Anger is natural. We all feel it. But holding onto anger toward others for weeks, months, or even years later can quietly damage your mental and physical health.
If you’ve ever found yourself ruminating on past frustrations or carrying resentment, this post is for you. Science shows that releasing anger safely can reduce stress, calm your nervous system and improve your wellbeing.
In this post, I’ll share practical tips, nervous-system-focused techniques and guide you to watch my 30-minute live session, “Let Go Of Anger: Tap, Breathe, Release.”
The Hidden Costs of Holding Onto Anger Toward Others
When anger lingers, your body stays on high alert. Stress hormones like cortisol remain elevated, your nervous system stays in overdrive, and your sleep can be disrupted. Over time, this can lead to:
Chronic anxiety and irritability
Poor sleep and fatigue
Tension in your body and even digestive issues
Strained relationships
Even though the anger is directed at someone else, holding onto it harms your body and mind first.
Why Letting Go of Anger is So Hard
Anger is often a response to unmet needs, perceived injustice, or hurt. Your limbic system, the emotional centre of your brain, remembers these experiences vividly. That’s why old anger can feel as real today as it did the moment it happened.
But here’s the good news: you can shift it. Letting go of anger doesn’t mean excusing someone else’s behaviour. It means freeing yourself from the weight of resentment so your nervous system can calm and your mind can regain clarity.
EFT Tapping, Breathwork, and Insight: How to Release Anger Safely
In my live session, “Let Go Of Anger: Tap, Breathe, Release”, I’ll guide you through:
Insight: Understand how holding onto anger impacts your physical and mental health
Breathwork: Engage your parasympathetic nervous system to calm and ground yourself
EFT Tapping: Identify and process stuck anger, creating space to finally let it go.
The tapping script can be used whenever frustration or resentment surfaces and if you want to skip straight to the tapping it start at 11mins. Watch the video above and finally let go of your anger.
Ready to release more anger?
If you would like to explore your anger a little deeper and discover simple strategies to process it, check out my Wellbeing Programmes. Designed around your own personal needs they are the perfect way deeply nurture your wellbeing over 6 - 10 weeks.