Back in July I shared a tap-along audio for the shame of making a bad choice. I was overwhelmed by the positive response I received.
This week we go a little bit deeper in responding to the emotion of shame.
I hope you enjoy this tap-along audio.
Back in July I shared a tap-along audio for the shame of making a bad choice. I was overwhelmed by the positive response I received.
This week we go a little bit deeper in responding to the emotion of shame.
I hope you enjoy this tap-along audio.
Gene – thank you for doing these podcasts/tap alongs and offering them for free on your site. You and Brad Yates are my go-to’s when I need some tapping help.
I listened to the July shame tapping podcast you did and thought it was quite useful. By useful, I mean I end up crying while doing it and feel exhausted after, but it obviously is striking a core issue that I have been struggling with for a while. The one comment I would like to add here is that I have found myself identifying shame as a real issue behind a lot of my feelings or reasons for doing/not doing something in my life. I have been looking for some tapping guidance on releasing shame, and while your tapping has been very good, I would like to note that shame isn’t always about a poor choice or a mistake. So, I resist when I get to that word “mistake” and have to substitute “choice” or ??? I really don’t know. For me, I feel shame for a lot of reasons. I have shame for decisions I made that put my in the position of where I am today. I don’t like saying “mistake” because I think that is putting more negative judgement on myself than I deserve. Maybe it wasn’t a mistake. Maybe it was just what I did or didn’t do that I wish I could do differently, if I even knew how to do it differently. Some of the shame is just where I feel I am vs. where I wish I was in my life. That’s not a mistake, it’s just a regret.
I recently read Brene Brown’s “The Gifts of Imperfection…” and she defines shame as “basically the fear of being unlovable – it’s the total opposite of owning our story and feeling worthy…”. Obviously, she expands on this, but this is what I can relate to on a general level, and then of course there are decisions that I may be “ashamed” about. This is a long winded way of saying, I don’t like saying the word “mistake” because I think that is something you can forgive yourself for, whereas shame is, for me, a much deeper issue that addresses my worthiness as person.
In any event, thank you for providing and sharing these tap alongs.