Mood & Life Events
Anger
Taking Charge of Anger by Robert Nay- Six effective steps for managing your anger.
Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger by Ronald Potter-Efron- Another great resource for managing anger.
Healing the Angry Brain by Ronald Potter-Efron- Comprehensive resource on the neurobiology of anger. Also includes ways of dealing with anger.
Overcoming Anger in Your Relationship by Robert Nay- Strategies for dealing with an angry partner. Addresses all kinds of anger from overt hostility to passive aggressive behaviors.
Katie Ka-Boom- Cartoon of anger and mood swings in action.
Grief and Loss
National Alliance for Grieving Children Information and resources about grief and loss specific to children.
Children, Families and Traumatic Loss Resource on ways children grieve, helpful responses and ideas for activities.
Good Grief A New Yorker article about the stage theory of grief and loss. Does the stage theory fit? Are there other ways of looking at grief and loss?
This Emotional Life: Grief and Loss Covers types of loss, ways people grieve, and other perspectives oh grief and loss.
Everyone at this Dinner Party has Lost Someone A Daily Beast article about leveraging the power of community to deal with grief. "Carla points out how meaningful it can be to have people in your life who can simply understand what you're going through."
The Dinner Party Life after loss- an community that facilitates pot-luck dinners for people who have experienced a significant loss. Not a therapy group or substitute for therapy, rather a place to build friendships and support among people who have suffered in the same way.
Grave Grief Grieving the loss of a pet can be devastating. It is even more complicated if the pet's death was a planned euthanasia.
Transitions
Walking away from the Game A Huffington Post article about athletes who retire at the peak of their career.
Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection A NYT article that discusses the challenges high-achieving students can face during the transition from high school standout to just another face in the crowd when they get to college.
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Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection A NYT article that discusses the challenges high-achieving students can face during the transition from high school standout to just another face in the crowd when they get to college.
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Emotion in General
The Importance of Naming Your Emotions- Excellent NYT article about why it is important to be able to identify how you are feeling-- not just "fine"- how you are really feeling.
Your Partner is not Responsible for Your Moods The author provides helpful insight into a common relational pattern- moody person blames his or her partner, and a negative, disappointing cycle beings.
Your Partner is not Responsible for Your Moods The author provides helpful insight into a common relational pattern- moody person blames his or her partner, and a negative, disappointing cycle beings.