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Pod #418: Tapping For A Fresh Start

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We all know that New Year Resolutions don’t work. It would be nice to believe that making a statement at midnight on December 31st would be enough to create fresh ways of thinking and acting, but it doesn’t work that way.

With that being said, a new year is a great time to reevaluate our lives AND tapping is a great way to support any new goals.

This week I have a simple tap-along audio that will help you to create lasting change, rather than just a fleeting thought about what you’d like to improve at the beginning of the year that quickly evaporates.

This will help you to take new action and also help you with the emotional ups and downs of trying to realize a new goal.

You can find the full tapping script as a pdf of this audio over at Tapping Q and A Podcast Scripts and Transcripts.

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Tapping For The Fear Of Missing Out – Video

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We live in a time of so many options. If we choose to do one thing, then we are choosing away from something else. This creates a fear of missing out which causes us to choose to do nothing at all. Here is a simple tap-along for when you are fearing that you are missing out.

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Pod #417: Tapping For A Better Night’s Sleep

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It seems like every client I’ve worked with in the last ten days has asked me about using tapping to help them to sleep better.

Daily stress is a common cause of sleep disruption because our systems can get caught up in trying to solve the problems of the previous day and consumed with the worries of tomorrow.

In this simple tap-along audio we spend time on physical and mental fatigue, as well as emotional exhaustion, and work on preparing the system for a great night of rest and relaxation. Let me know in the comments section below if this helps you out.

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Pod #416: Tapping For Urgency And Focus Without Fear

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Even though we spend most of our time tapping to try to reduce emotions, emotions are not our enemy. Our emotional response is our internal guidance system trying to keep us safe and on track.

Fear is an extremely helpful emotion in that it helps us to see danger BUT problems arise if our fear response is excessive and causes us to go into a state of flight, fight, freeze, or fog. When this happens, the fear moves from pointing out a problem, to crippling us.

Even when we notice that we are feeling fearful, it can be difficult to leave that state because our system thinks this is the best way to keep us on guard.

Today we are going to tap for neutralizing our fear and moving to a more useful state of focus and urgency. By having a proper sense of urgency we can stay on task without being crippled by fear.

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Tapping For When We Feel Like An Outsider – Video

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Often times we move to the beat of a different drummer than those in our lives. This can feel overwhelming and isolating. Here is some simple tapping you can do when you feel like an outsider.

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Pod #415: What My Reaction To Others Says About Me

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I live in New York City, a pedestrian city where most people don’t drive. Even when you take mass transit you still need to walk a lot just to get around. The subway stop I use most is 3/4 of a mile walk from my apartment.

As a result, people here tend to be healthier than the national average because of the daily walking they’re required to do, so I see far fewer obese people in NYC than I do in other parts of the United States.

Back in 2014 when this was originally recorded, I was in a rural part of the US. As we were entering a restaurant there was a group of people walking out. Two members of the group leaving the restaurant were obese; they were so big it was hard for them to walk.

And this is the really embarrassing part…when I saw them my first thought and emotion was one of disgust. It washed over my whole body so intensely that I felt sick to my stomach for a second.

The second emotion was of total shame for being disgusted. I was, and am, so disappointed in myself.

When something like this happens, our emotional response is about us. It is about how we see ourselves, the world, and what we think is safe. My feelings of disgust had little to do with the people I saw and everything to do with how I see myself.

In this recording you will hear me tap in real time for the feelings of disgust I experienced, the shame that soon followed, and all the issues that came up as I found my way to the root causes of those feelings.

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Pod #414: Tapping For When We Want Others To Change

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On a recent episode of the Judge John Hodgman podcast, one of the litigants (when talking about her husband) said “I want him to have what he wants. I just want him to want something different.”

That is such a relatable sentiment. Sometimes we believe we can see the best path for our loved ones, but at the exact same time we want them to be in control of their own lives and choices.

This week we talk about and tap about how to come to terms with wanting the best for others when they are making choices that we might not love.

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Tapping of Holiday Stress – Video

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The holidays are a cray time. There is a all the extra holiday events, the financial stress of gift giving, and a never ending to do list. Here is a simple tap-along to help you with holiday stress.

