I have been aware of my rage since my early 20s. At 60 I was diagnosed with ADHD and it explained a lot! I struggled most of my life to contain the rage and failed regularly. Teaching kids to recognise their strong emotions, to know that its ok, and to have tools to release it in safe, non-destructive ways, is I think a critical issue for all humans now. Not just women. I would also add that rage has often been the only thing that got me up in the morning. The fuel that kept me alive and functioning during some of the most difficult periods of my life.
Congratulations on the book - I look forward to reading it. I was compelled to shift from corporate consultant to playwright in the past 18 months (an unanticipated wild and crazy fury-fueled leap!) in order to bring Dr Gabor Maté’s book The Myth of Normal to life. In it - you may well know - he equates women’s suppression of our healthy anger with suppression of our immune systems. The data is compelling - and shocking. That we are 51% of the population but account for 70-80% of auto-immune diseases - think MS, lupus, chronic fatigue, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, on and on. Chapter 23 has a succinct explanation. Or come see my play - Adaptation: Enough Already. Just recovering from taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe then regrouping to take it into the corporate #DEI market starting in London. www.stateofmind.world has more info. Thanks for your work - will find your podcast now! And thanks to @TheFemaleLead who’ve been very supportive.
I have been aware of my rage since my early 20s. At 60 I was diagnosed with ADHD and it explained a lot! I struggled most of my life to contain the rage and failed regularly. Teaching kids to recognise their strong emotions, to know that its ok, and to have tools to release it in safe, non-destructive ways, is I think a critical issue for all humans now. Not just women. I would also add that rage has often been the only thing that got me up in the morning. The fuel that kept me alive and functioning during some of the most difficult periods of my life.
Jennifer,
Congratulations on the book - I look forward to reading it. I was compelled to shift from corporate consultant to playwright in the past 18 months (an unanticipated wild and crazy fury-fueled leap!) in order to bring Dr Gabor Maté’s book The Myth of Normal to life. In it - you may well know - he equates women’s suppression of our healthy anger with suppression of our immune systems. The data is compelling - and shocking. That we are 51% of the population but account for 70-80% of auto-immune diseases - think MS, lupus, chronic fatigue, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, on and on. Chapter 23 has a succinct explanation. Or come see my play - Adaptation: Enough Already. Just recovering from taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe then regrouping to take it into the corporate #DEI market starting in London. www.stateofmind.world has more info. Thanks for your work - will find your podcast now! And thanks to @TheFemaleLead who’ve been very supportive.