A Tapping Journey - Shift Wide Open

Self-care

4/30/2013

Often we have those self-sabotaging cravings and behaviors, let’s borrow benefits and tap to change our thoughts around health

KC: Even though I am committed to being healthy and making my health a priority---I acknowledge I want to binge
KC: Even though I am committed to loving myself enough to take care of my body---I admit that I’m scared of failing and as a result I want to eat
KC: Even though I have these food cravings and I go to shame and guilt and negative self-talk I honor and acknowledge all this and I’m still okay

EB: I can’t do it
SE: I’m afraid I’ll fail again
UE: I’m afraid I can’t do it
UN: Then I’ll be embarrassed and guilty
CH: I’m not strong enough
CB: I can’t do it
UA: All this fear is driving me to eat
TH: I want to eat

EB: FOOD
SE: I want food
UE: I can’t stand it
UN: I’d love to let it go
CH: I want the loud food-voice to be quiet
CB: I want to silence the doubt
UA: Oh, it’s there to protect me from failure
TH: What if this time there is even a slight shift

EB: I choose to take a breath and calm down
SE: Choosing to breathe and know I’m safe
UE: Right this minute I choose to just feel and tap
UN: Just feel and tap
CH: Scream and tap
CB: Cry and tap
UA: Acknowledging each time I tap instead of eat
TH: Acknowledging my commitment to being calm and peaceful

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: When I’m calm the food-voices are barely there---oops there they are---back to feel and tap---ahhhhh, I am committed to making me a priority

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to one happy, healthy body and it’s easy---NOW”

Self-care

4/29/2013

Often we dread our commitments to say physical exercise, let’s borrow benefits and tap to change our thoughts around health

KC: Even though I hate physical exercise---let alone going to the gym----I acknowledge how resistant I am and choose to view it differently
KC: Even though I HATE exercising---I’m open to accepting my feelings and shifting them
KC: Even though I’d rather sit and watch TV and eat---I love how my body feels when I make healthier choices and I want to focus on that

EB: I hate exercising
SE: Being sweaty and smelly
UE: Being sore
UN: Working up an appetite
CH: And then NOT being able to eat junk food
CB: It’s not fair
UA: I hate this
TH: I don’t want to like exercise

EB: I’m too tired
SE: I don’t have time
UE: I do like how my body feels
UN: Animals enjoy their walks
CH: Maybe I can choose to at least walk one mile a day
CB: What if I could have a good time
UA: Noticing my favorite yard
TH: I don’t have to love walking

EB: I can simply challenge myself
SE: To find at least one thing I enjoy on my walk
UE: After one mile
UN: Stretch
CH: Eat a salad
CB: Even if I do it every other day
UA: That’s a huge start
TH: Noticing how I FEEL afterward

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: Noticing and appreciating my body and respecting it enough NOT to give up
on myself or my body

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am
committed to one happy, healthy body and it CAN be easy and simple---NOW”

Self-care

4/26/2013

Often we don’t acknowledge where we are health-wise. Let’s borrow benefits and tap to change our thoughts around health

KC: Even though I did it again and let my body get run down and now I choose to focus on what is functioning well in my body
KC: Even though it’s real easy to focus on my fatigue or headache or backache---I choose to focus on what is feeling great
KC: Even though I’m in the habit of focusing on what is wrong with me and my body---I’m open to shifting this

EB: I’ve marinated in fear
SE: That it will always be something
UE: That I’ll never be healthy
UN: That I’m too weak to stay positive
CH: That I’m too conditioned to think differently
CB: That I’m just one of those people who catches every sickness that goes around
UA: I expect to not be healthy all the time
TH: I expect that I’ll cave and not take care of myself

EB: I expect that it’s too late to change
SE: You know what
UE: I can change my mind
UN: It’s okay
CH: I can keep changing my mind
CB: Back to the positive
UA: To know that I WANT to feel healthy
TH: I WANT to feel stronger

EB: I can choose to acknowledge each time I notice I’m feeling good
SE: Acknowledge that when my right hip hurts
UE: My left one feels fine
UN: To focus on my left hip
CH: To acknowledge the pain in my right
CB: And ask it to realign with the energy in the left
UA: To see that my health will improve each time I do that
TH: To focus on how great it will feel to have 2 hips that are pain free

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: To focus on my body re-booting itself and thriving and healthy---that is the vision I want for my body

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to one happy, healthy and vibrant life and that makes me happy”

Have a great weekend!

