{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Unburdened Leader","title":"EP 33: Befriending Your Anger with Graphic Artist Sacha Mardou","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3496,"description":"Everyone gets angry.\r\n \r\nAnd most people have learned to hide their anger–often at great costs.\r\n \r\nThere is a LOT of baggage we carry around the emotion of anger.\r\n \r\nThese burdens come from our faith traditions, culture, family of origin, work, school and inform your relationship with anger today.\r\n \r\nWe are constantly navigating the many rules of what is ok and what is not ok when it comes to expressing, let alone feeling, anger.\r\n \r\nIn the process, anger can slowly start to consume us. Anger overwhelms  and it feels like it owns us—even as we’re doing our best not to show it.\r\n \r\nBut contrary to what many of us have been taught, anger is an important and valuable emotion.\r\n \r\nYou can own your anger instead of your anger owning you.\r\n \r\nTo own your anger, you’ve got to trust yourself. You’ve got to be able to hang out with the anger you feel so you can identify where it’s coming from and what it’s trying to tell you.\r\n \r\nMy guest today is no stranger to rumbling with her anger and leaning on IFS to help her better lead her emotions and her responses to them. Sacha Mardou (https://ifscomics.com/) is a cartoonist, author of the graphic novel series, Sky in Stereo, and many webcomics about therapy.\r\n \r\nBringing readers with her on her therapy journey has changed everything for both Sacha and those of us who get to experience the profound impact of her work–making the world feel a little less lonely as we navigate the vulnerability of being human.\r\n \r\nContent Alert: There is mention in this conversation of sexual assault. We do not go into detail but it is mentioned in reference to a family member of Sacha’s around the 27 minute mark. Take care and don’t push through if it is too much.\r\n \r\nListen to the full episode to hear:\r\n\r\n* How sharing her personal comics and sketches has helped Sacha feel less alone and process her own experiences as readers have shared their lives with her\r\n* How Sacha has built in space and boundaries around sharing her comics and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ArOoH4nRajdKHXRE91wYxu0YMZ-69lVTUZ9h58V8AfI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ0MzI1LzE2OTI4/MDUzOTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}