by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
What is my image of myself? Do I see myself as a hot head, a tough guy or girl, a bully? Or do I see myself as level-headed, a peacemaker? Someone who is strong without needing to be aggressive? Someone who is firm but fair? I may need to construct a new image of...
by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
Anger management makes sense, and almost everyone agrees with most of the guidelines and principles for managing anger and other related feelings. Then why is it so hard to do? Because when emotions are involved, intellect and logic often go out the window. We are, at...
by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
There are two types of consequences for my actions. Bad or negative things that happen as a result of my actions, and good or positive things that don’t happen as a result of my actions. How many good things have not happened to me that could have if it weren’t for my...
by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
I must constantly practice being assertive. Assertiveness is the healthiest form of feelings management and expression. The number one goal of assertiveness is to take care of myself emotionally while not being overly aggressive or offensive to others. Another good...
by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
Luckily, we live in an era in which there are many written resources available to us on almost every subject. I should try to make use of as many of these as I can. I must seek to increase my knowledge and understanding of the problems I face and the solutions I need....
by Steven Fiorito | Anger Management, Blog
Once I had a Christmas party for a group of homeless men in a transitional living program that I was the director of. I had bought some inexpensive but practical gifts and wrapped them. They had to make ornaments for the tree out of whatever they could find that was...