Very informative. I found this to be very helpful in collecting my thoughts and understanding how to deal with people who I have experienced being angry. I found it to be informative and broken down into manageable relatable scenarios. I will be dipping back into it as I go.

Thanks netgalley for this arc Audio in exchange for my views

I found this easily accessible guide to understanding anger and some cbt-strategy for dealing with it.

To be fair I found quite informative and had clear detail on why people are angry and how to deal with them.
I believed it could have been structured a little more clearly though, otherwise it was pretty cool..

I liked the theory aspect of this book (reasons why people get angry) and the strategies to mitigate the anger. I have learnt some techniques to use both at home and at work.

However, for me, this doesn’t work as an audiobook. Having a physical copy would have been much more beneficial so I could refer back to it in the future.

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* ARC from Netgalley *

"How to Deal with Angry People: 10 Strategies for Facing Anger at Home, at Work and in the Street" by Dr. Ryan Martin is a comprehensive guide for managing and coping with anger in various situations. As a nurse who works in a variety of intense environments, I’m always looking at ways of communicating better and dealing with conflict resolution.

This was an insightful and informative book which actually really helped me to understand what I can and can't challenge, within myself and with others, and how I might begin to go about that (or, in fact, when might be the right time to just walk away).

I wanted to read this book for two reasons: passive aggressive people circulating the tides of my life and my own inner turmoil over my reactions towards that. There are some very key, perhaps obvious, strategies in this book to help you navigate other people's ire. It essentially explores, with some evidence ("some" being the operative word), how to step back and consider what the root cause of their angry delivery or aggression may be and whether you can find a way to not take it personally or help them calm down.

I dislike that some of the onus is put on to you to essentially excuse their behaviour, but actually the author really tries to make it abundantly clear that this isn't about making excuses for people and their behaviour, but rather about finding ways for you to feel okay navigating your way around how those people make you feel - I suppose one could argue that being shouted at, whether they have a traumatic background or not, is not your responsibility to have to deal with. And it isn't. But realising it isn't necessarily personal can help, I agree, with letting the specifics of their ire feel like they strike too much of a chord.

There were some parts of the book I found really helpful, like respecting boundaries if the relationship is non-negotiable and over - that was nice to hear that it's absolutely about respect if you have asked for space and wish to be given it (there must be so many entitled people who continue to force "meaningful" relationships when they are unwanted by the other party). Entitlement was also well explored.

Did I feel like I came away with a useful toolkit to make effective changes in my passive aggressive relationships? Not really. I think the tips and tricks are things everyone would have tried themselves over time anyway. But did it bolster me into thinking that it was okay for me to have some of the reactions to other people's ire, when I may have doubted them before? Yes, it was quite an empowering book.

An easily accessible guide to understanding anger and some cbt-for-laymen strategies for dealing with it.

This was quite informative and had clear detail on why people are angry and how to deal with them. I do think it could have been structured a little more clearly though, otherwise it was awesome.