One of my favorite questions when interviewing someone about their tapping journey is, “If you could share one piece of advice with your younger self, what would that advice be?”
For some reason I was reflecting on that question recently, not for someone I was interviewing, but for myself.
The piece of advice that I would give to Gene-the-beginner-tapper would be to go more slowly.
This week in the podcast, I share four different ways that I now move more slowly when I am tapping on my own or with clients. All four of them have transformed the way I tap for the better.
Not only do I think these ideas would be useful for the younger version of myself, but I know that they will make your tapping more effective as well!
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