Steven Pressfield describes Resistance as the unseen force that keeps us from stepping into our true calling. It’s the hesitation, the fear, the self-sabotage. It whispers that we’re not ready, that we don’t deserve it, that we should wait just a little longer.

At MELD, we don’t fight Resistance. We dive into it.

Rather than pushing through, suppressing, or ignoring it, we meet it with two powerful pathways:

1. Somaware™ — The Emotional Physiology of Letting Go Resistance is not just in our minds; it is in our bodies. It is the tension in our shoulders, the shallow breath, the locked jaw, the frozen energy of past failures and fears. Somaware is our way of working with this — helping men to feel their resistance, hold it with awareness, and let it move. We do not power through; we release.

Resistance lives in the body first: in tight shoulders that will not relax, in shallow breathing that never reaches the belly, in a jaw that stays clenched even in sleep. Through Somaware, men learn to track these physical patterns and release them. As one executive client put it, “It was like finally putting down a heavy weight I’d forgotten I was carrying.” Another client — a successful entrepreneur — found his decade-long writer’s block dissolving after just three sessions of body-focused work.

2. The Strength of Small Groups The things we reject in ourselves — our fears, doubts, and dreams — are often too much to hold alone. But in a small, trusted group, something remarkable happens. What we have hidden is seen. What we have denied becomes accepted. What we have resisted transforms into fuel.

Facing resistance alone is like trying to see your own blind spots – it’s nearly impossible. In our groups of 4-6 men, patterns that have been invisible for decades suddenly become clear. A surgeon in one of our recent groups realized his “perfectionism” was actually fear of criticism from his father. Within months of this insight, he launched the private practice he had been “planning” for five years.

At its core, MELD’s work is about presence: staying with our Resistance so fully that it naturally dissolves. What once sabotaged us becomes a force for creation, connection, and the life we are meant to live.

So, what is the unlived life within you? And how long will you let Resistance stand in the way?

Join us, and let’s face this journey together. Whether you begin with Core, our introduction to the MELD Method, dive deep into shifting limitations through Forge’s Group Coaching, or experience four days of transformation at our proprietary Prime Retreat, you will finally turn Resistance into a source of genuine power.