Stanley Edward
Maszczak

Stanley grew up inside fundamentalist Christian environments that had no room for who he was. For years, he tried to change his sexual orientation — studying, praying, conforming. Eventually, he chose a different path: an intensive period of spiritual inquiry, honest reflection, and theological reconstruction that allowed him to hold faith and identity together, rather than choose between them. That journey didn’t end. It became the work.

Today, Stanley helps individuals and organizations move beyond performative inclusion and inherited scripts about who they’re supposed to be — into grounded, embodied, and ethically aligned ways of living, leading, and relating. He knows firsthand what it costs to perform a self that doesn’t fit, and what becomes possible when that performance ends.

A retired U.S. Army Reserve veteran, Stanley served for over 22 years across roles that ranged from military police to broadcast journalism, public affairs, equal opportunity, and harassment prevention. His work included mediation, organizational climate assessment, and facilitating conversations around identity, leadership, and inclusion — often within complex, high-stakes environments. He served both during and after the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, bringing lived experience to his work at the intersections of identity, power, and institutional culture.

Stanley is an ordained metaphysical minister and educator, currently serving a spiritual community in Virginia. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Pace University and a Bachelor of Metaphysical Science from the University of Metaphysics, and is currently pursuing a Certificate in Spirituality & Social Change and a Master of Divinity at Pacific School of Religion. His additional training spans trauma-informed coaching, Human Design, and other frameworks for personal and collective transformation.

Alongside his teaching and facilitation work, Stanley supports inclusive spiritual communities in modernizing their systems and sustainability practices — drawing on design thinking, lived ministry experience, and emerging tools to help under-resourced communities grow beyond traditional models.

He is known for challenging assumptions — sometimes subtly, sometimes directly — and occasionally through fashion, presence, or a well-placed question that opens a room rather than closes it.

Stanley works with leaders, communities, and individuals who are ready to move beyond surface-level awareness into deeper practice. His approach integrates spiritual insight, lived experience, and practical application — supporting people in navigating identity, power, creativity, and purpose with greater clarity and integrity. He is especially drawn to those who feel constrained by expectations that were never really theirs to begin with — and who are ready to find out what’s on the other side.