Not all stress is created equal.
There are those hyper stressful times, like driving on icy roads in a snowstorm at rush hour. It is super intense in the moment and then when it ends, it is over!
Then there is the low-grade stress of something that is taking a long time and is hanging over your head. The example I think of from my own life is doing my business taxes.
I'm not especially good at doing my taxes because I only look at the task once a year; it is also a big deal and if I make a mistake, there can be major consequences. This is a stress that is ever-present and feels oppressive, but is not all-consuming. It also doesn't last forever because at some point my taxes will be filed and I will be able to move on…until the next year!
Finally, there is the type of stress that never seems to end. When thinking about this type of stress, I think about a postal worker sorting mail.
No matter how hard they work, there will always be more mail coming down the conveyor belt for them to sort. There is the pressure of needing to get their task done quickly, because more mail is coming, AND there is the stress of there being no end in sight.
Of the three types of stress listed above, the third is by far the hardest to tap for.
This week in the podcast, I share with you how I tap for issues (not just stress) that will always be there.
It works for stress, feeling overwhelmed, and persistent physical issues, to name just a few common issues.
Because straightforward tapping doesn't work well for this type of stress, we are unlikely to tap for these issues because it feels fruitless.
The simple process I share in this week's podcast is one you must know.
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One of the most consistent struggles my clients have is coming up with the “right” words.
Grief is unlike other emotions when it comes to tapping.
We often refer to tapping for stress and feeling overwhelmed as emotional first aid. That is because we are applying a tool for quick relief in the moment in the same way we would use first aid for a physical injury.
A number of years ago I was visiting my friend “Mike” and his family.
There is a huge difference between bouncing back from being tired and being exhausted.
One of the hardest parts of being a caring person is witnessing others in pain.
There is this moment in every tapper's life when we move from “This tapping thing is amazing” to “Oh my goodness there are soooooo many issues for me to tap on. Every time I clear one issue I find four more!”
Over the years, so many of my clients and students have told me that two of the biggest obstacles preventing them from sitting down to tap are having too many issues so that they don't know where to start, and the fear that their emotions will be too big to handle when tapping.
Even though we might not be conscious of it, every time we sit down to tap, our desire is for total, instantaneous, eternal transformation.
Sometimes tapping feels nothing short of magical!
One of the fundamentals I repeatedly return to when I am working with clients or teaching practitioners is: We emotionally respond to the world in the way that we describe it.
For the longest time, I found tapping for feeling overwhelmed one of my most frustrating issues.
The dawning of a new year is a great time for reflection and planning. We have the chance to see what we would like to release, what we would like to change, and what we would like to add to our lives.
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One of the realities of our relentlessly connected world is our ability to know what is happening anywhere in the world in an instant.
Tapping is a wonderful tool to help us improve our health and well-being.