Tapping Q & A - Getting the most out of tapping and EFT
Episodes
Pod #113: How Carrying An Eraser In My Pocket Changed The Way I Tap
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
One of the questions I receive a lot from people new to tapping is, "Aren't you worried that you will tap something bad in?" That is a reasonable con...
Pod #112: Discover Why You Are Sabotaging Yourself
22 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Last weekend I had the chance to speak at the Spring EFT & Energy Gathering (Northeastern USA) just outside NYC. I was asked to speak on EFT and Self-...
Pod #111: EFT for Smoking w/ Sue Beer
15 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On some level most people who smoke really want to quit. Even though the will to change is strong in the larger context of their lives, it is really h...
Pod #110: FasterEFT w/ Robert G. Smith
08 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
I recently did a survey of some of my favorite professional tappers. One of the questions I asked was, "Who in the field is doing the most controversi...
Pod #109: How To Use EFT In The Absence Of Specific Memories w/ Lindsay Kenny
01 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes there is a clear entry point to a problem. There is a past moment we keep reliving where we see exactly what went wrong. Other times there i...
Pod #108: EFT For Fear of Rejection In The Age Of Invitation w/ Rick Wilkes
24 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We live in interesting times. Every morning when I wake up I am bombarded with friend requests, invitations to attend events, fund projects, and try n...
Pod #107: When We Care So Much That The World Becomes A Painful Place
17 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Most of my readers, listeners, and clients are big hearted people. Not only do they see the obstacles in their own lives, but they recognize the strug...
Pod #106: EFT For When We Can't Trust Our Self w/ Andy Bryce
10 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
When I am working with clients one of the things I keep in mind with all behavior is that when someone makes a choice they are making the best choice ...
Pod #105: What Mistakes Do Beginner And Pro Tappers Make & The Most Effective Ways To Tap
27 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few weeks I have shared with you thoughts from some of my favorite tappers. I asked them what mistakes beginners and pros make, as well ...
Pod #104: EFT For Feeling Invisible And Being Invisible w/ Rue Hass
20 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In my client sessions and even in my personal tapping I have noticed an interesting internal conflict. On the one hand we want to be seen, noticed, an...
Pod #103: Using EFT To Deal With The Fears Of Being A Practitioner w/ Jenn Goddard
13 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In my client sessions and even in my personal tapping I have noticed an interesting internal conflict. On the one hand we want to be seen, noticed, an...
Pod #102: EFT For Chronic Illness w/ Annabel Fisher
06 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
There are few things more frustrating than chronic illness. In addition to the pain and suffering that come with the illness there is also the way tha...
Pod #101: What Happens When We Heal But Our Life Is No Different
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
EFT is a powerful tool when it comes to healing and transformation. Burdens and wounds that we have carried for decades can be cleared. It is an amazi...
Pod #100: The Web Of Life w/ Gwyneth Moss
20 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We do not live in a vacuum. Not only do the choices we make impact others (and vice versa) in the moment, but there is also a lasting impact from the ...
Pod #99: EFT For Resentment w/ Gwenn Bonnell
13 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Gwenn Bonnell is always one of my favorite guests on the Tapping Q and A Podcast because every time I talk to her I learn something new. This intervie...
Pod #97: Dealing With Misperceptions That Can Hinder The Healing Process w/ Dr. Shoshana Garfield, PhD
23 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest struggles we have in doing any sort of transformational work is the fact that it is possible for us to NOT see the issue at hand cl...
Pod #96: Best Practices To Get The Most Out Of EFT w/ Dawson Church, Ph.D.
09 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
EFT is a very powerful tool for bringing about change and can be used in many different settings. It can be done alone, with a practitioner, in groups...
EFT For Self Love And The Power Of Self-Love w/ Brad Yates (Pod #95)
02 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
It is very easy to say (especially in tough times) "All we need is love". The hard part is to know what that means beyond bumper sticker sentimentalit...
Pod #94: How To Get The Most Out Of Self Directed Self Help And Self Directed EFT w/ Maggie Adkins
12 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I bet you are like me. Somewhere in your home or office there is a large pile of self-help books, cds, and dvds. In addition to this physical pile of ...
