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EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping is a powerful tool for reducing pain, physical trauma, and eliminating limiting beliefs. Each week tapping expert, Gene Monterastelli, and his amazing guests answer the most common (and uncommon) questions on how to get the most out of EFT. If you want to maximize your success with tapping, this is an indispensable resource. The host of the Tapping Q & A Podcast, Gene Monterastelli, works one-on-one with small business owners and entrepreneurs to help them eliminate self-sabotage so that they can take the actions they need to take to be successful, starting with the most important tasks first. Past guests of the show have included Mary Ayers, Dr. Peta Stapleton, Julie Schiffman, Brad Yates, Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Mark Wolynn, Rick Wilkes, Carol Look, Steve Wells, and Jessica Ortner.
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Back in May there was a research study published on how tapping impacted the physical and emotional symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. The crux of the work was based on a single question. The question was so powerful I ended up creating a simple tapping tool based on it. (That tool is still available for only $10 here.) In the intervening months there were two other situations where people talked about how powerful the question was. The interesting part (at least to me) was the fact neither of the people shared the question with me were tapper. Instead they found the question a powerful framing device even without tapping. This week in the podcast I share how I use the question and how it has transformed my tapping sessions. Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube Watch a video version on YouTube ++++ The One Question That Transforms Your Tapping Results: What Does This Mean to Me Recently, I introduced one question to the beginning of my rounds of tapping, and it has transformed the results I am getting. Today in the podcast, we're going to talk about that question, why it is so powerful, and how you can add it to your tapping as well. Once Is an Anomaly, Twice Is a Coincidence, Three Times Is a Pattern There is an old saw that I use with my clients all of the time. As with all clichés, there is some truth in there, and we don't want to overdo it. The statement is: once is an anomaly, twice is a coincidence, and three times is a pattern. That's an oversimplification of what it's like to navigate through the world and have experiences, but there's some really useful truth inside of it, and it sits on two ends of the spectrum. On one end, it helps us recognize that just because something has happened once, we don't want to over-index on that and assume it's always going to be like that. At the exact same time, we want to pay attention to patterns, to things that happen over and over again, so we can learn from them. The Menopause and Perimenopause Tapping Study A number of months ago, back in May, I came across a research study where tapping was being used to help women who were experiencing menopause and perimenopause. Not only was the tapping useful, it was useful for physical things and emotional things. It was helping them with their sleep, and it was improving their immune system. So I wanted to dive in deeper. When a study like that is presented to the public, there's an abstract, which is a high-level description that says this is what is going on, these are the results, this is what we're doing next. But it doesn't explain the nuts and bolts of the study. So I ponied up the $45 or $50, whatever it was, to actually buy the research study, because I had to know what these researchers were doing that was so powerful. And I was shocked, because the researchers were doing one thing. They asked a single question, and then based on the answer to that single question, they tapped for 45 or 60 minutes. They did that four times, and they got the results they were looking for. So I created a little bitty resource based on that. I made it available to my list because, given my age, I have lots of women in my life who are experiencing exactly those symptoms. I created it, shared it, and they loved it. That was the end of it, or so I thought. Neurodivergent Experts
Almost every question I receive in the Tapping Q&A inbox is about how to tap. I am asked about the best way to start, the best phrases for a certain issue, and how to decide on which issues to tap for. All of these questions are about how to begin and what to do once you are tapping. The question that seldom comes up is about how to end a tapping session. And that makes sense because when we are done tapping, we are done tapping. We just then continue on with what is next. In many cases, just getting on with whatever is next is fine, but in my experience, ending your tapping session with a clear intention provides two benefits. First, it helps you to return to your day in a healthy way. Second, you can set yourself up for a continued healing process, not just a healing moment of tapping. This week in the podcast, I share how I end my tapping sessions. The process is a brief single round of tapping that can make a world of difference. It will help you to return to your day feeling focused and clear, seal the healing you just created, and allow the healing to continue even after the tapping is done. It is amazing how a single round of tapping can pack so much power! Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio How to End a Tapping Session There's something I've been neglecting to teach my students. We spend plenty of time figuring out what to say, where to start, how to focus, and where the resistance is. But we never talk about one important piece: how to end a session. Why I Focus on Getting People to Tap For the last two or three years, I've been focused on one thing in my work: making sure people don't just know more about healing and transformation, but actually tap more. It doesn't matter how much we know. It only matters what we do and how we execute it. That's why I've talked about creating tapping habits, how to start a session, what to do when you don't know what to say, and how to find hidden resistance. I believe the most important part of any tapping session, or any intention to tap, is the first 30 to 60 seconds. We don't get results unless we tap, and it takes real effort to go from being stuck in an emotion to getting past the inertia and starting. That's why entry points matter so much. The Part We Skip Most of the time, we don't talk about ending a session because we just end. I'm tapping along, I feel better, maybe I take a deep breath, stretch, or sip some water, and then I go back to what I was doing. That's especially true for quick emotional first aid in the moment, but it's also true after a longer session. We've done the work, and we carry on. That's fine, and in most cases it's sufficient. But I've found there are two things you can add at the end of a session that make the tapping you just did more powerful and help you step into whatever comes next in the best possible state. It takes about 20 seconds. Acknowledge what you just did and how it continues. Put yourself back in your body and allow yourself to move forward. A Quick Demonstration Assuming you're not driving, take a nice, big, deep breath and tune in for a moment. Do a round of wordless tapping, moving from point to point and remembering to breathe. You don't need to focus on anything. Just tap. I'll also tap the liver spot and the side of the hand at the end for good measure. I already feel a little better. Now this is how we end. Part One: Ground the Healing Here's what that looks like for me, as I tap: I recognize that this is a healing process, not just a healing moment. As the rest of my day unfolds, the healing I just did is going to continue, because my system is a healing machine. As that healing continues, there will be moments when I recognize it as it happens, and I can smile in appreciation. In other moments, it will happen in the background, completely anonymously. Even if I don't notice it, I appr
One of my favorite parts about tapping is how flexible it is. It is flexible in terms of the issues you tap on, how long you tap, how deep you go, and what you say. What most people don't realize is that it is also flexible when it comes to how you tap on the points, which points you tap on, and in what order you tap on them. This week on the podcast, I share lots of different ways you can tap and how you can get deeper results when you play around with them. Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube Why I Tap in a Random Order Why are you tapping like that? Those were the first words the person sitting next to me in a coffee shop said to me on Saturday, and she said it with a questioning tone and almost disgust. Today I want to share exactly what I was doing while tapping in that coffee shop, why I do it that way, and why I think it is so effective. One of the things I have become is comfortable tapping in public. Part of that is because I live in New York City, and if I happen to be standing on a street corner doing a little bit of tapping, I'm like the eighth weirdest thing on that street corner, so nobody notices. For the most part, people here let people live and let live. Most of the people I encounter aren't ever going to see me again, and I am tapping to make myself feel better in the moment, so I really don't care that much. When I'm doing work and my computer is processing something, like compressing audio or creating an output, I'm just waiting, so I will start tapping. That's exactly what happened. Every Saturday and Sunday morning that I'm in town, I go to a coffee shop right around the corner, Devoción. I sit in the corner with a beautiful cup of coffee below a giant wall of plants and a giant skylight, and I do some work. On this particular morning my computer was processing something, and I was waiting on a download. They don't have internet on the weekend, so I was using my phone as a hotspot, which takes longer than I like. So I just started tapping, jumping from tapping point to tapping point without saying anything. That is when I got the accusation: why are you tapping like that? My first response was actually excitement. She wasn't asking why I was tapping or what that thing was that I was doing. She knew what tapping was, and she knew enough about it to question my