You already feel the field.

Learn how to influence it.

Relational Field Intelligence™ (RFI) is the capacity to perceive the dynamics shaping what is happening within you, between people and across the larger system, then respond with clarity, sovereignty and conscious choice.

The RFI Program is a four-part experiential training designed to develop that capacity. You’ll learn to recognize the seen and unseen forces that shape relationships, decisions and outcomes, work with those dynamics as they unfold and make a positive impact within your sphere of influence.

When you can read the field, everything changes

Read what’s really happening.

Recognize emotional undercurrents, hidden dynamics and repeating patterns before they pull you into confusion, conflict or self-doubt.


Strengthen your sovereignty.

Stay clear and regulated in charged moments, distinguish what belongs to you from what belongs to someone else or the field, and keep your discernment available when it matters most.


Choose from power, not pressure.

Perceive what is happening beneath the words and respond while the pattern is still forming, so your choices come from clarity, values and inner authority instead of fear, projection or emotional pressure.


Influence what becomes possible.

Use your influence to increase coherence, restore choice and expand what becomes possible in a relationship, group or room.

History, emotion, attachment, culture, power dynamics, expectations, unspoken agreements and unconscious patterns all influence the relational field and shape what becomes possible between us.

We are continually receiving information from within ourselves, other people and from the larger systems we participate in. Without a way to interpret that information, we can mistake another person’s emotions for our own, react to dynamics we cannot name, misunderstand or take responsibility for something that does not belong to us.

I developed Relational Field Intelligence™ to give language and structure to this dimension of human experience.

RFI develops your capacity to notice and interpret what is moving through the field, discern what belongs to you, another person and the larger system, and make conscious choices about how you participate in and influence what becomes possible — in service of the highest good.

There is always more happening than what is being said.

The gap between insight and change

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INSIGHT DOES NOT GUARANTEE CHANGE

Conversations can be honest, revealing and emotionally significant while the same underlying dynamics continue to organize what happens next.

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AWARENESS DOES NOT CREATE CAPACITY

You can recognize a trigger, understand a pattern and know what you want to do differently, then lose access to that clarity when emotion enters the field.

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MORE LANGUAGE DOES NOT MEAN MORE CLARITY

We have more language than ever for boundaries, projection, nervous system responses, inherited patterns and emotional dynamics. This language can illuminate our experience or become another way to label others, defend our interpretations and explain away conflict without changing it.

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UNSEEN DYNAMICS STILL SHAPE THE OUTCOME

What goes unnamed still has influence. Emotion, history, power, expectation, projection and unconscious patterns can shape what happens between us before anyone recognizes what is happening.

Insight helps us recognize the pattern.

Change begins when we develop the capacity to participate differently.

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The Sovereignty Framework™

Within Relational Field Intelligence™, The Sovereignty Framework™ provides a practical structure for maintaining agency and making conscious, values-aligned choices under emotional and relational pressure.

It helps you discern what belongs to you, what belongs to someone else and what is happening in the larger field, then choose how you will participate with clarity and self-governance.

The framework traces the development of sovereignty from recognizing that your actions matter to exercising conscious choice and remaining aligned with your values when the field is charged.

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Sovereignty changes the field.

Relational Field Intelligence™ deepens your internal authority so you can remain anchored in your values, discernment and choices while navigating the relationships, systems and forces influencing you.

As you become clearer about what is yours, what belongs to someone else and what is emerging in the field, your participation changes.

Conversations move differently. Repeating patterns begin to dissolve. Your choices become more intentional.

As your participation changes, the field reorganizes around you.

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"Don't waste your energy and your time fighting an existing system. Design a new one and make the old obsolete."

~BUCKMINSTER FULLER

Voices from an earlier expression of this work

Before Relational Field Intelligence™ was developed as a framework, I taught many of these capacities through the Transcend Into Oneness program. These conversations reflect that earlier work and the foundations from which RFI has evolved.

