Introduction -- Fanning the embers : the truth about anger and how it affects our lives -- #1. the anger bowl -- Placing your pain in the purifying fire -- #2. turning up the heat -- The four intensities of anger -- #3. fuel for the fire -- Identifying the four sources of anger -- #4. ashes to ashes -- The high cost of unresolved anger -- #5. the fire eaters -- Ways we hold in anger and the damage it causes -- #6. the flamethrowers -- Expressing anger with aggression and attacks -- Unquenchable fire: why we stay stuck in unhealthy anger patterns -- #7. blast from the past -- How anger is fueled by childhood wounds -- #8. too hot to handle -- Damaging anger thrives when we hold on to hurts -- #9. fire and ice -- The need for control traps us in chronic anger -- #10. self-inflicted flames -- Setting fire to your own house -- #11. fuming at the father -- When our fiery feelings are aimed at God -- Fight fire with fire: how to use anger in healthy, productive ways -- #12. smoldering embers -- What to do when past events are still hot -- #13. let cooler heads prevail -- How to alleviate present anger -- #14. creative combustion -- Making anger a positive, productive force -- #15. bomb squad basics -- How to handle the angry people in your life -- #16. quenching the coals -- Preparing ahead of time for anger flare-ups -- #17. the fire extinguisher -- How to act rather than react.
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