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

When we are tapping to clear limiting beliefs, we often encounter the moment in time we picked up a particular belief.

As a practitioner, I especially love this type of work because it means we get the chance to heal the inner child. For my money, this is some of the most profound and meaningful work we can do when tapping.

I am currently in the midst of doing the interviews for the 2026 version of the Integrated Tapping Summit. Th...

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Limiting beliefs are one of the most common obstacles I hear about from people in the tapping community, and they are also one of the things tapping is best equipped to address. In nearly two decades of working with clients and students, tapping for limiting beliefs has be...

I have been tapping for close to 20 years. From the very beginning I have struggled with the set-up phrase from Gary Craig's EFT basic recipe.

Gary engorged us to start every round of tapping my tapping on the side of our hands, saying "Even though I have this issue I deeply and completely accept myself". As EFT spread the phrase evolved into  "Even though I have this issue I deeply and completely love and accept myself" for m...

One of the most common questions I get is whether you can use tapping for sleep. The short answer is yes. But there is an important caveat that changes everything about how you approach it.

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TL;DR / Key Takeaways

• Poor sleep is a symptom, not a s...

Tapping is a powerful tool for grounding ourselves and to help us to refocus. The problem is, that grounding and focus only lasts so long.

Before I start on something challenging, a few minutes of wordless tapping ensures I bring my best to the task. But if the task is difficult or it isn't going as planned, frustration makes itself known.

Usually it starts as a slow simmer in the background that then grows to the point where it's ...

Some days you just feel off. Not sad about anything specific, not anxious about anything specific, just heavy, distracted, or grumpy for no reason you can name. If you have ever wondered whether tapping when you feel off actually works when you cannot pinpoint a cause, the answer is yes, and there is a specific order that makes it work well.

TL;DR / Key Takeaways

Tapping when you feel off does not require knowin...

When I sit down to tap, the first question I ask myself is "What is the goal of this round of tapping?"

This serves as a powerful framing device by bringing focus to the tapping session and how to approach our issue. The essentials of tapping remain the same, but there is a big difference between tapping for a limiting belief, physical pain, or feeling overwhelmed in the moment.

This is a grea...

One of the great things about tapping is that it can be used for a wide range of physical, emotional, and even spiritual issues.

But that breadth brings with it the struggle of knowing where to start when there are so many things that you could tap on.

Recently, I received this email from one of my readers: 

I've been tapping on and off for years. Recently, when tapping, I am quickly lost in a quagmire of thoughts and emotions...

There is nothing more frustrating than knowing exactly what to do and still not doing it.

When this happens, your critical voice kicks in, shaming you for being lazy and undeserving of transformation because of your lack of action.

The hardest part of this type of failure is knowing what is possible but failing to take action. And it isn't down to external forces preventing you…it is all happening inside your head. 

Thi...

Our subconscious mind confuses the difference between how we were treated and who we are. When someone left us off an invitation, we did not just file away the fact that we were not invited. We wrote a story about what it meant. They don't like me. I'm not interesting enough. I'm stupid.

Over time the circumstance fades, but the story stays. It stops being a conclusion and starts feeling like a plain truth about who we are.

That is...

A client came to me recently and said something I hear more often than you might expect: "Gene, I've been trying to tap on my own, but this problem just feels too big. I don't know where to start." My answer surprised her. I told her she was right. The problem actually was too big to tap on. But that wasn't a verdict on whether tapping could help. It was a diagnosis of the approach she was using.

Tapping for big problems is not abo...

I love that tapping can be done independently of other people. You can use self-guided tapping, a tapping resource, like tap-along videos, or tapping scripts.

Since tapping is something you can do on your own, it is logical to ask "If I can tap on my own, why would I work with a practitioner?"

This is a more complicated question that it might seem at first glance. This is a question about skill, approach, and safety.

In this week'...

Tapping for fear and anxiety was my own entry point into EFT almost 20 years ago, when I was struggling with social anxiety. In this post I want to walk you through exactly how I use tapping to right-size fear and anxiety so they stop running the show. The method is simple, it works in the moment, and you can use it the next time worry shows up.

TL;DR / Key Takeaways

• Tapping for fear and anxiety is a proces...

One of the most difficult times to tap is when you have had a major emotional backslide.

You are tapping daily and feeling the breakthroughs during your sessions. You can see positive change happening in your daily life.

AND then, out of nowhere, you have a crappy day. The progress you have made seems to evaporate overnight and even the smallest things are driving you crazy.

Part of you wants to throw in the towel because it all fe...

How long does tapping take to work? It's one of the most common questions I get, and the answer is the most unsatisfying one in coaching: it depends. In this post I'll show you why that's actually the most useful answer I can give you, and how to use it.

TL;DR: How Long Tapping Takes to Work

• How long tapping takes to work depends on the issue you're tapping on and how you define success. A 90-second round c...

Recently, I was working with a client who said, "I just wish I understood what the university is trying to teach me."

This is a sentiment I often hear from my clients.

Learning from our past mistakes is good and valuable. When we are able to see what went wrong and why it went wrong, we can act in new ways in the future.

Sometimes it feels even bigger than that. It isn't just learning from a past mistake, but learning a lesson the ...

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If you have ever finished a round of EFT tapping and found yourself yawning uncontrollably, you are not imagining things. In 18 years of working with clients, this question lands in my inbox almost every single month. It is actually one of the top search terms that brings new readers to TappingQandA.com.

TL;DR / Key Takeaway...

It is hard to sit down to tap when you have been battling a stubborn issue for a long time.

Without seeing progress, maintaining momentum and motivation is challenging. You may struggle to know what to tap on because it seems as if you are working on the same aspects over and over again. At a certain point, it feels like you are tapping on autopilot and your motivation flags.

In my experience, there are three lenses through which t...

If you have ever sat down to tap and thought, "this isn't going to work for me," you are not alone. That single thought stops more people from healing than any technique ever could. Knowing what to do when you don't think tapping will work is the first step toward getting unstuck.

TL;DR: Key Takeaways

1. The thought "tapping won't work for me" is almost never about tapping. It is a protective story your subcon...