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Try a practice in accepting difficult feelings like anger or irritation to help keep your cool, feel better overall, and find calm with contemplative social scientist Eve Ekman. **How To Do This Practice:** 1. **Settle with your breath:** Take a few slow, deep breaths, lengthening your spine as you inhale and relaxing your face and body as you exhale. 2. **Notice your body:** Scan your body with curiosity and observe any sensations without trying to change them. 3. **Recall a mild frustration:** Bring to mind a recent situation that made you feel slightly irritated or frustrated. 4. **Release the story:** Let go of the memory and focus only on where you feel the emotion in your body. 5. **Give the emotion space:** Allow the sensations to exist without judging or resisting them, noticing how they naturally shift over time. 6. **Close with kindness:** Take one final breath and remind yourself to meet future moments of anger with curiosity, acceptance, and compassion. _Scroll down for a transcription of this episode._ **Today’s Happiness Break Guide:** EVE EKMANis a contemplative social scientist and meditation teacher from San Francisco, California. Learn more about Eve’s work: [**https://tinyurl.com/2vhuarh8**]( https://tinyurl.com/2vhuarh8">**https://tinyurl.com/2vhuarh8** **More Happiness Breaks like this one:** A Self-Compassion Meditation For Burnout: [**https://tinyurl.com/ye24rz4k**]( https://tinyurl.com/ye24rz4k">**https://tinyurl.com/ye24rz4k** The Healing Power of Your Own Touch: [**https://tinyurl.com/rrtpje2x**]( https://tinyurl.com/rrtpje2x">**https://tinyurl.com/rrtpje2x** A Breathing Technique To Help You Relax: [**https://tinyurl.com/59y4sf5y**]( https://tinyurl.com/59y4sf5y">**https://tinyurl.com/59y4sf5y** **Related Science of Happiness episodes:** Why Compassion Requires Vulnerability: [**https://tinyurl.com/mrxsad33**]( https://tinyurl.com/mrxsad33">**https://tinyurl.com/mrxsad33** How To Feel Better About Yourself: [**https://tinyurl.com/3jave7h2**]( https://tinyurl.com/3jave7h2">**https://tinyurl.com/3jave7h2** What To Do When Stress Takes Over: [**https://tinyurl.com/yxf3jawn**]( https://tinyurl.com/yxf3jawn">**https://tinyurl.com/yxf3jawn** We’d love to hear about your experience with this practice! Share your thoughts at happinesspod@berkeley.edu or use the hashtag #happinesspod. Find us on Apple Podcasts:**">https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap">** [https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap](https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap Help)Help us share Happiness Break! Leave a 5-star review and share this link:**">https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap">** [https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap](https://tinyurl.com/2p9h5aap Transcription :) _Transcription_: [https://tinyurl.com/2zh8uewh]( https://tinyurl.com/2zh8uewh">https://tinyurl.com/2zh8uewh