That Rage is Older Than You—And It's Trying to Tell You Something

There's a fire that lives in some lineages. A heat that simmers beneath the surface, ready to erupt. Or maybe it's a cold rage—a quiet fury that colors everything with resentment.

You know the shame of losing control, the guilt of snapping at people you love, the exhaustion of containing something that feels larger than you.

And here's what you might not know: that rage probably didn't start with you.

In this episode, we explore rage as inherited pain:

✨ Where it comes from: Rage is what happens when pain has no outlet. Your ancestors experienced war, violence, abuse, oppression—and couldn't safely express their fury. So it got swallowed, suppressed, turned inward as depression or outward as violence.

✨ Two forms: Explosive rage (sudden, intense, disproportionate) or suppressed rage (chronic resentment, bitterness, passive-aggression). Both are destructive. Both are trying to tell you something.

✨ The truth: You're not overreacting. You're reacting to something much older—your grandfather's war rage, your grandmother's powerless fury, violations you never experienced but somehow feel in your bones.

✨ Five steps to transformation: (1) Stop shaming it—rage isn't proof you're broken (2) Trace it back—what is this really about? (3) Feel it without directing it at someone (4) Speak the truth underneath (5) Set the boundary the rage is trying to protect

Rage is not a sin. It's energy, information, a response to harm. When understood correctly, rage is sacred—it says: something is wrong here, a boundary has been violated.

The problem isn't the rage. The problem is what you do with it. If you suppress it, it turns toxic. If you explode unconsciously, it destroys. But if you work with it consciously—feel it, understand it, channel it—it becomes transformative.

Rage can fuel boundaries. It can motivate justice work. It can protect what needs protecting. On the other side of unconscious rage is conscious power.

Next episode: Shame—the inherited unworthiness and how toxic shame passes through generations.