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Category: Tap Along Audios

  • If I Am Honest About Why I Haven’t Yet Reached My Goals I Will Uncover A Heap Of Emotional Crap

    One of the things savvy tappers learn quickly is how to find the root causes of issues. This is both a blessing and a curse.

    It is a blessing because we can now clear out past issues. It is a curse because it isn’t a lot of fun to wade through our past issues.

    When we know that being honest with ourselves can be painful we will avoid it. If we avoid those past issues we will not heal and we will continue to sabotage ourselves.

    Today we tap for the fear of what we will uncover when we are honest with ourselves.

    If I Am Honest About Why I Haven’t Reach My Goal Yet I Am Going To Uncover A Bunch Of Emotional Crap
    (audio 3m28s)

    I want to move forward…I want to be successful…I want to achieve my goals…I want to have success…And I know part of the reason…That I’m not moving forward…Is because I’m getting in my own way…There are choices that I’m making…And there are beliefs that I hold…That are preventing me from taking action…And I know…There are lots of tools that I can use…To uncover what is going on…And even though that is a good thing…There’s a part of me that’s worried…Because I’ve experience with this…I know what can be under the surface…And if I go in and root around…And I try and figure out what’s going on…I’m going to find things I don’t want to see…I’m going to find things I don’t like…I’m going to be overcome with emotions…If it is so big that it’s stopping me…From doing what I want…Part of me is afraid…It must simply be massive…I give myself permission…To be easy with myself…As I unpack…And uncover these issues…Knowing that even though it causes big things…It isn’t necessarily a big issue…And I have lot of tools…At my disposal…To help me to manage…Whatever comes up…I give myself permission…To be honest with myself…About who I am…About what I am…And what I’m dealing with…

  • Wise Counsel

    Today’s reflection is, “Let me seek wise counsel. Let me offer unbiased and unselfish counsel.”

    I have a hard time seeking help of any kind. It feels like weakness. It feels like failing. This happens because I think I should be perfect all the time.

    In order to be successful I need outside help.

    Let’s tap for being able to seek counsel without feeling foolish or weak, and for an open heart to speak the truth that others need to hear when we are asked for help.

    Wise Counsel
    (audio 3m19s)

    I don’t know everything…I know I don’t know everything…And it’s OK that I don’t know everything…It’s not a sign of failure… It’s not a sign of incompleteness…It’s not a sign that I’ve done anything wrong…It simply means I don’t know everything…I don’t know how to do things…I don’t know specific facts…And I don’t have the wisdom of experience in all areas…And it’s good for me to reach out…Reach out to other people…Seeking help and guidance…Knowing they don’t have all the answers…Knowing they don’t have the only answer…But reaching out…Would benefit me…In making good choices…And when people reach out to me…They’re not asking me to fix something…They’re not asking me to do something for them…They’re not asking me to take over…And if they don’t take my advice…If they don’t take my counsel…That’s their choice…And that’s OK…It’s up to them…To make the choice that they want…And when people ask me for help…My job is to provide them the best that I can…Not what’s best for me…But what’s best for them…When I offer counsel…When I connect with others…When they share with me…It also builds our bond…Builds strength…Builds our friendship.

  • What If I Don’t Know How To Be The New Me?

    I am very comfortable being who I am right now. Even though it is so much less than what I think I can be, it is predictable. I know what others expect of me and I know what to expect from myself.

    As we pursue our goals and evolve into something new we can be concerned that we don’t know how to act as our new self. This seems like an unlikely reason to be holding ourselves back, but I have found with myself and my clients that this fear is a powerful motivator for not taking action.

    What If I Don’t Know How To Be The New Me?
    (audio 3m05s)

    I’m glad I’m moving forward…I’m glad I’m making progress…I’m glad transformation is happening…And that I’m shedding old patterns…And moving forward in a healthy way…But I’m concerned…As I start to see myself in a new way…As I start to see the world in a new way…I’m going to act differently…All the old habits…Many of the old ways of seeing the world…Are being released with the old beliefs…And now as I navigate the world…I have to do it in a new way…New is scary…Different is scary…But I give myself permission…That with the transformation…I’m gaining resources…And ability…To navigate this world in a new way…So even though I don’t know exactly what to do…I can respond to the new way…And as I start to act in new ways… I will continue to grow into the new me…Making it even easier…To take on the new and different… Transformation is a process…I don’t have to get it right in the first try…It’s OK as I learn my way…Into the new ways of acting.

