Most programs that serve young men do the hard work of getting them in the room. What they often can't provide is the framework those young men need to think clearly, take ownership, and carry that discipline past the day they leave.
That is what The Humble Forge is built to do.
The cohort program brings Stoic philosophy into your organization as a practical leadership curriculum. Not theory. Not a one-day event. A structured, ongoing engagement that gives your young men a framework for how to think and act when it counts.
Twelve years coaching youth baseball taught me the same thing 22 years in the military did: young people rise or stall based on whether someone is actually paying attention. That is what this program is built on.
Who This Is For
Youth Organizations
Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCAs, and community programs serving young men who are capable of more than their circumstances suggest.
Athletic Programs
For coaches and athletic directors who want their athletes thinking clearly under pressure, on and off the field.
Veteran Organizations
VFW posts and transition programs working with young veterans who need a framework for life after service.
JROTC Units
Leadership development that complements military structure with philosophical grounding. Built for cadets who need more than drill and ceremony.
This Is Already Running on a Real Team
I coach a 16U competitive travel baseball team, and my players run this system every week. A two-bucket framework for what they control and what they don't. A reset protocol we call Next Pitch: when a play goes wrong, you flush it, you reset, and you are ready for the next one. Nobody spirals over the last at-bat.
It works because it is concrete, it is practiced, and it holds under game pressure. Not a poster on the wall. A system the players actually use, at the moment they need it.
The cohort program is that same work built out for young men 18 to 24, grounded in the original Stoic texts, and shaped by 22 years of mentoring young people in environments where drift has real consequences.
What the Program Includes
Each cohort is six young men. Six live group sessions over 90 days, one every two weeks. The curriculum runs between sessions so the work doesn't stop when the call ends.
- Six biweekly live group coaching sessions led by Kyle Loftin
- Structured Stoic reading framework built around six foundational texts
- Weekly reflection guides reinforcing session material between meetings
- Direct coordinator support throughout the engagement
- Curriculum designed around ownership, discipline, and philosophical identity
What Your Organization Gets
Your staff does not take on more work. The curriculum, the reading structure, and the between-session material are all carried by the program. What you get back:
- Young men who take ownership instead of waiting to be told what to do
- A shared language your own leaders can use after the program ends: what's in your control, what's not, next pitch
- A structured 90-day arc with a clear start, a clear finish, and visible progress in between
- A coordinator's view into how the cohort is tracking, without sitting in every session
The Philosophy Behind the Work
Marcus Aurelius led an empire. Epictetus survived enslavement. Seneca advised some of the most powerful men in history. What they wrote about is exactly what the young men in your program are facing: how to stay grounded when the world is unpredictable, how to take ownership of what you can control, and how to build a character that holds under pressure.
That is not ancient history. That is the work.
The young men who go through this program do not just read philosophy. They learn to use it. By the end of the cohort, they have a framework they can carry into every hard moment they will face after they leave your program.
Investment
Cohort pricing is based on group size, cadence, and whether the engagement includes individual sessions alongside the group work.
We start with a conversation about your organization and your young men, then build the structure and price around that.
Start a Conversation
If you run a program that serves young men and you want to talk about what this could look like, reach out. No pitch deck. Just an honest conversation about whether it is a good fit.
Rather write an email? kyle@thehumbleforge.com