You have been present to this discomfort for far too long, without nearly enough support. I see you, and I commit to staying present to my discomfort and work the principles in this book, actively and out loud, to transform racism. I say this with full presence to my own discomfort at the risk of actually putting these words to the page without kno

In order to transform, we must allow ourselves to experience the deep discomfort of racism’s impact on all of us. More, we have to go deep enough to make this discomfort bigger than our fear of releasing our privilege and transforming into a more equal, equitable society. Only then can we Shift the Field.

Being present to a desire means taking it out of the future and bringing it into the present. It’s helping your client experience what it feels like in their energy field to have their desire be real and alive right now. Believe it or not, most

In other words, desire is of the heavenly body, or of Spirit, and can be trusted as a whisper from your soul. It’s a call toward growth, transformation, and expansion.

With a few short questions in our first call, I could have discovered that she really didn’t see a need to shift. Her desire was to create a company from the same energy that she was experiencing in her job. She would continue to be frustrated by the “rules” that society was putting on her, and not actually have a happy outcome. And that was entire

If I don’t stay present to my own desire—to work with committed clients—I end up inadvertently participating in the “sell them what they want and give them what they need” model.

I didn’t ask her to get present to the discomfort of living a life in which her values were being consistently violated. I didn’t ask her to describe what she wanted to experience and how she wanted to feel when running her business. And I didn’t ask her why she thought she had created this current situation for herself, thus checking her level of

The goal of this exercise is to demonstrate how becoming present to our discomfort, even just for a moment, amplifies our discomfort! It is always there, but most days we just slide past it.

you can address your problems, and your clients’ problems, at the level of the rational mind, but that will rarely create the kinds of change you’re looking for. Presence with discomfort and desire is the only way to go deeper, shift the energy, and begin the process of real transformation.