For men ready to become the man their word can stand on.
Led by licensed clinicians · Doing this work since 2016
“They stretched me and built a group of men that I would be willing to go to battle with!”
You have said sorry more times than you can count. You made promises late at night that were gone by morning. She does not believe your words anymore. And if you are honest, deep down, neither do you.
The problem was never that you did not mean it. Meaning it was never enough. Trust does not come back from better apologies. It comes back when you become a man who has nothing to hide and a man with integrity.
You love her, and you have hurt her in ways you cannot take back.
You are tired of living two lives, and the gap keeps growing.
You have tried to stop on your own many times. Willpower alone always ends the same way.
You have quit before, and you still feel empty inside.
Your phone, your browser, and your private hours have become places you hide.
You have carried this alone for years, and no one in your life truly knows you.
You have confessed before, but the relief never lasted past the next urge.
You do not want to be managed or shamed. You want to be a man whose word means something.
“I've been around the block with therapy for years. This single weekend was more valuable than all the therapy I've done in the past.”
“Life changing.”
“It allowed me to dig into what is truly meaningful to me in my life.”
“The retreat has changed me in a lot of different ways. One of those things is trying to give up fear. Living in fear is an everyday struggle with me and being in a hyperstate of anxiety, always scared of everything. I had to step into the fears instead of run from it. The experience here is unlike anything you'll ever experience. It's true connection, it's brotherhood, it's men struggling to overcome all the faulty core beliefs that have kept us stuck our whole life.”
“I liked the sense of connection and that we got right down to being vulnerable and getting to the heart of the matter. I liked being paired with a variety of people to get to know more people. I enjoyed the physical activities to help me learn with more hands on things.”
“This experience has helped me see myself in a different light. It's something that I've never really seen myself as, and that is that I am more worthy than I ever thought. I've learned that my imperfections don't define me, and don't make me unloveable. I realized that I can be vulnerable with my friends, brothers, family, and those around me.”
It was never really about the sex, or the drugs, or the alcohol. That was just the painkiller. It made a hard inner life feel okay for twenty minutes at a time. The real wound is older. It is the hiding, the way you look down on yourself, and the man you slowly stopped being.
So we are not here to help you force a habit to stop. We are here to help you become whole. A man who tells the truth because he has nothing left to hide. That work is slower. It is also the only kind that lasts.
There is no shortcut. You go in order, with your coaches guiding you, and the same men beside you the whole way. This is group work, not one-on-one or couples counseling. You live it alongside other men, in a program focused on one thing: becoming a man who can rebuild trust after betrayal.
Say it out loud to men who will not judge you.
Understand rigorous honesty and how to practice it.
Work with your coach to get to the roots of the issues.
Set up routines and support that hold when willpower does not.
Do the work to become safe and trustworthy again.
Lead your marriage and your life with nothing left to hide.
Every step is led by a coach and a group of men walking the path with you. Never alone.
One runs every week, from wherever you are. One is time away in person, twice a year. Most men start with the first.
A weekly group with the same men, a path you work through section by section, and private sessions with a coach along the way. It runs online and you can start without speaking to anyone.
Time away with a small group of men. No phones, no audience, and work that does not happen over a screen. Twice a year, and we speak with every man before he comes.
It is not a group focused on behavior management.
It is not a group that reinforces shame.
We are not teaching you to make empty promises to her.
You name it, you own it, and you stop hiding from it.
Men who have been right where you are, holding the line with you.
Slow, real, trustworthy change she can finally see.
The licensed clinicians who lead the work, and the man who makes the experience happen.
A licensed therapist and a mountain man at heart. He helps men learn to live with honesty and purpose.
A licensed therapist, a dreamer, and a motivator. He gets men to commit to the work and follow through.
The one who keeps it all organized. A creative who builds meaning into every moment of the retreat.
Brannon and Tyler are licensed clinicians. Inside Rising Son they work as coaches, not as your therapist.
Brannon and Tyler are the licensed clinicians behind Rising Son. Across more than 540 episodes of their podcast, the Therapy Brothers, they have honest conversations most men only have in their own heads: trust, integrity, marriage, and the cost of hiding. 4.8 stars from 82 reviews. No one has to know you are listening yet. It is a quiet place to start.
Clear, practical articles on rebuilding trust and integrity. New pieces are added as we publish them.
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