Hello friend,
This ~10-minute video is your first real taste of your Year of Presence—part story, part orientation, and a brief taste of presence during the video itself.
Think of today as your on-ramp to your Year of Presence: a simple, grounded introduction you can return to whenever you want to remember what this work is about and why it matters.
If you’ve subscribed, you’ll receive short posts that introduce the science and the ‘quiet revolution’ this Year of Presence is connected to—the deeper “why” underneath everything we’re building here.
In this ~10-minute introduction, you will:
Hear why I created Year of Presence in the first place
Get a feel for The Three Introductory Presence Shifts.
Slow down enough to get a brief taste of presence as you watch—just enough to feel what we’re aiming to deepen all year long
This is the “why this, why now, and why you” of the work we’re going to do together.
What comes after this?
Paid members receive:
Presence Shift 1 – Foundation
Your first core weekly ritual Presence Shift (~5-minutes).Weekly Presence Shifts in multiple formats and durations
New guided Presence Shifts most weeks, designed for real patterns like:
morning dread, night-time anxiety, after a conflict, grief waves, midday overwhelm, and more.The Three Introductory Presence Shifts (audio)
A four-chapter audio Masterclass, adapted from The Presence Shift book, with guided Presence Shifts in each chapter.The downloadable PDF book
The Presence Shift: How I Learned the 5 Inner Steps.Live group experiences
Access to the full Presence Shift Masterclass Movie in 2027.
All of it is built to help the 5 Inner Steps—Answer → Intend → Focus → Flow → Begin—become second nature in your nervous system, so you can shift into a better day anytime, and live with more presence in daily life.
That’s what our year-long presence training is all about.
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Stay present,
Sean
Sean Sullivan, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and creator of The Presence Shift®, a science-based, 5-step ritual for presence shifting in real life moments.
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