Tag Archives: Forgiveness

Pod #231: EFT For Facing Past Choices

July 27, 2016 By Gene Monterastelli 7 Comments

My favorite phrase that I hear from my clients when we are in the middle of a session is "this probably has nothing to do with it, but…" and then they share some story that seems unconnected. We usually find that a story coming out of left field like ...

Pod #198: EFT For Beating Yourself Up Over Your Past

December 9, 2015 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

As humans we are skilled at learning from our past. This also means that we can be overly critical and spend too much time beating ourselves up over poor choices we have made in the past. Part of us resists self-forgiveness because of the ...

Bonus Pod #34: Tapping For Self-Forgiveness

December 18, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

A few weeks ago I had very powerful tapping session with one of my clients. After the session she agreed that I could share it with you. Here is part one of the session. I have removed my client’s side of the conversation so that you can tap along ...

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 ...

The Hardest and Most Radical Tapping You Can Do

May 28, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

photo by Abby I was working with a client named “Jane”. Jane really knows Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping. I said to her, “I have a radical suggestion for you. And you don’t need to do it. But it is a thought. I think you need to ...

Strategic Self Kindness

February 23, 2011 By Guest Author 2 Comments

[Note from Gene: One of the biggest struggles I face in my own healing is the ablity to be easy with myself. I want better for myself. I expect more of myself. I know what I am capable of better. I WANT IT NOW! This makes it very hard to be easy ...

Pod #41: Power of Forgiveness

August 24, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

One of the most powerful tools in transformation is our ability to forgive ourselves and others. When we forgive we are not saying it is ok. We are not saying we want to have the same thing happen again. What we are saying is that we are choosing ...

Using The Ways Others Aggravate Us As A Tool To Self-Healing

March 26, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

Here is a tweet that I love: @robpurdie i am the things i don't like about other people. Sometimes this is a really hard fact to admit, but I know in my own life it is true. When I am really bent out of shape by someone else's actions it is ...

Why I Am Giving Up Self-Improvement In The New Year (But I Haven’t Stopped Tapping)

January 5, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 17 Comments

photo by Martin Heigan Recently I heard a really interesting interview with author Nick Hornby conducted by Jesse Thorn of the radio program "The Sound of Young America". Hornby was being interviewed about his newest book "Juliet, ...

Bonus Pod #3: When We Carry Burdens For Others

September 25, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

photo by Nicole Hanusek It is difficult for us to see the people we love suffer but often we don't consider the consequences when we rush in to help. Our need to bring peace and comfort can override all other thoughts and considerations. This ...