Today it is commonly acknowledged that cultivating a sense of gratitude can be a powerful tool for helping us to live better and emotionally healthier lives. So much so that I even have clients who try to find their way to feeling a sense of ...
One the most important ideas that I try to convey to all of my clients is the fact that emotions are not the enemy. Emotions are not a problem that we need to fix.
Instead, our emotions can provide us with useful information about how we are ...
A key reason we don't tap in the moment is because we are so engulfed by what we are feeling that we don't remember tapping is something helpful we can do.
Or sometimes we may remember to tap, but we still don't do it because we don't know where to ...
When we are in the middle of a strong emotion it is hard to believe that our emotional state is a choice. In those moments it feels like an outside force has taken over our body and our experience.
It is possible for us to gain more control over our ...
We have control over very little in this world.
We can control our thoughts, actions, and emotional responses. And that is about it.
Because of this it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the barrage of negative news (of which we have had more than our ...
One of the easiest ways to tap for an issue is by using the storytelling or movie techniques where you are tapping and working through the basic facts of the story. It can be harder to tap on your own when you don’t have a specific story to tap ...
One of the reasons that we love tapping so much is its versatility. Because we can use tapping in so many different settings it can often be confusing to know exactly how to tap in a given moment.
For example, there is a huge difference between ...
The Center For Nonviolent Communication created one of my favorite tools, the feelings inventory, which I used a great deal when working with the incarcerated.
I found that the men I had the opportunity to work with lacked vocabulary when it came to ...
Sometimes we get caught up in our emotions and make poor choices that we later regret. We want to make the best choice, we know what the best choice is, and we still let our emotions get in the way.
We can know exactly what triggers us and even when ...
Our physical bodies are constantly communicating information to our conscious minds to help us navigate our daily lives. Some of this information is obvious and direct. For example, feeling pressure on your shoulder lets you know someone is touching ...
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One of the keys to being an emotionally intelligent human being is understanding what the people around us are feeling and experiencing.
This skill can ...
My clients often complain that even though they tap regularly for their issues, there are times when their emotions get the better of them.
The goal of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is not for us to become emotionless.
Our emotions are ...
In all of the training I have done to improve myself as a practitioner, learning about NLP meta-models has been some of my favorite.
At its simplest, it looks at the way people use language to describe the world. Often by examining the way people ...
Yesterday morning I posted this on the Tapping Q & A facebook page:
Post by Tapping Q & A.
The first comment I received in response to the post was:
Isn't it really anger elimination when you tap? It does far more than manage, don't ...
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A recent conversation with my client went like this...
Client: I am really sad because I am never going to get to see him again.
Me: Good!
Client: What do you mean good?
Me: It is good that you are mourning ...
Emotions are more than just what we feel. When we experience an emotion there are many things happening at a biochemical and cellular level. In this interview with Stacey Vornbrock we talk about what happens physically when we feel emotions, how we ...
This article came from an interview I did with Jared Tendler on performance (Improving Performance with Tapping). At one point in the interview Jared said, "I don't believe there is such thing as an emotional decision." After a brief discussion I ...
photo by Wally Gobetz
Why it is hard to stay focused on one issue over time with Tapping/EFT?
I hear from clients all the time that they have a hard time staying focused on an issue that takes more than one session to knock out, or as they work ...
photo by Steven Depolo
I am looking for help with emotions. I have seen and looked at a couple of specific emotions (anger, depression, etc.), but my problem is that mine are completely blocked off...I feel NONE. The root cause is from my father ...
I deal with anger all of the time and because I experience it so much I don't know where to start. Where can I begin?
Here is a great tool when you don't know where or how to start with any emotion. This is also an excellent tool to use when ...