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5-Day Limiting Belief Challenge Day 0: Introduce yourself

December 24, 2025 by Gene Monterastelli

I am so excited that you are joining us for this year's 5-Day Limiting Belief Challenge.

In a comment down below, please introduce yourself. Let us know where you are joining us from and what you are hoping to learn/achieve during the week.

Introduce yourself here.

Related articles and podcasts:

  1. Pod #268: Letting Go of Limiting and Unhelpful Beliefs
  2. Pod #488: How To Tap For Limiting Beliefs
  3. Pod #314: Releasing Limiting Beliefs
  4. Limiting Beliefs About Money
  5. 2020 Tapping Challenge: Day 30 – Tapping for the belief that you are worthy of being heard

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  1. Gene Monterastelli says

    December 24, 2025 at 10:00 am

    I’m Gene Monterastelli and I live in Brooklyn, NY.

    Welcome to the challenge. I can’t wait to share some of my favorite tools with you!

    Reply
    • Leslie Neal says

      January 4, 2026 at 11:03 pm

      Hi Gene.
      I’m Leslie Neal…originally from Rhode Island, spent much of my life in California and now live in northern Nevada, not far from Lake Tahoe, CA. I learned Tapping from Jack Canfield over 30 years ago, when it was still called “The 5 Minute Phobia Cure.” It has been a boon to me ever since.

      Reply
    • Linda says

      January 5, 2026 at 12:24 am

      I’m Linda from Camano Island, Washington. I’m looking forward to learning what my biggest limiting belief about releasing weight is, and make some serious progress to clear it.

      Reply
    • Gloriana Ron Da says

      January 5, 2026 at 3:18 am

      Hello I am Gloriana! I just moved to Sedona, Arizona. I would like to work on being confidentially unstoppable in my business.

      Reply
    • Ronda says

      January 5, 2026 at 3:57 am

      Hi everyone,

      I recently moved to Europe and have practiced tapping off and on for a few years now.

      I’m hoping to learn how to heal the feelings of depression from the work this week.

      Reply
      • Kate Withey says

        January 5, 2026 at 3:28 pm

        Hi, Ronda! Where are you in Europe? — I moved to France a year ago from San Francisco, still dealing with a lot of the logistics of moving to a new country! <3

        Reply
    • Mary Lynn says

      January 5, 2026 at 8:46 am

      Hello everyone. I am Mary Lynn. I was born and raised in Michigan but am now living in Ontario, Canada. I want to discover and work on the beliefs that may be underlying my
      illness.

      Reply
    • Deniese Dunavin says

      January 5, 2026 at 11:53 am

      Hi Gene,
      Deniese here in Texas, I have been tapping with Julie Shiffman for about 3 months, I love tapping, I am even doing my own tapping now focused more on my Christian belief so bringing in Jesus in my tapping sessions, I love tapping. I have issues with people pleasing, sleeping issues for over 10 years that I am in EMDR/CBTI therapy for but it’s going slow. I am a true believer in tapping as I have seen it help me and is part of my mental health tool box. I am here to help me identify why my mind will not sleep thru the night, I had a horrible childhood but I am over that and now I need to take the work I have been doing and enhance it to help me sleep. My other issues are driving anxiety and flying anxiety. Blessings Deniese

      Reply
    • Glad says

      January 5, 2026 at 12:24 pm

      Hi Gene I am very excited about the challenge.
      I live in North Carolina and Nevada.
      I am a Marriage and Family Therapist, I am skilled at helping others, but get stuck in my own Limiting Beliefs.
      Another great time to look at them, Again
      I missed the live session this morning, believed I had more time-not

      Reply
    • Kate Withey says

      January 5, 2026 at 3:35 pm

      Hello, Gene & all!

      I’m Kate in the south of France — moved a year ago from San Francisco. I’ve been doing EFTU’s Certification program, but kind of got side-tracked (okay, by moving abroad, which is a Big Deal!) & haven’t finished it yet.

      I know I still have lots of limiting beliefs, though I’m not sure what they are. One of the things that trips me up a LOT is self-consciousness about being seen to be not “perfect” — especially around being a beginner & therefor being afraid of appearing stupid. Yet I totally know that the only way to GROW is to do new things, & the only way to do new things WELL is to start by doing them BADLY! (Beginner’s Mind & all that….)

