Category: Tap Along Audios

There aren’t many more things more frustrating for a child to hear from a parent than, “You need to be patient.”

When we know what we want, and more importantly how it will make our lives better, being patient is really hard. We want to achieve our goal right now!

Impatience can lead us to getting ahead of ourselves, moving too quickly, and performing sloppily. This will lead to more work later.

When we are patient we make better choices and move forward more easily – and without having to clean up mistakes made in haste.

Today we are tapping for being more patient with ourselves and the process of moving toward our goals.

Being Patient
(audio 3m42s)

There’s a part of me…That wants to be there…And be there right now…To have success…In big and small ways…And to have that success…Right now…And I truly appreciate that fact…That this part of me…That is rushing ahead…And is being impatient…Only wants what’s best for me…Only wants me to be healthy…Only wants me to happy…Only wants me to have what I need…And it’s natural…That I would get worried…That if I lose this energy…I’m going to stop moving at all…It feels like…The opposite of impatience…Is doing nothing…Is being static…Is not trying…But I give myself…And I give my entire system…Permission to know…That as I move forward…I can do it in such a way…Where I give each and everything…The time and attention that it needs…The time and attention that it deserves…If I give everything…The time and attention that it needs…I will continue to move…In a steady path…Toward my goals…In big and small ways…I give myself…Permission to be easy with myself…And easy with the process…As I move forward…It’s good that I want to get there…It’s good that I want to get there now…And when I rush…When I’m impatient…I make poor choices…And I get ahead of myself…Today, I’m going to consciously choose…To be present and patient…With every task…That I face…If I do this…I will move forward…In a way that makes me successful…Working towards my goals.

Dealing with uncertainty is really tough. Often we find it easier to respond to situations that are consistently bad than those that are inconsistent and unpredictable.

When things are inconsistent we are constantly on guard and spend a great deal of energy looking out for change which makes it hard for us to move forward in a meaningful way.

Today we are going to tap for times of instability and working our way back to balance.

Struggle With Stability
(audio 3m53s)

When things are unstable…When things are in flux…It’s hard to make choices…It’s hard to move forward…Because there’s that part of me…That is really worried…That if I go rushing forward…Into this unstable environment…It’s going to be harder for me to be successful…It’s going to be harder for me to achieve what I want…It’s going to be harder for me to move through the world…In a way that is known…Which will lead to my success…But I recognize the fact…That the world is not always stable…That there are variables that are unknown…And there are things that could change in a moment’s notice…And I give myself…And my entire system permission to know…That it’s OK…To step into places…That are unstable…And contain unknowns…I give myself permission to know I’m not going to know…With a 100% certainty…The best and right choice to make…In each and every circumstance…This doesn’t mean I’m going to be thoughtless…This doesn’t mean I’m going to go rushing in…It simply means…That as I step into this…And as I step into the world…I’m going to do in such a way…That I’m going to honor the inconsistencies…And the things that are unstable…And I’m going to make choices…And not simply stand on the sideline…I’ve handled inconsistency before…And I can do it again…Just because things are unstable…Doesn’t mean I can’t act…Just because things are unstable…Doesn’t mean I can’t know what’s right for me…I give myself permission…To thoughtfully…And carefully…Make good choices today…In the face of instability…Knowing and trusting…I’m completely capable of doing…Exactly that.

I have lived a good life. I have never gone without. Mine is a loving family and my parents are still married. I have always had what I needed and I know that I am blessed.

I never would have used the word abandoned to describe any part of my experience.

Yet when I thought about tapping for it I was overcome with sadness.

Even if you have never thought of yourself as abandoned you should tap along to this audio.

