Father · Husband · Fatherhood Coach · Cycle Breaker
I'm not a therapist. I'm not a guru. I'm a father, a husband, a guy who used to turn wrenches for a living and knows what it's like to just keep grinding when everything underneath is falling apart. I kept driving. Told myself I was fine. I wasn't.
When you fix the man, you fix the family.
When you fix the family, you change the future.
— Chris "The Mechanic" Miller
For years I played the role — provider, tough guy, figure-it-out-on-your-own guy — but underneath I was just running the same cycles I swore I'd never pass on. I knew how to grind. I knew how to survive. What I didn't have was a blueprint for any of the stuff that actually mattered.
I was winging it. And then I had kids. That's when it hit me.
I was trying to father them with tools I never got. I was handing down stuff I hadn't dealt with yet. And I knew if I didn't fix it, they'd inherit it.
That became the mission. I went from oil changes and engine diagnostics to something that mattered a whole lot more. I tore it down — the beliefs, the habits, all the stuff I picked up growing up that I never questioned — and started putting it back together the right way.
Now I lead Mechanic's Garage and ForgeWorks — a no-BS community built for men who are ready to break the cycle, step up, and actually show up for their families.
Through Be the Dad You Wish You Had, and tools like the Adulting 101 Manual, Mindset Tune-Ups, and weekly Brotherhood calls, I help men do the thing most guys never get around to — look in the mirror and start the real work.
This isn't the sit-in-a-circle-and-talk-about-your-feelings version. It's actual work. I coach men the same way I worked on cars — figure out what's broken, pull it apart, put it back together so it runs right.
Hand you a framework and call it a program. You get the map, maybe some inspiration, maybe a Facebook group — and by Thursday it's already fading. No follow-through, no accountability, nobody checking if you actually did anything.
Starts with what's actually broken. We diagnose it, pull it apart, and rebuild with real structure and real accountability. No performance required. Just guys doing the work.
I built this because I was that dad trying to figure it out alone. I know what it costs when you're in the house but not really there — when you're just kind of showing up but not actually present. ForgeWorks exists because that cost is too high. And because fixing it is possible when you stop trying to do it by yourself.
Start in the Garage — it's free, it's real, and there are guys in there right now doing exactly what you're thinking about. Or if you're ready to go, jump straight into a program.