Pod #93: Getting EFT Into Schools w/ Till Schilling
22 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to teaching tapping children are one of my favorite groups. They take to tapping right away because they don’t have many of the hang-u...
Pod #91: The Most Forgotten & Most Powerful EFT Point - Gamut Point w/ Karin Davidson
01 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that healing from a tapping session can be spontaneously reversed? It doesn’t happen all the time, but it happens more often than you ...
Pod #90: EFT To Quiet The Inner Critic w/ Judy Byrne
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a good relationship with your inner critic? Very few people answer that question in a positive way because to most of us it is nothing mo...
Pod #89: EFT For Shyness (Which Isn't About Shyness) w/ Tania A. Prince
11 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes when I prepare for an interview I have a really good idea about what we are going to talk about. I am very familiar with the topic, the gues...
Pod #88: I Am Better At Teaching EFT Because Of My Time In Jail
04 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Since Feb of 2011 I have had the opportunity to be part of teaching an advanced anger management class to inmates in a local jail. I consistently desc...
Pod #87: EFT For Shoulders And Shoulds w/ Gwenn Bonnell
27 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In preparing for the podcast I usually exchange a few emails and do a pre-interview with the guest to figure out what topic we will cover and to creat...
Pod #86: EFT For Feeling Overwhelmed w/ Carol Look
30 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Stress is not becoming a part of our daily lives, it is already part of our daily lives. What is now common is that we moving from a general level of ...
Pod #85: EFT For Money, Success, and Personal Power w/ Margaret M. Lynch
23 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
"Manifesting" more money in our lives is not about sitting in a dark room with our eyes closed, listening to instrumental music, and imagining that we...
Pod #84: Using EFT And Tapping With Your Inner Committee w/ Ann Ross
09 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
One of the keys to effective EFT and tapping is to be clearly tuned into the issue we want to address. There are lots of creative ways of doing this. ...
Pod #83: The EFT Photo Technique w/ Marie Holliday
02 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The key to effective tapping/EFT is being able to tune into the issues that need work. There are many ways of doing this. The most common way is to sa...
Pod #82: How Parents Can Tap For Their Children (And Themselves) w/ Carol Tuttle
25 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Often when parents come to tapping they are looking for something to fix or change their children. In reality, when we are surrogate tapping for oth...
Pod #81: Celebration, Law of Attraction, And A New Way To Understand It w/ Carol Look
18 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I think that giving thanks and celebrating big and small successes is a really important thing to do. It is also important to recognize the gifts that...
Pod #80: Using Sounds And Tones While Tapping w/ Andy Bryce
11 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For tapping to be successful we need to tune into the issue at hand. There are many tools and techniques to do this. In this interview I talk to Andy ...
Pod #79: Reversals and Resistance w/ Lindsay Kenny
04 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Reversal, psychological reversal, polarity reversal, and secondary benefit are all terms which are thrown around a lot when working with tapping. They...
Pod #78: Being Addicted to Our Emotions w/ Stacey Vornbrock
21 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions are more than just what we feel. When we experience an emotion there are many things happening at a biochemical and cellular level. In this i...
Pod #77: Understanding And Tapping For Shame w/ Rhona Clews
14 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Shame is the most powerful, self-defeating and crippling of emotions. In this interview I talk to Rhona Clews about the power of shame, how it is crea...
Pod #76: Scientific and Psychological Research On Tapping and EFT w/ Dawson Church, Ph.D
05 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t know about you, but I constantly find myself answering questions about EFT and tapping. It is great that we can draw from on personal experi...
Bonus Pod #28: Tapping Tool To Ensure You Don't Bring Stress Home From Work
28 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our working lives can be stressful. The last thing we want to do is bring that stress and worry home. Here is a great little tapping technique that yo...
Tapping For The Power Of Identity w/ Brad Yates (Pod #75)
22 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
I want you to imagine you are meeting someone for the very first time. They know nothing about you. You have to describe yourself to that person, but ...