      Anyway, I’m looking forward to this course! <3

      Reply
    • Jenny Murray says

      January 5, 2026 at 5:24 pm

      Hi Gene,
      I’m Jenny from NSW, Australia. I’ve been tapping for a many years and still those limiting beliefs undermine my belief in myself, to love myself unconditionally and authentically express who I am, to activate my body’s own healing ability and to let go the clutter in my mind and physical ‘stuff’ that continually holds me back and emotionally weighs me down. Look forward to these 5 days and creating some permanent shifts- thanks again.

      Reply
    • Lise Brenner says

      January 5, 2026 at 6:36 pm

      Hi! I’m Lise, former New Yorker, live in Amsterdam. I want to release deep level anxiety so that I can allow myself to succeed – including financially, creatively and romantically

      Reply
    • Linda says

      January 5, 2026 at 10:29 pm

      Hi, Linda here on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
      I’m looking forward to learning how to unearth deeply rooted beliefs that are holding me back from living a life that I love or from loving the life I’m living 🤸‍♀️

      Reply
    • Renee says

      January 7, 2026 at 11:14 am

      My name is Renee, I have been following the Tapping world for twenty years or over. In New Mexico, and have been investing/listening to tapping qanda since nearly the beginning. Always happy to participate in events, pet tapping has been one of my favorites.
      Healing Bubbles and Miracles.

      Reply
    • Tom Graham says

      January 9, 2026 at 6:13 am

      I’m Tom i live in San Jose, CA and have been playing with tapping for many years. Looking to make big life changes one of which is to move and retire.

      Reply
  2. Ellen says

    December 27, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    Ellen from Jerusalem
    I’m looking forward to learning what my biggest limiting beliefs is, and make some serious progress to clear it. Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Ceci says

    December 28, 2025 at 9:08 pm

    Hellooooo Gene🌷☺️🌸..
    Hellooooo to all🌷☺️🌸..
    Helloooooooo🌷🎉☺️🎊🌸
    Sending you all blessings and hoping you all had a Wonderful Merry Merry Merry Christmas, I wanted to write this little message most excited for this so special challenge taking place now in January, which I feel will help me in these so trascendental steps where I am which is.. becoming a mother🌷🙏🏻🌸.. It has been a journey of awakening I truly treasure and truly embrace and are most thankful to be now at this point where I am, and would like to tap even further into whatever is there that I am not yet conscious at present that needs to be seen, recognised and let go🌷🙏🏻🌸 more so, for this so meaningful stage where my love and I are.. making our babies becoming a true reality yo us both.. 🌷🙏🏻🌸 Thank you.. Thank you.. Thank you Gene.. Thank you to each and everyone here for this so loving space we are already sharing in the embrace this journey holds for us.. A true surprise will come forth too, for every experience deveals an awakening that goes further from what we can foresee.. a loving embrace to the soul that many of a times goes further from what words can express..
    Thank you.. Thank you.. Thank you 🌷🙏🏻🌸

    Reply
  4. Beth Harrison says

    December 30, 2025 at 2:44 am

    Beth from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    I want to unravel how and why I live in a fat body I don’t like and learn how to live in a slim healthy body I love.

    Reply
  5. Iris says

    December 31, 2025 at 7:37 am

    Hi, I’m Iris from Munich, Germany.
    My goal is to let go of some more limiting beliefs next year.
    This challenge is a great way to start the year and help me fulfill my goal.

    Reply
  6. Candy says

    January 2, 2026 at 5:28 am

    Hi everyone :) My name is Candy and I’m in Glasgow Scotland. I’m going to use this challenge to re-start tapping and discovery connected with 1. weight loss and 2. health. I **think** my main limiting belief is that I’m too old and sick to lose weight or improve my health. Or that I just won’t…. because I haven’t yet…. age 44. 😋

    Looking very forward to learning more and tapping with you all. Thanks for organising this Gene!