From insight to tools you can use in real time

Changing the field without needing others to change

A deeper look at the work and its impact

From individual change to systemic impact

WHERE RFI APPLIES

Relational Field Intelligence can be applied anywhere people are influencing and being influenced by one another. It offers a way to understand what is shaping the interaction, discern your own role within it and participate with greater clarity and choice.

RELATIONSHIPS: Recognize the dynamics beneath conflict, attachment, expectations and recurring patterns while staying connected to yourself.

CONFLICT: Read what is happening beneath the positions people take, reduce reactivity and create conditions where choice and movement become possible again.

LEADERSHIP: Stay clear under pressure, perceive what is happening beyond the obvious and understand how your presence shapes the field around you.

FACILITATION + COACHING: Distinguish what belongs to you, another person and the larger field so you can work with relational dynamics as they emerge in real time.

ORGANIZATIONS: Recognize the unseen patterns, power dynamics and cultural forces shaping communication, trust, decision-making and change.

PURPOSE + CO-CREATION: Understand how your choices interact with relationships, circumstances, timing and the larger field as you co-create what comes next.

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Imagine what becomes possible when you can read the field.

Imagine conversations where truth can be spoken without making anyone the enemy.

Conflict that reaches the source of what is actually happening, instead of circling the positions, reactions and stories on the surface.

Leaders, families and communities that can recognize what has gone unseen, interrupt old patterns and open new possibilities. People who understand when to speak, how to listen, when to act and when to make space for what wants to emerge.

When we change how we participate, we change the field.

Together, we can co-create what comes next.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Relational Field Intelligence™ is a four-phase live program designed to develop your capacity to perceive, discern and respond to relational dynamics in real time.

The training unfolds through four 6-week phases, with each building on the one before it. Through teaching, experiential practice, real-life application and integration between sessions, you will develop greater capacity for perception, discernment, sovereignty and conscious participation in the relational field.

The work is designed to become something you can access when it matters most: while the field is moving.

Four 6-week phases · 24 live, online training sessions · Wednesdays, 6:30–8:30 p.m. ET

Session recordings are provided.

PHASE 1 · READING THE FIELD · FALL 2026

OCTOBER 28 – DECEMBER 9

Develop your ability to recognize what is happening within people, between people and across the larger system.

  • Self, other and the relational field

  • Seen and unseen forces shaping behavior and outcomes

  • Identifying the core of conflict beneath what is presented

  • Somatic awareness as a source of information

  • Recognizing relational patterns as they form

  • Systemic mapping of roles, relationships and underlying dynamics

There will be no session Thanksgiving week.

PHASE 2 · EMOTIONAL MASTERY · WINTER 2027

JANUARY 13 – FEBRUARY 17, 2027

Develop the capacity to stay clear, grounded and discerning when emotion enters the field.

  • Understanding emotional triggers and patterns

  • Discerning intuition from projection and emotional activation

  • Somatic practices for grounding and regulation

  • Boundaries as clarity, choice and relational integrity

  • De-escalating conflict and interrupting reactive cycles

  • Staying connected to yourself during charged conversations

PHASE 3 · SOVEREIGNTY · SPRING 2027

MARCH 10 – APRIL 14, 2027

Strengthen your ability to make conscious choices, act from your values and stay aligned within complex relational environments.

  • The Sovereignty Framework™

  • Agency, autonomy and aligned action

  • Values, inner authority and self-governance

  • Power, reciprocity and relational responsibility

  • Working within your sphere of influence

  • Staying aligned when the field becomes emotionally charged

PHASE 4 · INFLUENCE · SPRING/SUMMER 2027

MAY 12 – JUNE 16, 2027

Apply RFI to relationships, leadership and systems by understanding how your presence and choices shape what becomes possible.

  • Conscious participation and relational influence

  • Working with complexity in real time

  • Conflict, rupture and repair

  • Organizational and systemic dynamics

  • Expanding coherence and choice within your sphere of influence

  • Creating conditions for new possibilities to emerge

The final six-week phase brings the full body of work together through deeper application and integration.

