I give thanks for the fact that I have this amazing power to heal…I give thanks for the time I have had to do this important work…I give thanks for the desire to continue this work…The work I have done today is not a healing moment…But part of a healing process…This healing process is going to continue throughout the day…There will be times when I notice the continuation of this healing process…And I will just smile at the amazing power of my system…While other times the healing will continue in the background…And I know that I do not need to be conscious of the healing for it to continue…This healing will cascade through my body from cell to cell…I know this healing is one more step along the way…Not only is this healing in the moment…But it is also a building block for the next piece of transformation my system is ready for…Knowing that as I continue this healing process bit by bit…My system will heal in a natural way and will ensure that this is not a quick fix…But lasting change…Tonight as I sleep it will be as if I am rebooting the system’s software after an upgrade…The changes I have made in this session will work their way to every part of my system…So that when I awake tomorrow…I will be rested…Refreshed…Looking at the world through new eyes because of the healing I have integrated into my system.

I recognize that there are people who are in pain…I recognize the fact that people are struggling…I want what is best for them…I want healing for them…I want transformation for them…Insight for them…I recognize the fact that I can’t necessarily change what is happening…I can’t take responsibility for their lives…I can’t take responsibility for their suffering…I can’t take responsibility for their struggle…I can’t be there…But I can be present…I can be loving…I can be thoughtful…I can walk with them…I can want what’s best for them…That might not solve the issue…But it is also not a small thing…Love from others is important…Care for others is important…Wanting good for them in their lives is important…In this moment I send healing thoughts…I send love…I send care…Knowing that’s not going to transform everything…But knowing it is useful…Knowing it will make a difference…I give myself permission to be easy with myself…I give myself permission to be gentle with myself…When I feel hopeless in the face of the suffering of others…It is possible for me to be present…To be useful…And to make a difference…Without trying to take responsibility…I send loving thoughts…I send inspiring thoughts…I send transformational thoughts…And I send healing thoughts…I only want what is best for my loved ones. 

It is sad to lose someone I care about…It is heartbreaking to know I will never talk to them again…That I will never see them again…That I will never hug them again…That I will never laugh with them again…It hurts to feel sad…It hurts to feel grief…Even though I know death is a fact of life, it doesn’t make it any easier…It doesn’t make it any less painful…I give myself permission to appreciate my loved one…I give myself permission to appreciate the time that we had together…To appreciate the relationship that we had…To appreciate everything that I learned from them…I give myself permission just to be present to feeling that appreciation…Simply to take a moment to feel deeply appreciative…Even though I will never see this person again…They are a part of me…Even though I will never see them again…They are woven into the fabric of who I am…And I give myself permission to celebrate that…To know how lucky I am to have had them in my life in that way…It doesn’t feel like it is enough…It feels like I have been cheated…Wishing I could have had more time with them…No matter how much time I had spent with them…I would still feel that way…And I give myself permission to grieve…I give myself permission to feel sad…It is human to feel that way…It is natural to feel that way…This experience is more than just sadness…With sadness I also feel appreciation…With sadness I can still celebrate their life…I give myself permission to know that they will always be a part of me. 

I give myself permission to recognize the fear that I am feeling is rooted in the number of ideas…First, it is rooted in the reality that things are changing…That there truly is a climate crisis…This crisis is impacting all of our lives…And this crisis will continue to impact the generations to come…That is a scary proposition…Second, it is hard because it is so big…I can make thoughtful choices about how I impact the environment…But my thoughtful choices aren’t enough…My thoughtful choices alone aren’t going to change the world…Because the problem is so big…Since I can’t do this on my own…It is easy to feel helpless…It is easy to feel overwhelmed…Because the problem is so big…At the same time I recognize that I can make a difference…My thoughtful choices are important…I can lead by example…Encouraging the people around me to make better choices is important…Because when each of us make thoughtful choices…The sum total of those choices makes a difference…I can’t change the past…The current situation is what it is…I give myself permission to have hope…I give myself permission to trust humanity…I give myself permission to take responsibility for the choices that I can make…And the advocacy that I can do…It is worthwhile fighting a difficult problem…It is worthwhile putting in the effort…I believe my actions are important…I believe my actions can make a difference…In my actions I can find hope…In the community around me I can find encouragement…I’m not alone in this concern…I can connect with others who have the same concern…Collectively we can make a difference.

