Tag Archives: Peace

Pod #643: Tapping to create peace and calm – Version 2

December 25, 2024 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

In the last week of November, I shared an experimental tapping exercise of tapping along to the sounds of a babbling brook. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the experiment was received. This week in the podcast, I have a wintery version ...

Pod #639: Tapping to create peace and calm

November 27, 2024 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

As a tool, tapping has many different applications. It can be used to: One of my favorite applications, which is often underrated, is finding a sense of calm and peace. The reason I say it is underrated is because most people approach tapping ...

Pod #612: Tapping to become an agent for peace in the world

May 22, 2024 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Late last year my friend Brad Yates reached out to see if there was some way we could use our platforms to encourage more people to tap for peace and to become more active peacemakers in the world. Late last year my friend Brad Yates reached out ...

Pod #493: Tapping For Peace And Calm

December 23, 2020 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

As one of the craziest years in living memory winds down, there is a great desire to find peace, calm, and stillness. This week's podcast contains a simple tap-along process to help calm your system and gain some mental clarity. In addition, learn ...

Pod #453: Tapping For Peace In Our Lives And In The World

May 4, 2020 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

The world is a very big place and when we think of how we can make an impact on the world and everything going on in it, we can feel awfully small. In reality, our small gestures and ways of being in the world and how we interact with others can ...

Pod #377: When The Body Is The “Enemy” and Weight Release Is A “Battle”

August 12, 2019 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

We often treat our bodies as if they are the enemy and the journey towards better health as a battle. We can feel betrayed by our bodies, and feel hopeless and frustrated by our slow or lack of progress. But our bodies are not our enemy. In ...

Pod #301: EFT for Feeling Stillness and Peace

January 18, 2018 By Gene Monterastelli 6 Comments

Sometimes we tap with the aim of just feeling better, without a clear focus for our tapping. We might feel unsettled or out of sorts, but not in a precise way. From a tapping point of view this can pose a problem because often the best results come ...

My Holiday Embarrassment

January 6, 2013 By Gene Monterastelli 7 Comments

I spent the Christmas holiday in my home state of Wyoming. The last night I was home my sister asked if I could share a way she could tap for a friend who was grappling with a lot of difficult changes in his life. I spent about 30 minutes talking ...

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 ...

Keeping the Long View – How To Understand The Healing Process With Tapping/EFT

August 6, 2011 By Gene Monterastelli 5 Comments

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 ...

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 ...

Letting Go

August 13, 2010 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

photo by Melanie Milliken Often times when we are approaching transformation we look to adding new skills and resources (to do new things) or to heal past wound (that have us trapped in the past). These are great paths to pursue with our work, ...

Abundance

September 23, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli 3 Comments

At the beginning of every yoga class our teacher asks us to pick a word or short phrase to use as the intention for the class. Last night the word that came to mind was "abundance". Obviously this is something my higher wisdom is wanting me to ...

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 ...

Being able to say “No.”

May 26, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

Sometimes the hardest word to say is “no”. We want to be helpful. We want to give. We don’t want to be seen as selfish. We want to be asked again in the future. There are so many reasons to say “yes”. But there are also many good reasons to say ...

Pod #10: Healing The Wounds of Abortion w/ Dene Ballantine

May 25, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

Dene Ballantine There are few wounds that run deeper than being part of a decision about abortion. In this pod I talk with Dene Ballantine about how it is possible to heal this type of wound. Dene offers expertise from her own story and her ...

Need To Know How We Got Here

January 22, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

To work down a path of healing we need to take stock of where we are and what issues we would like to heal. One of the questions that come to mind when we do this is, “How did I get here?” This can become a consuming question, to the point that it ...

I found myself being grounded and present every 15 minutes all day long!

January 20, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli Leave a Comment

A Chime For The Soul I spent the first three days of the New Year on retreat. It was everything a retreat is supposed to be. It was restful. It was challenging. It helped me to heal and gave me insight for more healing in the future. We spent ...

I Don’t Deserve Healing

January 5, 2009 By Gene Monterastelli 4 Comments

One of the biggest struggles in our process of growing and changing is the fact that we don’t often believe that we deserve healing. We believe: We have too much We have done too much wrong It is too late Sometimes it is just a deep ache ...

Peace (Personal and World)

December 26, 2008 By Gene Monterastelli 1 Comment

During the holiday season we are re-reminded that it is important to give thanks for the peace in our lives, homes, and world. We are also given the chance to consider the peace we long for. Please take some time this week and tap on these phrase to ...