The Founder House 2027 · Founding waitlist now open · 10 seats

Forge MHT · Mindset, Habits & Transformation

Build big.
Not alone.

You’ve built a business, a career, a family. What most driven men don’t have is a room full of guys who get it. Forge is coaching, community and unforgettable trips for men who are done going it alone.

Founding trip Spring 2027 · 10 seats · $250 refundable hold

Build big. Not alone.✦Hot seats in the morning✦Boats in the afternoon✦Long tables at night✦Ten men worth knowing✦Build big. Not alone.✦Hot seats in the morning✦Boats in the afternoon✦Long tables at night✦Ten men worth knowing✦

The quiet problem

The higher you climb, the fewer people get it.

Plenty of contacts. Almost nobody to call. Your wife hears about work, your team hears the plan, and nobody hears what’s actually on your mind.

It isn’t just you. Men’s friendships have been shrinking for thirty years, and the most driven men feel it hardest, because they’ve traded every free hour for the build. Forge puts the friendships back, without asking you to slow down the build.

1 in 6American men say they have no close friends. That’s five times as many as in 1990.
1 in 4men have six or more close friends. In 1990, more than half did.

Source: Survey Center on American Life, 2021 and 2024.

What Forge is

Trips. Tribe. Coaching.

Men cheering from a boat as a friend wakesurfs
Afternoons
Men in a morning hot-seat session
Mornings
Men talking around a fire pit at night
Late

The Founder House · Founding trip · 2027

A house worth flying to. Ten men worth knowing.

Three nights at a lake house in the Texas Hill Country. Hot seats in the morning, boats and clays in the afternoon, and a long table every night.

  • Three nights in a house worth flying to
  • Every meal, cooked by a private chef
  • The signature day: boats, clays or golf (you pick)
  • Three morning hot-seat sessions led by Adam

From $3,500 · $250 refundable hold · 10 seats

What you leave with

More than a good weekend.

01

3–5 men you’ll actually text

Not contacts. Friends who know what you’re building and ask how it’s going.

02

One real problem, worked

You bring the thing that’s been sitting on your chest. Ten sharp minds work it with you.

03

A written 90-day plan

Business, body, family. Specific enough that you’ll know if you’re doing it.

04

A pod that checks on you

Three men, one group chat, every week. Momentum doesn’t die at the airport.

To be clear

Not a bootcamp.
Not therapy camp.

What it isn’t

  • A survival bootcamp
  • A 5am ice-bath endurance test
  • Trust falls and name games
  • A guru on a stage
  • Therapy camp

What it is

  • Great houses and great food
  • Fun you’d never book for yourself
  • Sharp, focused hot seats
  • Men at your level, or above it
  • Friendships that last

Who it’s for

Men who are building something.

Founders, owners, operators, sales leaders, partners, men running a team or about to. No revenue minimum. The bar is drive, honesty and a willingness to show up for other men.

Every seat is by application, so the room stays sharp.

Ways in

Start where you are.

Start free, join the tribe, go deep 1:1, or take a seat at the house. It all runs on the same framework.

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The Assessment

Free

Ten questions, two minutes. See where you’re strong and where you’re running on fumes.

  • Your score across the five F.O.R.G.E. pillars
  • Your weakest pillar, named
  • A 5-day email series with one practice each day
Take it now →

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The Forge Circle

$97/mo

The tribe, year-round. Men who are building something and want company doing it.

  • 2 live calls a month with Adam
  • The Forge Table, monthly in Dallas
  • First seats at the Founder House
Join the Circle →

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1:1 Coaching

From $2,500

10–12 weeks of private coaching with Adam. By application.

  • Weekly 60-min sessions
  • Support between sessions
  • A written 90-day plan you keep
Apply →
Forge MHT

Your host

Adam Thorne

M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling · Men’s coach

Adam has spent nine years in men’s groups watching successful men carry everything alone. Forge is the room he wished existed: sharp enough for men at the top of their game, and fun enough that they actually show up.

He runs the hot seats, hosts the table and keeps the room honest. The clinician’s ear stays; the clinic doesn’t.

Adam’s story →

Questions.

Do I need to be fit?

No. There’s no hike to survive and no fitness test. Every activity is the kind you can do with a drink in the other hand, give or take the clays.

Is this therapy?

No. Forge is coaching: forward-looking, practical and built on what you’re trying to build. Adam’s counseling training makes him a sharper coach, but nobody is diagnosed or treated, and going deep is always your call. If therapy would serve you better, he’ll tell you straight and help you find it.

Who else will be there?

Eight to ten driven men, chosen by application. Founders, operators, leaders, men building something. Coaching and Circle members get first seats.

What happens to my $250 hold?

It saves your place on the founding list and comes off the price. If the trip doesn’t reach six confirmed seats, it’s refunded in full. You can also ask for it back any time before you confirm.

Not ready for a trip?

Start with the free assessment or join the Circle. The Forge Table in Dallas is the easiest way to meet the tribe.

Founding trip · 10 seats

Your seat at the table.

Put down a $250 refundable hold and help shape the first Founder House.