INVESTMENT

The investment for each six-week phase is $1,800.

Participants may enroll in each phase separately as they progress through the program.

Those who choose to enroll in all four phases in advance pay $6,800 — a savings of $400 off the full $7,200 investment.

Because enrollment is limited and your place is reserved once you register for a phase, all payments are non-refundable. This includes individual phase payments and payment in full for all four phases.

COMMITMENT

RFI is an experiential program, and your active participation is an important part of the work.

Plan to attend a two-hour live training session each week and participate fully in the teaching, discussion and experiential exercises. Because the learning builds from week to week, live attendance is encouraged whenever possible.

Session recordings will be available when you need to miss a class.

Plan for an additional one to two hours each week for between-session work. This may include practicing what you are learning with family, friends or colleagues, completing experiential exercises and watching occasional supporting videos.

After each class, you will complete a reflection on what you are noticing, practicing and learning. Reflections are due before the next class.

The first live session begins Wednesday, October 28 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

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Registration is now open.

READY TO DEVELOP RELATIONAL FIELD INTELLIGENCE™?

The first RFI training cohort begins October 28, 2026.

Because this is a small, experiential training and each phase builds on the one before it, enrollment begins with an application.

The application is an opportunity for me to learn a little about you, what draws you to this work and what you hope to develop through the training.

Questions before applying?

Email Sara at: sara@saradaves.com

APPLY FOR RFI TRAINING

Because this is a small, experiential cohort, registration begins with a short application.

Complete the brief application below and I’ll be in touch to schedule a Zoom conversation so we can talk about what draws you to the work, what you hope to develop and whether the training feels like the right fit.

  • ~Helen, Meditation Teacher, Educator

    “I was supposed to have this experience so that I could break out of a rigid system of rules and darkness to this new path. I see it all. Growing into the light. I am here for a purpose and it is being realized bit by bit. It lifts me up to be here. Thank you for your help and dedication to all of us. It is deeply felt.”

  • ~Andrea, Workforce Specialist For Re-entry & Corrections

    “This is a true power move of liberation, understanding and growth. The more we share the more we realize how much we all really have in common. It is so evident that we all yearn for real sustained change in every facet of our lives. For the truth to set us free, we must walk toward the truth, even when it is painful. This has been a truly transformational experience.”

  • ~Brett, IT Professional

    “This class has really been such a transformative experience for me, and in ways that are really surprising me. I’m really feeling inside of me how I can be an active part of so much good – more than I ever have before.”

  • ~Mickayla Brandly, Conflict Resolution Teacher

    “To be able to have a safe space where I can be genuinely authentic and feel accepted and heard is such a beautiful thing; I want to help as many people as possible feel this sense of belonging and community and dedicate my life to things bigger than myself, things that will really positively impact others. There are limitless opportunities in this work. Learning to lead with love and valuing our oneness is really special. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

  • ~Margaret Lawhorne, Business Owner & Conflict Resolution Teacher

    “Having this tool would have changed the way I parented in so many wonderful ways and instilled these values in my children during their formative years. If you are not sure you have the time in your schedule to take this class, my response is, you don’t have time not to take this class, it is that powerful.”

  • ~Tami Sober, Senior Administrator of Teacher Leadership & Retention

    It HEALS wounds...

    and it moves us to a space of peace and love. It creates a path for the inherent goodness in us to push through the pain and for GOODNESS to rest on top ... so that we can then show up for others with all that goodness ... and offer it to them.

  • ~Tim Staub, CEO

    This program changed me. It has given me a deeper understanding and an ability to recognize signs of hierarchy and fear-based structures, within punitive systems where trauma is buried and feelings are shelved. It has given me the courage to be vulnerable and meet others where they are rather than where I want them to be – to seek first to understand, look for common ground and to love others with whom I disagree. I’m developing an ability to listen for trauma from other human beings and to understand their perspectives and their context through the eyes of their experiences. I will carry this with me for the rest of my life.