Self-care

4/25/2013

Often we put ourselves last on the list. Let’s borrow benefits and tap to change our thoughts around health

KC: Even though I never think of my body as a priority---I acknowledge this and am open to changing it
KC: Even though everyone else comes first---I’m open to looking at this differently
KC: Even though my health is not what it should be---I’m open to seeing how I can change this

EB: I’m so busy
SE: I don’t have time to take care of myself
UE: My life is in chaos
UN: I want to and then
CH: I get overwhelmed and
CB: Next thing you know I’m sick
UA: Or, feel too fat
TH: Or, get a headache

EB: Or, yikes it never ends
SE: I want to be a priority
UE: I never appreciate being healthy until
UN: it’s too late
CH: I want to take care of myself
CB: I have to put myself back on the list
UA: I’m open making my health as a priority
TH: I can carry fruit

EB: I can park further from the door
SE: I can look for how great my body feels
UE: I can have my friends and family support me when I make healthy choices
UN: I can be proud of myself for putting me back on the list
CH: Even if it’s just one change
CB: I love being healthy
UA: I’m committed to being healthy
TH: I’m changing my old behavior

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: I’m focusing on one thing I can do each day that is a healthy choice

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to one happy, healthy and joyful life and I choose to focus on the rightness of me”

Resolutions

4/24/2013

Allowing yourself to receive intuitive guidance
Let’s borrow benefits and tap some charge off

KC: Even though I have my doubts about receiving intuitive guidance---what do I have to lose by trying
KC: Even though I have my doubts that I’ll receive any kind of guidance---I’m open to shifting my thinking and being on the lookout for good things coming my way
KC: Even though it feels like a bunch of nonsense ---I acknowledge this and know that negative attention hasn’t gotten me anywhere so what the heck

EB: I feel like a grade A nut-job
SE: What am I doing
UE: Trusting the universe is gonna help me out
UN: What am I thinking
CH: I am always on red-alert for the negative results and experiences
CB: What if I just got excited to find evidence of at least one good thing happening to me each
day
UA: Like one healthy craving
TH: One healthy choice in any area of my life

EB: Letting life flow to me
SE: Getting excited over the miracle that shows up
UE: Even if it’s a parking space that is close to the store door
UN: That would be a fun resolution
CH: To resolve to find one good thing each day
CB: That would sure help firm up my commitment
UA: That sounds exciting
TH: I bet good things show up all the time and I just don’t notice them

EB: It’s an easy commitment
SE: Noticing fun and support
UE: Building on what is right in my life
UN: WOW, easy
CH: Allowing myself to live in flow
CB: Noticing the hunches
UA: I bet they are there
TH: It might be a hunch to laugh at myself

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: I have a hunch this might be a good thing

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to one happy, healthy, whole life and that make me happy---and it’s easy”

Resolutions

4/23/2013

Giving yourself permission to let the old tension and stories go
Oh no, the spring is here and soon---swim suit time
Let’s borrow benefits and tap some charge off

KC: Even though this reminds me of all the other times I tried to lose the winter weight---I acknowledge this and am open to this year it being different
KC: Even though I’ve been doing the best I could---I acknowledge that my fear is just an echo of the past trying to keep me safe from disappointment ---that’s what sabotaging is all about
KC: Even though I’m worried I’ll fail again this year---I acknowledge I’m more empowered now and
maybe this time it will be different

EB: My brain
SE: All this flashing back to past failures
UE: I feel defeated
UN: I want to just accept my weight gain
CH: I don’t know how to let it go
CB: All this mental pressure
UA: It’s who I am
TH: A loser

EB: That’s my identity
SE: It keeps me fat
UE: It keeps me safe in a box
UN: I want to change this
CH: It’s time to put on my big-girl-panties and decide what I want
CB: My body knows what’s right for me
UA: Maybe I can start communicating with it
TH: Maybe it only wants to lose 5 lbs this year

EB: My heart knows what’s right
SE: What if I just focused on eating healthier
UE: What if this is an opportunity to nurture my body
UN: To just give it healthier food
CH: No starving and struggle
CB: Just seeing my body as an allie
UA: Partnering instead of beating each other up
TH: I choose to let go of the past starving and struggle and focus on eating right

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: I can always go back to the struggle if I want; but, for today I choose to eat light and right for my body

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to partnering with my body and returning to send the struggle and starving”

Resolutions

4/22/2013

Thinking I can’t do it alone
Oh no, the spring is here and soon---swim suit time
Let’s borrow benefits and tap some charge off

KC: Even though I think I need the approval and support of others---I’m open to seeing I have the power and authority
KC: Even though I see how I’ve given my power away in the past which may have led to my sabotaging myself---I’m open to seeing that it has to be for me and I have the power
KC: Even though it feels impossible to take responsibility---guess what---it might feel awesome and
empowering and liberating and freeing---what’s not to like about that

EB: I always wanted to have their approval
SE: They only like it when I fail like them
UE: That’s not approval
UN: That’s a condition
CH: I’m ready to ditch the need for their approval
CB: I’ve been taking on their goals
UA: And how they get in shape and diet
TH: It has to be THEIR way

EB: I know what works for my body
SE: I like to see what my body likes
UE: Maybe it will feel better eating carrot slices
UN: I don’t know until I try
CH: I don’t need to ask them what they think
CB: I always wanted their approval
UA: I’m not going to get it
TH: I might as well have the body I want and on my terms

