Finding Your CORE
CORE · A small circle of men

What men are missing isn't more information. It's other men.

A small circle of men built for real connection and honest challenge. Not a course. Not a drop-in. A long-term brotherhood where your default patterns actually change, because you're not doing it alone.

The current circle is full.

Before you read further

What this is. And what it isn't.

This is not group therapy. It's not a mastermind. It's not another program where you collect more frameworks and still feel stuck six months later.

CORE is a long-term circle of men who show up for each other, tell the truth even when it's uncomfortable, and don't let each other stay stuck. The work is somatic. We work with your body and your nervous system, not just your thinking, alongside men who actually know you.

If this is you

You are done doing it alone.

You've started the inner work. Maybe therapy, maybe on your own, maybe both. You've got genuine self-awareness. And you can feel that something is off:

None of this means you're broken. And you're not starting from scratch. You've been trying to fix it with thinking, and knowing hasn't been enough. The pattern lives in your body. It changes when you show up around real men.

Men at the spring retreat in Asheville, laughing together outdoors
Spring retreat, Asheville.
Inside CORE

How the work actually happens

01

The weekly circle

Ninety minutes, live, every week. Embodied check-ins, truth-based sharing, deeper work time, and commitments you follow through on. This is the backbone of CORE.

02

Between calls

A private group where the men actually show up. Check in at your pace, ask for a quick call when you need support, share the wins and the hard moments.

03

Work with Ro

Regular 1:1 coaching through the year. Whatever is most alive for you, we go there.

04

Accountability

A weekly intention or integrity action, and men who will hold you to it. Not just setting goals. Following through on them.

05

In person

Retreats away from the noise, where the group deepens in ways that can't happen on a screen. Expenses shared at cost.

Two men on a porch, present with each other
Summer retreat, Kentucky.

Not an audience. Not advice. Another man in your corner, week after week.

From the men

In their own words

I avoided everything for so many years and covered it up with alcohol. Once I got sober and started doing this kind of work, it was the only thing where I actually saw real growth. All the retreats and everything are great, but those are fleeting. This is the thing that has long-term effects - you actually show up, week after week. My connection with these men is stronger than with anybody else in my life. It took me a long time to get here - at least a year before I truly got honest and vulnerable. But I show up because it works.
Luke · North Carolina
I'm extremely grateful that I didn't stand in my own way when making the decision to go down this path. It has been more effective than I even hoped. Left on my own, I could sink back into avoidance or have the mask pulled back over my eyes by defense mechanisms and solitude. It's the relationships in this group - the conversations, the weekly touchpoints - that keep my aperture open and curious. Deep down in my core, I truly feel that I am worth loving. I don't question that at all anymore.
Marc · Kentucky
I'm really proud of how I've been showing up - at work, at home - especially compared to three or four years ago. I've pulled a complete 180 from seeing myself as different, and therefore separate, to belonging.
Jim · New Jersey
I thought I was open. I shared a lot but I was still guarded. It kept me from truly connecting with the people closest to me. This felt like the best parts of therapy, coaching, and embodiment all coming together.
Phil · New Jersey
About Ro

I sit in this circle alongside the men I coach, not above it.

For two decades I designed and delivered training programs for some of the world's largest companies. HP, Volvo, HSBC, Accenture. I worked with over 10,000 people on communication, leadership, and relationships.

Then came depression. Divorce. A complete loss of identity. The frameworks I'd taught for years didn't hold when my own life needed them most. Five years of searching followed: coaches, healing modalities, medicine journeys. What came out of it is the somatic, nervous-system work that is the foundation of everything I do.

Today I live in Asheville, NC with my wife Leigh, a therapist who keeps me honest, and our son Rowan.

Ro laughing with his son Rowan in the woods
Ro and Rowan, Asheville.
Request a place

The next circle forms in January 2027.

It stays small. If something on this page felt like you, send your name. The next step is a short conversation with me, not a form and a wait.

Completely confidential. Nothing you write is shared outside this conversation.