And I would like to introduce you to today's featured meditation technique. |
| 2:15.5 | And for day four of a series, already midweek through this theme that is always |
| 2:22.5 | what is called a mudra and a mudra is a great way to support yourself it's a simple gesture |
| 2:31.6 | you can do with your hands. It's often referred to as yoga in your hands. |
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