Anger as pure energy is powerful.

I’ve been contemplating the causes of increased depression for a while, and I’m wondering if it has to do with the oppression of our emotional selves.

I was shocked to read that Kahoot reports that nearly half of leaders describe themselves as not fully engaged at work, with 34% saying they just want to feel engaged again. Leader burnout has reached crisis levels, with 34% reporting burnout daily or several times weekly.
If we emotionally check out, it kills our will to engage.

Anger shows up at work through backstabbing, emotional outbursts, passive-aggressiveness, and deliberate misalignment. We’ve learned to suppress it, redirect it, or let it fester—and none of these serve us or our teams.

My solution? Speak about it. Anger can be present, but you don’t have to act on it. Accept anger as an energy. Practice breathwork or meditation to express your anger consciously, so it does not hurt you or others. Reframe your relationship and beliefs about anger.

I recently followed a self-development technology that helps us access our inner life force through breathwork and embodiment coaching. My own father was very aggressive and let his anger often out on us children. So I became afraid of my own anger and let his rage dominate me.

But here’s what I learned: Anger is pure energy, a powerful force for change and clarity. When I first learned that anger, pure as a life force, can be expressed safely, a lot shifted for me. We can breathe through anger, find an outlet that doesn’t hurt others or ourselves, and access an energy that brings clarity and forward movement.

What if we stopped fearing anger and started channelling it?

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