Pod #74: Care For Those Who Care For Others w/ Ron Ball
15 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
There are times when we find ourselves caring for someone who is going through something major, be it a physical or mental issue. We want nothing but ...
Pod #73: Why I Hate The Word Manifest - A Conversation About What We Create, What We Responsible For, and How To Make Choices
08 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
There is a lot of talk about the idea of what we manifest in our lives, both positive and negative. I personally think that we pay too much attention ...
Pod #72: Strengthening Romantic Relationships with Tapping/EFT w/ Alina Frank
01 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our romantic relationships take up a great deal of our time and energy. They can bring us great joy and great frustration (and sometimes both at the s...
Pod #71: Using Metaphors For Healing w/ Rue Hass
25 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When I am setting up interviews for the podcast I normally ask my guest, "What is the thing that really gets your juices flowing? It doesn't have to b...
Pod #70: Recovering Self – A Healing Manifesto
18 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A manifesto is nothing more than a statement of beliefs. This is what I believe about the healing process. This is not about tapping the tool, but wha...
Pod #69: What Google and Zappos Know About Emotions That You Should Know Too w/ Paul Zelizer
11 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The history of business is a history about how companies and organizations can be more efficient. Much of this work is about how companies and organiz...
Pod #68: Therapy v. Discipleship w/ Jake Khym
04 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the practitioners I know are very spiritual people, but for one reason or another they are not connected to a particular denomination or faith...
Pod #67: Creating A Tapping Community Of Support w/ Stephen W. Carter
03 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be honest: Tapping/EFT looks weird when you do it, sounds weird when you explain it, and really is just plain weird. At least once a week as I e...
Pod #66: Fear As The Root Of Other Issues w/ Colleen Flanagan
27 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
From my point of view the opposite of love is not hate, but instead fear. Fear is a very powerful force. It is very primal and is going to over ride m...
Pod #65: Tapping for Stress w/ Louise Woods
20 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Stress is one of the biggest issues of modern life but I think that it is talked about so much that sometimes we tune it out. We need to keep our eye ...
Pod #64: Thought Field Therapy w/ Joanne Callahan
09 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As more time passes few and few people are aware of the roots of tapping as we know it. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) as presented by Gary Craig ...
Self Love With Brad Yates (Pod #63)
02 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Doing this interview was particularly special to me. My guest Brad Yates was the person who first introduced me to Tapping/EFT. In this spirited conve...
Pod #62: Being Honest With Ourselves, Being In The Moment, and Other Thoughts w/ Jondi Whitis
22 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast my friend Jondi Whitis discuss a bunch of topics around tapping and healing. In the conversation we cover: Being able to be honest ...
Pod #61: Tapping for the effects of cancer w/ Deborah Miller PhD
15 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the EFT mantra, "Try it on everything!" Deborah Miller took this completely to heart. Today she visits a cancer ward five days a week wher...
Pod #60: EFT for Self Acceptance w/ Steve Wells
04 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest blocks for beginning tappers is using the setup phrase, "Even though...I love and accept myself." Sometimes we just don't believe i...
Pod #59: Fear of Public Speaking w/ Janet Hilts
20 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means t...
Pod #58: Tapping For Your Sex Life w/ Gina Parris
09 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In Pod #11: Tapping for Romantic Relationships I talked with Gina Parris about how we can tap to improve our romantic relationships. In this intervie...
Bonus Pod #20: The Round-Up
03 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the fall I asked 10 practitioners that I admire and respect to answer 5 questions about the healing process, the healing journey, and their wo...
Pod #57: Tools v Delivery, Clearing Resistance, Finding Roots Cause, and Worry v Fear
30 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This is a slightly different type of podcast. Instead of a straightforward teaching or an interview it is much more a conversation. The topic of the c...
Pod #56: Ritual, Daily Routine, And Find Peace w/ Jesse Jacobs
23 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Today's podcast is an interview with Jesse Jacobs and is little different. I first heard Jesse interviewed by Dan Benjamin on the business show "The P...
