How can I trust God? I’m so mad and hurt by the things that have happened in my life, and recently I got some unexpected bad news. I heard one of you say that God can handle any of our emotions. But I’m afraid if I show God my anger, he’ll punish me.  – Andi

Note: Different people have different words for “all that is”. Some people call it Source, Universe, God, Higher Power…there are hundreds of names. Law of Attraction just assumes that there is something larger than ourselves, and that something is benevolent, loving, and kind. Feel free to change the word God to whatever works for you, and use he or she or it to refer to that power as you feel comfortable. Because Andi used “God”, that’s the word we’ll use in this article. We don’t think God cares what we call her/him/it, as long as we call…

God can handle whatever you feel. Including the bad stuff, including the blame and anger. Some of us grow up thinking we can hide our emotions and thoughts from God, and still have a connection- but its hard to feel open and trusting of anyone if we have “secrets.” And if God is all knowing, wouldn’t he/she already know you were angry?

We understand. It’s hard to trust God when so much has happened in your life. And if you’re feeling ungrateful, it’s really okay to say that and express it. We do feel awful sometimes. We are ungrateful sometimes. If we tap, we don’t have to stay there… but trying to force yourself out of that feeling before you’re ready doesn’t work really well. It just leaves us resentful and disconnected.

If it feels right, you can do some more tapping on this. We have been really honest with God about what we felt, including calling God lots of really bad names and sharing hatred and fury and resentment. Neither of us have been struck by lightening yet… and we felt calmer and more connected afterwards. (Cathy adds: I personally have used stronger words than are in this script, too. If cursing feels right, let God have it! While you tap, of course…) Feel free to change the words as you like.

Karate Chop: Hi God. I want you to know I HATE you… You BETRAYED me… You LET ME DOWN… I’ve been working so hard, trying to heal and feel more connected to you and you send me THIS?! How can I possibly trust you?!

You’re supposed to be so powerful, and you let this happen. What were you thinking?! I feel like you don’t love me and that crushes my heart. I am SO mad at you and I want to hurt you somehow.

Part of me is afraid to tell you this, but it is the truth. I want to trust you and feel loved by you, but this hurts too much. This is too big. I want to kick you in the shins. I want to pull your hair. I am afraid you’ll punish me for being angry…but I’m open to feeling your calm, loving, forgiving presence instead.

Top of the Head: I HATE you God.
Eyebrow: How could you let this happen?
Side of the Eye: Why would you allow this?
Under the Eye: I don’t understand.
Under the Nose: I try to be good.
Chin: I try to be loving.
Collarbone: And I’ve been working so hard.
Under the Arm: How can I trust you?

Top of the Head: I feel betrayed.
Eyebrow: I need to let this anger out.
Side of the Eye: I hope you’re strong enough to take it God.
Under the Eye: Cause here it comes!
Under the Nose: I HATE YOU.
Chin: You let me down!
Collarbone: I’m not sure how to trust you.
Under the Arm: Not after this!

Top of the Head: So much has happened.
Eyebrow: I’m not sure how to deal with this.
Side of the Eye: I could use your help with this anger.
Under the Eye: I could use some help with my fear.
Under the Nose: Even though I hate you…
Chin: Please help me.
Collarbone: Show me in LOTS of ways…
Under the Arm: That you love me deeply.
Top of the Head: And will help me through this.

Take a deep breath.

Does that help at all??

As scientists at heart, we like to base our beliefs at least SOMEWHAT on observation. We have not observed that anyone anywhere…no matter how holy or lovely or divine in their energy… is immune from: broken hearts, disease, cancer… you name it. Therefore, we cannot base OUR understanding of God on the notion that he is someone doling out favors and treats to the Good Boys and Girls… and punishing the others with disease. We see NO EVIDENCE of this.

We are not JUST physical Rick and Cathy. We have a non-physical reality, too. Call it spirit or soul, it is the Me, and the You, and the We that existed before we came into this earth world and will exist after and that has the eternal relationship with Source.