style. As someone who has spent almost the last two decades trying to share tapping with as many people as possible, that was a good thing. The reason she questioned it is that I was hopping from point to point in what appeared to be a random fashion. When you have been taught to do something one way and someone else does it differently, it makes you ask questions. Maybe not as directly as my New York friends, but it does. Most of us were taught to start at the eyebrow and go from point to point, or to start at the tippy top of the head, or on the side of the hand. After going through the body, we might hit the liver spots or the fingers, but it all looks super organized. The reason I don't follow that pattern is that it looks organized, but it's actually a random pattern. Every tapping point is associated with a different meridian. We go eyebrow, side of the eye, under the eye, under the nose, chin, because that is the next closest point. I've actually tried it, and it feels more natural to work top down. Tapping on the collarbone, then chin, then under the nose, then under the eye feels like work with each tap, whereas coming down the body just keeps lowering and lowering, and that is easier than working back up to the top. So it makes sense that we tap that way. Why do we do that? The predecessor to EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, as most of us know it, was something called Thought Field Therapy, created by Roger Callahan. In Thought Field Therapy, you tapped in a particular order for a particular issue. There might be one sequence where you go collarbon
Tapping for limiting beliefs and resistance is a very straightforward process. All you need to do is name the limiting belief, why the limiting belief thinks it is being helpful, and then share the truth about what is really happening. When you combine this with tapping it rewrites your subconscious. The problem is not clearing the limiting belief. Instead the problem is knowing what the limiting beliefs are because the subconscious mind doesn't think about them as limiting beliefs. Instead, the subconscious simply sees the limiting belief as how the world works. If clearing the limiting belief is the easy part, then finding the limiting beliefs is the hardest part. This week in the podcast I am going to share with you the tool I use every day to find limiting beliefs. I use this every time I tap and I use this in every tapping session I do with clients. This is the most useful framework I have ever created and I know you are going to love it! Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio Finding Your Limiting Beliefs with the SAWD Framework Clearing limiting beliefs with tapping is really easy. Basically, all you're doing is naming the limiting belief, naming why it's not true, and naming what is true instead while you're tapping. I went into a lot of detail on that in episode 726. That's not the problem. The problem is naming the limiting belief. So today, I'm going to share the exact process I use every single time I tap to find the limiting beliefs, so it becomes really easy for me to tap on them. This is Gene Monterastelli, and welcome to the Tapping Q&A Podcast, recorded live to tape from Williamsburg in Brooklyn. This is episode 728, originally aired October 1st, 2026. Hi, everyone. I hope this finds you well, wherever you are and whatever time of day you're getting a chance to listen. Thanks for spending a little time with me today. Why Limiting Beliefs Are So Hard to Spot As I'm recording this, we are on the precipice of this year's Integrated Tapping Summit, where I bring together some of my favorite tappers and we answer questions about a specific topic. We knit those answers together, so you're not just hearing from one expert, you're hearing from lots of them. If you're not signed up, you can join us absolutely free at integratedtappingsummit.com. I love the conversations I have because I get to put lots of people's ideas side by side, and I'm always fascinated by the questions that require the most attention. Because the summit is edited, my guests get to sit and let a question wash over them before they answer, and they receive the questions ahead of time so they can think about them. Last year, the question that caught people the most was about limiting beliefs: how do I know I am carrying a limiting belief? This question matters because the subconscious mind doesn't think it's a limiting belief. The subconscious mind just thinks it is true. When it's operating from that belief, it's not saying, "This is a limiting belief that's holding me back." It's just saying, "This is how we stay safe." And since the subconscious mind thinks it's true, it becomes much harder for us to unpack. Giving Away the Transformation Last week I was at a small business marketing conference, and one of the presenters, Brian Mark, a personal trainer, was talking about his approach to social media. He said something fascinating. In the free content you create, in your videos, your social media, and your podcasts, give your audience enough information that they could reach complete transformation without ever hiring you. That's something I've always tried to do. We've been going at this for 17 years, and nothing has been held back. But today I'm going to do exactly that as we look at how to uncover limiting beliefs. I'm going to share a simple framework that I use every single day in my tapping, and it has transformed my results, bo
