How often do you feel joy - a truly pure, unadulterated experience of ease, bliss, and happiness? In childhood, our joy arises spontaneously, but as adults, we’re faced with the pressure of increased responsibilities, endless demands, and a barrage of breaking news. In Soul Shift, Rachel Macy Stafford offers us a practical, inclusive guide to navigating our culture of distraction and depletion to find our way back to what delights our hearts, makes us feel alive, and brings us the joy found only in the here and now. Like a wise, empathetic friend, Stafford accompanies you on a wondrous exploration of self-discovery. She walks with you through a symbolic botanical garden made up of eight areas designed to help you practice: presence, worthiness, letting go of perfectionism, self-kindness, authenticity, forgiveness, looking after yourself, and offering your gifts to the world. “In this process, our innermost truths come to the surface,” Stafford says. “Barrier’s crumble, the past loses