There may be places in this Universe where Souls go to have the Perfect Vacation… where fires only are used to roast marshmallows and keep us warm, where our arrivals and departures are always celebrated, where the food is always perfect and plentiful, the shoes always fit, and the friends are always true.

If there is such a Heaven, it is not this world. It is not this rock. It is not this vacation/incarnation.

We have friends whose idea of a great vacation is to rough it, to take only what they can carry on their back, to develop strength and endurance as they explore realms they have never seen before. We’d call them crazy… except…

It seems that life here on Earth for all of us is going to be a mix of deep intimacy and cold loneliness, of warm embraces and harsh breakups, of delicious foods savored with friends and… vomit. Who amongst us has not puked?

Loving God and trusting God seems to only come from knowing a broader truth, that Life is not begun and ended here, that on some deep level we are each an excited participant in a life here that challenges us… where our friends are challenged… where we cross new rivers and climb new mountains… even if we do so in pain and struggle and tears and shit. And at the end of THIS “vacation” we will most certainly have a story to tell. Just as we share our stories now.

We know that during the darkest times, when the noise gets stripped away, the God has guided us in making the “most” out of the precious time we get on this earth journey. By “most,” it doesn’t necessarily ever mean the most uninterrupted joy. It means sometimes moments of intimacy shared when sick, or when you hold someone’s hand because you would fall over if they were not there. The ONLY difference we can see between a cursed life and a Blessed Life is the perspective of the participant. And that, we do believe, we can always shift with God’s help.

Tapping while telling the truth of what you’re feeling RIGHT NOW, is powerful. And incredibly healing. Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to speak the truth, or to even admit what it is. Having the support of a caring and insightful group of people can make all the difference. It can sooth your soul and  bring peace much quicker. If you are interested in finding community to share with, there are groups on many cities and towns. Meetup.com and Yahoo Groups can be great places to find connection. And our Group Coaching Program is our personal favorite place to share honestly in a place of warmth and understanding.

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Would you ask a 3-year-old what house to buy? Do you ask a 5-year-old who to date? If you have unresolved traumas from when you were 3- or 5-years-old, these frozen memories may have more impact on these adult decisions than you might think. You can find out what might be blocking you by watching this 14-minute video…

Most people think of “trauma” as nasty car accidents, muggings, child abuse, and war. But to a 3-year-old, Mommy suddenly “disappearing” because of a new job can be traumatic if the child feels rejected or abandoned.

Being ridiculed at Show-and-Tell can affect how we hold ourselves in public, sometimes for the rest of our lives… if we don’t release the frozen pain of that experience.

“Small” traumas can affect our self-worth, our sense of safety, how much love we allow in, and how abundant we feel.

Traumas change our vibration… often below the level of consciousness (and thus, by the Law of Attraction, they affect what we draw into our life.)

Why is that? What is going on and how do we change this?

We have put together a video sharing how big and little traumas are held in the body and mind, and how we can release them.

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When we start feeling good, our fears can get in the way of enjoying contentment and self-acceptance. Especially if we haven’t had a lot of experience with basking in good feelings, we may be TERRIFIED of losing them.

The fear of losing good feelings can cause us to over-analyze, feel anxious, get nervous, or end up just plain worried. If our brain decides we MUST learn to hold onto these feelings and figure out how to get them back on demand we may think ourselves out of the good feelings before we have time to enjoy them. We may not feel safe relaxing into the feelings unless we first know for certain how to recreate them.

It is certainly possible to create opportunities for good feelings. But we can’t force them… any more than we can MAKE the sun shine. Learning to relax and allow the good times helps us enjoy life, gives us energy to heal our bodies and create our visions, and connects with people we love on a deeper level. Practice makes most things easier… as does tapping on the fears and anxiety that can come up.