One of the most frustrating moments in tapping is when you know a belief is holding you back, you tap on it again and again, and it simply won't budge. That's because your subconscious mind doesn't see a limiting belief as limiting. It sees it as the truth about the world and the very thing that keeps you safe. Some of those beliefs are genuinely useful. My belief that tigers are not kind and cuddly keeps me on the right side of the fence at the zoo. The trouble comes when a belief is disproportionate and misinformed. Last week, in episode 726 of the podcast, I shared the four-part formula I use in almost every round of tapping. At its heart, that formula is a negotiation with the subconscious mind. Even in the middle of that negotiation, though, the subconscious can dig in its heels, because it doesn't trust what you'll do once the resistance comes down. Over time I have found three words that change that conversation. When I bring them into a round of tapping, I can feel my system decompress almost immediately. This week in the podcast, I share those three words, why they speak the language of the subconscious mind, and a short round of tapping you can follow along with so you can feel the difference for yourself. Once you hear them, you'll want to use them in almost every round of tapping you do. Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube Transcript: Are you tired of fighting your subconscious mind when you're trying to clear a limiting belief with tapping? Today, I'm going to share with you the three words that make clearing limiting beliefs so much easier and that should be used in almost every round of tapping. When we're tapping to create transformation and healing, and we're trying to clear a limiting belief, our subconscious mind doesn't want us to clear that limiting belief. That's because the subconscious mind doesn't see it as a limiting belief. Instead, the subconscious mind sees it as how we stay safe. So if the limiting belief is "I can't be successful at this," what's really happening is the subconscious mind is saying, "If we try this, we're probably going to fail, which is going to be painful, which is going to be embarrassing, which is going to cause all sorts of issues. So what I'm going to do is make success so scary that you don't take action." So it's a tool. It's trying to keep us safe. And it's great that we have limiting beliefs that keep us safe. I have a limiting belief about whether or not tigers are kind and cuddly, so that when I'm at the zoo, I don't climb over the cage and try to cuddle one. It's trying to keep me safe. When I'm driving and all of a sudden it starts raining and gets dark, I immediately start slowing down. That limiting belief is a form of resistance that acts as a governor to keep me safe. So limiting beliefs are not the problem. The problem is when we have a limiting belief that is disproportionate and misinformed. That's why tapping on and transforming limiting beliefs is so difficult. Our subconscious mind does not want to let go of this thing, because to it, it's not a belief. It's the truth about the world. And so it becomes really difficult for us to tap on that particular issue. Last week on the podcast, in episode 726 (link in the show notes), we talked about the four-part structure I use whenever I sit down to tap. That structure exists so that as I'm working through an issue, I'm getting my subconscious mind on board. If you think back to that process, we're acknowledging what's going on, we're naming what the subconscious is doing and what its motivation is, and then we're explaining to the subconscious mind why the way it's acting is actually getting in the way. We're having a negotiation with the subconscious mind. Now remember, since the subconscious mind doesn't think it's a limiting belief but
Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube Just because we know the power of tapping doesn't mean we know exactly the best way to tap. Today I'm going to share the simple four-part formula I use for almost every single tapping script I write for my clients, for the videos I make, and when I'm tapping on my own. Where This Formula Came From Recently I was talking with one of my clients, and she wanted to do some tapping around being able to create some YouTube videos. She wasn't looking to create videos for the general public. Instead, she wanted to create videos just to share with her family, so they could tap a little more and make tapping easier for them, since they know so little about it. After we did some work on the insecurity of being on camera and producing something good, we started talking about how I actually create tapping scripts. It's not just me talking. There's a very specific formula, and it came out of years of working with thousands of clients and doing tens of thousands of rounds of tapping. Some of that recognition came from paying attention to what was happening in the moment, and a lot of it came from going back and re-listening to those sessions. What I