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Anger The Emotion We Were Taught to Hide

Emotional Fluency 8
Starting Aug 05, 2026 11PM UTC

About this Session

Anger can arrive hot, sharp, fast, or loud. It can also come quietly, through resentment, withdrawal, irritability, tension, or the feeling that something inside us has reached its limit. Sometimes anger is a response to being hurt, dismissed, disrespected, overwhelmed, or treated unfairly. Other times, it rises when another emotion feels too vulnerable to touch.

This week, we are exploring anger as more than a problem to control. Anger can be protective. It can reveal where a boundary has been crossed, where a need has gone unmet, where we feel powerless, or where something in us is asking to be taken seriously. Together, we’ll reflect on what anger may be trying to protect, what lives underneath it, and how we can listen without letting it become destructive.

About this Space

Let’s Talk Emotions!

We’d love to have you join us for our Eighth Emotional Fluency Series, a six-week journey through curiosity, pride, tension, dread, anger, and a final wildcard week of playful, honest questions. Together, we’ll explore these emotions and experiences not to fix them, but to understand how they live in our bodies, shape our relationships, and reveal what may be asking for our attention.

We’ll meet once a week for an hour across six weeks. Please join only if you can commit to at least half of the series. These sessions are powerful because of the trust we build over time, and showing up matters.

Seats are limited and tend to go quickly, so reserve yours while you can.

We are all just walking each other home.

-Ram Dass, Be Here Now

Series Info

This is a series, which means no new participants will be invited after the first session. We are still bound by the same confidentiality agreement and community guidelines as always. If too many sessions are missed, the Keeper may remove you from the series to protect the group dynamic.

Meet the Keeper

Hi, I'm Heather. I currently reside in the mountains of North Carolina where I split my time working for Totem and running a dessert company. Prior to living in North Carolina, I spent six years in Chicago where I founded a non-profit aimed at bridging the gap between people and …

Reach out to the Keeper: heather@totem.org
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