I’m glad there are good things in my life…It is good for me to be appreciative…It is good for me to give thanks…When I give thanks I am more present in this moment…When I give thanks I’m able to experience everything more richly…When I give thanks I’m healthier…And at the same time I recognize that my life isn’t perfect…At the same time I want some things to change…There’s a part of me that believes that if I am striving for better, then I’m not appreciating what I already have…If I strive for better, it means that I’m being ungrateful…But this is simply not true…Because I can do both things…I can appreciate what I have and strive for more…I can be thankful in this moment and continue to improve my life…Wanting better is not dismissing what I have…Wanting better is recognizing that the past is a platform from which I can create better…Wanting better is growing those parts of my life I am already grateful for…They are not mutually exclusive…They are connected…Being appreciative helps me to grow…Being appreciative helps me to move forward…It is healthy and natural to feel both emotions at the exact same time…I give myself permission to be grateful and I give myself permission to strive for more…And as I achieve more, I will have even more opportunities to be grateful.
Pod #409: Sometimes the worst choice is not choosing anything
There’s a part of me that is afraid that I’m going to make the wrong choice…I’m going to go the wrong way…That I’m going to waste time and energy…Or that I’m going to head in the wrong direction…Making it impossible for me to get where I want to go…But the truth is that as long as I don’t take action…I am missing opportunity…I am missing chances…When I don’t take action and make a choice…
What I’m really doing is making a choice…Choosing to say no to the opportunity in front of me…I’m choosing to say the opportunity in front of me isn’t right for me…I’m choosing to do nothing…And that is also a choice…It is good that part of me is trying to keep me safe…It is good that part of me is trying to keep me on the right path…But it is working too hard…And it is keeping me from the things I need to be doing…So I give myself permission to make choices…
To take action…Knowing that I can choose again…Knowing I can learn from my choice…Knowing that my choices don’t have to be perfect for me to end up where I need to be…I give myself permission to make choices and to make the choices that I am in control of…Because when I make no choice…I’m choosing to let opportunities pass me by… I now choose to be in control by consciously taking action
Pod #408: The Tools That Helped Us To Survive In The Past Aren’t Always Useful Today
I appreciate that I get to make conscious choices today…I get to make choices about who I am…About how I act…I even get to choose the tools that keep me safe and healthy…When I was very young I wasn’t consciously creating new tools…I was simply trying to survive…And I did survive…I was creative…I was thoughtful…I came up with ways to get through very difficult times…If I knew back then what I know now…I might have created different tools…I might have created different tactics…But I was young and inexperienced…I did the best I could…And what I did was pretty amazing…Without guidance I found ways of surviving…Without guidance I made it through and I am here today…But now that I’m older…Now that I’m more experienced…Now that I have more agency…I can make very different choices…I can consciously create new tools…As I consciously create these new tools…I am letting go of the tools and tactics from my youth…When I’m doing this I’m not saying those tools are wrong…I’m not saying I made a mistake by acting that way in the past…Instead what I’m doing is honoring the choices I made in the past and recognizing I can make new choices today…I so appreciate the younger me…Who was creative enough to help me to survive difficult times…Choosing new ways to respond is not disrespecting the younger me…It is taking care of the younger me…In new and powerful ways…I give myself permission to honor my past…I give myself permission to celebrate the new choices I’m making in the future…Because the new and thoughtful choices I’m making today are only possible because of the choices I made back then…I am healthier today because of the choices my younger self made…I appreciate and love my younger self…Because it has created the ability for me to make better choices today.
Pod #405 How To End A Tapping Session
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.
Pod #406: Tapping To Send Loving Thoughts To Others
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.
Pod #404: Tapping For Grief And Loss
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.
Pod #402: Tapping For Climate Concern
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.
Pod #400: Tapping For Loneliness
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.
Pod #399: Just Because Something Feels Personal Doesn’t Mean It Is (And How To Respond With EFT)
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.
Pod #397: Tapping To Deal With The Frustration Of Backsliding
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.