Tapping Q & A - Getting the most out of tapping and EFT

Tapping Q & A - Getting the most out of tapping and EFT

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping is a powerful tool for reducing pain, physical trauma, and eliminating limiting beliefs. Each week tapping expert, Gene Monterastelli, and his amazing guests answer the most common (and uncommon) questions on how to get the most out of EFT. If you want to maximize your success with tapping, this is an indispensable resource. The host of the Tapping Q & A Podcast, Gene Monterastelli, works one-on-one with small business owners and entrepreneurs to help them eliminate self-sabotage so that they can take the actions they need to take to be successful, starting with the most important tasks first. Past guests of the show have included Mary Ayers, Dr. Peta Stapleton, Julie Schiffman, Brad Yates, Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Mark Wolynn, Rick Wilkes, Carol Look, Steve Wells, and Jessica Ortner.

Episodes

February 5, 2025 20 mins

Sometimes tapping feels nothing short of magical!

We are struggling with an issue or an emotion and then, after a few rounds of tapping, we feel so much better. This transformation can feel profound to the extent that the world actually looks different. (That is not an exaggeration. My clients often report how the world literally looks brighter and more welcoming after tapping.)

Then there are those issues where despite putting in ...

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One of the fundamentals I repeatedly return to when I am working with clients or teaching practitioners is: We emotionally respond to the world in the way that we describe it.

That is to say, the words we use when talking about our lives impact how we feel about our lives or a particular situation.

Recently, I have started adding the word "feel" when I describe what I am thinking, feeling or experiencing at any given moment. This h...

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For the longest time, I found tapping for feeling overwhelmed one of my most frustrating issues.

The reason it was so frustrating is because no matter how many times I tapped for overwhelm, it always came back. Sometimes it came back multiple times in the same day.

When we aren't making the progress we want, it is easy to get frustrated with the fact that "I have to tap for overwhelm again!" We not only lose faith in tapping for th...

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One of the most commonly used tools in transformation and healing is affirmations.

When I did a quick internet search on the "history of affirmation," the first article I clicked on started with the line, "The first recorded use of affirmations dates back to the ancient Egyptian civilization. Affirmations were inscribed on amulets and other objects."

BUT affirmations don't just work. For an affirmation to create change, it needs to...

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January 8, 2025 20 mins

The dawning of a new year is a great time for reflection and planning. We have the chance to see what we would like to release, what we would like to change, and what we would like to add to our lives.

Something that causes me the most frustration is when I have created a vision for the life I want to live and then end up not making it reality because of self-sabotage.

One of the biggest causes of self-sabotage is impostor syndrome...

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In episode #634 a few weeks ago, I shared with you five easy steps to make tapping part of your daily routine.

The more often we tap, the better it is for us. (Yes, that might be the most obvious thing I have ever written!)

Once we are tapping on the regular (even if it isn't daily), the way in which we track our sessions can help us to get even more out of every tapping session.

This week in the podcast I share with you how I tra...

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One of the realities of our relentlessly connected world is our ability to know what is happening anywhere in the world in an instant.

For the most part, this is great. It is an opportunity for us to connect with and learn from people we would never have had the opportunity to meet a generation ago.

At the same time, constant and instantaneous updates on everything that is going wrong in the world can take their toll.
Most of these...

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Tapping is a wonderful tool to help us improve our health and well-being.

Recently, I came down with a bad cold. In addition to reaching out to my doctor, drinking lots of water, and resting, of course I spent some time tapping for what was going on physically in my body.

I tapped for:

  • The aches and pains
  • My lack of energy
  • Letting my system know it was safe and allowed to heal
  • To strengthen my immune system
  • For sleep to come q...
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A common complaint I hear from my students and clients is that sometimes the act of tapping can be uncomfortable or even painful.

This can apply temporarily to a few specific tapping points, for example sinus problems would make it painful to tap around the eyes, or because of injury, illness or a specific sensitivity.

This week in the podcast I share with you six different ways to approach tapping when the more typical version of ...

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A common complaint I hear from my students and clients is that sometimes the act of tapping can be uncomfortable or even painful.

This can apply temporarily to a few specific tapping points, for example sinus problems would make it painful to tap around the eyes, or because of injury, illness or a specific sensitivity.

This week in the podcast I share with you six different ways to approach tapping when the more typical version of ...

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One of the biggest struggles I have when being honest with myself is looking at the times when resistance has gotten the best of me.

When I give in to resistance it means I knew what to do, how to do it, and why to do it…but I still didn't take action. For me, this feels like the worst type of failure because it feels so personal.

I didn't do something poorly that led to my failure. I failed because I couldn't get myself to take ac...

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November 6, 2024 16 mins

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 months I have been hearing from my clients and students about a different type of "being of two minds".

Instead of being caught between two options, they are caught between two emotions. In thes...

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I love sharing tapping with new people. So much so, when the topic of tapping comes up, I will preface my enthusiasm by saying, "This is something that I am passionate about and I can go on and on about it. The moment I start to share too much, just tell me to stop!"

When talking about tapping I usually list all the ways that tapping can be used:

  • emotional first aid
  • clearing limiti...
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October 23, 2024 11 mins

On August 1st, 2007 I posted my very first article to TappingQandA.com. The article had a very simple title "Making Tapping and EFT Routine".

In the intervening years it is a topic that I continue to talk about with my students and clients because they know that their lives would be better if they tap more.

Just because we know tapping is good for us doesn't mean we do it daily or when we are in emotional distress. AND what is wors...

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One of the subconscious resistances we have to taking care of ourselves stems from the recognition that we have it better than so many other people in the world. Because we recognize this, we may feel bad taking care of anything beyond our basic needs.

This situation can be compounded when others see us as their go-to person to help them or others, and we find it hard to turn away those in difficulty.

Because of this, I sometimes s...

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When I work with clients, I pay close attention to the language they use and I pay particular attention to keywords that alert me to how the subconscious mind might be informing their narrative.

It is so much easier to create change and transformation with tapping if we can identify the often misguided stories driven by the subconscious mind.

One of those words is "should".

The word "should" comes with so much baggage. It does not ...

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October 2, 2024 41 mins

Before we can take action aimed at improving our lives, we need to know what to do, how to do it, have access to the necessary resources, and the internal desire or reason to take action.

Sometimes you might have these four elements in place and still find yourself struggling to act because you are held back by internal resistance.

For as long as I have known about Carol Look and her work (which has been going on for close to two d...

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Do you ever feel like no matter how much time you spend working on your personal growth, you’re never truly moving forward?

One of the biggest challenges in creating lasting healing and transformation is the simple fact that there’s never enough time and energy to tackle it all. At any given moment, you might want to improve your health, deepen your relationships, focus on spiritual growth, sharpen your professional skills, declutt...

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September 18, 2024 14 mins

No matter how much we consciously want to focus on a task, subconscious resistance can get in the way, making us distracted and unproductive.

Part of us might be resisting tasks because of anxiety about the quality of what we produce, if we can get enough done, how others will receive our efforts, and whether we will be happy with the end result, to name just a few common concerns.

Last week, I had a task that I needed to complete ...

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When we are working on our resistance to taking a particular action, we often end up referring to the past to see if we can identify the roots of our reluctance in not wanting to repeat past mistakes or struggles.

Combing through mistakes we have made can bring up old feelings of defeat and disappointment, leaving us feeling worse than when we started tapping as we experience deep emotions about our past failings.

Unfortunately, th...

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