Wise Action Under Pressure
I help you take wise action when the stakes are high and there are no easy answers.
We live in complex, demanding, and divisive times. Meanwhile, our inner life quietly shapes our actions in the world.
When we are burdened with stress, unaddressed wounds, and psychological insecurity, it leads to reactive, self‑protecting choices. Those choices negatively affect our relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Our actions reflect and amplify harmful social, ecological, and political patterns that mark our times.
I help those who are longing for a confidential, guided path toward their own wise action. Particularly when they are under pressure, balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders, and making critical decisions with lasting effects.
To me, wise action means doing the right things for the right reasons in the right ways.
It is grounded, clear, and courageously honest. It sees the big picture, understands the nature of complex interdependence, and is integrative: risk with reward, people with systems, conscience with action.
Wise Action
Coaching
Longitudinal 1:1 coaching for those seeking support and guidance for taking wise action in high-stakes situations.
TOGETHER WE:
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Sort through competing values and pressures.
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Name—and, when necessary, finally admit to yourself—hard truths.
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Use a variety of developmental tools (IFS, somatic inquiry, mindful awareness) to map your inner system and access a grounded, regulated center.
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Apply a simple Wise Action Arc to discern and implement actions supported by clear conscience.
FORMAT: 60–90 minute sessions (weekly or biweekly), plus between session support.
WHO IT'S FOR: Those facing high-stakes decisions and want to act from love and integrity rather than fear and reactivity.
Wise Action
Working Groups
Small, confidential circles of 6-10 participants who want to wrestle honestly with moral complexity and support one another in taking wise action.
WORKING GROUPS ARE:
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By invitation.
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Time‑bound (duration agreed upon my participants, typically once per month for a year).
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Structured around the Wise Action Arc, adapted in real time to participants needs and interests.
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Designed for strategic discernment , sharing ideas, and exploring collaboration opportunities.
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Skillfully facilitated to build connection, surface insight, and generate clarity for action.
FORMAT: 60–90 minute group sessions (usually monthly), one 1:1 coaching session per month, and one peer 1:1 session per month.
WHO IT'S FOR: anyone who benefits from confidential, thought provoking conversations: civic, business, and nonprofit leaders, activists, artists, and engaged community members of everyone wonderful kind.
Families & Generations
Wise action in family systems.
Through Generations Aligned, I partner with Polina Crotty to bring wise action to multigenerational families and their advisors.
Families often face uniquely demanding circumstances related to succession, legacy, conflict, and belonging.
We help you surface truth, heal generational patterns, and create paths that are loving and sustainable to preserve the deepest forms of wealth in your family's legacy.
Clear: Harvest the Full Experience
Clarify: What Is Your Presenting Question?
Inventory: The Five Doorways of Awareness
Vision: What You Wish Was True
Shift: Gain Evidence Through Action
The Wise
Action Arc
A practice for complex decisions and beyond.
Underneath all my work is a simple practice for discerning wise action in demanding, real‑world situations.
It draws on somatic and mindfulness methods, Internal Family Systems (IFS), trauma‑informed approaches, and spiritual traditions of conscience formation.
Families & Generations
Wise action in family systems.
Through Generations Aligned, I partner with Polina Crotty to bring wise action to multigenerational families and their advisors.
Families often face uniquely demanding circumstances related to succession, legacy, conflict, and belonging.
We help you surface truth, heal generational patterns, and create paths that are loving and sustainable to preserve the deepest forms of wealth in your family's legacy.
Testimonials
I am pleased to share recognition from people I have served,
while honoring the confidential nature of our work together.
Group Participant
What a gift you are as a guide, wearing a humble heart, bringing a very real, fun, and present joy to the experience.
1:1 Client
Thank you so much for creating such a safe environment.
I had so many
ah-ah moments.
Group Participant
I just wanted to say how grateful I am.
I learned so much from watching you facilitate. You are clearly equal parts called and skilled for this work.
1:1 Client
Thank you so much for your deep presence and openness.
It is very powerful.
Sample of Clients and Employers
Writing & Songs
Creative artifacts from my journey.
I am the author of Mindfulness Activities for Adults: 50 Simple Exercises to Relax, Stay Present, and Find Peace. I wrote this book to provide easy and insightful exercises to help access the calm, clear state where we can hear the voice of our inner wisdom.
I write regularly on Substack. 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. I write about wise action, belonging, power, creativity, and the inner landscape.
I also write and record songs. It keeps me rooted in a love of music-with-words, and of being in creative apprenticeship. My songs explore themes of grief, tenderness, disdain, humor, mystical curiosity, and the stubborn belief that humanity will finally realize everything is connected...and learn to act accordingly.
I'm Matthew Rezac.
I’m a coach, facilitator, author, and songwriter who has spent decades walking with people through complex, high‑stakes decisions, including civic leaders, business owners, philanthropists, wealth‑holding families, and everyday people.
My work brings together inner healing, systems awareness, and spiritual wisdom. I help people shift from fragmented and reactive to grounded, clear, and aligned—to make decisions with lasting positive impact
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of inner work and positive change, as a director and advisor in philanthropy, as a coach to leaders and families, and as a writer and songwriter trying to make sense of it all in public.
Along the way I’ve made hard choices, lived with regrets, and walked through my own seasons of difficult truth‑telling and radical realignment. I know from experience that wise action costs something in the fabric of your conscience...and that it can also open clarity, joy, and fulfillment that are otherwise unattainable.
Learn more about me on Substack. I welcome the chance to connect there and LinkedIn..