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Tag Archives: Daily

Pod #655: Respond, don’t react! Tapping for recognizing and managing stress quickly

March 26, 2025 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

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. But there is one key ...

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Pod #646: The missing key to tapping for overwhelm

January 22, 2025 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

For the longest time, I found tapping for feeling overwhelmed one of my most frustrating issues. The reason it was so frustrating is because no matter how many times I tapped for overwhelm, it always came back. Sometimes it came back multiple ...

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Pod #634: How to make tapping routine

October 23, 2024 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

On August 1st, 2007, I posted my very first article to TappingQandA.com with the title "Making Tapping and EFT Routine". In the intervening years, I have often talked about that same topic with my students and clients because they know that their ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Daily, Habit, Routine

Pod #499: Tapping For Emotional Resilience

February 17, 2021 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

In my mind there are three main reasons why we tap. The first is for emotional first aid. This is the tapping we do in the moment to help us when our emotions feel overwhelming. The second is for clearing hurtful memories and limiting beliefs. ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Daily, Emotions, resilience

Pod #315: It Only Takes A Minute

May 16, 2018 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

Sometimes I put off tapping because I don't feel I have enough time for an in-depth tapping session. But often you don't need much time to make a huge difference to how you are feeling. Recently I had a small physical issue that was more of an ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Daily, Pain, Routine

Can’t Keep Up? 6 Ways to Simplify Your Daily EFT Routine

March 25, 2015 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

Learning EFT can be very exciting at first. Tapping is so easy. Anyone can do it! It can be done anywhere! It seems to work for everything! You download podcasts, tapping scripts, and ebooks. You attend online seminars and sign up for ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Daily, Routine, Simplify

You Don’t Need One Minute Miracles, You Just Need To Do A Little Every Day (And Here Is One Way To Start)

August 21, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

photo by Matthew I have written before on how I think the way we talk about one minute miracles is bad for the EFT community. One minute miracles aren't bad, but I think they create a very unrealistic approach. Just because we don't have one ...

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Understanding What Is Motivating The Change We Want

September 21, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

photo by Scott Maxwell There are many reasons we want to make changes in our life. Often, the greater the perceived reward the greater the motivation we have. Many times there’s more than one reason for making a change. Understanding these ...

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Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: Daily, How To, Phrases, Resistance

Why Do I Have To Tap? – How Is EFT Different From Just Thinking About The Issue?

July 23, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

This article was written while powered by a few glasses of iced coffee bought by Frankie Collins of Seattle, WA . Thanks Frankie! Is it necessary to have the intention of releasing or letting go a negative thought, feeling, or physical pain while ...

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How Progress Happens – 10 Lessons Learned From Working With The Feeling of Anxiety All Day At Work

February 19, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

photo by Phil Hollenback Recently I was working with "Kelly." We had been working every week or two for 30 minutes at a time on the issue of anxiety she was feeling at work. When we started working she described the anxiety as being present ...

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Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: Anxiety, Daily, Fear, Gold Star

Not Knowing Where To Begin/A Good Way To Start

August 20, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

photo by Let Ideas Compete Recently I have been working with a number first time clients. Many of them are very experienced with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/EvEFT) and have come to work with me because they are dealing with something that ...

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Filed Under: Tap Along Tagged With: Body, Daily, Emotions, Health, Peace, Phrases, Physical Response, Resistance

Kill your Cravings (part 2)

November 21, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Right now I’m having trouble with cravings. There are times I crave Diet Dr. Pepper, but I don’t like the taste. I almost feel like a person possessed. I must consume it even though I don’t enjoy it. How do I use EFT to kill this type of ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Body, Craving, Daily, Health, Phrases, Weight Loss

Cold and Flu

October 23, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

Cold and Flu season is coming. Is there a way I can use EFT to keep myself healthy? I have used Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) very effectively against cold and flu symptoms in two ways. One is preventive and the other is symptom ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Daily, Health, Phrases

Using Poetry with EFT (in this case for forgiveness)

June 10, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

In a recent newsletter you talked about using a forgiveness poem as a tapping tool. I’m not sure what I am supposed to do. Can you give me more instruction? photo by Pankaj One of the reasons I love Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Daily, Focus, Forgiveness, How To, Peace

Future Choices

March 7, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

I need to make some very important choices about my future. Is there anything I can do with EFT to help me make the "right" decisions? photo by Paul Hocksenar I love this question because often we only think of Emotional Freedom ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Abundance, Daily, How To

How long to tap, how many session to tap, getting 100% clear

February 23, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

How long should I use EFT on an issue? Is it important that I tap on an issue until it is 100% clear? How many sessions should I work on the same issue? There are a number of things to consider when approaching these questions. Let’s take these ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Daily, Focus, How To, Why

I don’t know where to start.

November 1, 2007 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

What do I tap on when I don’t know what to tap on? I've heard the same story from many clients. "I've tried Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) a few times with someone who knows what they are doing. I have seen great results and I'm very excited, ...

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Emotional Trigger (Part 3 of 3)

October 31, 2007 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? photo by ShimShamB In part 1 of this series we looked at emotional triggers after they have been set off. In part 2 we examined the emotional triggers we know we ...

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Emotional Triggers (Part 2 of 3)

October 13, 2007 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? photo by Fergus Ray Murray In part 1 of this series we looked at what emotional triggers are and what we can do after one of these triggers has been set off. In ...

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Emotional Triggers (Part 1 of 3)

September 13, 2007 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? I can remember from my childhood a “conversation” between my mother and sister, the way only mothers and daughters can have a “conversation”). Mother: You are doing that on ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Daily, How To

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