Have you ever done it? I mean, have you ever eaten a whole box of cookies…..all at once? Before you say no, think about Girl Scout Cookie time and the box of Thin Mints. I’m not proud to say it, but I’ve done it…..more than once. Even if you haven’t done it, and you’ve eaten … [Read more…]
Do you ever have a plan for when you are going to exercise, but when the time comes, you don’t really feel like it? It happens to me all the time. This is the meridian tapping I have used before getting on the bike or treadmill. I hope it inspires you. Setup (while tapping … [Read more…]
Why is it so hard to set boundaries with other people? This is something that I have struggled with most of my life. For me, setting boundaries gets all mixed up with religious teachings about loving other people, societal values, and the general admonition to be nice. Intellectually I know that one can set boundaries … [Read more…]
How true is this statement for you? NOTHING CALMS ME DOWN BETTER THAN FOOD! Most days it is a 10 for me. Try this tapping exercise and see if it helps. Setup: Nothing calms me down better than food. Whenever I get upset I turn to food. It always works for me. Even though … [Read more…]
Setup: (tapping on the karate chop point) It is hard to just be me. We’re not human doings we are human beings. I say that all the time to other people but I’m not sure how to apply it to myself. I am very much a human doing. Do. Do. Do. I know I need … [Read more…]
Sometimes it is easy to eat a healthy diet, and other times — not so much! Here is a tapping sequence I’ve used during those tougher times. The setup (tap on karate chop point). This dieting is getting really hard. Anything that is this hard is probably too hard for me. Controlling my appetite is … [Read more…]
What is your mindset? Are you focused on scarcity or are you focused on abundance? Begin by tapping on the karate chop point. Setup: I have a tendency to hoard things. Not like hoarding you see on television, but I sure have trouble throwing things away. Probably more important than that, I have the … [Read more…]
I think everyone wants to be special. When I say that I want to be special it feels somehow WRONG. There are all kinds of automatic negative thoughts that pop into my head when I say that. Sometimes I hear specific people from my past telling me that I’m not special. I thought I would … [Read more…]
This story came from Linda. She said that she was tired, frustrated, and irritable after her difficult day. As any good food addict will do – she turned to food. She wasn’t proud of it, but that day she had faced the marshmallow fluff and it won. Here is the way we started tapping. Feel … [Read more…]
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 … [Read more…]