
We Can Do Hard Things What to Do With Rage: Meggan Watterson
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Mar 10, 2026 Meggan Watterson, feminist theologian and author, offers a fierce, spiritual take on righteous anger. She talks about sacred rage as love. They probe institutional failure, believing survivors, and reclaiming spiritual authority. Historical acts of resistance and rituals for when the world is on fire are woven throughout.
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Sacred Rage Is Love Manifest
- Sacred rage is love's energetic response to systemic betrayal and reveals that our moral outrage is rooted in care.
- Meggan Watterson links her feral rage to reading Deepak Chopra in the Epstein files and to feeling compelled to act for trafficked girls.
Make A Tactical List To Calm Rage
- Do channel your overwhelm into concrete next steps by making lists or researching historical acts of peaceful women's resistance.
- Meggan calmed her nervous system by compiling 'How Women Pray When the World Is on Fire' and studying examples like Mary Maloney and the Mothers of the Disappeared.
Mary Maloney Rang A Bell At Churchill
- Mary Maloney followed Winston Churchill with a ringing bell to drown out his speeches disparaging women's suffrage.
- Meggan cites this 1908 tactic as a scrappy, creative example of annoyance-as-protest that raised awareness.



