Abstract: A method is performed to manage a secondary emotion such as anger, allowing the user to choose their behavior in response to the primary emotion thereby managing their behavior. The user turns on a figurine which plays back a message which invites the user to complete the process. The user names and records on a note the primary emotion being experienced. Then, the user claims this primary emotion as being responsible for the anger and records this on the note. Then, the user deposits this note into a figurine that disposes the note. This last step, by disposing the note, symbolically releases the anger, which helps the user manage anger and reminds the user of their power to choose their response to feelings of anger. The apparatus comprises a figurine containing, in one embodiment, a voice module to play back a message and a paper shredder to dispose the note.