Ever find yourself getting heated with a stranger or loved ones over seemingly trivial matters? I know I'm guilty. Many of us have been conditioned into the same reactive patterns of behavior when we feel triggered, insecure, or find the need to defend our identity or righteousness. After a while though, you sense that all the frustration, hurt, and anger we experience not only spill over into our relationships and interactions with others, it may have also become an unbearable layer of disco...