Women feeling RAGE. We take a road trip with Mary Ellen to the cliff edge of repressed and stressed.

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Anirban confesses he didn't realize there is a gender difference with expressing feelings of anger. He changes his view as he discovers how women are often silenced in his own Indian community, including his Bengali mum. Ironically, his parenting stress is reduced as he learns his tween daughter used anger to stand up to sexual harassment at school. Mary Ellen recounts stories of everyday sexism at home and at work in 1990s Ireland and in London before Me Too. She shares how many women have a bad habit of not expressing their anger, which reduces their happiness, including herself. She explores why 'Mum's the word' is toxic and may lead to serious illness. She believes it did with her own mother. Mary Ellen coaches on what to do when we feel powerless within the patriarchal systems of our workplace and our homes. She shares her lived experience of using Quietize meditation as the antidote to her rage and her feelings of frustration about the stereotype of the feisty Irish woman. In short, it’s been a game changer for her. RESOURCES We believe in your emotional potential so we're sharing our FREE Feelings Cheat Sheet on hapits.com and on our Instagram hapits_com. We can all have better relationships and more purpose if we practice embracing ALL feelings. If we FEEL IT TO REVEAL IT, emotional flexibility can become one of our happiness habits. We strongly encourage you to try out the happiness habit of labeling and journaling your feelings. Please do let us know how you get on; we'd love to hear from you. Just email us at [e-mail]. You can also purchase our Hapits® Online Course, which includes our coaching cards used throughout this podcast; https://hapits.com/buy_hapits/ BOOKS etc. Hysterical: Exploding the Myth of Gendered Emotions by Pragya Agarwal. Raising Girls in the 21st Century: Helping Our Girls to Grow Up Wise, Strong and Free by Steve Biddulph. Atlas of the Heart by Brène Brown Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates What About Men? by Caitlin Moran TV and film references: - Thelma and Lousie - Promising Young Woman - I May Destroy You. TED talks: Ted talk by Soraya Chemaly. The power of women’s anger Ted talk by Deepa Narayan. 7 beliefs that silence women and how to unlearn them Other mentions: Soma Sara founder of Everyone's Invited. Michael Conroy founder of Men At Work. Nuala MGovern presenter on BBC Women's Hour.

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