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Tag: Meridian Tapping
Tapping Video: How To Deal With A Chocolate Craving
Cravings can be intense. Sometimes I’ve been successful with willpower to resist a craving. More often than not, I haven’t. That picture really says it all. When I want chocolate I want it now, I want a lot of it, and I have had fantasies of swimming in a vat of it. Join in with me while I use meridian tapping to address a strong craving for chocolate and a feeling of resistance about even doing the tapping – because I know it works.
Book Review – The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss and Body Confidence
OK. I’ll admit it. It was hard for me to read The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss & Body Confidence: a Woman’s Guide to Stressing Less, Weighing Less, and Loving More by Jessica Ortner. It was even harder for me to like it. But honestly – its great. I feel the need to explain, I had just written and published a book on tapping and weight loss too when her’s came out called Don’t Diet: Reprogramming Your Weight With Meridian Tapping. I was definitely feeling defensive and 
believed that the release of her book would have a negative impact on my book. Actually it might have, but that’s not really the point. I did what I try to always do when I have negative emotions – I started tapping.
Once I had tapped enough to feel comfortable that there is room enough in this world for two books on tapping and weight loss I dove in. You might even say that I “devoured” it. It is written in the same charismatic style that all of the materials from The Tapping Solution are written in. It would be hard to resist smiling at the all-too-honest accounts of self-doubt, overindulgence (food and guilt) and insecurity that Jessica shares. I definitely could relate.
The tapping examples were fantastic, although I would have preferred a few more. The book design and page layout are enviable. The quotes were inspirational and the stories of real women and their struggles were motivational. If there are any negatives (and I’m not sure that there are) one would be the title. There are so many words on the cover that it was difficult to know what the title was without turning to the copyright page. Also, the topic of self-sabotage or psychological reversal was not highlighted as much as I might have expected given the type of challenge being addressed.
Will I read it again? Already did.
Will I recommend it to others? Absolutely. Have even bought copies for gifts.
The book is attractive, informative, inspirational, and potentially life changing.
Tapping Video: Worried About What Others Will Think
Do you worry more about what others think than what you think? Do you let your beliefs about what others might think make your decisions for you? Would you like to listen to your own inner guidance rather than abdicating your decisions to others? Tap along with the video to gain clarity about the problem and to start the process of change.
Tapping Exercise: I hate situps
I really like the idea of exercise. I feel good about myself after I do exercise. But I don’t like ALL exercise equally. I really hate situps (or pretty much any other core exercise).
Start tapping on your karate chop point and use the setup statements below.
Setup: I really hate situps. I know that working on our core is crucial to having good health. I just can’t seem to make myself do them. Even though I really hate situps and rarely do any core strengthening exercises, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. Even though I have definitely neglected my core, I deeply and completely love and accept that part of myself that is at least trying to do what my body needs. Even though I really hate situps, I choose to be amazed by how easy they could seem in the future.
Eyebrow…I hate situps
Side of Eye…I really hate situps
Under the Eye…They are hard for me
Nose…I know that strengthening my core muscles would be a good thing
Chin…I know that doing situps or other exercises would help me lose even more weight
Collarbone…But I have been unable to make myself do them in the past
Under the Arm…What if there is a way to actually feel good about doing them?
Top of Head…What if they don’t have to be awful?
Eyebrow…I could focus on hos good those muscles feel to actually receive some attention
Side of Eye…I could focus on how my waist measurement is changing as I am faithful with my workouts
Under the Eye…I could use my situp time to acknowledge everything that I have to be grateful for
Nose…I could use my core workouts as a time to send positive energy to situations and people who are important to me
Chin…I am open to feeling more positive about working on my core muscles
Collarbone…I am hopeful that I can feel more confident in my ability to do situps and other core exercises
Under the Arm…It really wouldn’t add that much more time to my daily workouts
Top of Head…And I am excited to think that this workout could make me feel and look even better.
Tapping Video: Finger Point Tapping
This video introduces an alternative tapping method 
using points on your fingers. This method is effective and can be done in circumstances when the full tapping sequence might be inconvenient or inappropriate.
Tapping Exercise: Who I Am is Constantly Changing
Say this statement aloud, “Who I am is constantly changing.” How true does that feel to you? Rate it on a scale of 0-10 (10=very true) and write down your number.
Begin tapping on the karate chop point and say the setup statements.
Setup: Sometimes I am confused about who I am. It seems that who I am is constantly changing. When I think I know something about myself it feels really good. When I’m uncertain about something I feel somewhat unbalanced. Accepting the changing nature of who I am is uncomfortable to me. In spite of this discomfort, I choose to love, honor, and accept myself.
