A common human struggle is when we find ourselves in two minds about a situation or event.
This most commonly happens when we are facing a choice between two (or more) options that are far from perfect.
Over the course of the last number of ...
Last weekend I did a one-hour livestream tap-along and took recommendations from the viewers as to which topics we should tap on.
During that hour we tapped on:
Giving ourselves permission to do self-careFeeling hesitant to make important ...
One of the foundational beliefs of the work I do is that every part of our system is working for our highest good. Even when the system isn't working perfectly, we can appreciate its intention is that we are healthy and safe.
For example, the part ...
Feeling out of control is one of the hardest emotions to overcome. This is true whether we feel personally out of control or if our circumstances feel that way.
The reality is that we are surrounded by things we do not control every single day, ...
The way that I have described the emotional toll of the last year is as if we are paying a 20% emotional tax every morning when we get up. This means that our energy is at a lower ebb, we think more slowly, and many everyday activities seem to take ...
When life is going well, we do not tend to notice all of the many aspects of our lives that we do not control.
But when life isn't going as planned, it is all to easy to feel overwhelmed and chaotic.
At this particular moment in history lots of ...
Because of everything going on in the world at the moment, my theory is that we are all paying a 20% energy tax from the moment we get up. It's as if we are losing 20% of our energy before we have even started the day because of the underlying ...
These uncertain times mean that our emotional guidance system is on overdrive. It is working nonstop to keep us safe because it's dealing with the unknown.
That means we're expending energy all day long in the background as our emotional system ...
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 ...
Here in the United States the unofficial beginning of the holiday season kicks off tomorrow with Thanksgiving.
As much fun as the holiday season is, it can also feel stressful and overwhelming.
There is a never-ending list of tasks that need to be ...
Merlin Mann is a technologist, a productivity specialist, and a professional provocateur. I mention the last part because he has the tendency to say things that are true and useful, but in a rather blunt way.
During one of his fabulous podcasts ...
When I tap I find that I have so many emotions and memories coming up all at once that I feel overwhelmed. It is like they are queuing up to be fixed! Yes, I’m glad this stuff comes up and I deal with it as it comes, but issues are tumbling out so ...
Stress is not becoming a part of our daily lives, it is already part of our daily lives. What is now common is that we moving from a general level of stress to feeling completely overwhelmed. The difficulty with feeling overwhelmed is that once we ...
There are times when we just don’t want to step up. It could be because we feel we have nothing left or it could be because we don’t think we are capable.
Woody Allen is famously quoted as saying "Ninety percent of life is just showing up." Often ...
Things in my life have gone all pear-shaped lately. About three years ago life was just going great then everything seemed to fall apart. I started to have health issues, I ended a long-term relationship, and I just didn't have the same energy when I ...