Pod #55: Cravings, Savoring Food, and 3 Steps To Approach Every Problem
26 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This is a slightly different type of podcast. Instead of a straightforward teaching or an interview it is much more a conversation. The topic of the c...
Pod #53: Fibromyalgia w/ Rue Hass
16 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
According to U.S. National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health Fibromyalgia is: a common syndrome in which people experience lon...
Pod #52: Self-Compassion w/ Rod Sherwin
02 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
When I approached my friend and fellow practitioner Rod Sherwin about what topic he wanted to talk about in a podcast interview he recommended a conve...
Pod #51: Money and Financial Success w/ Margaret M. Lynch
09 Jan 2011
Contributed by Lukas
There are few things more emotionally charged than money. Often one of the reasons we talk in terms of abundance and success is because we don't even ...
Pod #50: Business, Work, Stress and Trauma w/ Rick Wilkes
21 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We spend a great number of our waking hours at work. Not only do our working hours consume our time but also our emotions and our energy. In this inte...
Pod #49: Being Full Present In The Moment w/ Ted Robinson
07 Dec 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest challenges of the modern world is being fully present in the moment. Our attention seems constantly to be pulled in a million direc...
Pod #48: EFT For Physical Issues w/ Carol Look
29 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Tapping is great for physical pain and physical issues. When most people are introduced to tapping they learn to deal with pain by tapping on "this pa...
Pod #47: Adding Creative Imagination To Tapping w/ Betty Moore-Hafter
20 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things I love about Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is how flexible the tool set is. Not only is it a great stand-alone tool, but it is ...
Pod #46: EFT Inner RePatterning w/ Tania A. Prince
15 Nov 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest hang-ups my clients have when tapping on their own is knowing what tune into and how to find past memories or core issues. Tania A ...
Pod #45: Three Step Approach To Surrogate Tapping w/ Gwyneth Moss
24 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the questions I get the most often into the site is about surrogate tapping. In this interview Gwyneth explains how she came to understand the ...
Pod #44: Interviewing, Being Interviewed and Lessons Learned w/ Jessica Ortner
11 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few years I have been lucky enough to get to know Jessica Ortner through a number of projects. She just has a wonderful, joyful spirit. ...
Pod #43: Getting Out Of Your Own Way
02 Oct 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the time the problem isn't knowing what we want. Usually the problem is taking the steps that we know we should take to move forward. In these...
Pod #42: Carrying Burdens For Others and Generational Work
22 Sep 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Carrying an emotional burden for someone else is a very high act of love, but it can have consequences for our own emotions and health. In this epis...
Pod #41: Power of Forgiveness
24 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most powerful tools in transformation is our ability to forgive ourselves and others. When we forgive we are not saying it is ok. We ar...
Pod #40: Questions and Answers About Tapping
23 Aug 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Gene host's a radio program every other Tuesday @ Emotional Freedom Techniques Community Radio. In the most recent show Gene answered questions from b...
Pod #39: Questions and Answer
01 Jul 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gene answered: I would like to know is why I just get temporaries results with EFT and tapping ?? and Why I don´t get good results with,...
Pod #38: EFT/Tapping, Religious Traditions, and Spiritual Practice
19 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the conversations I have most often around Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping is how it relates to religious traditions and spiritual pr...
Pod #37: Tapping for Trauma w/ Gwyneth Moss
09 Jun 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Trauma is one of the words that we throw around when talking about difficult times. In this interview I talk with EFT Master Gwyneth Moss about the tr...
Pod #36: Questions and Answers About Tapping
31 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gene answered: Will tapping right before bed keep you up? Is it possible to tap for things that happen that our subconscious mind is per...
Pod #35: Improving Performance or Learning with Tapping w/ Jared Tendler
21 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Our ability to be successful with any task is not dependent just on our skill set, but also our mental frame of mind before, during, and after we take...
Pod #34: Using NLP Logical Levels w/ Wil Horton
06 May 2010
Contributed by Lukas
In a number of Gary Craig's original EFT DVDs he talked about how helpful knowing and understanding NLP concepts are. I can speak from my own experi...
