photo by Alberto G. One of my favorite parts of working with clients is watching them work through the process of learning that they can have better, that it can happen sooner rather than later, and that they can make conscious choices every day to move towards that better life. Over time my clients go from needing help from me to doing lots of work on their own between sessions. As this happens they gain skill at finding the root causes of the symptoms they are experiencing in their ...
I Don’t Want You Always To Be Impressive
photo by ArtsieAspie One of the main reasons we hold ourselves back from taking action is our need to be perfect. We want everything we do to be great AND we want everyone around us to think we are great too. Often times if even the smallest thought exists that others aren't going to see us (and everything we do) as great we don't take action. Most of the time this isn't a conscious choice. We just don't take the action we want to take and just get busy with something else. I ...
Pod #115: Struggling To Give Self Care w/ Loretta Sparks
Taking care of others is easy to do. We see needs, suffering, and struggle. We respond. Often (at least for me) it is hard for us to extend the same type of care and concern to ourselves. In this interview with EFT Master Loretta Sparks we talk about some of the most common reasons that caring people have such a hard time taking care of themselves. We also talk about a number of simple tools and steps that can be implemented right now to make it easier to care for yourself. Loretta ...
What A Former Felon Just Taught Me About EFT
Good morning! I was stunned by the response to the email I sent on Monday. (If you missed the email, you can check it out here .) I sent it as simply a piece of information and I didn't expect what happened next. Emails of encouragement came from all over the world. It was incredible! One email stood out from the rest. It came from Jean-Paul who is one of my guys. And when I say "one of my guys" I mean he was in my EFT class in jail. Jean-Paul wrote: Not sure if you ...
There Is So Much, I Don’t Know Where To Begin When Using EFT
I have a lot of issues that I want to use Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping on, but I don’t know where to begin. Should I deal with the memories chronologically or should I do them in chunks of related issues? photo by Brian Barnett This is a question that I receive often. Once someone has been introduced to the power of EFT and understands how it can be used to address many physical and emotional issues, they start to look for all of the areas in their life to apply this ...
People Have Been Asking, “Gene, are you still alive? Everything OK?
Good morning! Two people contacted me this weekend because they were concerned about me. One was a text message that simply read, "Are you OK?" The other was an email wondering if they had dropped off my mailing list, "because they hadn't heard from me in a while." And it is true...for the last two and a half weeks I have fallen off the face of the digital earth! There have been good reasons for this. I spent time in North Carolina helping out my friend Pamela Bruner with her Transform ...
Keeping Calm
One of the highlights of my recent visit to London was getting to visit the Churchill War Rooms. It was amazing to get that close to history. There and everywhere else in London where tourists gathered you could find recreations of the World War II posters "Keep Calm and Carry On". Though little used during WWII (full history) it made its way back into the public eye in 2000. Here are two fun (or cheesy, depending on your point of view) twists on the posters. Feel free to use and share ...
The Strangest Way To Improve Self-Discipline? Tap For Better Sleep
Good Morning! I don't know about you, but when I get up in the morning I normally have a good idea about what I need to achieve that day. I might not like what I have to do and I might not know how it will turn out, but I know what to do. But even when I know what to do, I don't always have the self-discipline to the actions required to achieve it. This week I found some interesting research on how you can do something while lying down that will improve your self-discipline and I ...
Pod #114: Love is Letting Go of Shields w/ Dr. Terry Lynch
Years ago a friend of mine wrote a book called "Real Love In A Pizza Love World". In English at least, love is a tricky word. We use it for so many things, and in so many ways, that sometimes it can be hard to get our mind wrapped around the idea of wanting to be loving and be love. In this interview with Terry Lynch we talk about the way she approaches the word love, and also demonstrates the protocol of EmoTrance on me. Dr Terry LynchGuest: Dr Terry Lynch Contact: TeresaLynch.com About ...
Want To Improve Your Self-Discipline? Tap For A Better Night’s Sleep
I recently came across this very interesting quote on one of my favorite websites explore: The amount of sleep you get predicts the discipline your body can produce. Why? Sleep deprivation depletes the glucose level in your pre-frontal cortex, Barnes writes. This has consequences for your decision-making: If you don’t get enough sleep, you leave your self-control engine running on empty. If you do get enough sleep, you restore that fuel base. photo by reonis I knew that ...
