The New Masculine

Anson Whitmer- Father, Mentor, Friend

Episode Summary

On this episode, Travis talks with founder and CEO of a new app Mental, the first app designed from the ground up with men's mental health needs in mind. After his time as founding member of the Calm app, Anson recognized that the cultural conversation around mental health just isn't resonating with men. And now he's on a mission to address that. Topics discussed include: his own stories of loss/grief that propelled him into this work, how childhood teasing shapes our ideas about there world, rumination, the assumptions that are made around men's mental health, making mental health tools more accessible to men (and before they are in crisis), the benefits of cold water showers, and the ethics of AI (artificial intelligence)-based coaching.

Episode Notes

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