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Pod #190: Perfectionism, Self-Forgiveness, & EFT

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perfectionismPerfectionism is tricky.

At its core perfectionism is motivated by wanting everything to be just perfect, because when everything is perfect it becomes manageable.

Making life manageable is great but the problem is that it will never be perfect. And when things are not perfect we can very easily fall into beating ourselves up for “failing” to meet impossible standards.

This week I have a tap-along to help us be gentler with ourselves for not being perfect, and to forgive ourselves for being unable to reach unattainable goals.

Pod #189: EFT For The Burdens Of Others

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EFTBurdenIt is not uncommon for us to pick up the emotional beliefs or emotional burdens of our loved ones. In most cases we don't even realize we are doing it.

Emotional beliefs are often formed when we are children because we are so impressionable at a young age. We usually shoulder the emotional burdens of loved ones out of the desire to care for or protect them.

At a certain point we realize that we must let these go in order to be healthy. This week I have a tap-along to help you to release emotional burdens and beliefs that are not serving you.

Even if you don't think you have experienced either of these I encourage you to tap through this audio because we often don't realize what we are carrying emotionally.

I would love you to share your experience of this tap-along in the comments below.

Pod #188: EFT for Grief w/ Sherry O’Brian

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EFT For Grief

There two common misconceptions in understanding how grief affects us.

First, many people believe that the 5 stages of grief as defined by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) are the way humans always experience grief. Second, many people believe that grief is only experienced around extreme events, such as the death of a loved one.

Grief is a much more complicated and subtle process than those two perceptions would lead us to believe.

In this week's interview with Sherry O'Brian we talk about the many different ways that we may experience grief and how we process it.

I am guessing if you haven't had a loved one die recently you are thinking that this podcast isn’t for you. But I encourage everyone to listen to this because more than likely grief is present in your life in an unexpected way and you will find this conversation very helpful.

SherryOBrianGuest: Sherry O’Brian

Contact: web @ mindbodyspirit-innergrations.com

About: Sherry O’Brian, LCSW, DCEP is a psychotherapist who has assisted thousands of individuals within her workshops, groups, and private practice to transform their pain into possibility. The inspiration behind Peaks and Valleys: Integrative Approaches for Recovering From Loss is her passion to provide a larger audience with these tools of transformation. Sherry has also developed a meditation CD, Release and Transform Burden: a meditation to awaken the healing light within, to assist others with releasing emotional pain, and transform their lives.

Pod #187: Clearing Space For Better Action

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EFT For Emotions In The MomentSometimes we get caught up in our emotions and make poor choices that we later regret. We want to make the best choice, we know what the best choice is, and we still let our emotions get in the way.

We can know exactly what triggers us and even when we spend time tapping on an issue that triggers us emotionally, we can still find ourselves highly emotional in a moment when these issues come up again. This week I share how you can tap for these instances so that you will be happy with your choices as the emotions come up.

Make sure you listen to see why I have chosen the artwork in this post.

Pod #186: Morning And Evening EFT w/ Wendy Merron

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My clients are always telling me that they would like to tap every day but have a hard time making it a habit.

One of the reasons I think people struggle with creating a daily tapping habit is that they don't know what to tap for. And because they don't know where to start they feel silly or frustrated and so they don't do it.

My friend Wendy Merron has created a wonderful tapping process for the beginning and ending of the day that she calls “AM/PM Tapping”. I love its simplicity and find that it’s the perfect way to start and end a day.

You can download a printout of the process here

Below you can hear Wendy describing the process and also hear us tapping through it so you can tap along too.

Wendy MerronGuest: Wendy Merron

Contact: web @ TheCenterOfSuccess.com ; facebook @ Powerful Thinking on Purpose; book @ Powerful Thinking on Purpose

About: Wendy Merron is a Board Certified Hypnotist (BCH), Certified National Guild of Hypnotist Instructor, Adjunct NGH Faculty Member, and founder of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotists. She teaches the NGH Hypnosis Training Course at The Center of Success. Nurses, students, therapists, and people interested in the power of hypnosis have come from as far away as The Netherlands to learn hypnosis at The Center of Success in Pennsylvania. In addition to her Hypnosis credentials Wendy Merron is recognized as an accomplished Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Certified Trainer and Practitioner. Emotional Freedom Techniques Courses are also taught at the Center of Success.

Wendy speaks and holds workshops based on her book, Powerful Thinking on Purpose.