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Pod #358: Will Tapping On Negative Phrases Manifest Negative Outcomes?

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Because of all of the conversations around the law of attraction and manifesting in the self help community, I often hear the concern “I don't want to say any negative phrases when I am tapping because I'm worried I'll manifest negative outcomes in my life.”

Given the way that manifestation in this world view is taught, I can understand how this might be a concern.

To help you understand how to get the most out of your tapping, this week's podcast covers:

  • The scientific research on visualization
  • What happens when we say only positive phrases when tapping
  • How to get the most out of tapping to create change in your life

I also teach you a bonus method that I use when I am trying to create a new way of acting and being in the world.

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Pod #357: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) vs. Tapping w/ Joan Kaylor, M.S.Ed., L.P.C., DCEP

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on challenging and changing thoughts, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.

That sounds a lot like what we are trying to do with tapping.

This week I have a conversation with Joan Kaylor who uses both tapping and CBT with her clients. She compares and contrasts the two approaches, highlights where they overlap, and how one can inform the other.

Understanding other modalities, tools, and techniques is a great way for us to improve the tools we are using.

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Guest: Joan Kaylor

Contact: Email @ Joan@joankaylor.com; Web @ TappingWithJoan.com
Facebook @ FreedomFromFear-JustTapIt; LinkedIn @ JoanKaylor; Twitter @JoanKaylor; Instagram: JoanKaylor; Podcasts @ Freedom From Fear – Just Tap It; Podcast @ Life Without Limits

About: Joan is an Accredited Advanced EFT Practitioner with AAMET International. She is a keynote speaker, consultant and best-selling instructor on Udemy.com. Joan is certified in cognitive behavioral therapy and has been working with individuals and families since 1994. Joan is a member of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, ACEP, EFT International, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the International OCD Foundation, the Pennsylvania Counseling Association and the TLC Foundation for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors.

Pod #356: The Science Behind Tapping w/ Dr. Peta Stapleton

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With every passing year, more and more research is being conducted into how tapping works and its efficacy. Dr. Peta Stapleton is one of the researchers at the forefront of this work.

Peta recently completed writing The Science Behind Tapping (publication date: April 16th). The book provides a brief history of tapping and a comprehensive overview of existing scientific research on tapping. Based on scientific research, it also provides a clear set of recommendations on how to get the most out of tapping, depending on the issues you are addressing.

In this conversation Peta provides a preview of The Science Behind Tapping, as well as ways you can get better results from your tapping practice.

Knowing the latest scientific research on tapping will make it easier for you to share tapping with your skeptical friends and loved ones. If you want to share tapping with others, you must listen to this conversation!

You can pre-order it today!

Peta is also offering 4 free gifts if you order the book. So right after you pre-order the book you can sign up for your free gifts here.

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Guest: Dr. Peta Stapleton

Contact: web @ PetaStapleton.com; twitter @PetaStapleton; instagram @petastapleton

About: Dr. Peta Stapleton has 22 years of experience as a registered Clinical and Health Psychologist in the State of Queensland, Australia and has completed a Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy. Peta held academic positions at Griffith University for 14 years, teaching and coordinating psychological research trials into new therapies in the area of obesity and weight management and is now Associate Professor in Psychology at Bond University

Peta regularly contributes to the academic field with publications in the areas of nursing, morale, communication, psychological interventions and eating disorders. She regularly reviews for academic journals and offers supervision for new and existing Psychologists as well as students.

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Pod #355: Tapping To Magnify Celebration

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As Dr. Rick Henson shared with us back in Podcast 349, it is important that we spend time not just feeling positive emotions, but reveling in them. By doing this we can do more than enjoy feeling good in the moment, we can turn it into a habit for life.

For most of us, including me, spending a lot of time feeling celebratory isn't the most natural experience.

Celebration can feel embarrassing. It can feel boastful. It can even feel egotistical.

This week we talk and tap about how celebration can make us feel uncomfortable AND tapping in the spirit of celebration. All the tapping scripts from this audio can be found below the audio player.