Karate Chop: Even though I feel really good right this minute, and I love this feeling, I’m scared that it will go away and I’ll never find it again.

Even though I’m nervous, I’m not used to feeling this good… and my brain wants to analyze rather than enjoy… I’m open to relaxing and basking in this good feeling.

Even though I feel connected and supported, and it feels REALLY good, I’m scared of losing this feeling… and the fear makes it hard to enjoy this moment. I ask the Universe to help me be present right now, and allow these wonderful feelings.

Top of the Head: I feel really good!
Eyebrow: I’m so grateful!
Side of the Eye: But I’m scared of this feeling going away.
Under the Eye: I want to hold on.
Under the Nose: I keep strangling the good feelings…
Chin: With my worry and anxiety.
Collarbone: I really want to allow these feelings…
Under the Arm: But they’re so new to me, so precious.

Top of the Head: I’m not used to feeling this good.
Eyebrow: It feels strange, in a good way.
Side of the Eye: I’m afraid to lose this feeling,
Under the Eye: And the fear gets in my way.
Under the Nose: I send comfort to my primitive brain.
Chin: Maybe I don’t have to figure this one out.
Collarbone: What if I could just relax and enjoy this?
Under the Arm: What if I don’t have to do anything?

Top of the Head: I keep thinking I have to work to preserve this feeling.
Eyebrow: What if I could look at it as a gift?
Side of the Eye: I’d like to allow this feeling.
Under the Eye: Really enjoy it.
Under the Nose: It will go away eventually.
Chin: All feelings do.
Collarbone: But I can enjoy it right here, right now.
Under the Arm: I can even tap on how good I feel.
Top of the Head: I thank the Universe, and I invite more of these delicious feelings!

Take a deep breath.

Does it feel okay to let good feelings come and go, just like negative ones do? We can always come back to neutral with tapping and breathing. From neutral, good feelings aren’t that far away!

Do you have some childhood beliefs that get in the way of allowing good feelings? Did you decide that once you were good enough, you would ALWAYS feel good? Just like Cinderella and the Prince living happily ever after?

If you lose that good feeling, is it proof that you aren’t good enough? Or evidence that you failed again?

Tapping on those old decisions can give you freedom and allow more flow of joyful moments… without worrying that you’ll lose the glass slipper or never find your princess!

Childhood traumas can create all kinds of rules and decisions that “haunt” us, even decades later. Release them and find your joy by joining our Group Coaching program, or by purchasing our Childhood Trauma Relief package now!

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The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on, you get more of. What you pay attention to gets bigger… and plays bigger in your overall life experience.

So if you predominately focus on fears and lack… you get more of them! You feel like Life Sucks.

And if you predominately pay attention to all the positive things happening in your life, you get more of those things. You feel like Life Is Good… and Getting Better!

However… focusing on the positive is easier said than done. Why is that, when we all want to feel good?

Your Beliefs Drive Your Attention

Your beliefs are like the glasses you see the world through. If you have a belief that “life is hard and cruel” then your brain LITERALLY tunes itself to find all evidence that this is true.

But many of our most strongly held beliefs are “fixed” in our subconscious psyche before the age of 5. If you always saw Mom and Dad arguing about money and associate money with struggle and stress, your subconscious will want to avoid… MONEY!

You will find yourself sabotaging yourself… in weird ways that make no logical sense… no matter how much you consciously want more financial abundance in your life. (See Self-Sabotage).

The great thing with EFT / Energy Tapping is that we can shift those self-limiting beliefs, often quite quickly, and start attracting more of what we want into our lives.

One of the basic tenets of the Law of Attraction (LoA) is that the universe is predominantly a wonderful, abundant, loving place. If we are open to allowing abundance in our lives, we can receive it. Many of us were raised with beliefs that we must first “deserve” it, work hard for it, there is only a little bit, only other people get good things, etc.

