I've Studied Anger For Decades. Then An Encounter With A Man After Trump Won Changed Everything.
Huff PostMint Images - Tim Pannell via Getty Images In November, I was in a middle school gymnasium in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in between games at my 13-year-old son’s basketball tournament. I had been on Von’s podcast a few weeks earlier talking about that work, which focuses on why people get angry, the consequences of that anger and what we can do about it. It seemed clear that even though men could benefit from learning to manage their anger, they weren’t interested in what I had to say. The author with his sons Courtesy of Ryan Martin Then the 2024 presidential election happened, and I fully realized that raising two emotionally sensitive, strong and kind boys isn’t good enough — not when they exist in an ecosystem of boys and men who are becoming increasingly angry and hostile. His TED Talk, “Why We Get Mad — and Why It’s Healthy,” and other public scholarship have made him a trusted voice on understanding and transforming anger.
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