November 21, 2025

183. Anger: Still Channeling the Fire

42 minutes

“There is an aspect that women need to master if you’re going to be a wild woman and that is dealing with what can only be called women’s rage. The release of that rage is required. Once women remember the origins of their rage they feel they may never stop grinding their teeth. Ironically, we also feel very anxious to disperse our rage for it feels distressing and anxious. We wish to hurry up and do away with it. But, repressing it will not work.”

—Clarissa Pinkola Estes in Women Who Run with the Wolves

In this episode we explore:

-How anger is often considered a “bad” emotion, but that it is truly useful information and can offer us energy to sort through the complexities of life

-How perfectionism and the need to be nice can repress anger early in life

-How Kate found anger and rage as young women in spaces (law, politics, human rights) where appropriate anger could be acknowledged and accepted

-How Betsy, whose training was to be good, nice and likable, held anger back until later in life

-How women often repress anger, which then can manifest in the body as depression, heart problems, digestive issues

-Heathy ways to express anger and how to figure out what message anger is trying to give us

A Finnish study that mapped emotions onto where they are felt in the body

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1321664111

Past Episodes You Might Like with Kate & Betsy:

Episode 163: Rage As Teacher

Episode 131: Life Quakes

Episode 124: Shadow Work

Episode 98: Shake if Off: Facing the Criticism and Embracing Your Light

Episode 76: Women Finding Their Voice

Episode 55: Boundaries & Self Sabotage

Episode 42: Midlife Awakening: Rise from the Ashes

Episode 33: Anxiety: Surrender with Gratitude

Episode 30: Grief: It’s Complicated

Today’s Episode sponsored by:

Kate Moreland Coaching

Dr Yoga Momma

Heartland Yoga

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By Dr. Betsy Rippentrop and Kate Moreland

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