As we shift those limiting beliefs, we find our lives becoming richer and full of possibilities. A wonderful resource for shifting those beliefs is Carol Look’s Book on Attracting Financial Abundance.

As we change our beliefs and our vibration, even slightly, we start attracting different things into our lives. Energy Tapping helps us change our vibration by identifying what is in our way and releasing it.

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We can also start noticing the thoughts and beliefs that direct our actions rather than operating on autopilot. What fears and negative beliefs cause us to reject a friend’s offer of help? Or make us stumble at a job interview we’d really like to go smoothly. As we identify the blocks, some tapping will often shift them out of our way.

We can tap on our beliefs around Scarcity, and Self-Judgments we have about abundance. As we release old rules and blocks, we find ourselves creating a business and lifestyle that is better than we ever dreamed possible!

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Thought: “I must be aware of bad things, and guarded about bad things, and I must watch out for bad things by trying to guide myself toward good things.”

By Law of Attraction: You can’t do both at the same time. You can’t watch out for bad things, and allow good things at the same time. It is vibrationally not possible.  (Abraham-Hicks)

You can’t watch MTV and expect to see classical opera. Indeed, if someone did expect to see opera, and was all depressed that MTV wasn’t showing it despite how many hours they watched, you’d think they were goofy. Yet, our thoughts reflect where we are vibrationally tuned. If we have habitually tuned to the Bad Feelings channel, there is but one option if you want to feel good. You INTENTIONALLY change the channel.

We are, as a culture, under the primitive superstition that people’s moods and attitudes are based on what is in their external environment. “The weather dictates my happiness.” Spend a half day as a coach, talking to people from all walks of life, and you know that external circumstances have nearly nothing to do with internal experience. There are miserable, suicidal people on yachts, and there are delighted people out in the bush with “nothing.” And there are miserable, suicidal people out in the bush with “nothing,” and there are delighted people on yachts. If you don’t know this to be true, you are not paying attention.

So why do we get so good at this self-loathing and being guarded about bad things?

First, we have two brains. The primitive one is highly attuned to threats, real or perceived. Face it, far better to run and climb the tree over “nothing” than to be eaten by the tiger. Right? But 99.9% of what our primitive brain interprets as a threat today simply is NOT. It is not life and death. I have clients who eat themselves up inside over the remote (not even logical) fear of losing their job when they would not starve. So all that fear energy is a hyperactive primitive brain perceiving false evidence as real. And then INSISTING it is right. Because it wants to keep you alive. And it doesn’t care a fraction of whether you are enjoying yourself or not. And ever since we were children, parents, teachers, friends, and family have manipulated this primitive brain to get what they want from us, keep us controlled, and “safe.”

Why else are we good at bad feelings? We have been taught to be “scientific” and good reporters of how things are or were. These are fine skills, if you want to repeat history. These are fine skills, if you want to get more of the same. Our power of observation sets our vibration, by default. Try this: watch the local evening news. Then turn it off and scan your body. How do you feel? In your heart? In your gut? In your head? What are you thinking about?

Then try listening to a half hour of music that you’d choose to feel uplifted. After a half hour, turn it off and scan your body. How do you feel? In your heart? In your gut? In your head? What are you thinking?

The local TV news is reality, isn’t it? Somewhere, some way, someone did something BAD to someone else. And you “need to know.” Right? RIGHT?

Your primitive brain thinks so. Your heart disagrees. What someone else created in a different “world” is not your world… except by focusing your thought on it makes it so. Your world, your entire life experience, is determined by the quality—the vibration—of your focused thoughts. And you have a choice. And as a child, you knew you had a choice.

How many of us started daydreaming in school when things got boring or unpleasant? RIGHT!! That is the intelligent, spiritually connected part of you co-creating a future world that is more pleasing to you, and practicing it in the present. Indeed, if you want to really start thriving… start dreaming. Allow yourself to grin from an inner pleasure of focusing even for a few seconds on a dream that feels good, and noticing and relishing the feeling.