Pod #33: Two Keys To A Thriving Practice w/ Carol Look
26 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
As time passes I am increasingly working with clients on building their own practices. There is a real feeling of "try it on everything" in the Emot...
Pod #32: Questions and Answers About Tapping
16 Apr 2010
Contributed by Lukas
This week Gene answered: Have been tapping for an issue that has been with me for a while. I am making great progress, but when I tap all sorts o...
Pod #31: Using NLP with Tapping
29 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a powerful tool and can help you to understand where you are standing and help you to make choices to transform ...
Pod #30: Keys For Marketing Mastery w/ Pamela Bruner
19 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us who have private practices or want private practices want to spend our time helping our clients. We don't want to spend time marketing. ...
Pod #29: Turning Your Issues Into Allies In 9 Easy Steps
10 Mar 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most powerful insights I have had in my practice in the last 18 months was the recognition that every issue we have is trying to serve us i...
Pod #28: It's Not Surrogate But It Helps Others To Make Different Choices
26 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
I often receive questions about how to tap in order to change someone else’s behavior. There are some very specific implementations of surrogate Emo...
Pod #27: EFT For Your Professional Life w/ Pamela Bruner
01 Feb 2010
Contributed by Lukas
We spend up to one half of our waking hours at work. Not only is it important that we have an effective way of dealing with the stress of our jobs, ...
Pod #26: Weight and Emotion w/ Catherine Poole
25 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
[Note: This is part 3 of a 10 part series on using EFT/Tapping for weight release with a new article or podcast being added every 10 days. The complet...
Pod #25: Psychological Reversal w/ Gwenn Bonnell
18 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most often used terms and at the same time most misunderstood term used by people in the Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping communit...
Pod #24: Fear, Anxiety, Safety, and Freedom w/ Rick Wilkes
09 Jan 2010
Contributed by Lukas
Writing a description of an interview with Rick Wilkes is always a difficult task. On the surface there is the topic at hand for the interview, but wh...
Pod #23: Getting To The Root Of A Current Issue w/ Tania A Prince
31 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most difficult parts of using Emotional Freedom Techniques(EFT)/tapping effectively is in trying to figure out the root cause of the emotio...
Pod #22: Tapping Insiders Club – Ask The Expert
23 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Each month the Tapping Insiders Club does an "Ask The Expert" interview where they pose questions from their members to a tapping practitioner. For th...
Pod #21: Zapping Cravings w/ Pat Carrington
09 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most common uses of tapping is weight release and craving control. In this interview Pat talks about the basic steps we need to take to be ...
Pod #20: Taking Your Tapping To The Next Level with Pamela Bruner
06 Dec 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Pod #19: Color, Emotions, and the Holidays with Catherine Poole
22 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Holidays are very busy emotional times. The last 10 weeks of the year are jam packed with holidays, each with their own special meaning and traditions...
Pod #18: Work Related Stress Effects On Performance, Health, & Emotional Well Being w/ Lynne Shaner
17 Nov 2009
Contributed by Lukas
We spend as much as half of our waking life at work, thinking about work, or commuting. In this podcast I talk to Lynne Shaner about why it is so impo...
Pod #17: Bridging From Physical Feelings To The Emotion and Memories That Are Underneath
29 Oct 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast I share part of a client session around the issue of quitting smoking. Even if you are not a smoker you will find this helpful and inf...
Pod #16: EFT and the Brain w/ Robert Kendall
15 Sep 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss how tapping affects the brain and the biochemistry of the body, and how this in turn affects the way new cells are produced...
Bonus Pod #2: How A Parent Can Tap For Their Child
29 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
I am asked all the time by parents about how they can surrogately tap for their children. There is a great deal of confusion around what to say and wh...
Pod #15: Tapping for Financial Success w/ AnaMaria Herrera
04 Aug 2009
Contributed by Lukas
In this day and age financial success seems to be on everyone's mind. For those of us who have been doing change work we know there is much more to th...
Pod #14: Tapping for Animals w/ Susanne Peach
07 Jul 2009
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)/tapping is not only a powerful tool in transforming our own lives, but we can use it to care for our loved ones. Th...