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I am worthy of success…I am worthy of celebrating that success…When I am successful…I'm not stealing success from others…When I am successful…I'm not pushing other people down…When I experience success…I can also lift others up…I am made for success…I am worthy of success…It is appropriate that I acknowledge that success…It is important that I celebrate my successes…And I'm not doing this in an egotistical way…I'm not doing this because I want other people to look at me…I'm doing it because acknowledging success is healthy…Celebrating my success creates space for more success…I know many people think celebrating is the wrong thing to do…Some friends and family believe we should all just be humble…But it is possible for us to be humble and still acknowledge the truth of our success…Some of my friends and family believe celebrating success is a sinful thing to do…They believe that celebrating is a sign of bad character…It is possible for me to appreciate their disposition without buying into it…I can appreciate my success and remain grounded…I can celebrate my success and keep moving forward…I am worthy of success…Because I am made for success.

I give myself permission to be happy about the good things happening in my life…I give myself permission to enjoy and savor them…Being happy about my success does not deprive other people of success…I'm happy about the good things happening in my life…Even though my life is not perfect…I can appreciate what I'm experiencing…And I can move through this in a way where I continue to connect deeply to my success…While continuing to experience joy…I am happy with the progress I am making…Even though it isn't happening as quickly as I would like…I celebrate each small step forward…Knowing that each of these moments is contributing to greater and greater success in the future…I appreciate how far I've come…I appreciate the amount of work that I have put in…I give myself permission to enjoy my success…Enjoying my success helps me to create more success in the future for myself…And more success in the future for others…I am comfortable and happy with my success.

Pod #354: Why Does Healing Always Have To Be A Process?

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Even though tapping is such a powerful tool, at times it feels as if it is just taking too long to get the results we want.

In this week's podcast we are talking about:

  • Why healing sometimes needs to happen as part of a process
  • How to make the healing process as quick as possible (when it doesn't feel quick at all)
  • How to deal with the frustration of slow transformation

In the last step we will tap for the frustration around our healing not happening as fast as we would like, and why healing has to be process. (The tapping script is also included below the player.)

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I'm frustrated by the rate of healing…I wish it was happening faster…I wish it was happening easier…I recognize the fact that when I feel this sort of resistance…And I feel this sort of resentment towards the healing process…I will slow the healing process…Because I don't want to waste time…And I don't want to waste energy on something that isn't going to work out…On something that isn't going to be fruitful…But at the same time I appreciate my frustration…Not because I enjoy being frustrated…But because frustration means that there is a part of me that wants healing and transformation to happen…Frustration is just my system saying it is dissatisfied with what is going on…I hear the frustration loud and clear…I don't want me to be unhealthy…The frustration has done its job…By pointing out the slow rate of this transformation…And since I know this is true…The feeling of frustration can relax…And if the frustration needs to come back in future…That's OK and I allow it to come back…I give myself permission to be easy and gentle with my frustration…Knowing it is possible for me to heal.

Intellectually I understand that transformation is a process…I understand that sometimes it doesn't happen in a single step…That is because some of my issues are more complicated…Some of my issues have multiple layers to them…Sometimes my goal for tapping is to create release in the moment…And tapping is a very good tool for doing exactly that…But at times I want to create lasting and deep change…It's more than just dealing with symptoms in the moment…I'm not looking for quick relief…I'm looking for a long term transformation…I give myself permission to be patient with the process…Even though I would like this to be quick…It is more important that it is lasting change…I give myself permission to be easy with the process…I give myself permission to allow this to take time…I am in this for the long haul…I am in this for long term, lasting transformation…I'm open to the possibility of instantaneous healing…But I'm willing to put in the work for lasting transformation even if it is not instantaneous.

I give myself permission to heal…I give myself permission to transform…By giving myself permission to heal and transform…I'm acknowledging that some of this work might be hard…I recognize the fact that I can do hard work in a way that is safe and healthy for me…I give myself permission to put in the time and effort…By investing in the short term in this way…I am ensuring my long term transformation will be lasting and deep…My goal is lasting transformation…I trust my system to create the process that will allow the healing to persist…To allow this transformation to take root…I am a healing machine…And I allow my system to keep healing.