The “fear of missing out” (FOMO) isn't just some clever internet meme.
FOMO is a real issue and it impacts most of us.
Because of the internet and social media, we are constantly aware of what is going on everywhere. This creates a number of problems.
First, it creates a sense of compare-anoia where we are judging ourselves against everyone else.
Then, after we feel bad for not having what others have, we try to fill the gap in our own lives. Unfortunately, time is a zero-sum-game and means that if you are doing one thing, you can't be doing anything else.
This leads us to adding so many things to our lives that we are stretched too thin, overwhelmed, and aren't enjoying anything we are doing.
This week in the podcast, I share a simple framework to help you to tap for FOMO in a way that makes you feel better in the moment and prevents it from showing up in the future.
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Whenever I hear the Andy Williams song “It's the most wonderful time of the year,” I am immediately transported to my childhood, driving around town at night in the snow looking at all of the holiday lights.
I often joke with my clients and students that a part of all of us would like total, instant and eternal transformation every time we sit down to tap.
As humans, one of the things we are very good at is naming everything that is wrong with our lives.
One of the hardest phrases to say aloud is “I love and accept myself”.
One of the healthiest changes that has happened in the tapping world over the last decade is that we spend less time talking about the one-minute or one-session miracles.
As a tool, tapping is such a powerful way to tune in to our emotions. Feeling, processing, and moving through emotions is a key part of the healing and transformational experience.
You know you'd benefit from some tapping, so you sit down ready to get into it. You want it to work…but as soon as you start, your mind goes blank. You freeze because you can't think of the right words to use. After a few minutes, you give up, thinking you must be doing it wrong.
brutal truth nobody talks about in the self-help world: The healing and transformational work never ends. Every breakthrough just reveals a fresh layer of issues to be worked through.
When you have been through something hard, such as grief, trauma, or a season of disconnection in your life, it is easy to forget what wholeness feels like. You lose touch with the part of you that still knows peace, still feels love, and still remembers who you were before the story changed.
When you were first taught how to tap, more than likely you were asked to tune in to your issue in some form or fashion. You might have been asked to describe where you feel it in your body, what it reminds you of, or to rate its intensity on a 0–10 scale.
I know this sounds strange, but you’re not afraid tapping won’t work. You’re actually afraid it might.
One of the most common questions I receive is “Can we use tapping to help the animals we love?”
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?”
Finding a balance between taking responsibility for our lives and taking too much responsibility for what is going on is a tricky matter.
One of the ideas that really makes my clients bristle is the possibility that their self-sabotaging behaviors are guided by their system's well-meaning intention to keep them safe.
For some issues, tracking progress is simple.
One of our biggest struggles in creating transformation and change in our lives is those moments where we know WHAT to do, we know HOW to do it, and we know WHY it is valuable to take an action…and yet we just don't.
One of Marianne Williamson's most cited quotes starts “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”