About Stefan

A real life, a curious mind, and a simple wish to share.

I am Stefan Motz, retired in Honolulu, Hawaii. This site is where I share practical reflections from a long life of learning, starting over, and returning to inner steadiness.

I was born into a Hungarian family in Transylvania, Romania, and grew up under communism. Life there taught me early that freedom is not abstract. It is something you feel in your body when you do not have it, and something you never take for granted once you do.

My path eventually led through Hungary and then to the United States, a country I had dreamed about since childhood. I taught children, worked different jobs, later built a career in IT, and kept discovering how much the mind can help us through change when we learn to use it with patience.

For many years, I explored the Silva Method, meditation, Transcendental Meditation, Reiki, mindfulness, visualization, and other forms of inner practice. I do not present these as badges or promises. They are simply tools I studied, practiced, questioned, and used in real life.

I created Presence & Progress to share what helped me become calmer, kinder, more grateful, and more present — without hype, pressure, or guru language.