How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching | Page 476

Focus now on your face and jaws. Relax your face and jaws, tensing first
if you want to. Let all the tension leave your face..... let the tension leave
your jaws.... leaving your face and jaws limp, smooth, and relaxed.
Scan your body now, for remaining areas of tension. Relax each area
that feels tense.... scan your body from head to toe.... relaxing each part
of your body.
(pause)
Take note of how you are feeling now. Physically. Emotionally.
You are controlling anger right now, just by the fact that you have not
yet reacted with angry behaviors. You have chosen to relax, to deal with
anger in a healthy way.
To increase the control you have over anger, you may want to repeat
some affirmations to help create realistic, rational thinking.... also called
self-control thoughts.
Here are 5 affirmations for anger management to help deal with anger:
I acknowledge that I am feeling angry right now, and accept the way I
feel.
I have the power to control my reactions.
I can fully experience this anger, yet wait before I take action.
I can feel angry, but calm and in control at the same time.
It's okay to feel angry.
Notice again how you are feeling. Physically, how are you feeling? Let
your body relax a little more... relaxing any tense areas.
Emotionally, how are you feeling? See how emotions come and go....
anger can come and go.... it will not last forever. There is a limited time
where you exercise self-control, before the anger is no longer an issue.
You may feel less angry... just as angry... or more angry now than you
were at the beginning of this relaxation session.

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