I hate the feeling of loneliness…It is so isolating…It feels like a giant black hole…And it’s sucking whatever energy I have out of me…It’s not just a thought…It’s not just a feeling…It is something that consumes my entire body…Sometimes it feels even bigger than my body…Like it’s surrounding me from all sides…It saps my energy…It depletes my will…It makes me feel heavy…Making it so hard for me to take action…And when I feel lonely it is easy to judge myself…Making me believe that it is all my fault…And I can easily believe there’s something wrong with me…There’s a part of me that believes that if I were better…Or if I were more…

People would want to connect with me…People would want to be a part of my life…People would want to know who I am…Connection is a human need…We are made for connection…Being without connection can feel like being deprived of oxygen…It can feel like drowning…Making it hard for us to take new actions…Making it possible to take new and positive connections…I give myself permission to know that I am not alone in my loneliness…I give myself permission to know that feeling lonely is not my fault…I give myself permission to know that feeling lonely is not a judgment on who I am…It is not a judgment on my value as a person…Feeling lonely is not a permanent state…It is not who I am…I give myself permission to know that I do not need to stay stuck here…

Because connection is possible…There are people around me who want to connect in a human way…I am open to these connections…I am open to others seeing me as I truly am…No matter how long I have been stuck here…I will not stay lonely forever…Even though there is a part of me that fears my loneliness is permanent…

I choose to know that I am made for connection…And others around me are longing for the same type of connection…I give myself permission to see the possibility of connection around me…I give myself permission to put in the work to find meaningful connection…Knowing it is possible for me to have exactly that…I give myself permission to trust myself…And to trust in the possibility of connection. 

What happened right now hurt…What happened right now hurt me personally…It feels as if that person doesn’t care about me…They don’t understand how their choices impact me…But just because it impacts me in a personal way…Does not mean they were trying to hurt me…It’s possible I’m a casualty of something else…It is unfair that I’ve been hurt…I’m allowed to stand up for myself…I’m going to make sure others take responsibility for their choices…I have the right to defend myself when I am hurt…And it is also good for me to recognize that sometimes even when it hurts me personally…It’s not about me personally…When I see it’s not about me personally…I’m able to respond more thoughtfully…It’s good to stand up for myself…It’s good that I don’t let others run over me…It’s also important to understand how and why I got run over…It’s important to understand how and why I felt hurt…So I can respond in the best way possible in the short and the long term.

I really appreciate tapping…I appreciate everything that it has done for me…I appreciate how it has expanded the way I see myself…I appreciate the fact that tapping has helped me to clear so many issues…Sometimes doing work is nothing but work…It takes time…It takes effort…It takes diving into deep emotional issues…It is frustrating that when I invest all that time and effort…And think that I have made progress…And feel like I’ve made progress…And believe I’ve made progress…Only to find out I’m not done…Only to find out I’m still wounded…Only to find out that my emotions can overwhelm me…It’s really disappointing…It feels like I failed…It feels like I’m never actually going to get through this…It feels as if any progress I make is fleeting…It feels as if any progress I’ve made is not enough…It feels that no matter how hard I try…I will always be stuck…It is so disappointing…I feel like the toolset is letting me down…I feel like I’ve let myself down…I feel like I’ve failed…I feel like I’m going to be stuck here forever…Part of me wants to give up on the healing work…If I’m just going to stay stuck in this place…If I’m not actually going to make progress…Why bother trying…Why bother tapping…Why bother doing any of this at all…On some level I know this is my frustration talking…It is the part of me that’s overwhelmed with emotion that is talking…I know that tapping has made a difference…I know my life is better…I know progress is happening…I know growth is happening…I know expansion is happening…I know healing is happening…Part of me wants more…And I’m glad I want more…I’m glad I’m not satisfied with where I am…Even though there’s a part of me that is impatient…It’s a part of me that wants better now…I appreciate that a part of me wants better now…There’s a part of me that is frustrated…The part that is frustrated wants better now…I’m glad it wants better now…I give myself permission to continue to be easy with myself in this process as I slowly make progress…To be paIn this process as I slowly move forward…Strides are being made…Healing is happening…This is just a bump in the road…This is recognition that nor work needs to be done…This is an opportunity for more growth…I would be happy with an opportunity for more growth again…I would be happy with no more speed bumps…I recognize the fact…That as I move forward there is work to be done…I am open to that work…I need to do that work…I am grateful for that work…I am lucky to have the opportunity to do that work…I am grateful for the healing that came before this…I still have a lot to do…More than I would care to admit…But the progress is happening…The healing is coming…In big and small ways…The healing is coming. 

