The DARE Process
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DARE™ is a practical process for living with presence. It stands for: Define. Align. Refine. Express. This method turns awareness into meaningful purpose—through intentional expression.
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Define
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Definition is the origin of presence...
- • Bring attention to what exists right now
- • Define your thoughts, feelings, and values
- • Extract principles from past experiences
Definition gives shape to awareness.
Align
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Alignment is the bridge between awareness and intention...
- • Make a choice about what you will change
- • Align awareness with values
- • A choice with planning becomes intention
Alignment makes intention practical.
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Refine
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Refinement is the discipline of removing distortion...
- • Emotional expression becomes experience
- • Removing distortion reduces resistance
- • Refine our intention into purpose through action
Refinement prepares you for presence.
Express
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Expression is how presence becomes visible...
- • Act from presence, not pretense
- • Expectation and assumption displace experience
- • Create through recursion, not reaction
Expression turns purpose into being.
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Why This Matters
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Presence is not something you find—it’s something you define.
DARE™ is a way to stop describing and start defining.
- • When you define, you create meaning.
- • When you align, you activate intention.
- • When you refine, you cultivate purpose.
- • When you express, you create being.