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Led by Dr. Timothy Yen

Becoming the Man You Want to Be

A Growth Group for High-Achieving Fathers
You can be successful at work and still wonder whether the rest of your life is getting your best.
For
Fathers
Length
8 weekly sessions
Session
90 minutes
Investment
$1,200

For a lot of driven men, achievement comes naturally. You know how to solve problems, carry responsibility, provide for your family, and keep moving when it gets hard.

The same qualities that make you good at work also make it easy to neglect the rest of life until something starts to feel off.

Maybe you are succeeding on paper and feeling disconnected from your spouse, your kids, your faith, your health, or yourself. Maybe you are constantly productive and rarely fully present. Or maybe you just know that becoming the man, husband, and father you want to be is going to take more than achievement.

Becoming the Man You Want to Be is a small group for high-achieving fathers who want meaningful success without giving up the relationships and values that matter most.

Inside the group

Redefine what it means to succeed

This is not about becoming less ambitious. It is about making sure your ambition is actually serving the life you want to build.

  • Clarifying the kind of man, husband, and father you want to become
  • Aligning your time with what you say matters most
  • Becoming more present and available at home
  • Strengthening marriage and family relationships
  • Managing the pressure of being the one others depend on
  • Healthier boundaries between work and home
  • Emotional awareness and intentionality
  • Habits that support faith, family, health, and purpose
  • How achievement, identity, and self-worth get tangled together
  • Moving first instead of waiting for a crisis to force it

For men who want faith in the conversation, Christian values and spiritual formation can be part of how the group talks about identity, purpose, leadership, family, and legacy.

Is this you?

Who this group is for

  • Highly responsible, ambitious, or career-driven
  • Carrying significant professional or financial weight
  • Stretched between work and family
  • Wanting to be more present with your spouse and children
  • Have achieved a lot and still feel something important is missing
  • Want your values and your calendar to match
  • Want to grow alongside other men under the same pressure
  • Want to be intentional about faith, family, health, and purpose

You do not have to be in crisis to decide you want to live differently. Sometimes the best time to change is while life is still working and you know it could be better.

Who leads it

Your Facilitator

Dr. Timothy Yen

Licensed psychologist · Founder, Pivot Counseling
Tim is the author of Choose Better and the founder of Pivot. This is the group he leads himself.
The details

Format, Schedule, and Investment

Status
Currently gathering interest for the fall group
Format
Online
Length
8 weekly sessions
Session length
90 minutes
Led by
Dr. Timothy Yen
Still being set
The weekly meeting time is confirmed before enrollment opens.
Starts
Late September to mid-October, once the group has enough members
$1,200 for the complete eight-week group
$150 per session. Nothing is due when you join the interest list.
Join the list

Join The Men's Group Interest List

Some groups run on set schedules, and some need enough interest before a new cohort starts. Joining an interest list does not obligate you to enrol.

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