Most of your life, you’ve probably been snapped back to “reality” by well-meaning but ignorant people who told you to get real, get serious, and get focused. Yes, get focused. And notice that when you focus on thoughts that are not pleasing to you, you worry. And when you worry, you feel tense. And when you feel tense, you feel pain. And when you feel pain, you suffer. And when you suffer, you feel like dying. And when you feel like dying, nothing in life is worth it.

You stand every moment at the fork in the road. You choose. Choose a thought that feels bad, and at the next fork choose another thought that feels bad or worse, and at the next do the same, and by the focus of your mind, you will be in Hell.

Or, choose a thought that feels just a tiny bit better, and at the next fork do the same, and at the next choose one that feels okay, and at the next fork choose one that’s hopeful, and at the next choose one that feels pretty darn good and you will have practiced the art of allowing yourself to thrive. Give yourself permission to get really, really good at choosing the fork—the thought&mash;that feels GOOD.

The Art of Allowing is finding a vibration that feels SO good when you find it, feels better and better as you maintain it, and gives you evidence of that connection through THRIVING.

The immediate response of that connection is joy in the moment (NOW). The long range evidence is abundance in all things you consider good—like health, relationships, and dollars.  —Abraham-Hicks, Phoenix 3/29/2003

We are immersed in a vibrational Universe. How we feel has everything to do with how we tune ourselves, which vibrational frequency we choose. Like tuning a radio, we can listen to KRAP or something more pleasing.

When we practice the Art of Allowing, we relax into thoughts that soothe us. When we notice a thought that brings us tension, pain, dis-ease, we can breathe, tap with EFT, pray, meditate, move, dance… something which helps us to re-tune.

When we get the hang of it, we develop thought patterns which feel GOOD. It really doesn’t matter much what they are. You can think about water and flowers or NASCAR racing. If it feels good to you, and you practice it, you are deepening in spiritual awareness of the infinite source of Well-Being. And, you feel joy in the moment. In other words, you are indeed Thriving NOW.

“You are an extension of that which is Source. Some call it God; some call it Energy; some call it consciousness. It does not matter what you call it. You will never be apart from it; it will always flow to you and through you. But you have powerful control about how much of it you let in, in any moment in time, and how much of it you deprive yourself of. And when you let it in, you thrive.”   —Abraham-Hicks, 10/24/04

by Abraham through Esther Hicks – http://www.abraham-hicks.com

The best phrase, and if you will utilize it you will feel Energy shift right away, is “What does it feel like to feel slender?” Or, “What does it feel like to feel prosperous?” You can put whatever word in there that is important to you. The reason that we want you to hear that, “What does it feel like to feel slender?” is because you’re screaming with every fiber of your being what it feels like to weigh more than you want. In other words, you know what it feels like to feel fat. You know what it feels like to feel uncomfortable. You know what that feels like, and the Universe is taking you at your feeling projection…

There’s power in the words “What does it feel like?” You see, you can generate the feeling just by wanting the feeling. Most of you go about it the hard way. You try to create a circumstance that will then generate a feeling response, but by going right for the feeling, the Universe will take you at your feeling vibration.

The Universe doesn’t ask for any justification. If you offered a feeling of being slender, The Universe wouldn’t say, “Aah, aah, aah. That’s not justified. You’re not slender yet.” The Universe does not know whether the vibration that you’re offering is because of something you’re observing or something you’re remembering or something that
you are imagining. It just receives the vibration and answers it with things that match it. And every part of the Universe including the cells of your body begin to respond to that vibration.

Rick comments: Tony Robbins said in a seminar, “Act as if…”. Act as if you were slender. Act as if you were powerful. Act as if you were a superhero. Act as if you were the most perfect friend in the whole world. To do that, we need to ask the question, “What does it feel like?” and then choose to embody that feeling. I often ask myself “What does it feel like to be thriving?” And from those feelings, really experiencing those feelings within me, my experience of life has become closer and closer to those feelings on a daily basis.

