Lions Don't Bow · Christian Coaching for Men

It's 9:47 PM.
You're sitting in
the driveway.

Engine off. Phone in your hand. Not texting anyone. Just... not going inside yet.

You've been doing this for months. Maybe years. The office was easier today. It's always easier. Sixty hours a week building something impressive and coming home to a house full of people who feel like strangers.

Maybe you already typed it into ChatGPT at 2 AM. And the AI told you what you already know: you need help that isn't a screen.

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"This work forced me to confront patterns I couldn't see on my own. It changed how I lead my life and relationships."
— David C. ★★★★★

Your wife stopped asking where you were. Your kids don't look up when you walk in. You know something is broken. You've known for years.

You just don't have the language for it yet.

MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING

Maybe it was 2 AM and you couldn't sleep. So you opened ChatGPT and typed something you've never said out loud. Something about your marriage. Your anger. The emptiness. How you don't feel anything anymore.

And the AI listened. It validated you. It gave you frameworks and coping strategies and maybe even named some patterns you recognized. It felt like progress.

Then it said: "I'd recommend speaking with a licensed professional who can provide personalized support."

You're here because the algorithm was right. You need a man, not a machine. ChatGPT can name the pattern. It cannot break it. It has no skin in the game. It won't call you out when you're hiding. It won't sit across from you and say the thing nobody else will say. It doesn't know what it costs to stay passive because it has never lost anything.

It has a name. What happened to you has a name.

Father wound. Narcissistic family system. Scapegoat role. Learned helplessness installed so early you thought it was your personality. Performance equals love. Never had a man model presence.

You're not weak. You're not broken. You were never taught how to be present. And the system that raised you was designed to keep you passive.

You'll find this book at 11 PM. Read it in one sitting. Then everything starts to make sense.

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What Happens If Nothing Changes

You already know the answer.
You just haven't said it out loud.

Your wife will stop waiting. Not with a dramatic exit. With a slow withdrawal you won't notice until it's done. She'll stop reaching for you because she got tired of being the only one reaching.

Your daughter will learn what to expect from a man by watching you. She'll learn that a man avoids. That a man is present in body and absent in everything else. She'll find someone just like you and wonder why it feels so familiar.

Your son will inherit every pattern you refuse to break. The overwork. The shutdown. The hollow performance. He'll call it "being a provider" because you did.

You'll look up one day and twenty years will be gone. And you'll wonder when you stopped being the man you were supposed to be.

A domesticated man is fatherlessness.

Not because he's absent. Because he's there every night and his family still doesn't have a father.

Your Coach

I didn't become a coach because
I had it figured out.

I became one because I didn't.

Dr. Johnathan Hines
Dr. Johnathan Hines, DCC

Husband. Father. Man who has been through the fire.

I grew up in dysfunction. I experienced manipulation from people who should have protected me. I've had to cut ties with family members who were toxic. I've walked through seasons where my marriage was harder than I expected.

I've also done the work to heal. I sat in the chair myself. I faced the patterns I inherited and made the choice to break them.

Those experiences did not disqualify me. They equipped me.

Doctorate in Christian Counseling. Gottman trained. Nearly two decades in the chair. But the real credential is surviving what I survived and coming out the other side.

Everything in The Lion Protocol was built from what I've lived and what I've watched work across nearly two decades of sitting across from men who were exactly where you are right now.

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DCC · Doctoral Level
Gottman Trained
NCCA Clinical Member
35,000+ Clinical Hours
The Lion Protocol

This is how a man walks out
of the dark room.

Five phases. Five assessments. One AI-powered profile that feeds every session. Nothing is guesswork. Nothing is wasted. 12 sessions over 6 months, plus 3 months of maintenance. Every step is built from what the data reveals about you.

01
Who You Are
Identity. Lion classification. Passivity index. You see yourself on paper for the first time. The performing version versus the real man. You stop calling it weakness.
SESSIONS 1-2 · ASSESSMENT: THE LION
02
What Happened to You
The father wound. The family system. The scapegoating. You name where the passivity was installed. The shame lifts when it becomes a pattern, not a character flaw.
SESSIONS 3-4 · ASSESSMENT: THE WOUND
03
What's Running You
57 triggers mapped. Escape patterns named. Porn, overwork, shutdown, avoidance. You build real regulation tools. Boundaries from identity, not fear.
SESSIONS 5-8 · ASSESSMENT: THE FIRE
04
Who You're Becoming
Intimacy rebuilt. Leadership reclaimed. Forgiveness for freedom, not for them. You walk out knowing exactly who you are. Your family does not recognize you. In the best way.
SESSIONS 9-12 · ASSESSMENT: THE KINGDOM
MONTHS 7-9 · MAINTENANCE
3 monthly check-ins. Solidification. Accountability. Drift prevention. You are not finished. But you are free. And a free man finishes himself.
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After

This is the man on the other side.

