30 Days to Taming Your Anger: How to Find Peace When Irritated, Frustrated, or Infuriated

by Deborah Smith Pegues

It's a mad, mad world and rare is the person who gets through a single day without encountering an irritating, frustrating, or anger-producing situation. Deborah Pegues, author of the award-winning and bestselling 30 Days to Taming Your Tongue (more than 650,000 sold), is once again a voice of hope in this indispensable guide for dealing with short-term and long-term feelings of displeasure.
Pegues reveals that anger is a secondary emotion. She uses biblical and modern-day stories to help you identify 18 primary emotions that may be at the root of your anger—and to choose Scripture-based responses for effectively dealing with them. You will discover anger-taming strategies such as 30 Days to Taming Your Anger provides Scripture-based principles, heart-searching personal challenges, and powerful affirmations that point you to a new sense of freedom and improved relationships. Perfect for individual devotions, small groups, and biblical counseling.

Genres: Self Help

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 2013

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was eager to read another book by Deborah Smith Pegues because I LOVE 30 Days to Taming the Tongue. I think this book has a lot of wisdom, great biblical insights and examples, and a lot of helpful practical advice as well. I do think her strategies seem to apply more to people who are either dealing with more long standing anger issues--closer to bitterness, and more to people dealing with co-workers, bosses, or extended family troubles. I'm pretty sure the author does not have children and while she tries to address some points towards parents, I felt like some of the things that arise in my daily life and rev up my anger were not really addressed, or there were not really any examples given on how to confront and resolve anger that's arising from the actions of an ever-present and irrational child; the examples are more on resolving issues with other adults. I suppose "taking deep breaths" for cooling down when your anger is heating up is good advice, but trying to walk away, go in another room, or "take a walk"--ha ha!--these do not work when working with young children who follow you everywhere. I think she has some great advice in here for everyone, but I think Dr. Gary Chapman's book on anger is a more comprehensive approach that is more helpful for parents, specifically.

[Shadena Higgins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read good tips

This was a good weekend read. Very good advice for handling your anger. If you are struggling with feeling of anger please read this book.

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book

My mentor suggested this book and it is AWESOME. Not too wordy, but covers all the different causes of anger well. A quick read.

[Brandie Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book talks about the different things that cause us to be angry. I read one per day for 30 days and focused really hard on improving each one. I paid attention to why I was angry and each time it fell into one of the categories in the book. Definitely a great read. I would highly recommend this book for someone with anger issues. It's very eye opening.

[Adrienna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty decent read.
3.5