Pride is on the list of the seven deadly sins and whether explicitly and implicitly, our culture discourages us from displaying pride or egotism. Instead, we are taught to do our work and keep our heads down. Pride is on the list of the seven deadly sins and whether explicitly and implicitly, our culture discourages us from displaying pride or egotism. Instead, we are taught to do our work and keep our heads down. It is true that some people have outsized egos that cause them (and others) ...
Good morning, Eleven years ago on today I published my first ever podcast episode and it was a total disaster. OK, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement, but there were so many problems with the first episodes that I had to take it offline within the first three hours of publication so that I could re-edit it and re-publish it. smh 🤦🏻♂️ To be fair, I was brand new to podcasting and I was learning everything on the fly. Eleven years later there are over 460 episodes in the ...
Striving to make healthy choices and taking care not to overindulge is a good thing. A bit of indulgence is OK, but it's the "over" that becomes problematic. This tap-along video will help you to strike a balance between indulgence and self-control. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? >> Sign up here! << If you liked today’s video, please share it with a friend. ...
Multiple studies have shown that stating clear goals makes it more likely that we will be successful. They help us to stay on track and maintain our focus. But simply having goals is not enough. At one extreme it is easy to become disconnected from our goals because they are too abstract. At the other, we can find ourselves in a situation where we are so focused on our exact goals that we miss other opportunities. This week's podcast explores the one simple idea that you can add to any ...
One of the keys to effective tapping is having an emotion to tap for, but sometimes we aren't able to feel anything deeply. We may feel numb or ambivalent and even though these two experiences are not the same, they have much in common. This week's podcast will give you strategies for tapping when you find yourself in a state where you feel disconnected from your emotions. It includes two separate tap-alongs for each of these sensations. You can find both tapping scripts as ...
Wanting to belong and fit in is a natural human desire. But there are times when this gets the better of us as we take action motivated by trying to impress the people around us to win their approval. This tap-along video will help you to relax and stop trying to impress others. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? >> Sign up here! << If you liked today’s video, please share it with a friend. ...
One of the most difficult ideas that my clients wrestle with is that of forgiveness and I have found that they often lack a clear understanding of what forgiveness is and what it is not. When we forgive someone else it can feel like we are saying it is okay, that they don't have to take responsibility for their actions, or that they are allowed to hurt us again. This is NOT what forgiveness is! Instead forgiveness is the process of choosing no longer to be stuck in the past ...
The tool that I use the most often from my hypnosis training while doing tapping and EFT is metaphor. The subconscious mind often works in imagery as a way of presenting struggle, trauma, and limiting beliefs. Since this is the language of the subconscious mind, it makes sense that when we are doing work on this level that we would use metaphor as well. In this episode I share with you: How I understand metaphorHow our subconscious mind uses itHow we can use metaphor to create faster ...
It is easy to mistake our desire for someone to have a better, healthier life and taking responsibility for that transformation. This tapping video will help you to remain connected to the desire for others to heal without taking responsibility for it. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? >> Sign up here! << If you liked today’s video, please share it with a friend. ...
The majority of the issues that I work on with my clients have something to do with the people in their lives. Sometimes the issue concerns someone we interact with now, and at other times it is about the limiting beliefs people have given us in the past. The struggle with issues that have to do with someone else is that we can't change another person and we can't take responsibility for their transformation. And even if someone else wanted us to take on their transformation and we were ...
When I am asking my clients why they have made certain past choices, they often say something like, "I don't know. I just had this gut feeling." OR "I just had this sense of intuition that it was the right thing to do." I know exactly what this sensation feels like because I experience it all the time when I am working with clients and also when I am making decisions about my life. But I don't believe in intuition – well, at least not in the way most people understand it. When we define ...
Feeling like we need to take responsibility for our choices and our success is a good thing BUT it's all too easy to get caught up in the mistaken belief that we are responsible for everything. This tapping video will help you to move away from feeling as if the success of everything in the world is up to you. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? > > Sign up here! < < If you liked today’s video, please share it with a ...
[Note: This is part 10 of a 10-part series on using EFT/Tapping for weight release with a new article or podcast being added every 10 days. The complete series can be found @ weight release series.] Tapping can be used to help manage the functions and systems of our bodies where our systems can often be over- or under-functioning. Here is a great little tool I use to help tune into the body to gain a sense of how it is working and how we can tap to improve its function. It is called a ...
I have always found the law of attraction's teaching of "visualizing a positive outcome and somehow the universe will just magically make it happen" a little suspect. My doubt was a prompt for me to do some research and when looking into visualizing an outcome without action, this is what I found: During the course of four experiments, Kappes and Oettingen demonstrated that conjuring positive fantasies of success drains the energy out of ambition. When we imagine having reached what we ...
It is so hard to take action when we can't see a clear path in front of us because part of our subconscious mind doesn't want us to waste effort by heading in the wrong direction. In reality, moving forward, even in the wrong direction, will teach us about the best way to progress. This tap-along will help you to take action even when you feel stuck and can't see the path ahead. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? >>Sign up ...
One of the great things about tapping is that we can jump right into doing work any time and anywhere. Even though we can start a tapping session without any preparation, I have found that if we give some thought to how we begin a session, then we will get more out of it. Here are five easy things to do at the beginning of a tapping session to make sure that you are grounded in your body and in the moment AND that you are fully present to the work you are going to do. You don't have to do ...
When we sit down to tap we are doing it because we want to feel better. It is easy to fall into the trap of feeling like the only way our tapping will be successful is if we feel absolutely wonderful when we have finished. In truth, that isn't always possible but there are many times when we can gain relief without achieving total relief. If we set the standard for tapping that it is only successful if we gain total relief and we only have partial relief, then we will be disappointed with ...
Sometimes it feels like everyone else has it easy and we are the only ones who are having to work super hard. And because it feels so unfair, it's hard to keep taking action. Here is a tap-along to help you through those times. Did you know you can receive an email reminder every time a new tapping video is uploaded? >>Sign up here!<< If you liked today’s video, please share it with a friend. ...
There is an interesting phenomenon that crops up as we become more experienced tappers and more experienced with healing and change work. We start to recognize what is possible with healing! There are two sides to this. On one hand we can become excited about having such useful tools, while on the other hand it can feel daunting to recognize how much we actually have to do. Feeling daunted can prevent us from wanting to tap because it feels like we have too much to do and it's too big a ...
If you have ever worked with me one-on-one or listened to an audio of me working with a client, then you know I spend a lot of time asking different parts of your body for feedback. I regularly have my clients ask questions of the physical sensations they are feeling. That is not a metaphor for something else. I really have them ask questions of the physical sensations they are experiencing (like tightness in the chest that comes up with worry) as if the sensations can talk back. Moving ...