found is that there are four parts that show up in every single one of my rounds of tapping. If you go look at any of the videos I've produced over the last three or four years where you see tapping scripts, you'll see this formula over and over again. The four-part formula works for any issue at all. It could be a limiting belief, a physical sensation, a struggle to take action, whatever it is. It doesn't matter what the issue is. These four steps work every time as a jumping-off point and as a framework. Step One: State What's Going On and How You Feel About It The first step is no different than sitting down with a friend and talking about what's going on in your life. Let's say it's a limiting belief that's holding you back from taking action. It might sound something like, "I really want to create these videos, but I just can't get myself to sit down and do it. I'm disappointed, I'm frustrated, I'm overwhelmed." All you're doing is saying what's going on and how you feel about it. There might be multiple details and multiple feelings, and that's fine. Give yourself permission to roll through it, chapter and verse. This is what's going on. This is how I feel about it. You can even say what you don't know: I'm not exactly sure what's going on, or I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's just honest reporting. The first part is simply providing witness to what's going on in your life. Say what you know, say how you feel about it. Say what you don't know, say how you feel about that too. Step Two: Recognize and Appreciate the System's Intent The second step is recognizing that our system is trying to keep us safe and healthy. There's a difference between our system wanting to keep us healthy and actually keeping us healthy, but that's what it's trying to do. For example, resistance to taking action is trying to keep me safe because my system is afraid of that action. So the second part of this formula is pointing out what the resistance is trying to do. My system is resisting this task right now because it's afraid I'm going to get in trouble, or afraid I'm going to get judged. Once we've acknowledged what it's trying to do, we appreciate that intention. I appreciate the fact that my resistance is trying to keep me safe. Here's something key to notice. We are not saying, "I appreciate the fact that I am resisting taking action." Instead, we're appreciating the intention to keep us safe. That means we're no longer fighting with the resistance, the physical sensation, or the limiting belief. We're appreciating that it's our body trying to communicate something with us and trying to keep us safe. There's a real difference between affirming something's i
Over the last week I have heard from a number of clients who have reported feeling a general sense of anxiety and grief around the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th in New York City and Washington, DC. Feeling bad about painful anniversaries and global events is not unusual. A common concern when tapping for this sort of anxiety is that working with the details will only worsen how we feel. This week in the podcast, I share a simple tool to tap for that anxiety and general sense of dread. I have also provided a printout of the tapping process, which only makes sense after you listen to the podcast. Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support [player] Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube
One of the most frequent questions that I receive in the Tapping Q&A inbox is about whether we should be tapping on positive or negative phrases. People are often concerned that if you tap on a negative phrase, you will tap a negative belief into your subconscious mind. The good news is that you can't tap negative thoughts in. Even so, it can feel heavy and even discouraging to be tapping constantly on feeling bad or on what is going wrong in your life. Preferring to tap on positive phrases makes perfect sense. The problem is, tapping on a positive phrase that feels emotionally untrue is difficult. This issue comes up with even the most basic recipe for the EFT set-up phrase. It can be hard to say "Even though I have this issue, I deeply and completely accept myself" with any kind of conviction. (I tackled this exact struggle in depth in episode 721 of the podcast.) When a tapping phrase feels like a lie, you are less likely to engage with the tapping AND you are more likely to end the round of tapping sooner. Recently, I was my interviewing my friend (and all-around amazing tapper) Jackie Viramontez for this year's version of the Integrated Tapping Summit and she shared a new way of thinking about tapping with affirmations. The moment she said it, I knew it was something that I needed to try. Not only was it powerful, it was more powerful than I could have imagined. In this week's podcast I am sharing Jackie's idea, plus the ways I have adapted it to my personal tapping style. This is an approach that every tapper should have in their transformational tool box. Support the podcast! Http://tappingqanda.com/support Subscribe in: Apple Podcast | iPhone | Spotify | Pandora | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | YouTube
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