Understanding & Controlling Your Anger - by Hilary Heart

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Understanding & Controlling Your Anger

With Hilary Heart

Anger is a normal, usually healthy, human emotion and learning to recognise it and manage it appropriately is extremely helpful for a happy and healthy life. Join me on this 9 part series which aims to help you manage it safely and appropriately through mindfulness and breathwork. We will cover the physiology of anger to help you understand the chain of events that occur in the body and brain. Also, we will look at your relationship with anger, how that may have formed and how you deal with it, if at all. You will learn ways of calming your nervous system and letting go of difficult feelings through mindfulness practice and breathwork which will assist you in regulating your emotions better. Hilary Heart’s courses include a scientific bent to help you understand the subject better.


Meet your Teacher

Hilary Heart is a British psychotherapist and mental health advocate who is passionate about helping others understand themselves and navigate emotions healthily. During her therapy training Hilary was surprised that many angry feelings emerged despite her calm and placid self-concept. This is when her relationship with this unpopular, yet healthy, emotion began because up to that point she had always repressed it. Since finding her voice she is on a mission to help others recognise and express their anger in healthy ways. Hilary says, "the healthy management of anger can make a huge difference to a person's mental health & wellbeing, their relationships and of course the relationship with themself. Anger expressed actively can push people away and rupture relationships beyond the point of repair whilst swallowing anger only creates resentment and problems in the long term. Learning to channel it healthily is a life skill that can only improve one's health and happiness."

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9 Days

2.2k students

4.8 stars

10 min / day

Anger

English


Lesson 1

Recognise & Embrace Your Anger

So what is anger? Just like other emotions we experience anger in both the body and mind. We will look at the physiology of anger to be able to understand the complex series of events that occurs as we become angry. Our awareness of this happening is the first step in the healthy management of this complicated emotion. We will then finish with some breath work which will prove helpful in decreasing stress and increasing calm and can be used any time one wishes to calm their nervous system.

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Lesson 2

Learning To Override Your Emotional Reactions

The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially when under stress is improved by practicing mindfulness. Experience this "body scan" mindfulness meditation and decide whether you wish to incorporate it within your lifestyle knowing that it can develop and maintain a state of composure, peace and balance in all sorts of experiences.

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Lesson 3

Explore your own relationship with anger.

How you feel about anger and how you deal with your own anger will depend on many factors such as childhood conditioning and how anger was or was not expressed in the family home. Some people are comfortable with it and express it outwardly while others may internalise and repress it or maybe deny it.  We will examine the influences that play a part in the way people deal with their frustrations, irritations or anger. You may find that some parts resonate with you thereby providing greater insight into understanding your way of being in relation to this emotion.

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Lesson 4

Awareness Is The First Step In The Healthy Management Of Anger

Through a visualisation I invite you to explore your own response to anger so you can become aware of your bodily feelings & sensations, emotions and thoughts. When we meet our anger with awareness it allows us to step, out of it, rather than getting caught up in it. We can then gain a distance from it and view it from a different perspective.

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Lesson 5

Learning to Calm Your Nervous System

Angry states produce high levels of arousal so it is important that you arm yourself with practices that can assist in calming your nervous system. Here you will learn the simple and ancient breathing technique called 7:11 breathing which you can employ whenever you are in need of calming your nervous system.

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Lesson 6

The Power Of Pause

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” (Viktor Frankl) The healthy management of anger ALL starts with awareness so that you don’t get caught up in it but instead, you step out of it. As your awareness grows of your own physical and mental response to angry feelings you will be able to create that space Victor Frankl talks about……….the space where you have the power to choose your response.

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Lesson 7

Honey Bee Breathing

By now you are probably becoming more aware of your bodily state when irritated, wound up or angry and you are learning to regulate your nervous system rather than allowing it to be hijacked. Here Hilary shares yet another lovely breathing practice that will directly influence your nervous system, helping you to slow your mind and calm your nerves.

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Lesson 8

Anger Can Be A Wise Messenger

You are invited to pause and take a moment to explore the reason for your anger. Why are you feeling irritated, annoyed or angry? What's this really about? Be prepared to dig deeper and explore the anger from a different perspective. Hopefully some insight may be gained and transformation can follow. Be prepared to be enlightened.

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Lesson 9

Letting Go Of Difficult Feelings

In this last part of the course Hilary Heart summarises the different ways anger can present. From anxiety to freudian slips, and more, anger is indeed complicated but when we take time to acknowledge it, reflect and dig deeper insight can be gained. Lastly, Hilary invites you to practice a loving kindness meditation which can assist in letting go of difficult feelings and can bring great benefits for our mental health and well-being.

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Recent Reviews

Michelle

Michelle

February 12, 2026

Thank you for this wonderful course. It brought me to the realisation that I was expressing my anger inappropriately leading to the detriment of some close relationships. The breathing techniques along with traffic light visual was so helpful. Also the explanation of feeling what emotions arise under the anger was very interesting. Learnt so much from this 💖

Dee

January 4, 2026

I am grateful for this course! I had out of control anger. I was completely exhausted no sleep for a year . I was being treated with disrespect. This has given me hope! Thank you !!

Danny

Danny

December 29, 2025

Great course that provides the tools to navigate through difficult situations.

Vedra

November 15, 2025

Thank you so much for this! I have a long road ahead of me to get better, but with patience and persistence things should improve.

Robin

Robin

November 3, 2025

A really good course..Hilary has a great way of communicating ideas

Don

September 7, 2025

Great session!

Sara

Sara

August 30, 2025

Been dealing with anger a lot of my life. Really appreciate your insight. Thank you for making this course! Namaste

Jackie

Jackie

August 25, 2025

Thank you so much for the clear and compassionate guidance. I have only recently discovered the repressed anger deeply buried within my mind and body, and your course couldn't be more timely! I would love to learn more about the connection between anger and unmet needs. Could you please recommend some further reading or resources on that topic? Thank you 🙏

Angela

June 14, 2025

Thank you! What a 💝 gift of love and kindness Grateful for the wisdom and practical tools and understanding you shared May you be well, may you stay safe, may you continue with your valuable teachings. Amen

Rochelle

June 8, 2025

I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ this course. I learned things about the way I react to anger that I never noticed. I’ve started to stop and breathe before reacting and I’ve noticed I hardly react.

Kim

Kim

May 16, 2025

What a wonderful healing course thank you Namaste

Katie

April 9, 2025

Great course , thank you Hilary

Jennifer

Jennifer

April 9, 2025

Thank you

Derek

Derek

April 1, 2025

Everyday angry Needs have to be met

Jeanne

March 13, 2025

A phenomenal course! I only wish it had been available to me 30 years ago. Unknowingly I used bee breathing early in childhood during stressful situations and will begin to use it again. I will let this course settle and begin again with a fresh perspective. May you be well. Namaste🙏💕

Maya

March 2, 2025

Very helpful. Insight plus pranayama. Thx

Shenae

February 2, 2025

Amazing course with guidance that is easy to integrate❤️

Eric

January 27, 2025

This should be required learning in schools. Easily digestible. Powerfully impactful and enlightening.

irem

irem

January 7, 2025

This was a great course with very practical tips - i am hoping to deploy them in my life. Thanks for sharing your wisdom 🙏🏻

Linnea

Linnea

November 17, 2024

Anger can be such a tricky emotion - this course does a brilliant job of helping to understand the whys and the effects of anger on one’s body, as well as offering practical insights on how to aknowledge, address, and channel anger productively.

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