Eyebrow…Who I am is constantly changing
Side of Eye…And that is ok
Under the Eye…Who I am is constantly changing
Nose…I am open to learning to accept those changes more gracefully
Chin…Who I am is constantly changing
Collarbone…I am choosing to see that changing nature as more positive than negative
Under the Arm…Who I am is constantly changing
Top of Head…But sometimes it still makes me feel uncomfortable
Eyebrow…Who I am is constantly changing
Side of Eye…Sometimes that fills me with joy
Under the Eye…Who I am is constantly changing
Nose…Perhaps evolving would be a more comfortable word
Chin…Who I am is constantly changing
Collarbone…I choose to see the positive aspects of my changes
Under the Arm…Who I am is constantly changing
Top of Head…Expecting and accepting that change is part of the process of life
Eyebrow…Who I am is constantly changing
Side of Eye…My ideas and viewpoints change as I learn new things
Under the Eye…Who I am is constantly changing
Nose…My feelings and thoughts change as situations unfold
Chin…Who I am is constantly changing
Collarbone…I’d like to think that my wisdom is expanding
Under the Arm…Who I am is constantly changing
Top of Head…I deeply and completely love and accept myself and choose to embrace my evolution.
Tapping Video: She Pushes My Buttons
Who pushes your buttons? Do you like the way that you respond when your buttons get pushed? Tap along to reprogram those buttons and your responses.
Tapping Video- Anxiety Part I: Sometimes your brain lies
Anxiety is a complex subject. This video addresses the form of anxiety that is under the surface, but there isn’t necessarily a clear reason for it. The focus of the tapping is focused on reducing anxiety by small amounts without compromising the need for safety that anxiety actually seems to provide.
Tapping Exercise – I Just Ate 3 Brownies: I’m such a failure
Have you ever eaten something you had decided you weren’t 
going to eat or eaten more of them than you had intended? Sadly, it happens to me more frequently than I would like. What usually happens next is the thought “I might as well eat whatever I want because I already blew it.” The tapping exercise below is a good way to help minimize the damage. These words will work for you, even if what you ate or when you ate it is slightly different. Or, you can substitute your own words.
Say this statement and rate the intensity or how true it feels to you on a 0-10 scale (10=very true). “I’m such a failure.” Now say this one and rate it “I already blew it.” Write down your numbers.
Tap on your karate chop point and use the setup statements. Even though I just ate 3 brownies, and they definitely weren’t on my food plan for this afternoon, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. Even though I ate 3 brownies while waiting for my lunch to cook, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. Even though I feel like a failure since I ate those brownies, I choose to love and accept myself anyway.
Eyebrow…I just ate 3 brownies
Side of Eye…I can’t believe it
Under the Eye…I had been doing so well
Nose…This seems like a huge setback
Chin…Its not like I was really hungry
Collarbone…I am actually cooking lunch right now
Under the Arm…I’m nervous that it won’t be good
Top of Head…I’ve made two dishes that I’ve never made before
Eyebrow…That always makes me anxious
Side of Eye…But I’m also excited to see what happens
Under the Eye…I know that I often eat when I am nervous
Nose…But I’ve already blown my food plan
Chin…So I might as well eat whatever I want
Collarbone…There’s no point in controlling my food now
Under the Arm…I’ve already pointed the finger of guilt my way
Top of Head…I’m already wallowing in blame
Eyebrow…So I might as well eat.
Side of Eye…I already blew it
Under the Eye…I already ate something that is on my forbidden list
Nose…I ate way too much of it too
Chin…I might as well go ahead and eat whatever I want
Collarbone…That’s what quitters to
Under the Arm…I’m a guilty and shameful quitter
Top of Head…Ouch! That hurts!
Eyebrow…Sometimes I do give up
Side of Eye…Sometimes I don’t
Under the Eye…I don’t have to give up just because I made a mistake
Nose…I have options
Chin…I have choices
Collarbone…I already blew it might not be totally accurate
Under the Arm…I wouldn’t tell anyone else to give up just because of a simple error
Top of Head…I’m not going to tell myself that right now either
Eyebrow…I can start back on my food plan whenever I choose
Side of Eye…Including now
Under the Eye…This is just a setback
Nose…I can get back on track right now
Chin…In fact,, I am back on track right now
Collarbone…And I can stay back on track if I choose to
Under the Arm…I’ve been back on track for several minutes now
Top of Head…I am feeling better already.
Take a deep breath and let it out gently. Say your original statements again and rate them. Notice any shift you may have made. If the intensity is still higher than a 3 or 4, keep tapping with the above examples or better yet, use your own words. For many people there will be a shift to a slightly different thought, feeling or belief. Feel free to continue tapping on the new thought or write it down for later work.
Happy Tapping!