The Healing Anger Newsletter (skip to where the new issue starts) brings you a refreshing, helpful and upbeat approach to anger management and how it can work for you in every aspect of your life. Here is your chance to keep up with my (Dr. DeFoore here) latest discoveries and insights on anger management and how you can heal the anger in yourself, your family, your school and your workplace. If you like this ezine, please do a friend and me a big favor and "pay it forward" by forwarding it to them. If a friend did forward this to you and if you like what you read, please subscribe by visiting the Healing Anger Newsletter subscription page. This newsletter and the web site, AngerManagementResource.com were built and are maintained through a program called SiteBuildIt!, which is now offered as an eLearning course you can take from home! It's the best way I know of to deal with the economic stress that so many are facing right now. Find out how you can start your own successful Internet business by watching these great videos about why so many people love SiteBuildIt! Would you like to lend a helping hand? If you have purchased a book, CD or audio download, I would very much like to hear what you thought of your product! With your permission, I will publish your comments, with your name, on my web site to help other visitors like yourself learn more about the products. This would be a big help! Oh! By the way, did you get your free E-book? If so, after you've had a chance to read it and try some of the Anger Management Techniques, write to me and let me know what you think! October 1, 2009 Healing Anger Newsletter, Issue #017 Storytelling And Journaling: How They Can Help You Heal And Be Happy Contents of this newsletter What's New on AngerManagementResource.com? Your Story And Your Anger Anybody Can Do This! A Two-Part Journaling Process Get This Two CD/Audio Program Now!

What's new on the web site? Two new web pages, two stories and lots more new stories--check them out! Preventing Teen Suicide This web page addresses the difficult issue of adolescents who want to or actually do take their own lives. The good news is, we're focusing on prevention here. "My Angry, Fatherless Teenage Son" Here is a great story from a worried mom. Read her story and find out what I recommended to help her with her son and her situation. "Will He Ever Change?" Read this touching story from a woman who is stuck in the "battered person syndrome" and is having trouble getting out of the abusive relationship. Support Our Mission Here is your opportunity to support this web site and all of the free information and services it offers. No obligation, just opportunity! Check out this blog for more of the latest stories submitted by good folks just like you! People are using this opportunity to help and be helped, so be sure to read their stories and my responses. Your Story And Your Anger You are the only one who really knows your story. If you don't know--really know--your story, you don't know yourself. Do your "buttons get pushed" easily? Guess what! Your buttons are wired to your story. The things that "set you off" are events that "trigger" old fear and sorrow in your story. When you explore, write and tell your story, you actually heal and calm yourself down, "unwiring" your buttons and helping you manage your anger better. So...the better you know your story, the better you know yourself, and the better you will be at understanding and managing your anger. What's the best way to know your story? Tell it! Here are some of the benefits you will receive when you tell your story: You will understand and like yourself better You will "unwire" your "hot buttons" so that you don't get "triggered" and "set off" as easily You will have better control over your anger You will develop more compassion for others as you have more compassion for yourself You will grow to accept and love yourself as you are A lot of good folks just like you have gotten healing and help right here on this site, simply by telling their stories and helping and being helped. Read some of their stories right now! Anybody Can Do This! Do you want to tell your story, but you're worried that you can't write well enough? Are you shy or nervous about your writing, language abilities, spelling or grammer? Not to worry! When you submit your story on this site, I will edit it for you before it's published! I've published stories by folks from all over the world, some who have very little English language--no problem! I've also published stories by 15 and 16 year olds, so you can definitely do this! No pressure, just an opportunity for you to get some free help and healing. I like doing this, because I'm all about helping people, and I also get a new web page every time I publish a story. So it's a win-win situation! Also, your story does not have to be long (although the more information you give me the more I can help you). Some of the stories are only a few sentences, as you can see in this story called, Just Can't Lose My Family Because Of My Anger. A Two Part Journaling Process Okay, here's the real powerhouse of your do-it-yourself anger management program! These are some great tools that, if you use them, they will help you tremendously in your efforts to heal your anger and manage all of your emotions better. Here are the two parts: First, write from your anger, fear, frustration and irritation. Let it come out pure and raw, and don't try to "be nice" here. For this to work, the anger needs to really come out in your writing, so that you get some release in the process. Keep writing until you feel some relief and/or release. This is extremely important. Don't stop when you're still feeling bad. You may not get to feeling great, you're just looking for some relief from the bad feelings you started with. Don't try to be rational or logical, just let 'er rip with the anger. One of things you will find is that this angry, frustrated, irritated part of your brain is not really all that smart. That is important--we really aren't that smart when we're consumed by anger, so you don't want it doing your thinking for you! Now, when you've gotten that relief and release you were looking for, along with some insight and understanding of yourself, you're ready for step two. The second part is positive journaling--that's right, now we're going to look at what is good, right and working in you, your situation, and the people around you. I call this Goodfinding, and it's simply a matter of activating another part of your brain that will make it a lot easier for you to manage your anger. One of the ways of doing this is to write 1) What you're grateful about from your past, 2) What you appreciate about your present situation, and 3) What you're looking forward to in your future. This might not be easy for you, but stick to it, and you can do it! Here's a whole web page devoted to this type of journaling process. Have you ever bought some new tools...and just left them sitting there? Tools are useless...unless you use them! That applies here too. I'm giving you the tools, now it's up to you you use them! Melt Your Anger With Goodfinding! Take advantage of our money-back guarantee by getting your copy of this Goodfinding CD or Audio download right now! Your satisfaction is guaranteed on all of our products, so do yourself a favor and order now! Consider the time, energy (and maybe money) you are investing here as an investment in yourself, that will serve you and everyone you love for the rest and the best of your life. P.S. Why not make the rest of your life the best of your life? You can get started right now with Elegant Aging: Growing Deeper, Stronger and Wiser. P.P.S. Did you know that I offer telephone counseling around the world? That's right, from the comfort of your home, you can get professional counseling from me, Dr. William DeFoore. Contact us now to schedule a session! Next Issue Improve Your Marriage With Some Basic And Easy Skills You Can Use Right Now

Let me hear from you! Comments? Ideas? Feedback? I'd love to hear from you. Just reply to this ezine and tell me what you think! If you have ideas for future Healing Anger Newsletter issues, I'm open to considering them. Here is your opportunity to get involved--I might even include your comments, story or link in a future issue of this ezine. Also, as I mentioned above I would very much like your testimonial or endorsement if you have purchased a product--or if you downloaded our free E-book! Don't forget! We want to hear your story, and when you submit it you get your own web page on the site! Take a look at the categories you can write in now. It's easy! Thanks for being here! William G. DeFoore