Matthew J. Rezac
Own your truth, act with love, and live in alignment.
Creating
Positive Change
Hi. I’m Matthew Rezac, coach, facilitator, and creative. My life’s work has focused on creating positive change.
I’ve explored the deeply personal practices of self-transformation, the complex process of shifting inter-generational dynamics in families, and the art and science of fostering community change.
In every case, I believe positive change happens when we own our truth, act with love, and live in alignment.
Yep, the World is Changing
Today our world is undergoing tremendous change.
Unfortunately, much of this change is driven by fear, ego, manipulation, and divisiveness. I feel called to share what I’ve learned about positive change in response.
To be honest, this feels like a Sisyphean endeavor.
I do not like social media or other activities of self-promotion. How will people find this content and who will read it? I don’t know. I’m OK with that.
Change is a Creative Act
Positive change is a creative, generative act. This website and its sister, my Substack feed, are places to share and continue my own process of creation.
You will find a wide variety of ways I have felt called to express myself: blogs, meditations, illustrated shorts, paintings, and most recently, songwriting.
I’ve organized the content into four major topic areas:
Consider Supporting the Quiet-Mouthed
I would appreciate your donation or subscription. Creating content takes time. Many people have told me, “you’re so good with words, you should be a writer!”
Sometimes I wish that, instead, they could observe, “you’re such an attention-starved loud mouth, you're gonna be rich!”
But alas.
Working Together
I invite you to check out Generations Aligned, the family advising firm I co-founded. If you’re curious about working with me as a coach, facilitator, and consultant, here's where to go:
About Me
I'm a loving, creative, strategic person. I'd say those are my most enduring qualities. I'm still learning, evolving, and trying to be a better dad, partner, and human.
In high school, I was captivated by Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey. I've tried to "follow my bliss" ever since. As a result, I've walked an uncommon path. Some great peaks and some sorrowful valleys.
The following is a snapshot of experiences I recall as especially formative.
I created my own major in world religions. I achieved respectable success as a visual artist. I stumbled into some rarefied philanthropic scenarios, and practiced an innovative version of philanthropy. I learned to call forth the wisdom within individuals and groups, realizing I could see possibilities most people aren't looking for.
I had the unlikely good fortune to help lead a group of foresters to Scandinavia and create a shared vision of forestry for Minnesota. I ate a lot of great salmon on that trip and fell in love with the song Scattered Leaves by the Be Good Tanyas.
Around that same time, I successfully advocated for a backyard chicken ordinance. (Well, my three then-young daughters charmed the city council. One wrote, "thank you for making good choices for our community. Thank you for letting us have chickens." How could we lose?)
Other things happened, the sequence doesn't really matter. I wrote a book of mindfulness exercises. I had lunch with Gandhi’s grandson. I met my folk music hero and was present when he sang Ring of Fire via karaoke at a dive bar. I helped Winona LaDuke pick porcupine quills out of the rear of her horse. (I was in front, soothing.)
I experienced myself in the womb, ambivalent to be born.
Strange and wonderful things paired with chronic anxiety and regrettable behaviors. I abused alcohol and hurt people close to me in a way I never thought I would. My life needed upending; I wish I would have done it differently.
I'm in ongoing recovery from trauma and codependency. I find both spiritual healing and practical insight in non-ordinary states of consciousness. I have a deep intimacy with the inner landscape. I love to hike mountainous outer ones.
In 2024, I sold and donated all my stuff. I am now a permanent housesitting nomad. A friend recently said, "if some people knew how little you own, they probably wouldn't trust you." I laughed heartily.
I split my time between Minnesota and New Mexico, places I love where the people I love are, especially my three daughters and my partner...who unexpectedly changed my life after about 5 minutes.
