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Matt Janzen Hello and thank you for taking the time to explore who I am in more detail.

Do you seek making a better world and future, for yourself and for others? That is my sincerest endeavor! I have been very blessed in this life and I wish to share with you. Here I feature what I do, and my thoughts about the processes I go through in reaching deeper understanding. My personal experiences, I hope, will help you in your future. You will find several useful links to testimonials about my services, what they are and my contact information. Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your time here!

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Matt Janzen


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What works?

by Matt Janzen on February 4, 2013

Woodwork Works…for me.

Today…

I have been thinking about what I feel as a project progresses through all its stages.

First there’s the idea. Concept before application…envisioning before I start laying out materials. Within the idea of a project there are many angles of perspective that are focused on for me. I’m thinking about what I feel during this part of the process. Who might appreciate it and how it will make them feel is one of the highest priorities for me. I start thinking about the colors I will finish it with. What style for the project…many things are floating around in my head in the beginning stage.

My personal design preference is rustic mixed with a little classic baroque or something old. I like to be inspired when I look at something I have built. It makes me feel alive! It makes me feel productive and motivated!

I think all of us are given a very specific purpose and something we feel passionate about. I feel it is to give us the drive to find our path of specific relating to this world we are in. I feel it in all of my focuses now. My family, my career path (within which, there are three major focuses). I think if we are willing to work on seeing… we are given what we should see.

Life is like a big jigsaw puzzle to me. At first, all the pieces lay in a pile, haphazardly lying about. As we start to sort through them, patterns and solutions start to present themselves. The harder we seek the more we see it. The silliness…the happiness…the sadness…the love…the hate…all that we are and will become is waiting to be sorted through. My projects are just a small representation of this perspective I have on life. As I have gotten older (not old) I have looked back and it’s like seeing a plan all laid out but when I was in the moment experiencing the chaos or excitement it appeared haphazard.

I enjoy each horse I work with…the same way but it has much different specific dynamics.

My woodwork or artwork or anything “build” oriented, is a specific experience for me. I recently finished an outdoor furniture set and it was quite challenging to make sure it all looked produced together. I enjoyed this challenge immensely even when I was frustrated in moments of figuring out something. I had my fiancé helping me with another project for a birthday gift for her cousin. That added complexity of working together but also became a more complex reward of achieving together!

I am constantly amazed at this life. I get down…I’m even down today for some odd reason as I write this. It isn’t a feeling of despair or even anger or sadness…just down. I’m also having moments of inspiration as I envision an upcoming re-purpose project out of an old beat-up Armoire.

Enjoy the full gamut of yourself!

Find something you enjoy immensely that challenges you through the full experience of living your life.

Woodwork works for me…what works for you?

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Does Your Horse Get You?

by Matt Janzen on January 30, 2013

Does Your Horse Get You?

When you want to “play” with your horse…does your horse get it?

Playing is a much more positive connotation on the interaction with your horse than any other label you could put on the interactions. What does your horse think of your interactions? Simply adjusting your thoughts…words will present a more positive energy to your equine. Horses love to “play”…they love to connect and even follow your lead if you can conceive of what that means; you’re on your way to true horseman or horsewoman-ship!

Do you play running barrels? Do you play roping a calf? Do you ride trails playfully?

We often get lost in the emotions of interacting with these beautiful creatures. They feel so good to us on many levels; visually, through their energy, tactilely, they even smell good naturally. So why get lost in some of the tensions that are simply emotional? Because that’s how strongly they impact us!

This awareness is what can guide us towards guiding our equine interactions to a more positive angle. You will even find yourself guiding the rest of your life to a more positive existence through this perspective.

I see the priority sequence of being a good leader in our equine relationships as these: heightened awareness, knowledge – physiological and psychological principles and dynamics, abstract energy concepts and then improving our application skillsets.

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The body language of horses is fairly non-verbal. It does speak very loudly though…even when it is subtle. Sometimes, I just go out and see if I can go into the pasture where there is more space to be away from me than to be close to me and see if I can endear my horse to stay with me. It can be a very frustrating exercise if done with negative focus. It can either make your day or ruin your day according to how you define it.

Define your viewpoint to point towards a more positive focus and you will experience it on the “make your day” angle.

It’s all in the getting…getting your focus to a more positive perspective.

I hope this helps you help your horse get you!

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Furnishings Finish

January 26, 2013

Furnishings Finish        In the last few years, I have been building some furniture. I have always enjoyed seeing creative and inspirational furnishings. I think we often see something we like and it creates a mood for us. I have observed a good change in people; many are salvaging and “re-purposing” items to fit themself. I [...]

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Perspective: Fear or Faith

January 21, 2013

How do we identify when our motive is focused more positive. How can we improve it to a majority of healthy values? For me, one of the biggest identifying motives I try to keep a constant vigil on, is recognizing motive premised in fear. For example, when I step into the saddle for the first [...]

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My Motto Explained: Passion with Purpose

January 15, 2013

Passion with Purpose…this is my motto in all my endeavors. I want to elaborate on this catch-phrase. What it means to me and why I identify with it so deeply. ———- Passion is defined by Merriam-Webster as: often capitalized a : the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death b : an oratorio based on [...]

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Attractive Opposites

January 14, 2013

When I was a young teen, I was struggling with an issue very deep inside me. I too often would flip a switch and lose reasonable sense of dealing with anger. I remember there was an occasion where I retaliated against another boy my age. It was like a slow-motion movie. It was an out-of-body [...]

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Horse Training – Defining Connection

January 4, 2008

How do we define the connection so that we can become more aware of when it is happening? We can acknowledge certain dynamics as they become established and that gives us a plan for progressing to deeper areas. The dynamics that are recognizable as they are established are: Comfort More “thoughtful” response Less instinctual reaction [...]

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Horse Training Psychology – Human Behavior Recognition Process

January 4, 2008

Let’s look at the human perspective areas of adjustment more specifically. We bring many imbalances into the human/horse interaction. What are some of the specific human-based perspectives and focus that we can recognize and simply try to adjust to fit the human/horse environment we’re working within? Humans have some very positive traits when it comes [...]

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