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Don’t Make Me Angry. You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry

WUNC | By Hady Mawajdeh,

Frank Stasio

Published October 1, 2014 at 12:00 PM EDT

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Everyone gets mad sometimes, but learning to control anger is a challenge for many people.

Author and Duke University psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor Jeffrey Brantley outlines specific steps to manage one’s temper in his new book, Calming Your Angry Mind (New Harbinger Publications/2014).

Host Frank Stasio talks with Brantley about how mindfulness and compassion can free people from problems of anger.

Comic book character Bruce Banner (David Banner on the TV show) gained abilities from his anger, but even he wasn't too satisfied with losing control. Wonder if he ever tried meditation?

Well wonder no more! Turns out in Marvel's 2008 The Incredible Hulk Bruce does some yoga and meditation to help deal with the anger.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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