{"product_id":"anger-is-not-a-four-letter-word-a-guide-to-using-your-anger-instead-of-suppressing-it-9798295657177","title":"Anger Is Not a Four Letter Word: A Guide to Using Your Anger Instead of Suppressing It","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Anger Is Not a Four-Letter Word, Johnny Mahaffey dismantles the cultural myth that anger is a flaw to suppress or a force to fear. Drawing from lived experience-including a past shaped by violence, incarceration, and court-mandated programming-alongside rigorous engagement with the DSM-5-TR and modern psychological research, Mahaffey delivers something rare: a framework that is both clinically grounded and brutally honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not another shallow workbook about counting to ten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a structured, evidence-informed curriculum built to work in real environments-homes, classrooms, treatment programs, and correctional facilities. Through neuroscience, behavioral science, attachment theory, and practical skill-building, readers learn how anger actually functions in the brain and body, why suppression and explosion both fail, and how to transform anger from a destructive force into actionable data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the neurobiology of anger and \"amygdala hijack\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentify your personal anger style and its origins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecode the hidden emotions beneath anger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegulate your nervous system in high-intensity moments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunicate assertively without aggression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet boundaries without destroying relationships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguish righteous anger from reactive escalation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMahaffey does not excuse harmful behavior-but he refuses to reduce human beings to it. Anger is not evil. It is not a diagnosis. It is not a character verdict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are court-ordered to anger management, struggling privately with explosive reactions or silent resentment, or simply seeking a more disciplined relationship with emotion, this book offers a direct, structured path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnger is not the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMisunderstanding it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabrit Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295657177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Johnny Mahaffey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733856546997,"sku":"9798295657177","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anger-is-not-a-four-letter-word-a-guide-to-using-your-anger-instead-of-suppressing-it-9798295657177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}