    Reply
  7. melinda says

    January 3, 2026 at 10:55 am

    Hi Melinda from Maine, United States here,
    I am very good at getting most of the way there and very good at self sabotaging once I’m on the precipice of change/beginning to actually risk perceived safety. I’m here to hopefully get out of my own way and stop repeating the same cycles of one step forward two steps back.

    Reply
  8. Sandra says

    January 3, 2026 at 9:04 pm

    Greetings All! I’m looking forward to tapping with you this week. On New Years, when Gene said, “It’s safe to feel hope,” I burst into tears. I did not know that that idea was in me, but realized it must be where a lot of my stuckness resides. I’m looking forward to tapping away this & other unwelcome lurkers.

    Reply
  9. Megan Casebourn says

    January 4, 2026 at 11:29 am

    Hello! I am Megan, currently from Olympia, Washington. I have a few limiting beliefs I haven’t been able to let go, which obstruct the work I do in my practice: I am an imposter; I am unlovable; I am not worthy to be heard; I must not follow through on anything, or I will disappoint… it seems there are more than a few. My goal is to clear these obstacles so that I may use tapping sucessfully in my practice.

    Reply
  10. Darren Joy says

    January 4, 2026 at 2:54 pm

    Darren from Canada.

    I am soooo in my own way, can’t wait to step out of it and let the flow flow.

    Reply
  11. Laurel Campbell says

    January 4, 2026 at 7:02 pm

    Hi, I’m Laurel from Washington, Pennsylvania
    I’d like to work on the limiting belief that I can’t continue my weight loss journey successfully. I want to believe that I have in it me to go all the way.

    Reply
  12. Annie says

    January 4, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    Hello Annie from Texas! I want to use eft with Law of assumption and remove limiting beliefs or any blocks to reprogram my subconscious. My struggle with eft is not sure if I need script (i often don’t know what is I want to tap out) or just feeling it out and feeling it in.

    Excited to learn! Thank you for this opportunity!

    Reply
  13. Sue says

    January 4, 2026 at 11:53 pm

    Hello,

    My name is Sue and I live in Port Angeles, WA.

    Over the last two years, my wife has struggled with long covid which means I’ve been taking care of her and more of the household stuff than usual. At this point, I think we have found medication that is making a significant difference in accelerating her recovery.

    About a year ago, the 50 pounds I had lost began piling back on, regardless of my increased efforts at losing weight. A few months later, I was diagnosed with Cushing’s Disease, one symptom of which is weight gain especially around the belly. In August, a tumor was removed from my pituitary gland and most of the Cushings symptoms gradually disappeared. The weight is still a frustrating issue, and part of a larger challenge..

    Any sense of organization or structure or planning ahead dissolved about a year ago. Things seem to be improved enough that I am ready to begin (re-)building some sort of daily structure/routine. Every time I start working on that, something comes up to interfere.

    I want to identify that block, work through it, and get on with re-developing some structure my life so I can get back to my weaving and other rewarding activities.

    Reply
  14. Linda says

    January 5, 2026 at 12:19 am

    I’m Linda from Camano Island in Washington State. I’m looking forward to learning what my biggest limiting belief is about releasing weight, and make some serious progress to clear it and to start a serious daily tapping regime.

    Reply
  15. Jennifer says

    January 5, 2026 at 1:03 am

    Hello Gene and group! I will be tapping in from Vancouver Island, BC in Canada nice and early! My hope is to just take in what I can during the experience – to have the focus be specifically around limiting beliefs…which I know are there, but I don’t typically take the time to sit with. Thank you for this offering.

    Reply
  16. Jerre Weaver says

    January 5, 2026 at 1:15 am

    Hi 👋, I’m Jerre from NSW Australia. I could win a gold medal at the procrastination olympics 🥇 😬. Like many, I know how to tap and how effective it is – and still often don’t. Looking forward to seeing what unfolds over this challenge.

    Reply
  17. Wendy says

    January 5, 2026 at 2:01 am

    Hello everyone! I’m Wendy, from British Columbia, Canada.
    I have various layers of limiting beliefs that get in my way. One of them is that I don’t really feel safe in admitting my limiting beliefs to other people ! 😳 I’m looking forward to learning how to get unstuck.

