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Sep 2025
21m 26s

3 Ways We Misuse Anger

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 How do you respond when you're not being treated well? Drawing on the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Sri identifies three key ways to recognize when anger is leading us down astray and explains how to use this passion constructively.
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