183. Anger: Still Channeling the Fire

“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 Want to do your own Heroine’s Journey with Dr. Betsy? Consider joining Reclaim: A Heroine’s Journey with Betsy. This 13-week online course takes you on a journey “in and down” (the feminine path) to reclaim your lost feminine parts, heal your wounded masculine parts, receive initiation from the Goddess, and return a changed person.  This course runs during the darkest days of the year, which tends to be the best time for depth work according to Dr. Betsy.  This course begins November 2025.   For all the upcoming details visits https://dryogamomma.com/reclaim-heroines-journey-of-transformation Want to check out the Waterbearer event on January 11, 2026 in Iowa City visit: Winter Gathering 2026 waterbearercollective.com Want to go on retreat?  Want to join Betsy in Costa Rica in May 2026 at her favorite retreat center to help you reorganize your inner space using yoga, meditation, energy medicine, and hypnosis?  All the details here! To join the Tend Her 4.0 Course on Hope (It’s Free!), visit here: https://dryogamomma.com/tend-her-4-0-hope/ Source