75 Hours Of Free Training And Insight From The Brightest Minds In EFT (No Signup Required)
With the publication of last week’s podcast there is are over 75 hours of free EFT training and insight from some of the brightest minds in the change work field. You can find the full podcast archive at TappingQandAPodcast.com. Subscribe in: Apple | iPhone | Android | Google | Spotify | Pandora To make it easier to find some of the best stuff I have created this handy list of some of the best of the best. Please add your favorites in the comment section below. Steve Wells shared ...
The Inconvenient Truth About Shame And Guilt
Good Morning! We all know that shame and guilt are debilitating. When I am feeling either of those emotions I would rather hide under the covers or eat unhealthy quantities of cookies and cream flavored ice cream than face the world. (Yes, cookies and cream ice cream is my go-to for unhealthy emotional eating!) I hate feeling guilty or ashamed! But did you know that when we feel these emotions we are more likely to make choices that hurt us AND more likely to hurt others as ...
Pod #113: How Carrying An Eraser In My Pocket Changed The Way I Tap
One of the questions I receive a lot from people new to tapping is, "Aren't you worried that you will tap something bad in?" That is a reasonable concern. Often when we are tapping we are saying phrases about how we would like our life to be better while we are tapping. From the outside it almost looks like we are driving the positive phrases into our body and our mind. But that isn't what is really happening. Instead, from my point of view at least, we are in the process of clearing out ...
Your Guilt Is Holding You Back AND It’s Holding Others Back
photo by id-iom Over the last few weeks I have done a lot of writing and recording on guilt and shame. There have been two reasons for this. First, they have come up a lot in client calls as of late. Second, because they have been coming up so much for my clients I have been reflecting on them a lot in my own life. As I have stated before, shame is the emotion I find the hardest to deal with and the most debilitating. If you missed some of the recents posts on this topic, make sure ...
Why Tapping Q & A Exists
Tapping Q and A is a labor of love for me. It is a very personal site, written from a very personal point of view. It is far from the only EFT site out there, and I have never claimed it is the best EFT site. It is simply my point of view on what might be helpful. From time to time I like to share with you why I created Tapping Q and A, my goals for it, and what you can do to get the most out of the site. This way we are all on the same page. Why Tapping Q and A Exists There are 3 ...
Pod #112: Discover Why You Are Sabotaging Yourself
Last weekend I had the chance to speak at the Spring EFT & Energy Gathering (Northeastern USA) just outside NYC. I was asked to speak on EFT and Self-Sabotage. My talk was about 5 lenses we can use to figure out the core issues of our self-sabotage. After explaining them I share how we can tap for those issues once they are identified. You can download the handout for the talk here: handout Please note that the sound quality isn't the greatest, but it is good enough to get the information ...
Pod #111: EFT for Smoking w/ Sue Beer
On some level most people who smoke really want to quit. Even though the will to change is strong in the larger context of their lives, it is really hard to motivate change in the moment because "one cigarette won't kill me." Usually smoking isn't the core problem, but symptomatic of a larger issue. In this interview Sue Beer and I talk about how we can use EFT to stop smoking. Sue Beer Guest: Sue Beer Contact: web @ TheEFTCentre.com; twitter @TheEFTCentre; facebook @ The EFT Centre ...
You Don’t Have To Tap Away Your Fear With EFT In Order To Take Action
photo by Svante Adermark My life is a little crazy right now. From the outside it looks like I am being really brave in the midst of all the craziness. I am in the process of moving from Baltimore to Brooklyn, NY. I am uprooting my life to move to the fourth largest metropolitan area in the world, where housing rentals are snapped up in a matter of hours, not days. At the moment I know I am certainly moving but I have no clue where I am moving to. At the same time I am working on ...
Is My Self-Sabotaging Critical Voice Always Going To Be With Me?
photo by Steve Corey This week I was working with my client "Molly". Over the last few weeks we had been tapping for a number of public speaking sales situations. She said: "Last week was really great. I felt so much more comfortable in my own skin. I was so much more present to my audience and so much less inside of my own head. But I have a question, will that little voice in my head always be there? It feels like it is less powerful now, but it just won't go away." This ...
Pod #110: FasterEFT w/ Robert G. Smith
I recently did a survey of some of my favorite professional tappers. One of the questions I asked was, "Who in the field is doing the most controversial and experimental work?" The name that came back the most was Robert Smith. I have done a number of reader surveys over the years asking who you’d like to hear on the podcast. Of practitioners who have not already been interviewed, who is nominated most often? Robert Smith. So after a number of false starts I finally have an interview with ...