    Reply
  18. Christa Daschner says

    January 5, 2026 at 3:58 am

    Hi, I am Christa, living near Munich in Germany. 🇩🇪
    Looking forward to seeing a structured way to letting go of limiting beliefs.

    Reply
  19. Cheryl O’Neil says

    January 5, 2026 at 4:51 am

    Hi! I’m Cheryl from Mount Gambier in South Australia.
    I want to work on the belief that I start studying something, like EFT, but won’t finish it. I’ll stop because it all just gets too hard!

    Reply
  20. Christy says

    January 5, 2026 at 6:39 am

    Hello. Christy from Arizona. I’m always looking for new ways to clear what doesn’t serve. At this moment, the limiting belief I will be working on is not feeling safe when other people are disapproving.

    Reply
  21. Gail says

    January 5, 2026 at 7:27 am

    Hi everyone,

    I am Gail from Wales in the UK.

    This year I am focussing on making my natural health business grow to the next level, so that I can pay myself! I would like to tackle the limiting beliefs that have been holding me back for the last few years.

    Looking forward to tapping later x

    Reply
  22. Sigourney Keise says

    January 5, 2026 at 7:51 am

    Hi i’m Sigourney from the UK, and I am looking forward to discovering what is holding me back and how to move forward.

    Reply
  23. Sigourney says

    January 5, 2026 at 7:58 am

    Hi Everyone,

    i’m Sigourney from the UK, and I am looking forward to discovering what is holding me back and how to move forward.

    Reply
  24. Anne Gardner says

    January 5, 2026 at 8:58 am

    I’m Anne from North Carolina, US, and I’d like to clear beliefs that keep me from being more patient and persistent.

    Reply
    • Nell says

      January 5, 2026 at 9:11 pm

      Hi Anne!

      Reply
  25. Sallie Eggers says

    January 5, 2026 at 9:57 am

    Hi Fellow Brave Souls!
    I am Sallie from the Chicagoland area, Skokie, IL. I still have that lingering belief that I am not good enough. Perfectionism also gets in the way. Whatever other limiting beliefs show up I welcome and look forward to evolving together into greater wholeness.

    Reply
  26. Carol says

    January 5, 2026 at 10:54 am

    Hi I’m Carol and I’m from London, UK. I am really looking forward to finding out what is getting in the way of me moving forward with my life’s goals.

    Reply
  27. Jane says

    January 5, 2026 at 11:55 am

    Limiting belief, it takes too much effort and discipline to intentionally exercise and I will eat even more. I am to lazy to exercise

    Being told I lack discipline to do most things

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  28. caroline mercier says

    January 5, 2026 at 12:09 pm

    Hi Gene. I am Caroline from Quebec, Canada. I have started to tap a few months ago and I already cleared many beliefs and did ange work. I always look forward digging deeper and become more a natural at typing

    Reply
  29. BJ Honeycutt says

    January 5, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    Hello, All!
    I am joining the 5-day challenge from Piedmont North Carolina, USA. Having been certified in EFT since 2013, I have used tapping on limiting beliefs quite a few times. Especially during the self-study involved in upgrading to Level 3 (in 2015), I dredged up and worked on several Limiting Beliefs. Nevertheless, it’s clear there’s more work to be done. I am now 74 years old and have mobility issues which have not yet improved even with multiple alternative therapies. Standard medicine, of course, thinks the answer is a hip replacement; but I believe in the body’s ability to heal itself, given the right context. The question is, what remaining Limiting Beliefs are short-stopping my healing journey? I hope to find the answer this week.

    Reply
    • Jenny Murray says

      January 5, 2026 at 5:15 pm

      Hi BJ,
      I relate so much to your post and situation – I’ve been using Tapping for must be 15 years, used on lots of limiting beliefs and situation. I’m 72 with hip issues and medical professional advising hip replacement and like you, I believe in the body’s ability to heal itself.
      Let’s trust we both find answers that will propel our healing journey in the direction we so desire and deserve.
      Cheers
      Jenny
      Australia

      Reply
  30. Verónica Rodriguez Dulin says

    January 5, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Hi Gene and everybody! I am Verónica, half Spanish half French and have lived in Portugal for 25 years.
    I have known EFT since year 2003 but really tapped again with conviction since 2 years ago and every day for 4 months.
    I am hoping to get totally clear on what are really limiting beliefs which by now I guess I know but I would like to be crystal clear!
    On the other hand, I have been working on being happy and joyful for a very very long time and this week is another opportunity to get closer to my goal!
    Thank you!

