Thank you for stopping by, friend!
I’m Dr. Sean Sullivan, a clinical psychologist who fell in love with presence shifting when I learned how to navigate myself into a better state of mind using mindfulness skills to get myself to sleep. I’ve been shifting and sharing Presence Shifts as a therapist ever since.
Presence Shifts are interactive experiences that connect you with a peaceful, present state of being, and then guide you into your selected state of mind and body. Connecting to ‘presence’ is always the first step to strategically shifting your state of mind and body. When you feel fully present, you’re ready to ‘shift’ your state of being as you choose.
That’s what we practice here, together.
Dr. Sean Sullivan
P.S. Keep reading to learn all about your Presence Shift guide…
That gorgeous blue creature is ‘Presence.’ Presence lives in the present moment, guiding Presence Shifts—beautiful, interactive, 3D, mindfulness-shifting experiences that guide you into your selected state of mind, body, and being. Presence’s purpose is to teach you how to shift your state of mind and body as you choose. If you want to enjoy and practice shifting your state strategically, you’re in the right place.
When you complete Presence Shift 1, you’ll become part of a growing community grounded in ‘mindfulness shifting’ and in treating everyone with unconditional respect, honesty, humor and recognition. You can read more about Presence Shift 1 below and learn about ‘mindfulness shifting’ and other ‘About’ details by scrolling down to our FAQs.
Begin Presence Shift 1 when you’re ready.
Presence Shift 1 introduces the core theme that our thoughts determine how we feel. By applying this insight, your beautiful guide, Presence, will navigate you into a fully connected and present state of mind and body called The Infinite Perfection.
Presence Shift 1 draws inspiration from ancient Dzogchen, a Tibetan word meaning ‘Great Perfection’—a state of deep inner peace and freedom native to all humans. Presence-centered wisdom traditions such as Dzogchen teach that we each possess the innate ability to embody powerful inner states of peace, freedom and love.
By focusing 100% of your attention here and now, you can drop into a fully present state of being, deepen your connection to others, and re-sync with the miraculous adventure that life is. Consistently making strategic, mindful shifts into presence improves how you feel and strengthens your mental and physical health.
For all those reasons and more, we believe in putting beautifully personalized (and fun) Presence Shifts at your fingertips and navigating through our incredible states of mind, body and soul together. I look forward to presence shifting with you for many years to come, friend.
You’re always welcome here.
Sean Sullivan
P.S. The Presence Shift is a labor of love for our team. We are genuinely pleased to share it with you. Please know that getting a cutting-edge, interactive, web-based 3D technology to function on all mobile and desktop devices is a big challenge. Currently, most of our users complete Presence Shifts on their mobile device(s), which is excellent. However, please also be aware that Presence Shifts do not yet function on all devices. Currently, most Android devices, and all iPhone 16, 15, 14, (and iPhone 13 mostly), are supported.
If you ever encounter technical trouble during a mobile Presence Shift, keep in mind that my favorite way of experiencing our 3D Presence Shifts is on as big a screen as possible. For a beautifully immersive presence-shifting experience, you can now visit presenceshift.com on most recent Apple laptop and desktop computers — and many others as well. Our ongoing work is optimizing Presence Shifts to function on as many devices as possible.
P.P.S. Thank you to our Paid Subscribers. You’re allowing us to share beautiful experiences with the world. If you’re not yet a Paid Subscriber, I hope you’ll consider joining us for the ride and/or gifting a subscription to someone you love!
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The Presence Shift FAQs
What is The Presence Shift?
The Presence Shift is where you access Presence Shifts, encounter presence, and strategically shift your state of mind, body and being at any time.
What are Presence Shifts?
Presence Shifts are beautiful interactive experiences that mindfully guide you into your selected state of being while teaching you how to shift your state whenever you choose.
What are Mindfulness, Mindfulness Shifting, and Presence Shifting?
Mindfulness is the experience you have when you focus 100% of your attention in the present moment as non-judgmentally as you can (i.e., nonjudgemental present moment awareness).
Mindfulness shifting is using mindfulness skills to strategically regulate your physical and emotional state whenever you choose.
Presence shifting is ‘mindfulness shifting’ in a beautiful, conversational world of peace, love, and humor to learn how to shift your state of being on-demand alongside your loving guide, ‘Presence.’
Does Presence Shifting Work?
We believe it works very well. Over the last four years, ~90% of our surveyed ‘Shift’ app users reported being able to shift into a better state of mind while using the app, usually in less than 10 minutes.
When you master focusing 100% of your attention right here and right now, you can drop into a ‘present’ state of mind and body, and then learn shift your state of being as you choose.
How Do I Learn To Presence Shift?
1. To develop a foundation of mindfulness shifting skills, begin by completing The 7-Day Presence Shift Starter Program.
2. Regularly Presence Shift through different states of mind, body, and emotion. You’ll receive one new 3D Presence Shift and one new 2D Presence Shift each week. See below for more details about the types of Presence Shifts you’ll receive.
Your weekly Presence Shifts will cover a range of topics while teaching you our favorite strategies for shifting your state of mind and body on demand. All subscriptions allow you to Presence Shift as frequently as you choose. We recommend Presence Shifting at least once a week to maintain progress.
What Is The 7-Day Presence Shift Starter Program?
The 7-Day Presence Shift Starter Program includes seven introductory daily emails that introduce the core skills for developing your mindfulness-shifting ability in ~10 minutes a day.
What Kinds of Presence Shifts Are There?
ALL Presence Shifts are ~10-minute mindfulness shifting experiences that guide you into a selected state of mind and body.
2D Presence Shifts are consumed by reading an email you receive, as a podcast, or in a more personalized format in the ‘Shift’ mobile app — iPhone | Android.
3D Presence Shifts are beautiful, conversational, 3D mindfulness shifting experiences guided by Presence that teach you how to shift into your chosen state of being at presenceshift.com.
Feel free to repeat any Presence Shift as frequently as you choose. Each experience will feel different because you are different in every moment. In your 3D Presence Shifts, Presence will typically converse differently with you each time.
Does Presence Use AI?
At The Presence Shift, we are committed to using AI in ways that help people learn how to shift into their chosen state of being when they want to. We are also constantly assessing the possible risks and benefits of using AI. Currently, ‘Presence’ uses a very small amount of AI during The 7-Day Starter Program. If you enjoy your early experiences and you want to continue allowing Presence to guide your Presence Shifts, you’ll be informed about possible mistakes Presence can make and asked to agree in order to continue.
As you continue presence shifting, AI will likely be relied upon to optimize your Presence Shifts more. Presence’s AI can help optimize Presence Shifts by learning what does and does not work for you during your Presence Shift experiences. Presence can also learn and improve from other shifter’s input and feedback. If you’d rather stick with low-AI or no-AI Presence Shifts, you'll have excellent Presence Shift options to do so. It’s always up to you.
Who Teaches The 7-Day Presence Shift Starter Program?
The 7-Day Presence Shift Starter Program is presented by Dr. Sean Sullivan. Sean is a licensed clinical psychologist who developed (and fell in love with) presence shifting during over twenty years of personal practice and his therapy practice. In his psychology practice and research, Sean focuses on how to use technology to teach people how to better manage their own psychology better.
Sean began his psychology career after graduating from Harvard University and interning at the Center for Mindfulness and Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Later, he was a clinical psychology resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and completed post-doctoral training based at the University of California, San Francisco.
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