Your daughter runs to the door when she hears your truck. Not because you brought something. Because you're home. And home means something now.

Your wife reaches for your hand at dinner. Not because she has to. Because she wants to. You initiate. You lead. You're not performing anymore.

You go to bed next to a woman who trusts you again. The anxiety that used to run 24/7 has quieted. Not because life got easier. Because you stopped running from it.

Your son watches you and learns that a man shows up. That a man leads with presence, not control. That a man doesn't hide in his work. He will not repeat your father's patterns. Because you broke them.

And for the first time in years, you are not afraid of the silence.

01. Identity
He knows who he is. Not who his family system told him to be. He stopped performing and started living.
02. Wound Named
Found where the passivity was installed. Named it. Named and no longer in charge.
03. Presence
He goes home and wants to be there. Because he built something worth coming home to.
04. Initiation
He reaches for his wife. Not perfectly. But he reaches and she feels it and it is real.
05. Leadership
He leads his home with presence, not control. His family follows because he is worth following.
06. Freedom
The triggers do not own him. He sees them coming and chooses differently.
I Want That Life
Men Who Walked the Path

They were exactly where you are.

"Had I not gone here I would have never known the person I was before and has helped me become the person I have always wanted to be."
— Johnny T. ★★★★★
"He helps the man understand his place as a husband and how to navigate the sometimes challenging currents of marriage. Highly recommended!"
— Jaremy G. ★★★★★
"After completing the program, our marriage feels completely renewed. We communicate better, understand each other more deeply, and actually enjoy being together again."
— Olivia S. (his wife) ★★★★★
★★★★★ 4.9 stars on Google
Scapegoat Recovery
Identified the family system dynamics. Set boundaries for the first time. Cut contact with three toxic family members. Wife says he's "finally present."
Leadership Rebuilt
Stopped apologizing for having opinions. Started leading at work and home. Lost 30 pounds. Marriage transformed.
Passivity Broken
Recognized decades of people-pleasing. Built boundaries with manipulative ex. Kids now have a father who shows up.
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The Investment

What is your family worth?

Not as a guilt trip. As an honest question.

You spend $50,000+ a year building someone else's vision. This is what it costs to rebuild your own. 12 sessions + 3 maintenance check-ins. 9 months. One transformed man.

PAY IN FULL
$5,000
Save $1,500
One payment. Full commitment.
PAYMENT PLAN
$6,500
$1,084/mo × 6
Due before each 2-session block.
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Application required. Limited to three men at a time. Payment link sent after acceptance.
This is not for you if...
  • You want validation, not transformation.
  • You want comfort over confrontation.
  • You are not willing to look at your family of origin.
  • You expect results without doing the homework.
  • You are looking for a friend, not a diagnostic program.
How It Starts

Most men don't start
with a phone call.

They start alone. At 11 PM. Reading something that finally names what they've been carrying. Or at 2 AM, typing into ChatGPT what they can't say out loud.

The AI gave you language. Maybe even some clarity. But it also told you the truth: you need a real person. Someone who has been where you are and made it out. The path in is quiet on purpose. No pressure. No pitch. Just truth, and the next step when you're ready.

The Path
▶ The Dark Room (book, $12-$18)
▶ Free Assessment (see yourself on paper)
▶ Discovery Call (45 min, application)
▶ The Lion Protocol ($5,000-$6,500)
FREE
The Dark Room Assessment
30-40 questions. The front door after the book. See yourself on paper for the first time. No cost. No commitment. Just clarity.
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FREE
Health Blueprint
Your body is the first domain you reclaim. A man who cannot govern his own flesh will not lead his household. Custom training + nutrition plan built for where you are now. Because presence starts in the body before it reaches the family.
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The Man in the Truck

You've been sitting in the
driveway long enough.

He is not finished. But he is free.
And a free man finishes himself.

Limited availability. Three men at a time. Application required.

I'm Done Hiding
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