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Right Human Relations

How to Overcome Frustration

by Nicolette Beard on May 27, 2010

in Healing,Right Human Relations

The dic­tio­nary def­i­n­i­tion of frus­tra­tion is that it’s a com­mon emo­tional response to oppo­si­tion related to anger and dis­ap­point­ment. Most of us (includ­ing me) think that obsta­cles which cre­ate frus­tra­tion are out­side our­selves, and we deal with these exter­nal causes either through anger, irri­ta­tion or even aggres­sion. My frus­tra­tion had been grow­ing over the past […]

Recently I was watch­ing the Daily Show with Jon Stew­art, whose guest was Jane Goodall, the famed ani­mal rights activist known for her decades long work with chim­panzees. Jon Stew­art praised her for her com­pas­sion and warmth and the “rea­son­able approach” she took to pro­mot­ing ani­mal rights and the envi­ron­ment. Para­phras­ing Dr. Goodall: It’s awful […]