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Pod #594: Tapping when you are feeling emotion beaten up AND how to bounce back

January 17, 2024 by Gene Monterastelli

My daily tapping practice is NOT designed to make my life go perfectly. Instead, it is designed to build my emotional resilience.

What I mean by this is that the more emotionally resilient I am when something goes wrong, either it doesn't impact me and my progress OR it has minimal impact on me.

Even when we spend time working on building our resilience, it doesn't mean that we are impervious to taking emotional hits. Sometimes, really big things happen which can knock us off our stride. At other times, the sum total of lots of many small things going wrong adds up.

That is exactly what happened to me in December. So many small things went wrong over the course of a number of weeks. Some of those were errors that I had made. Others were because of external factors beyond my control.

In some ways, it felt like a death by a thousand paper cuts.

In this week's podcast I share about my experience, how it impacted my emotional resilience, and what I have been doing to bounce back.

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Pod #593: I want you to feel beautiful – Tapping Mini-Tools (Part 5)

January 10, 2024 by Gene Monterastelli

I have spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to live an authentic life. One of the ways I would describe this sensation is being comfortable in my own skin.

And when I say that, I don't just mean comfortable as in not in pain, but comfortable in a way of luxuriating in something I was made for.

It is much like a beautifully made pair of leather shoes that have been broken in to fit you absolutely perfectly.

In 2022, one of the presenters at the Eden Energy Fest was describing their work and said “When I am helping others I feel beautiful!”

That phrase continues to rattle around in my head ever since I heard it. It is perfect.

In this week's podcast I talk about how I used that idea to create a simple, but powerful tapping tool.

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Pod #592: 4 questions to end the day– Tapping Mini-Tools (Part 4)

January 3, 2024 by Gene Monterastelli

We have all experienced lying in bed at night trying to get to sleep

BUT our racing minds keep us awake.

Usually we are replaying everything that didn't work out today, and worrying about everything that could be difficult tomorrow.

As our thoughts spin, we become increasingly unsettled, which makes sleep even harder.

Regardless if you are someone who anxiously tosses and turns in bed at night, letting go of the stress from our day and releasing worry about tomorrow is a good thing for everyone.

This week, as we continue the Tapping Mini Tools series we look at four questions that are perfect for letting go of today's stress and worries about tomorrow.

The questions can be used at the end of your work day or just before you go to bed at night. AND there is a great way you can use these questions to tap your children at the end of the day.

In this week's podcast I share the four questions and how to use them to maximum effect.

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Pod #591: Step into the slipstream – Tapping Mini-Tools (Part 3)

December 27, 2023 by Gene Monterastelli

It would be very easy to assume by looking at a group of migratory birds, like ducks, flying in a V-Formation to assume the bird in the front in the leader.

But if you watch the flight for any length of time you will notice that the leader changes quite frequently.

The bird in the front is not the leader, but instead the one who is working the hardest as the other birds fall into the slip-stream. The slip-stream is the space created behind a moving object that is easier to move through.

By flying in this way it is easier for the flock to move, with less effort by taking advantage of aerodynamics of the slip-stream.

I found that it is possible to create a slip-stream in my daily life. And I don't mean walking in a V-Formation as we move through the day, but instead it is possible to find an emotional slip-stream which makes the day easier.

This week in the podcast as we continue the Tapping Mini-Tools Series I am going to share with you the way I create and emotional slip-stream to make it easier to get through the day will a little tapping.

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Pod #590: You should stop saying should – Tapping Mini-Tools (Part 2)

December 20, 2023 by Gene Monterastelli

When working with clients, it is important to listen closely to the words they use and pay attention to everything they are saying.

When I do this, I am not just listening to the meaning of the story my clients are telling, I am also paying particular attention to the words they use.

This is because we respond to the world emotionally based on the way that we describe it, not how it is.

A simple example of this is if someone said, “Everyone at work hates me” If a client says that, emotionally it doesn't really matter if everyone at work hates them. It also doesn't matter if they truly believe that everyone at work hates them.

Saying “Everyone at work hates me” means they will respond emotionally as if it is true.

That is why I pay such close attention to the exact words used by my clients. Their words are the key to how they are feeling emotionally.

In this week's podcast, we are continuing the Tapping Mini-Tools Series and I share with you the one word I pay the closest attention to when it's used by my clients.

If my client says this word, I can immediately see where their emotional struggle will come from. I also share an easy way to reframe this word so that you communicate clearly and without creating unnecessary emotional distress.

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