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Pod #413: The Question That Can Change Everything

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When we are wanting to take action, it is very easy for us to be stuck because of worry. Worry is nothing more than a part of us trying to keep us safe by keeping an eye out for everything that could possibly go wrong.

The problem is that the part of us that worries, often worries way too much. The size of the concern for our safety doesn’t match the size of any potential danger.

This week I have a simple question you can ask when facing self-sabotage and resistance to taking action. If you ask this question and tap with the answer, you will clear resistance and be able to take action quickly. What are you waiting for?!

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Pod #412: The Spiral Staircase of Healing

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My clients tell me all the time: “This is so frustrating! I feel like I am dealing with the same issue over and over again. When am I going to get past this!?!”

I can appreciate their frustration. We want to feel like the time we are spending on our transformation is fruitful. We want to move in a positive direction as we continue to do the work.

In reality, we aren’t dealing with the same issue over and over again but dealing with different issues that feel the same.

This week I explore why it feels like you are repeatedly dealing with the same issue, why you aren’t, and what is actually going on in the healing process.

Understanding this framework will make it easier to keep moving forward.

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Pod #411: Not Saying Not When Tapping

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A perfect example of this is in the shape of a question I often receive from my readers. It goes something like this:

I really love your tapping scripts, but I am worried because you use the word ‘not’ all the time. I know the subconscious mind doesn’t hear the word not. When you have us tap on “I am not going to be anxious” you are really tapping on “I am going to be anxious.” Aren’t you worried that you are tapping in something negative?

If you have ever worried about saying the word ‘not’ when tapping, then you need to listen to this podcast.

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Pod #410: Tapping To Be Happy With Where We Are And Striving For More At The Same Time

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It is good that we are thankful for what we have in our lives. Expressing gratitude helps us to be appreciative, grounded, and there are even health benefits to being thankful.

The problem is that on a subconscious level we may feel that wanting more means do not appreciate what we already have, and that can prevent us from moving forward.

This week I have a short tap-along audio and script to help you to be thankful AND move forward at the same time.

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Pod #409: Sometimes the worst choice is not choosing anything

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Every time we make a choice we are limiting our future options. That is the simple reality of choice.

If I choose to study literature at university, I am limiting my ability to become a medical doctor. If I choose to go to Norway on vacation, that limits my ability to go to Japan this year. I have time for one movie tonight, so if I choose “Rear Window” I can’t watch “Strangers On A Train”.

Recognizing that one choice can limit our future choices can hold us back from taking action because we don’t want to miss out. In the end we choose to do nothing, which is a choice in itself.

In this short audio I share a few easy ways to approach making choices so that we don’t get stuck by choosing to do nothing at all. There is also a short tap-along audio to help clear the resistance to making choices.

You can find the full tapping script of this audio as a pdf over at Tapping Q and A Podcast Scripts and Transcripts.

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Pod #408: The Tools That Helped Us To Survive In The Past Aren’t Always Useful Today

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Many of my clients would identify as the ‘black sheep’ of their families or communities. Because they moved to the beat of their own drums, they were usually out of step with everyone else.

This can be particularly difficult for youngsters to handle because it felt unsafe to express their true selves. In order to survive, it’s human nature to develop tricks, tools, and techniques to get by.

At the time they were the best (and often the only) way to get through those difficult times, but the tools that were helpful as children are not necessarily helpful as adults.

The problem is that when we use certain tools and tactics for so long, they become ingrained and habitual.

In this audio we talk about how to let go of these old tools in favour of new and better ways to manage our lives.

In addition to the instruction in this podcast, there is a tap-along audio. You can find the full tapping script as a pdf of this audio over at Tapping Q and A Podcast Scripts and Transcripts.

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Pod #407: The Past, The Future, and Now – Why do we tap?

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One of my clients recently asked me, “What is the endgame to this tapping thing?” What he meant by the question is besides the constant improvement of our lives (which is no small thing), where does tapping lead us? What is the final goal?

We usually think that we tap to feel better, and of course this is true, but there’s more to it than just feeling better.

In my mind, we tap for two main reasons. How we tap is impacted by these reasons and each has its own tapping approach. In this audio I explain the two reasons and how to best tap for them.

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