Meet Matthew Morgan

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Matthew Morgan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Matthew below.

Matthew, we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

I’ve always been a highly sensitive person and experienced extreme anxieties that are tied to that sensitivity. When I was very little I would hide behind my parents’ legs when a stranger came to the door and I was overwhelmed to the point of panic by loud noises like fireworks. As I got older and my world became more complex those anxieties escalated to things like social anxiety, people pleasing, and conflict avoidance. Throughout all of this my mother was my source of strength. She was the person who understood me the most, was the most patient and saw through my barriers to the talented and creative soul I was concealing, afraid yet to show to the world.

As I entered my adulthood my mom was still my best friend and biggest source of strength, so it was an unimaginably sharp blow when her life became consumed by Parkinson’s Disease. Suddenly, I found myself needing to become a caregiver and a person with patience and compassion, realizing possibly too late in life how to be my own support because now I needed to be there for her. When she ultimately passed away eight years ago it took me a long time to feel strong and resilient again. The loss of my mom removed a huge part of me; not just emotionally, but physically. It felt like losing a limb.

About a year before my mother’s passing I met my now husband, Russ Goodwin. He’s been my constant companion and we’ve been each other’s biggest support system from the time we met and it feels like our paths crossed at a time when we needed someone the most. Happily, those paths crossed in time for my mom and Russ to get to know each other if only for a short time. I still feel my mom’s presence when those anxieties arise and I can hear her voice small and quiet, but also strong and resolute giving me exactly the guidance i would expect to receive. It would be a lie to say I don’t still feel sad and miss her terribly and I don’t think that will ever go away. I’m not sure I want it to, but I’ve discovered I’m not nearly as alone as I thought I was going to be and that has helped me feel stronger and more capable.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

My focus is on creating music that speaks to the human conditional and our shared experiences as authentically and truthfully I can. We’re entering this new era of technology and artificial intelligence and it’s getting harder and harder to see through the clutter and share our real experiences I think we need to find a way to get back to that and I want to be part of that movement to restore our humanity.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

1. Make yourself happy first.
2. Stop guessing what others are thinking.
3. Give up the idea that you have to complete everything on your list.

I think we can sometimes get caught up in thinking that we have to be perfect and wear all the different hats to be successful. But, the thing is we only have scientific proof of this one life. Do you want to reach the end the journey and realize you did everything to meet someone else’s expectations; either real, or perceived? This is YOUR life and you get to make it whatever you want it to be.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

I’m always looking to collaborate with like-minded individuals who want to create amazing things with me. All of my contact information and links can be found at https://matthewmorganmusic.com

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Rob Colgan Photography
Lee Klawans Photography

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