  • Purity

    In today’s reflection I am focusing on the idea of purity in the phrase, “May I be of pure heart, mind, intention, and action in all that I do today.”

    It is really easy to think of the opposite of purity as impurity and evil. That may be true, but I think there is more to it than that.

    When I act out of fear, it feels like an impure action.

    When I act out of someone’s else definition of who I should be, it feels like an impure action.

    When I act from who I once was, if feels like an impure action.

    Let’s tap to have every thought, intention, and action today stem from a purely authentic place.

    Have Pure Intentions
    (audio 3m10s)

    In all that I do today…I want to act with a pure heart…I want to have honest intentions…I want to see things as they truly are…I want to level with myself about what is true…This doesn’t mean people walk all over me…This doesn’t mean that I’m a pushover…This doesn’t mean that I don’t state my own intentions…A pure heart is simply being honest with what I truly feel…A pure mind is simply understanding myself and my circumstance for what it truly is…Pure intentions simply mean that I’m acting in an honest fashion…When I act with a pure heart and mind…I navigate and manage the day effortlessly…When I act with a pure heart and mind…I see myself for what I truly am…In all that I do today…I want to act…With a pure heart…A pure mind…Pure intentions for pure actions.

  • I Feel Bad About Wanting And Having More

    During this process we have tapped a number of times for those less fortunate.

    It is good to recognize that we are blessed. But this can be a doubled-edged sword.

    Since we are so blessed it can feel like we are taking away from others when we seek more for ourselves. If we feel we are taking more than our share then we will prevent ourselves from moving forward.

    Let’s tap for feeling that our success means we are taking more than our fair share.

    When We Feel Bad About Having More
    (audio 5m00s)

    I want more…I want better…I want to move towards my goals… I want to be successful…I want growth…I want richness…And part of me knows…That I already have so much…Part of me knows…That I’m really blessed…Part of me knows…I have more than most of the world…And to want more…And to strive for more…And to crave more…Feels very selfish…Feels very greedy….Feels very heartless…Feels like I’m taking more than my share…Feels so, so, so, selfish…But I recognize the fact…Happiness enjoys not a limited resource…And by me having more joy…I’m not taking more than my share…By me having more happiness…I’m not taking more than my share…And it’s possible for me…To use my good fortune…To use my success…To use my progress…To help and serve others…There’s not a limit to the resource in the world…There are limited resources…But those limited resources do not limit our ability to make progress…They do not limit our ability to move forward…They do not limit our ability to bring others with us…In big and small ways…It is possible for me…To have success…And to recognize I’m not stealing from others…To recognize I’m not taking more than my share…I can appreciate what I have…I can be thankful for what I have…I can bless what I have…And still gracefully move upward…Still thoughtfully add abundance…Without feeling like I’m stealing from others…Without feeling like I’m taking more than my share.

  • Know Peace

    Today we are going to focus on the phrase, “Teach me to know peace.”

    Peace is not an action, it is a state of mind and a state of being.

    I struggle with being at or resting in peace because it feels like I have stopped moving forward, stopped progressing, and stopped evolving.

    It is possible to be at peace with ourselves and the world and still not have our desire for more quenched.

    Today we tap be able to embrace being at peace.

    Know Peace
    (audio 3m15s)

  • If I Am Successful Everyone Will See Me

    When we make a change or reach a new goal the people who are closest to us will notice.

    We will look different, carry ourselves differently, or be spending our time in new ways.

    This new found attention can feel scary to that part of us that is comfortable flying beneath the radar.

    If we fear that our success will equal us being noticed then we will find ways to sabotage ourselves and shield ourselves from that attention.

    Let’s tap for the fear of being noticed once we are successful.

    If I Am Successful Everyone Will See Me
    (audio 4m45s)

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    I want to move forward…I want to be successful…I want to achieve my goals…I want to have better…I want to challenge myself…And reach new heights…But there’s a part of me that’s worried…That if I achieve…That if I move forward…That if I’m successful… I’m setting myself up for trouble…Because if I’m successful…If I do this well…If I exceed expectations…My new level of success…Will be what is expected of me in future…Everybody will expect more of me…And I’m working hard to meet these goals…And if they expect more of me…I have to work harder all the time…I give myself permission to know…I can be successful…And meet my standards…I can be successful…And meet my expectations…Because my standards…And my expectations…Are what are most important…It’s less important…What others hold me to…I can be successful…I can move forward…Without making it harder for myself…By feeling like expectations have been raised…

  • Accepting Mercy

    Today’s phrase to reflect on is, “Teach me to accept mercy.”