When We Feel Abandoned
(audio 4m05s)

There’s a part of me…That when I tune into the idea of being abandoned…Really strikes a chord with that idea of being abandoned…And it’s not necessarily a specific memory for me…There’s not a specific moment…But there’s a heaviness…And there’s a sadness…And any time sadness shows up…It’s most often connected to…Missing something that’s important…Missing something that’s valuable…And there’s a part of me…That feels like I’ve lost something that’s important…It feels like I’m disconnected and abandoned…Even if I can’t necessarily name what that is…I am not alone…I am not disconnected…I am moving forward…And filling my life with what I need…And filling my life with what is important….And that sense of sadness…And that sense of feeling abandoned…It’s just the part of me…That wants connection…That wants better…That wants more…That part of me that feels abandoned…And that sadness that comes with it…I want it to know it’s heard loud and clear…I want it to know that it is fully integrated and connected…Even though it felt unsafe…It is now safe…Even though it feels like it was left alone…I am now connecting…In big and small ways…I’m now connecting…That part of me that feels like it was left behind…I acknowledge it…I love it…I feel connected to it…Even if I felt left…I want that part of me to know…It’s now loved.

With the exception of Daddy Warbucks from Annie, I can’t think of a single rich, successful person who is nice in movies.

And I understand why. It doesn’t make for very good drama. Good drama is the little guy struggling to overcome obstacles against all the odds.

Because of this, it is easy for us to hold the belief (on a subconscious level) that if we become successful then we will also turn into a horrible person.

Let’s tap to clear that belief.

What If I End Up Like Those Other Arrogant Successful People
(audio 3m35s)

I want to move forward…I want to be successful…I want to have opportunities…I want to grow…But there’s a part of me…The subconscious part of me…That believes successful people…Are mean and nasty…Successful people are arrogant…Successful people are full of themselves…Successful people have taken advantage of others to get ahead…And even though I consciously know this is not true…There’s a part of me that’s been given the story over and over and over again…It’s a story that shows up all the time in pop culture…And it’s really easy to buy into…I know people who have been successful who aren’t jerks…I know people who have been successful who aren’t arrogant…I know people who are successful who didn’t step on others to get that success…It is possible for me…To have success and move forward…Without turning into an arrogant jerk…Without becoming nasty…Just because I’m successful…It doesn’t mean…I lose who I am…I can be successful…And keep my values…I can be successful…And keep my purpose…I can be successful…And be a good person…Success won’t make me arrogant…Success is simply me being me to my full potential.

It is easy to be motivated when we are in pain because we want to be pain free.

It is easy to be motivated when we are close to our goal because we can almost taste success.

The hardest time to move is when we are in the comfortable middle. It is not what we want, but it isn’t so painful that we are motivated to push forward.

To step out of this comfort zone is scary because it means we could lose comfort.

Let’s tap for the courage to step out of our comfort zone today.

Stepping Out Of The Comfort Of Today
(audio 3m40s)

I’m enjoying my life…I recognize I have a lot of good things…I’m not fighting for survival…I’m not fighting off danger at every moment…I have what I need to get by…But that isn’t necessarily enough…I have dreams…I have goals…I have aspirations…I want to move forward…But that means I’m going to have to leave my comfort zone…And there’s a part of me that does not want to leave my comfort zone…There’s a part of me that wants to stay right here…There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to transition…Because trying to transition is work…And work can be painful…And work can lead to failure…The part of me that wants to stay in this comfort zone…Is trying to take care of me…Is trying to make my day pain-free…And I appreciate the fact that it’s doing that…That it’s trying to keep me safe…But, today, I give myself permission…To step out of my comfort zone…To try something new…To try something I’m not going to be perfect at…That’s going to move me towards my goal…Because even though I’m experiencing this…I want to move forward…And I want to have more…I give myself permission to step out…Knowing that the rewards of stepping out…Outweigh the risk…Because those rewards are going to be lasting.

Being spiritual is a good thing.

Often we think of spiritual as simple, humble, and grounded, which is true, but that can feel like it is the opposite of successful.

It is possible to be both spiritual and successful in the world.

Here is how we can tap for any limiting beliefs we have about that:

I Can’t Be Spiritual AND Successful
(audio 3m19s)