Anger, one of the darker emotions that women have historically learned to suppress & transfer into other more acceptable emotions like anxiety, sadness, and depression, is actually a valid and valuable tool for creating change in our personal lives and in the world. This is not the first time in history women’s anger has been at the front line of activism. Women’s anger has always fueled change. As “the first line of defense against injustice,” (Chemaly) when women get fed up, the world changes.
This episode is one of a three-part series on Women’s Emotional Freedom & Transformation. Join Amaya and Leigh as they discuss Soraya Chemaly’s book, Rage Becomes Her, a book about the power of women’s anger.
In this episode, we seek answers to questions like--why do we favor certain emotions over others, and how is this limiting us? What are the causes of women's anger, and can we give ourselves (and others) permission to be angry about injustices in our personal lives and in the world? Can we honor our emotions and create the emotional freedom that will open to deeper personal and collective growth?
We believe we can and must.
So, if you are constantly policing your anger, shaming yourself, or suppressing and redirecting your anger into sadness, anxiety, and depression, you may like what we have to say, and you’ll definitely want to read this book.
Cover art entitled, “They Called Her Rage,” by Alabama artist June Reddix-Stennis @flygirljune. This piece was a part of a series of murals entitled, "And Then She," which June created for a public space in downtown Mobile, Alabama in response to the first Women's March in 2017. June says her decision to create this work came about "the same time when the United States was exploding with chaos and hate. I couldn't focus. All I could think about was the black dead bodies killed by police that kept popping in my timeline on social media. I felt like screaming and weeping. All my former female colleagues were out all across the nation preparing for the march. I was at home with a sheet of plywood, buckets of latex and acrylic paint on a tarp set up in my home office." To see more of her paintings visit her FB page @flygirljune.
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This episode is one of a three-part series on Women’s Emotional Freedom & Transformation. Join Amaya and Leigh as they discuss Soraya Chemaly’s book, Rage Becomes Her, a book about the power of women’s anger.
In this episode, we seek answers to questions like--why do we favor certain emotions over others, and how is this limiting us? What are the causes of women's anger, and can we give ourselves (and others) permission to be angry about injustices in our personal lives and in the world? Can we honor our emotions and create the emotional freedom that will open to deeper personal and collective growth?
We believe we can and must.
So, if you are constantly policing your anger, shaming yourself, or suppressing and redirecting your anger into sadness, anxiety, and depression, you may like what we have to say, and you’ll definitely want to read this book.
Cover art entitled, “They Called Her Rage,” by Alabama artist June Reddix-Stennis @flygirljune. This piece was a part of a series of murals entitled, "And Then She," which June created for a public space in downtown Mobile, Alabama in response to the first Women's March in 2017. June says her decision to create this work came about "the same time when the United States was exploding with chaos and hate. I couldn't focus. All I could think about was the black dead bodies killed by police that kept popping in my timeline on social media. I felt like screaming and weeping. All my former female colleagues were out all across the nation preparing for the march. I was at home with a sheet of plywood, buckets of latex and acrylic paint on a tarp set up in my home office." To see more of her paintings visit her FB page @flygirljune.
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