Module 1 - Anger Awareness & Triggers
Learning Goals
- Define anger as a signal, not an excuse.
- Identify personal triggers, body warnings, and escalation patterns.
- Separate the event, interpretation, feeling, and action.
Facilitator Teaching Points
Anger often arrives before a person has words for hurt, fear, disrespect, pressure, or shame. Bonding begins by listening before judging. The first skill is slowing down enough to notice what is happening before reaction becomes harm.
Use the BUSI stewardship map: Situation - Thought - Body Signal - Choice - Outcome - Repair.
Practice Activity
Trigger timeline: Participant writes one recent conflict and marks the first warning sign, the moment choices narrowed, and the moment a stewardship choice could have changed the outcome.
Assignment Evidence
- Three personal triggers.
- Three body warning signs.
- One early-exit phrase to use before escalation.