  • ~Lauren, Parent Coach

    My heart feels open and alive, and I am so excited to continue this work and share it with more people! I wish I had known about this sooner, for my children’s sake AND I’m so grateful to be where I am, learning what I’m learning, sharing what I’m sharing.

  • ~Jamie, Realtor

    I feel so fortunate to have been a part of this experience. I’ve learned and grown so much. I’m reminded that we all share the same general concerns for humankind and, basically, want the same things. My inner dialogues are different now, as are the conversations I’m having with others in the world.

  • ~Addilynn, Therapist & Coach

    I cannot overstate the benefits we are receiving from our small collective by bearing witness to this together, with each other and for each other. The exercises coupled with the content and shifting paradigms are wisely paired. I have been practicing with my husband and children and it is amazing how much peace enters the relational space once one feels heard. Wow – the power.

FAQs

  • ~Alex, Recovery Coach

    Putting this work into practice has benefitted my mood and my ability to resolve conflicts. The exact methodology and word usage taught in this course is impactful, and when put into practice inside and outside of the classroom it yields wildly efficient results. I recently used these tools during a conflict at work. They felt a connection with one another and recognized their shared strengths and weaknesses. It was truly remarkable to witness. It was a productive conversation with a positive outcome.

  • ~Mickayla B.

    I am so grateful to be learning this material and building community, and I am SO grateful to connect with people that will help me be a part of the solution. I am very, very appreciative of this class and this work and what it means for all of us. It has transformed my mindset and is expanding my understanding of so many injustices, but also offering the tools for us to make a difference. The gratitude I feel towards this process is truly indescribable, both personally and professionally. I have never been a part of something that resonated so heavily with my soul.

  • ~LeTeisha, Non-Profit Owner

    If we all adopted Unitive thinking it would change how we treat each other and change outcomes for the better.

  • ~Cynthia, Healer & Restorative Justice Advocate

    What a beautiful space to share humanity! As our hearts open and connection is embraced, the energy of the class elevates and gets stronger with each session.

  • ~Jaime, Realtor

    Initially, I started typing that this course has “changed me.” But I decided to revise it to “improved me” because I think it’s important to recognize that we don’t necessarily need to be changed. As Sara has been tirelessly pointing out, we all need to connect to the humanity in each other. It’s already there. We can see it in ourselves and in certain others who we agree with. We just need to improve our vision and see the humanity in all people, even those we don’t agree with or understand. And that’s what I’m starting to do as a result.

  • ~Catherine, Realtor, Educator

    I’m super excited about the opportunity to heighten my awareness when it comes to self-accountability, and sharpen my ability to make amends by creating mutually beneficial solutions in which no one has to lose. As I uncover old wounds or belief systems and dismantle, it becomes easier and easier to catch myself when those old triggers show up. I can respond without hurting the other person, and can imagine creating space where no one has to lose.

  • ~Addilynn, Therapist & Coach

    I continue to appreciate all the ways in which this class is offering a paradigm shift, from vengeance to love, and helping me explore the many ways that shift is happening in my own life, as well as helping me see, hear and seek to understand other’s experiences. Thank you for offering this opportunity and for making it an alive experience.

  • ~Jill, Recovery Coach

    This class is having a powerful impact on my personal life and how I identify emotions and feelings.

  • ~Christine, Servant Leader & Innkeeper

    This class has really opened my eyes to the limitless opportunities of this work. I spend so much time thinking about and continuing to implement this into my day-to-day life and it really is therapeutic for me. I truly could not be more grateful. I am learning and growing so much.

  • ~Andrea Randle, Workforce Specialist For Re-entry & Corrections

    I have found a freedom of expression and trust that I never thought was possible to reach with complete strangers! This class dismantles so many myths and empowers every participant to be a master of his or her own journey without judgment or criticism.

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Complete the Application

Enrollment is intentionally limited to a small cohort.

This allows for precision, depth and direct engagement with the work.

If you recognize yourself in this work, the next step is to complete the application.