I recognize the fact that I made a big mistake…I made a commitment that I did not live up to…And making that commitment was a mistake…I wasn’t thoughtful about my time…I wasn’t thoughtful about my attention…I said yes to something I shouldn’t have said yes to…So I let other people down…I made it harder for them to be successful…I made it harder for them to move forward…It hurts to let someone else down…Because we know how it impacts them…We can see the failing in ourselves…I like to think I’m competent…I like to think that I’m able…I like to think that I’m trustworthy…And I like to think others can count on me…But in this particular situation I didn’t do what I should have doneIn I didn’t respond quickly…I didn’t acknowledge my mistake until it was too late…Feeling disappointment in myself is my system’s way of acknowledging that I haven’t lived up to who I want to be…Feeling embarrassed is my system recognizing the mistake I have made…And knowing that others are seeing me and my mistake…There is a part of me that wants to stay stuck shame…Because it believes I should be punished for that with that uncomfortable negative feeling…But being stuck in shame is not helpful…It doesn’t serve me…And it doesn’t serve those I have injured…It is important that I learn from my mistakes…It is important that I take responsibility for my mistakes…It is important that I recognize the lessons I can learn from this error of judgment…It’s important that I acknowledge to those I have hurt that I’ve hurt them…Staying stuck in shame does not serve them…Staying stuck in shame does not serve me…Staying stuck in shame does not serve the world…I give myself permission to recognize that I can take responsibility for my mistakes…Without having to stay stuck in shame…I can take responsibility for my human error and not stay stuck in shame…Regret is instructive…Shame is debilitating…I give myself permission to take responsibility and learn from my mistakes…Without having to relive them over and over again

There is part of me that is afraid to take this action…That is afraid to reach out to others…Because I’m asking them to do something that I think will work…But there have been times in the past where it didn’t work out as planned…And it didn’t work out as promised…So there’s a part of me that is afraid to try again…It’s afraid I’ll try again and fail again…I recognize the fact because of my past experience I understand more…I know how to act differently…I learned a lot from that past experience…This time as I step into it…I’m going to do it more effectively…I’m going to do it more efficiently…I’m less likely to make mistakes…I’m more likely to make good choices…There is a part of me that doesn’t believe that I can do this at all… That doesn’t believe that it’s possible…I give myself permission to recognize the fact that I am capable of doing this…It is something I’ve done before…It is something I can do again successfully…I give myself permission to trust myself…To trust my ability…To trust myself to respond to things that don’t go perfectly…Because there is a part of me that knows I can handle situations that don’t go perfectly…Anytime I am faced with something that I am not perfect at…I recognize it will take work…I recognize it will take effort…I want things to be easy…I want things to be smooth…But if I only did the things I am perfect at…I wouldn’t move forward at all…I wouldn’t learn new skills…And I wouldn’t have grown and got to where I am today…There are lots of things that I have done where I have grown and improved in the process…I wasn’t perfect…But despite that, it turned out better than I planned…I give myself permission to recognize that as I move forward…There will be be times where success requires more work than I like…And that’s okay…Good things come from that work.

I recognize the fact that there is a part of me that wants to show up authentically…That wants to show up with certainty as my true self…Being able to share my truth…And able to share that truth authentically…I value authenticity…I want to be an authentic person…But at the same time there’s a part of me that is afraid…It’s worried that if I show my authentic self, I will be judged…If I show my authentic self, I will be in danger…If I share my authentic self, I will put myself in harm’s way…But I choose to recognize that the reason that fear shows up…Is because it is worried that authenticity is an all-or-nothing proposition…And that is not how authenticity works…Showing up authentically does not mean I’m exposing all of myself…Showing up authentically does not mean I’m exposing myself to everyone…Showing up authentically does not mean I am exactly the same all of the time…I get to choose the parts of my life that I share…I get to choose the people I share this with…I get to choose when I do the sharing…I am always allowed to change my mind about how much I am sharing…Authenticity is not an all-or-nothing proposition…I can honest without sharing every part of myself…It is good for me to consciously choose the people I am sharing with…It is good for me to consciously choose how much I am sharing…I give myself permission to know that I can also change my mind…Just because I shared before, doesn’t mean I have to share now…Just because I shared before, doesn’t mean I have to share again…It is safe for me to be my authentic self…Because it does not mean I am sharing everything…Being authentic does not mean I am being reckless…Being authentic does not mean I am being careless…Being authentic does not mean I’m being thoughtless…I can be deliberately authentic…Choosing how much I want to share in any given situation…Because it’s my choice, I can do it safely…Because it is my choice, I’m in control…I give myself permission to be authentically me in a way that makes sense in any given moment.