In the moment
Walk it out when you're furious
When anger spikes, walk fast for ten minutes instead of sitting with it
10 min
How to do it
When something has properly wound you up, don't sit with it at your desk. Get outside or into another room and walk fast for ten minutes. Let your arms swing. Don't try to think it through yet.
What the evidence says
Anger and irritability rise for many women through the menopause transition alongside broader mood symptoms, and moderate exercise is well established in general research for burning off the physical charge that anger creates in your body. It changes how the anger feels in your body, not what caused it.