EB: I need to focus on my story
SE: Trying different foods seeing what I like
UE: Seeing what kind of exercise my body likes
UN: Maybe I’d rather walk outside then go to a gym
CH: Maybe I prefer Tai Chi
CB: WOW, freedom to explore and choose what works for me
UA: That’s empowering
TH: I’m getting excited

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: Maybe the fear is really excitement that I get to play with this to see what works for me

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I’m committed to one happy, healthy body and that makes me happy”

Resolutions

4/19/2013

Reminders of a past failure
Oh no, the spring is here and soon---swim suit time
Let’s borrow benefits and tap some charge off

KC: Even though I’ve been telling myself that I’m doomed to fail---I’m open to that not being true
KC: Even though I’ve been telling the story of my failure---what if I admitted I was denying what I really want
KC: Even though in the past I failed because I made it about perfection instead of what I really
wanted---freedom from old stories and beliefs

EB: My parents always sabotaged their diets
SE: All my friends failed
UE: It’s the “party line”
UN: That’s what we all talk about
CH: That’s all we read about
CB: I want freedom
UA: I want to focus on success
TH: I want to talk about travel

EB: Not what’s wrong with me
SE: What if I shifted my thinking
UE: Not that I’m making a resolution to lose weight by a certain date
UN: But to focus on how well I take care of myself
CH: To notice when I make really good choices
CB: To free myself from old stories
UA: To see that the past is over
TH: I have the power to focus on a new story

EB: Who has the power
SE: Me
UE: I don’t have to broadcast it if I don’t want to
UN: I can keep a journal of all my successes
CH: Choosing sliced carrots instead of chips with my sandwich
CB: Being grateful that I won’t be retaining fluid from the salty chips
UA: That I have the power to just smile and choose chips once a month but not today
TH: I’m free to choose and that is powerful

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: I choose to change the story and to notice the new story emerging

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I’m committed to one happy, healthy victory story and that makes me happy and resolved”

Have a great weekend!

Resolutions

4/18/2013

General feeling of failure
Oh no, the spring is here and soon---swim suit time. Let’s borrow benefits and tap some charge off

KC: Even though I want to lose my winter weight gain a part of me believes I can’t lose it and I acknowledge this and am open to changing this
KC: Even though I don’t think I’ll succeed because I never have in the past---I acknowledge this and am open to changing this
KC: Even though I’m feeling hopeless and my stomach is in a knot and I want to run to the food---I
acknowledge this and am open to shifting my perspective

EB: I can’t do this
SE: I’ve always failed
UE: I do fine and then whammmmm
UN: I gain it all back
CH: I bet I do it again
CB: No matter how much I tap
UA: It happens all the time
TH: I’m tired of this

EB: This tension in my stomach just thinking about it
SE: What if I felt the pain and tapped
UE: Then I might be able to let some of the tension go
UN: Not feeling so resistant
CH: I can’t I’m so panicked
CB: I don’t want to know why my body hurts
UA: I don’t want to face all the times I let myself down
TH: There are so many times

EB: All the shame guilt
SE: But, I do want to think about it differently
UE: What if I thought about it as doing something good for me
UN: Thinking and focusing on what I want
CH: A happy healthy body
CB: Even if I succeed every other day on my diet
UA: That’s huge
TH: I can focus on the successes

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: Knowing it’s a process and that my mind only wants to focus on the failure---I choose to focus on the successes

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to focusing on the successes and choose to start establishing new neural pathways and experiences to remember”

Family visits

4/17/2013

Oh, those expected visits---they descend on your place. Let’s borrow benefits and tap out some stress.

KC: Even though I’m still feeling overwhelmed I feel better after realizing I can’t change them
KC: Even though I wish they would appreciate me more---I acknowledge the frustration and disappointment and admit I can only change me
KC: Even though I feel stressed I can also acknowledge that I am dealing with all this in a new way and YEA---Me---I can choose to notice their points of view and not take it personally

EB: That’s crazy
SE: Everyone knows my family is nuts
UE: It’s going to be too much
UN: If I’m peaceful they’ll think I’m on drugs
CH: There goes the rumor mill
CB: What if I let them think whatever they wanted
UA: They do anyway
TH: Imagine me choosing to be calm and relaxed

EB: Image if I just noticed and laughed inside
SE: Everyone knows they are crazy and bizarre
UE: So why not enjoy the show
UN: Even when they attack me
CH: Maybe at least a few times I can see it for what it is
CB: A comedy
UA: Being grateful for the comedy
TH: The more serene I am the crazier it will make them

EB: Like a hidden camera
SE: That’s how I can view it
UE: I can choose to be relaxed
UN: To notice their “interesting points of view and behaviors”
CH: And be true to what is right for me
CB: Not arguing
UA: Just noticing and going to the bathroom and tap out any frustration
TH: Breathe in gratitude and to know that I get to practice what I believe

Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth- ahhhh

CB: That I am committed to and worthy of one happy and peaceful life --- and no matter what shows up I can be grateful for my tools

When the limiting thoughts come back tap on the UE and say or think: “I am committed to one happy and peaceful life even when family comes to
visit”