Be the bigger man with straightforward strategies for managing your anger
Are you ready to take control of your anger? Clinical Therapist Aaron Karmin teaches you the skills to manage your anger without aggression and build up your self-confidence, self-control, and self-respect.
The Anger Management Workbook for Men goes beyond why men get angry and helps you get to the root of your anger by
Invaluable information and assessments to help evaluate your angerConcrete examples of productively expressing angerClinical examples of anger management strategies
The Anger Management Workbook for Men will give you positive and productive anger management tools to strengthen the most important and most overlooked relationship in your life—your relationship with yourself.
What I liked about the book is that it recognised anger as a real emotion to be understood and not suppressed. It is true also as this book entails that many of our emotional states have origins in our childhood. It is very difficult indeed to dust off this mirror of the past and recognise that those childhood experiences that we disliked the most when our parents got angry, are the same ways that we are doing to our own children, repeating what should have been stopped.
The gender specific tile and narrative may be off putting, however this book provides a great deal of practical and valuable insight and perspective on dealing with strong emotions that stand in the way of one's happiness.
Honestly there is nothing to like or dislike about these kinds of books. You know you have a problem and you have to figure out a way to deal with it. The best thing about this book is it recognizes anger as a consequence of the emotion underlying for example jealousy, pain and multiple others. It also recognizes the fact that since early childhood, we are a creature of imitation. We learn and do what we see without realizing the impact of behavior.
I suggest this workbook to those who are working on how to deal with anger. It could give you an unique perspective and may help you to find a suitable way to deal with anger.
This workbook was genuinely helpful in recognizing early signs of anger, especially defensiveness and negative self-talk. It clearly explains how anger is often driven by our interpretation of situations rather than the situations themselves, which has helped me pause and reframe my thoughts. I’ve already avoided getting angry on a few occasions in the last few days just by changing my interpretation of the situation. The quote about holding a grudge being like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die really hit me and made a lot of sense. One downside, some of the exercises can feel a bit repetitive or basic.
Compared to other books aiming to help readers cope with anger, this one does a much better job. Where other authors concentrate on the cause and effects of anger; Aaron Karmin concentrates on dealing with our anger. He's done a wonderful job in constantly reminding the reader that we're just human, and its ok to be angry; just take a moment to retrospect habitually. The author does not make us feel like we need to meditate or possess zen level self control to deal with anger / anxiety.
I found the book often calling me out on my own bad habits and b.s. But it always showed me how to turn it around and make myself better. The book showed me that i I have self-worth, and it is important to recognize and nurture that. If you ever want to turn your life around this book is a good early guide to sending you in the right direction.
I didn't enjoy the book at all. The writing felt like a basic online article with only surface-level information and lacked any real depth. By the time I reached 41%, I still hadn’t found any actual tips or techniques, so I decided to stop reading. It just didn’t have that compelling quality that keeps you engaged. This is just my personal opinion, of course!!
I thought the author had lived with me my whole life after reading so many of the examples. And to know that I am not alone with this problem was liberating.
I like the modern approach to dealing with anger management issues. I recommend this book to men who struggle with anger that may stem from low self worth. Edifying the body always.
I liked the examples. This was a great reminder that you are in control when you can take a handle on your emotions. Once you set your personal standards and not for others it makes it easier to not stretch yourself thin to please others. Great read.
Not very useful. Pretty generic advice. Not a very helpful self-help book. I was kinda disappointed since the book has pretty good rating on Amazon and Goodreads. Don't expect too much out of this book.
Solid workbook that helped me work through some of my own issues with anger management (or lack thereof). Felt like the final chapter was not as robust or solid as the rest of the book. Regardless, uncovered plenty for me to work on and gave helpful tips to do so.
Very good book that handles emotions in a way I think more men can understand. Not all tied up in "how did we get here? What did your parents do?"and more about how do we fix this? Gives needed emotional tools that help you understand why.
Overall a good book to better understand the root causes.
Book is about 130 pages of content but there's 59 blank pages for exercises. Way too much. And I do my exercises on a word document or piece of paper, not in a book (it's personal stuff after all).
Although it made me understand more about where it comes from, I felt like they are not enough solutions presented, tips and tricks, on how to manage it, etc.
Really liked the test in the book, very useful.
For what's actually in the book, I found it very generic and often about outside factors (antagonists, events). I liked that it was written for men but also did not find anything very particular apart some old-fashion stereotypes that does not apply nowadays. I would have prefer more examples, cases, etc.
Overall, feels like I'm missing the "Anger Management For Men - Part II - How to fix it". Still, I see value in this book for understanding where it comes from. Now I need a book to actually help me fix it.
I’m not going to rate this one cos it is what it is and if you do the work it’s good and if you don’t? Waste of time. I got some heavy difficult work to do.