Anger and Your Health: How Your Outlook Influences Health and Your Ability to Control Anger – Stress Management
Anger and Your Health: How Your Outlook Influences Health and Your Ability to Control Anger
Dr. Tony Fiore
The situation: Jane and Anthony have differing ways of viewing the world. Jane is a pessimist the glass is half-empty, while Anthony is an optimist the glass is half-full. These outlooks influence how they experience similar situations.
Scene 1: Job loss. Jane is devastated, convincing herself that she is all washed up, she can never catch a break, it is useless for her to try to be successful, and she is never going to succeed at anything.
Anthony, however, has a healthier inner dialogue. He tells himself he may not have been good at that particular job, his skills and his company
How Empathy Can Reduce Your Anger – Stress Management
How Empathy Can Reduce Your Anger
Dr. Tony Fiore
Jim, a 42-year old engineer was teaching his eight-year-old son how to fly a radio-controlled airplane. As the airplane was taking off, Jim instructed his son to push the control stick on the radio to the right. He did and the airplane turned to the right.
This was repeated several more times until the airplane turned full circle toward the son, ready to land.
Anger and Your Driving: Use Self-Talk to Create Safer Vistas – Stress Management
Anger and Your Driving: Use Self-Talk to Create Safer Vistas
Dr. Tony Fiore
Date: January 28, 2001
Place: Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California
The incident: Jane, a middle aged professional woman had an altercation with another woman who accosted her after she refused to give up her parking spot.
Jane clearly reached the coveted spot first, but the other woman asked her to move, explaining she was 20 minutes late for a doctor