Why Men Hide Behind Anger - Ashanti Branch

Ashanti Branch is the founder of the Ever Forward Club, creator of the Million Mask Movement, author of Diary of a Confused Educator, and a former engineer who left a six-figure career to work with young men in Oakland.Behind every "I'm fine" is something a man isn't saying. Ashanti Branch has collected over 80,000 masks from men in 100+ countries, each one revealing the gap between what men show the world and what they're actually feeling inside. One mask he'll never forget: a teenager who wrote "happy, smart, outgoing, caring" on the front and the word "anger" 17 times on the back. In this conversation, we unpack why anger becomes the default emotion for men, what's really driving the behavior society calls "toxic," and how creating space for men to drop the mask changes everything.Expect to learn why anger is often a cover-up emotion for men, how childhood experiences shape the masks we wear into adulthood, why men turn every emotion into anger when it's the only one respected, what it really means to hold space without carrying someone's burden, how to find alignment between your soul and your career, why showing up imperfectly matters more than having it figured out, practical ways to test if you're living your purpose, and how men's circles create transformation.Get in touch in the comments below or head to...-Website: www.weslambert.me-Email: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambert-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23-Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833