One of the ways in which EFT can assist us in activating the Law of Attraction is by using it in conjunction with practices like this one. “What is the feeling of being __________?” And then use EFT on the “Yes, but…” thoughts and feelings that arise. When you do, you can start relaxing and enjoying the feeling BEFORE in manifests in your life. Which, as strange as it seems, is a prerequisite to actually HAVING it manifest in your life.

Christina asks: I guess my main question is on life’s purpose.  I am currently reading the new book Abraham-Hicks book, The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent : Living the Art of Allowing.  From the very little that I have read so far, I get the feeling that our purpose on this earth is simply to enjoy this physical adventure… that there is no higher purpose than that.  Am I correct in assuming that?

Imagine that you have set a banquet of incredible deliciousness. There are choices for ALL tastes. Would you not want your guests to delight in what they personally found pleasing? The vegetarians could be oooooohhhing and aaaaahhhing over the scrumptuous green beans in virgin olive oil, perfectly steamed to a crispy aliveness. The carnivores would be grunting in deep pleasure over the perfect prime rib.

Or… Should the vegatarians spend their time arguing over the wrongness of the meat eaters to serve a Higher Purpose and the meat eaters defend themselves and slay the vegans to maintain their freedom to pursue food their body asks for?

Often times humans decide that their higher purpose is to heal the world. Or heal even one aspect of it. So they see something they don’t want and they focus their life force on changing it. Of course, such attention draws to it opposing forces. And the forces engage, based on the Law of Attraction.

If we set ourselves to a higher purpose that requires others to give up their freedom, well, we are setting ourselves against the Universe. Source expresses itself in INFINITE ways, including many ways we do not prefer.

Yet, by setting as our highest intention to Feel Good, and to selectively filter life’s “realities” to focus on those where we feel good, we can be at this infinite banquet and ONLY notice that which pleases us. That which does not will get so miniscule of our awareness that it is masked by what gives us joy.

Or not. As Abraham says, we are so VERY free that we can choose to enslave ourselves. Me? I’ll choose to feel good, because that… Feels GOOD! I’ve tried the other way, and it’s taste was not as pleasing to me. How about you?

Love,
Rick

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The Law of Attraction has been written about for decades, and many popular metaphysical teachers rave about its power.  The theory states that whatever you focus on, you will automatically attract in to your life;  there are no exceptions.

For Class #3 of my teleclass series, I ask participants what they are most focused on regarding their financial situation.  And if they aren’t sure of the answer, I invite them to look at the mixture of feedback in their lives in the form financial ease or struggle.  Then we tap to clear whatever seems to be blocking the flow of financial freedom.

One caller, “John” told the class he felt he needed to be in control for anything to work out in his life.  I asked him his theory about why he didn’t get anywhere financially, and he admitted he was holding on too tightly to everything—of his wife, of the checkbook, of his employees.  No matter what he did, he kept getting in the same binds financially.  He said he reminded himself of his father, a controlling alcoholic who worried about money all the time.  John never seemed to make any progress and truly felt stuck.  (When someone is stuck, they are actually just thinking the same equation of feelings about money, so it always evens out.)  We tapped as follows:

Karate Chop Point:

“Even though I feel stuck again, but I can’t release the control, I deeply and completely love and accept myself…”

“Even though I refuse to release the control, I choose to release the fear…”

“Even though I’m too afraid to release control and let it flow, I deeply and completely accept all of me anyway.”

Then we tapped on the 8 points:

Eyebrow:  I’m so stuck
Side of the eye: Don’t make me let go
Under the eye: I don’t feel safe unless I’m in control
Under the nose: I need to be in control
Chin: No I don’t
Collarbone: Yes, I do!
Under the arm:  I don’t feel safe about money
Top of the head:  I can’t release control.

