Controlling Anger

This rather upset young woman writes to me concerning the seemingly perpetual nagging she is burdened with from her mother. She says she loves her mom very much but is storing a ton of anger from the constant nagging. We discussed a totally random way to deal with it. She went out and bought a noisy paint agitator and a metal five gallon pail. She mounted the agitator on the pail. Every time her mom began to rant, she turned on the noise. It was a strange technique. After the fourth time she did it, mom got the message. It was almost funny and definitely effective.