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Tag Archives: Fear

Pod #237: EFT For When We Don’t Want To Be Noticed

September 7, 2016 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

There are times in our lives where we feel out of place in the world. We feel we don't belong because we don't believe we are smart enough, popular enough, attractive enough, or something else enough. When this happens to me there is a small part ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Anxiety, Fear, Shame

Pod #223: Becoming Comfortable In Your Own Skin w/ EFT

June 1, 2016 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

  When I talk about the tapping work I am doing on and for myself, the phrase I always return to is "being comfortable in my own skin". When I am comfortable with who I am in a situation, it is a lot easier for me to be my authentic self. When ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fear, Self Esteem, Self Love, Spring Energy Event

Pod #192: EFT For The Fear Of Public Speaking w/ Tania A. Prince

October 21, 2015 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

In survey after survey public speaking finishes near the top of the list of people’s greatest fears. It’s a fear that can hold us back professionally and can cause us much anxiety and discomfort ahead of having to speak in front of groups. Most ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fear, Public Speaking, Tania A Prince

Pod #191: EFT For Getting Past Fear w/ Mary Ayers

October 16, 2015 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

(At least here in America) one of the most common pieces of advice you’ll hear for overcoming fear is to "just grit your teeth and fight your way through it!" That advice is plain silly! Fear is not something we should simply muscle through. ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fear

Pod #141: How To Approach Perfectionism with Tapping and EFT

October 1, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

One of the key reasons my clients don't take action is because of perfectionistic tendencies. The tendencies show up because there is a part of our system that is trying to keep us safe. We are worried that if something isn't done just right then ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Adele Wang, Fear, Perfectionism

Pod #140: EFT For Social Anxiety w/ Helen Walker

September 23, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

There is no question that our world is becoming increasingly complicated as our down time diminishes. Because we are being pulled in so many different directions with little time to process our experiences it is easy to feel disquieted. In extreme ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fear, Helen Walker, Social Anxiety

Why You Are So Scared To Take Action

July 9, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

There are lots of reasons why we don't take action. In the end most of those reasons boil down to fear. We are afraid that we will fail, be judged, look stupid, show that we aren't good enough, prove that we aren't worthy of success...and the ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Fear, Perfect

You Can’t Think Your Way Out Of Irrational Fear

April 27, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

[Note: If I were to boil down the root cause for why people don't take action it would be fear. Today we are going to explore fear and how it impacts our capacity to take action.] Of all the emotions that we experience, fear is the most powerful. ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Action, Fear

Pod #128: EFT For Fear Of Failure And Fear of Success w/ Annabel Fisher

March 26, 2014 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

On the surface it might not seem like an obvious connection, but in many ways fear of failure and fear of success are the opposite sides of the same coin. Fear of failure is concerned about what goes wrong when things don't work out. Fear of success ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Annabel Fisher, Failure, Fear, Success

Pod #120: Tapping For Social Anxiety w/ Sebastiaan van der Schrier

November 13, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

Managing social anxiety can be difficult. It is not like the fear triggered by something like a snake we encounter in our path. Social anxiety is insidious, sitting just below the surface, and impacting our every interaction in some way big or ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Anxiety, Fear, Sebastiaan van der Schrier, Social Anxiety

You Don’t Have To Tap Away Your Fear With EFT In Order To Take Action

May 13, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

photo by Svante Adermark My life is a little crazy right now. From the outside it looks like I am being really brave in the midst of all the craziness. I am in the process of moving from Baltimore to Brooklyn, NY. I am uprooting my life ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Fear, Self Sabotage

Pod #106: EFT For When We Can’t Trust Our Self w/ Andy Bryce

April 10, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

When I am working with clients one of the things I keep in mind with all behavior is that when someone makes a choice they are making the best choice they can make based on the information they have and the resource state they are in. We can quickly ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Andy Bryce, Fear, Guilt, Shame

Warning: Ask These Healing Questions At Your Own Risk

January 13, 2012 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

(For me) one of the basic tenets to all change work: If there wasn't some resistance to making change the change already would have happened. Most of the time we know what we want and we know how to get it, but we just don't take the steps ...

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Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: Fear, Goals, Resistance

Guilty v. Regret

September 28, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 7 Comments

[In this series we examine the importance of the words we use and how changing our vocabulary can change our mind giving us opportunity for transformation. More articles can be found in this series @ Tools: Words] photo by ...

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Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: Fear, Forgiveness, Guilt, Peace, Regret

Using EFT/Tapping for Serious Medical Issues

August 17, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

I have recently been diagnosed with a rodent ulcer on my chest that will need surgery...or will it? I am unsure what affirmation to use in this instance. Do you have any suggestions on phrases that I should use? photo by pneff There ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Body, Fear, Health, How To, Phrases, Physical Response

Pod #66: Fear As The Root Of Other Issues w/ Colleen Flanagan

July 27, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

From my point of view the opposite of love is not hate, but instead fear. Fear is a very powerful force. It is very primal and is going to over ride most other emotions an thoughts. In this interview I talk with Colleen Flanagan about the many ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Colleen Flanagan, Fear, Premium Member, TapAlong Member

Overwhelmed By Emotions While Using Tapping/EFT: Preventing it from happening and dealing with it if it happens

July 16, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

I have so many emotions and memories coming up all at once that I’m overwhelmed by them. It feels like they are queuing up to get fixed! Yes, I’m glad this stuff comes up and I deal with it as it comes, but issues are tumbling out so fast they are ...

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Filed Under: Q&A Tagged With: Awareness, Fear, Phrases, Why

Reasons That Stop Us From Trying

May 20, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Often we are ourselves the biggest obstacle to our success. We hold beliefs that prevent us from trying, that prevent us from recognizing the opportunities we have to move forward. “Brian” was in a situation where he wanted to move forward with his ...

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Filed Under: Sessions Tagged With: Abundance, Fear, Phrases, Resistance, Work

Pod #59: Fear of Public Speaking w/ Janet Hilts

April 20, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fear, Janet Hilts, Premium Member, Public Speaking, TapAlong Member

Pod #57: Tools v Delivery, Clearing Resistance, Finding Roots Cause, and Worry v Fear

March 30, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 2 Comments

This is a slightly different type of podcast. Instead of a straightforward teaching or an interview it is much more a conversation. The topic of the conversation with my friend Jondi Whitis where we talk about using tapping protocols and how we find ...

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Anxiety, Core Issue, Fear, Jondi Whitis, Kids, Practitioner, Premium Member, Root Issue, TapAlong Member

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