Then we tapped a typical second round with more positive statements.

Eyebrow:  I choose to feel safe as I release control
Side of the eye: I can be safe when I’m not in control
Under the eye: I am in control now by feeling relaxed
Under the nose: I love feeling free
Chin: I deserve to attract financial abundance
Collarbone: I am a magnet for profitable opportunities
Under the arm:  I love attracting abundance
Top of the head:  I appreciate how easy it is to release the control

Another of the participants, “Cathy” informed the group that she must be “vibrating” at a level of poverty consciousness because she never had enough clients and the ones that call her always need drastically reduced fees anyway!  Her block in this area was glaring: she said she felt guilty being compensated for her work because she was a therapist, and “didn’t feel right asking for money.” We tapped as follows:

Karate Chop Point:

“Even though I don’t feel worthy of being compensated, I deeply and completely accept myself…”

“Even though I shouldn’t charge for the work I do…I should give it away, I accept my fears about what they’ll think of me…”

“Even though I don’t do enough for others, I deeply and completely accept who I am and how I feel.”

Eyebrow:  I shouldn’t be paid for my work
Side of the eye: I’m not good enough at it anyway
Under the eye: I don’t deserve to be paid
Under the nose: I shouldn’t ask for money
Chin: I feel guilty taking their money
Collarbone: I’m not worthy of a good salary
Under the arm: I’m not enough
Top of the head: There isn’t enough anyway

Then we repeated the shortcut round as follows:

Eyebrow:  There is enough
Side of the eye: I deserve to be paid
Under the eye: I’m good at what I do
Under the nose: I love a fair exchange
Chin: I love attracting clients who pay for their sessions
Collarbone: I appreciate all the financial abundance coming in
Under the arm: I attract the right number of clients
Top of the head: I realize getting paid is a good thing!

The next caller on the Law of Attraction class was “Jen.”  Jen’s theory about why she was stuck in a place of financial lack was that she never got any attention in her family  unless she failed.  She was afraid to succeed in her business because she expected her family to then ignore her.  They felt needed if they could help her out financially and emotionally.  Jen was an entirely competent worker and emotionally stable woman, and was on the verge of breaking through this limiting behavior.  She told the group she was afraid of the changes that would happen if she let herself attract (AND KEEP) money.  She had even been resisting doing the tapping because she suspected it would work and create this conflict about attention! We tapped as follows:

Karate Chop Point:

“Even though they won’t like me if I’m successful, I deeply and completely accept my desires…”

“Even though they need me to need them, I choose to accept that I have this conflict…”

“Even though I’m conflicted about being financially successful, I choose to release this conflict now.”

Eyebrow:  I’m conflicted about making money
Side of the eye: They need me to be poor
Under the eye:  They won’t pay attention unless I’m weak
Under the nose: I’m afraid of their envy
Chin: They’ll be mean to me if I’m successful
Collarbone: I have a huge conflict and don’t want to let go
Under the arm: Don’t make me let go
Top of the head:  I can’t let go of this conflict

Then for a more positive round:

Eyebrow:  I can make money and feel safe
Side of the eye: It’s none of my business what they think of me
Under the eye: I choose to feel successful now
Under the nose: I attract the right business opportunities
Chin: I release the sabotage behavior
Collarbone: I love feeling worthy of abundance
Under the arm: I appreciate attracting what I want
Top of the head:  I choose to love them anyway

As an assignment for the class, I recommend they write a brief Gratitude List at the end or beginning of every day.  The list needs to be real (don’t pretend you’re grateful if you’re not) and heartfelt.  Focusing on the feeling of gratitude and appreciation attracts more of what you want into your life.  Try it…it has changed lives.

PART 4 of this series focuses on the topic Claiming Abundance.  I will demonstrate more rounds of tapping for releasing remaining blocks and hopefully inspire you to claim success in every part of your life!