Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion Kindle Edition

If you are a good, loving and rational person who lives around other good loving and rational people and you occasionally feel anger but aren't known for being an angry person, then I believe this book will prove quite helpful to you. On the other hand, if you are someone who was raised in an abusive family (or lack of one) and have grown up with a brain that is hard-wired for angry and destructive behavior and despite all efforts, you feel like you will always have this "thorn," then I think this book will have some helpful points but you aren't really the intended audience here.As someone who falls into the latter category, I still think this is a good read and some of the practicals were helpful. I liked and have used the 5-step processes Dr Chapman presents for handling the two types of anger (essentially, justified and unjustified anger). And yet, that 5 step process is best played out in a near-perfect scenario. If you throw in young emotional children, a wife who is afraid of upsetting you because of your past behavior, a typical lifestyle of a busy family, or even a partner that isn't completely loving and rational, then things don't work out as nicely.I also appreciated Dr Chapman's stance on what anger is - not a sin to run far far away from, but rather a red-light telling you that something isn't right and you need to find out what that is and make peace with it. I find this is a healthy perspective on facing and working through anger. One option that Dr Chapman offers for working through anger is to "give it to God." I understand what he is trying to say there, but I wish he would flesh this concept out a bit more. It felt like this was something you do when all else fails and you have no where else to go - i.e. just "pray it away and you'll be fine." I suppose this is one more clue that this book was written for a more reasonable balanced and loving audience rather than those who have deeper issues to uncover.For those like me, I'd like to recommend another book that has helped me greatly:  Why Can't I Change?: How to Conquer Your Self-Desctructive Patterns . All the best to those in their life-long journey to be more like Jesus.

I, like many others who have left one star, didn't like the fact that the book had such religious overtones. I have nothing against religion, I am even Christian, but the idea of simply "turning it over to God" as being the method to control anger is just not acceptable and really should be included in the cover that this is aimed at Christian's. I honestly felt like I was in a bible study and got progressively more irritated and angry while reading the book which is extremely ironic since the book is about dealing with anger. I can't recommend this book at all and was seriously disappointed after having read, and loved, The 5 Love Languages.

BIBLE THUMPER BOOK. This book should have on the cover that is a religious book. For those of us who don’t want to sift through the religious gibberish, it feels like you got suckered into a buying a book (I got the kindle one) that was not obviously only about anger. GRRRRRRR (joke, I’m just annoyed, not angry, though I did waste my money :(

After reading and enjoying the same author's "5 Love Languages" book I noticed that he had written this one, and I thought it would be equally helpful. It's chock-full of scriptures and other religious themes. Essentially that's his entire method of anger management is from an understanding that even got experienced anger at times.I dedicated to reading the forward and 1st chapter before sitting this one down. It's getting donated to a church or library now because it actually BEGAN to enrage me that I'd wasted my time and money on such a book. From what I understand from the author is that if you don't believe in God then you cannot work through your anger. This is flawed and bad life advice. Everyone deserves to control their anger, not just Christians.

This book is perfect! I am so thankful I purchased this book! Both me and my husband have benefited greatly from reading this (as individuals and in our marriage)! Whether you have a lot of issues with anger or very few, this book will help you! I'm going to be recommending this book to every one I know! It touched some sore spots but they were spots that desperately needed to be poked a little! There are a ton of great "steps to take when..", which I really appreciated and have copied and hung on our refrigerator. Every thing in the book is backed up by Bible verses and Biblical examples which really meant a lot to me. I honestly didn't want this book to end, I wanted more! I truly believe every person on this Earth should read through this book!

Life changing book, even for non-Christians. This teaches you great strategies for actually resolving anger, rather than imploding, exploding, or trying to pretend you’re not angry. I have shared this book with MANY people, and it has brought me a great deal of healthy serenity.

My counselor recommended this book to me in December because I've had major issues all of my life in shutting down mentally when getting angry. If taken to heart, I believe this book can provide some real benefits to Christian men, especially those of us who have never really known how to put anger in it's proper perspective. I say it this way because this is who I am. I have loaned my book to my brother & my sister and I also have purchased the kindle version. Like anything else in life, you are going to get the benefits out of a book only if you are willing to put in the time and effort into implementing it's strategies yourself. Remember folks that we, as individuals, are each responsible for our own actions!

The book is ok. Although I didn't exactly find the answer to my situation (being angry with a situation that I cannot escape or with a child who is too little to be confronted) I did find some helpful information. However what upset me is that the author designed this book for christians but failed to mention this fact in an annotation. Basically in every chapter he mentions god or cites the bible. What if I am not a believer? Does this mean that if handling my anger I decide to "let the offence go" I cannot do that because this step requires to confess my anger in prayer and turn that person to god? There are many examples like this in a book. Personally I was able to ignore this and somewhat adapt the information to fit me. But if you might have a problem with to much bible stuff either don't buy the book or be prepared to skip whole pages.

Didn't realise it a "Christian" book. Too many religious comments for someone who is not religious.

This is a brilliant book, and really goes through many aspects of how to handle our anger and hurts in the way that is good for our relationships and showing love to one another. It explains the topic biblically so well too, and some prayers in there too. I really enjoy reading Gary Chapman's books, they are very well explained and realistic.

I really enjoyed reading the book, it was eye opening and I was impressed with the scriptures and Bible principles that back up on how to respond in a Godly way when possessed by this powerful emotion.

A very good practical approach to handling anger. It is not easy to work through some of life's issues but it is worth doing for the outcome.