The Carbonado Intensive

Close-up of a black and gray gravelly rock with a shiny surface against a black background.

Refined Under Pressure

Most fathers don't quit. They go quiet and call it fine.

You look like you've got it together — and maybe you mostly do. But if there's a struggle no one sees, it may be one you've gotten good at carrying alone. God forms men under pressure. The cut reveals what's already there.

This isn't for perfect dads. It's for willing ones.

Six weeks. Four cuts. The path to becoming a Servant-Leader Dad.

Refine. Refocus. Recommit.

You're Stronger Than You Think →

Built for a Father's Real Life

Most programs make you show up at a set time, week after week, with a room full of strangers. That's why good men quit.

This one runs the other way. Six weeks of real coaching, built around your life — one-on-one, scheduled when you're actually free. Sitting across from me, or on the phone when the week gets full. No app to log into. No video course you'll abandon by week two. Just a man who's walked this road, working through it with you.

Already have a group of men you meet with? Then you're ahead. Those men already trust each other. That trust is what most programs spend six weeks trying to build — yours already has it. I'll walk your men through the six weeks together.

The Four Cuts

The forge brings the heat. The cuts bring the brilliance. You bring the willingness to stay in it.

  • Purpose — Trade comparison for God's approval.

  • Brotherhood — Trade isolation for brothers who show up.

  • Peace — Trade chaotic stress for an anchored heart.

  • Joy — Trade the weight of measuring up for enduring joy.

Prayer is the root. Purpose, brotherhood, peace, and joy are the fruit. That's Prayer-Centered Fatherhood.

The first session sets your foundation; the last makes it stick.

See week-by-week breakdown →

Two Paths — Same Foundation

One-on-one OR with your existing men's group, you walk the same premium curriculum—built on the Black Diamond Legacy Refinement™, a proprietary process developed over decades and refined with real men. Six weeks, four cuts, and the foundation is the same:

  • Every week: a Scripture, a concrete prayer skill, and specific work to carry home

  • A daily prayer practice you can hold to in five minutes

  • A steady, honest prayer life that lasts

  • All six sessions, start to finish

What changes is who's in the room — just you and me, or you and the men who already know you.

Choose Your Path

Start The Carbonado Intensive™ the way that fits your life. Coaching from Ron Maxson, Jr.—35 years walking men through exactly this.

Private Intensive — $289

Six weeks, built around you. Your challenges, your calling, your family. Scripture, a prayer skill, and honest coaching aimed at where you actually are.

Meet however works for you.

  • In person — Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Brentwood

  • Hybrid — in person and by phone, across the Nashville metro area

  • By phone — nationwide

Completely private. Just you and your coach.

Backed by our 3-Day Risk-Free Guarantee.

  • Try the first session—if it's not a fit, request a full refund within 72 hours.

Group Intensive — $497 total

Six weeks, in person, with the men you already meet with. I meet with your group and walk your men through all four cuts together.

Groups of twelve or fewer. Same price whether you bring three men or twelve — split it however works for your group.

Serving the Nashville–Franklin–Columbia area. Farther out? Reach out and we'll find a way.

Which Path Is Right for You?

Choose the Private Intensive for six weeks of coaching built entirely around you — your family, your schedule, nothing held back. Choose the Group Intensive to walk it with the men you already meet with, in a room where trust is already built.

See all FAQs →

Cost Is No Barrier

Money should never stand between a father and the growth his family needs. If the price is a barrier, it doesn't have to be — scholarships are available. Just ask.

Read why I keep this affordable →

Further Down the Road

You won't leave perfect — that was never the goal. You'll leave further down the road than you started: praying, growing, still being refined.

Ready?

Pick your path. I'll meet you there.

👉 Apply for the Private Intensive →

👉 Apply for the Group Intensive →

Refining the Man. Forging the Legacy.™