    I am really hard on myself. When I do something wrong I am the first to start beating myself up. Especially when I have done something that hurts someone else.

    I am lucky enough to I have people in my life who are willing to forgive me when I have hurt them in some way, but I have a hard time accepting their forgiveness and mercy.

    Today we tap for being able to accept the gift of mercy from others.

    AND as you are reading this you are thinking one of two things. 1) I need this. 2) There is no way I need this.

    If you are in camp 2, I really encourage you to tap to this. You will be surprised.

    Accepting Mercy
    (audio 4m17s)

    I like being kind…I like being helpful…I like being able to extend a helping hand…And offer mercy to others…In big and small ways…But, personally I struggle…I struggle in accepting the mercy of others…I believe I should always do it on my own…I believe I should always get it right…Even when I don’t hold others to that standard…I believe that I should deal with the punishment…And the consequences that come…With every mistake that I make…It is good that I am kind to myself…It is good that I am kind to others…It’s hard for me to accept the kindness and mercy from others…It’s hard for me to accept the kindness and mercy for myself…When someone extends mercy to me…It’s an act of love…It’s an act of caring…When I refuse to accept that mercy…I’m depriving myself…And I’m depriving them of being merciful…It’s not a failing to accept mercy…
    I give myself permission today to graciously accept the mercy of others…I give myself permission to not feel like a failure…When I’m graciously accepting that mercy…I want to extend mercy to others…And I need to give others the opportunity to do the same to me…They’re not judging me…They’re not saying I’m not worthy of doing a good enough job…They are extending mercy…Because that’s a very loving and human thing to do.

  • Fear Of Being Successful

    It seems silly that we would be afraid of achieving success.

    It is one of the biggest fears I see in my clients when it comes to short circuiting their success.

    When we succeed we can raise the expectations of others and this can be scary. When we fear this we will make sure that we fail.

    Let’s tap for worrying about raising others’ expectations.

    Fear Of Being Successful
    (audio 4m17s)

    I want to be successful…I want to move forward…I want to achieve my goals… I want life to be better…I want life to be fuller…I want life to be richer…But for some reason… success is scary…When I’m successful, I raise other people’s expectations…When I’m successful, I raise my own expectations…When I’m successful, I taste the good life…And it’s possible to lose it…And the pain of knowing better and then losing it…Feels like it’s so much worse…Than never experiencing the pleasure of success at all…When things go well…There’s always the sense…That the other shoe is going to drop…And if I’m successful…I will be constantly looking over my shoulder…For that other thing to go wrong…But I give myself permission…To recognize I can manage success…I can enjoy success…Without feeling overburdened by new expectations…Without feeling overburdened by others’ expectations…Without feeling overburdened of the fear of losing success…It’s possible I might have success and lose it…But since I achieved it once…I know I can achieve it again…And again…And again…Success will change my life…It will bring new things…The unknown can be scary…But I can manage these new and different things…Nice big deep breath.

  • It Feels Dangerous To Figuring Out What My Gifts And Tallents Are

    I hear from clients all the time that they just want to share their gifts with the world. They know they are called to do more or offer more. The work we do on their self sabotage is to help them to share their gifts more widely.

    But what if you don’t know what your gifts are?

    Today we are going to tap for discovering our gifts and/or seeing them more clearly.

    Figuring Out What Our Gifts Are
    (audio 3m45s)

    I want to use my gifts…I want to share my gifts…I want others to profit from my gifts…
    I don’t want to squander my gifts…And that’s a really lovely idea…But there are times when I don’t know what my gifts are…I can’t see them clearly…And I can’t see how they fit into the world…And when this happens…It’s really frustrating…I feel like I’m wasting time…And I’m wasting opportunity…Because this moment can’t be here again…And if I don’t use my gifts right now…It was a waste…But the biggest gift I have…Is the gift of my intention…And the gift of my presence…And even if I don’t know my exact gifts… And even if I don’t know how to use what I have…In this particular moment…By being present to this moment…By being fully present to this moment…I will recognize opportunity…And I will recognize inspiration…I will use what I have…To respond to right now…Even if I don’t know my exact gifts…And even if I’m not using what I do best in this moment…That is much less important…Than my presence to this moment…
    How I respond…And how I’m present…If I do that…Through opportunity and inspiration…My gifts will reveal themselves…And I will know which one to use now.