Anger is cathartic, which is why repressing or suppressing it has been linked to a wide range of psychological and physical well-being deficits.

As Mark Twain famously noted, “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vess...

There are many ways to self-coach and get better at managing our anger, and they will generally pay off. The point is not to eliminate it from our lives, which would not make us human, but to learn to control it and even display it in strategic ways, so as to mitigate its downside and leverage it...

Most of us prefer to avoid feeling angry at work (and, really, in any other area of life, such as relationships, family, sports, and even social media).

However, this doesn’t help us in achieving that goal.

In fact, unless you are not human, you will find that there are many situati...

Psychologists have studied anger for over 100 years. Like any universal behavior, it is clear that there must be at least some rational reasons, and even justifications, for anger to be so pervasive and dominant in every society, and across all walks of life.

From an evolutionary perspecti...

Anger is a signal that the status quo must be changed, and it can fuel moral outrage, which is often a force for good.

And yet, there’s no question that anger is also corrosive.