    Reply
  31. Jen Allen says

    January 5, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    Hello, my name is Jen and I live in College Station, Texas. I love tapping and it’s a real joy to be around others who love tapping too!

    Reply
  32. Jeff Schneider says

    January 5, 2026 at 2:13 pm

    Hi. My name is Jeff. I am 70 yo, married close to 30 years, a dad to my daughter who’s 26yo. I live in upstate NY, 90 minutes north of New York City. I am a semi retired therapist now working part time. It’s quite an adjustment working a lot less and therefore making a lot less money. I have been working on the same painful issues (health, my relationship with money, feelings about myself), for many years. I am hoping that this program can help me in these areas.

    Reply
  33. Wendy says

    January 5, 2026 at 4:37 pm

    Hi, I’m joining on replays from Melbourne Australia. I am looking forward to more insights and shifts about ongoing health issues and being more open to relationships.

    Reply
  34. Leah Martin says

    January 5, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Good Day to Everyone! My name is Leah (Leia) and I live in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. I am an Alcohol & Drug Counselor with a First Nation and I am also a Certified Emotional Success coach thru NeftTI, the Conscious EFT Program. I’m stoked to do this exercise because even the pracitioners need an outlet to be working on their change and transformation! Thanks for this offer!

    Reply
  35. Denise says

    January 5, 2026 at 7:11 pm

    Tapping in from Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    Looking to experience tapping under Gene’s guidance, start the year off clearing blocks to marketing new programs I’m developing in the field of wholistic wellness.

    Reply
  36. Jean Marie Bianco says

    January 5, 2026 at 9:32 pm

    I am looking forward really looking at my beliefs in a deeper level of the understanding of the belief than I have and tapping to change it. I am very grateful for Gene’s teaching in a deep understanding of our beliefs and even what the benefits of Tapping is.

    Reply
  37. Nell Allen says

    January 5, 2026 at 10:31 pm

    Hi Everyone,
    I’m Nell from North Carolina. I have been using tapping for quite a while now – a couple of decades I guess. I don’t know what I would do without it. Such a versatile tool!
    I want to uncover and clear yet another layer of my limiting beliefs around perfectionism and procrastination so I can actually complete some big projects that are taking way too long.

    Reply
  38. Jean Marie Bianco says

    January 6, 2026 at 10:49 am

    Yesterday’s comment I am not a believer helped me realize something on a spiritual level, however, right now I have a strong belief I will never be successful. I have MLM businesses. 3. which is probably crazy. I don’t want to give up one because they are all very good. People have told me not to do it. Anyway, thats one of my traits… stubbornness.
    I did a breathwork…breathed in… and breathing out hard… it went through me I am Scared to Death of being successful. I 1. am afraid of having and losing. Guess I still need to work on losing my house years ago. I’ve been in poverty so long I can’t imagine getting out of it.
    And as I said yesterday I like to complain… Guess that keeps me safe… My cousin got hit when he was 4 1/2 and I was 4.
    Sorry this is so late. I’ve done a lot of healing on this… however, after journaling just now.. a lot, i realize how safe I have kept me. Thank you Gener for these classes.

    Reply
  39. Christine says

    January 6, 2026 at 2:34 pm

    Hello Everyone. I’m joining from Austin, Texas. I’ve been tapping since 2012 sometimes on my own and sometimes with a practitioner. My main goal in joining this Challenge is to uncover and release the limiting beliefs that keep me from using my voice to express my emotions, ask for my wants and needs, and to set boundaries. I’m looking forward to sharing this experience with everyone!!! It’s going to be awesome!!!

    Reply
  40. Rebecca says

    January 6, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    Rebecca, back in rapidly growing NW Arkansas for 9 years. My sons and extended family are here. Lived and worked in Dallas, Texas, for 31 years. I continue to see ways I’ve limited my life experience, and I look forward to new insights.

    Reply

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