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28. The Magnitude of Gratitude
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2. Ibid.
30. Game Day
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4. Ecclesiastes 7:9.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
INTRODUCTION
PART I
THE REAL REASON YOU ARE SO ANGRY
1. How Perspective Takes Shape
2. Angry with Ourselves, Angry at the World
3. Isolated from Ourselves, Disconnected from Others
4. Step Right Up and Choose Your Reality
PART II
THE COST OF LIVING, THE PRICE OF ESCAPING
5. Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
6. A Fight to the Death
7. Reality Isn’t Going Anywhere
8. The Meaning of Pleasure, the Pleasure of Meaning
PART III
MAKING SENSE OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
9. Here Comes the Pain
10. Why Good Things Happen to Bad People
11. Staying Sane in an Insane World
PART IV
MAKE PEACE WITH THE PAST, FOR GOOD
12. Planes of Acceptance
13. Trauma, Tragedy, and Triggers
14. It’s Not Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood
15. My Apologies, Please
PART V
HOW TO LOVE BEING ALIVE
16. A Date with Destiny
17. Becoming Extraordinary
18. Escaping the Trap of Procrastination
PART VI
RECLAIMING OURSELVES AND REDEFINING OUR BOUNDARIES
19. Redrawing the Lines with Boundary Breachers
20. How to Talk to People Who Don’t Listen
21. Speak Now, or Forever Be in Pieces
22. Successful Relationships with Impossible People
PART VII
ADVANCED PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES TO LIVE ANGER FREE
23. The Power of Neuroplasticity
24. Change Your Self-Concept, Change Your Life
25. Taking Advantage of the Mind/Body Connection
26. Getting Real with Meditation and Visualization
27. In the Heat of the Moment
28. The Magnitude of Gratitude
29. The Anger Games
30. Game Day
SPECIAL NOTE TO READERS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ENDNOTES
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