These 2006 sessions include focused teaching and open exploration, primarily facilitated by Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli with community contributors in some sessions.
Begin with one of the refined Guides below, or browse the original recordings chronologically. Each transcript was generated automatically and may contain errors.
Focused Guides
- Anger – 2006-03-10
- Anxiety – 2006-04-02
- Ask for What Is in Character—Then Decide What You Need
- Criticism – 2006-03-26
- Grief – 2006-03-19
- Guilt & Shame – 2006-03-19
- Jealousy and Envy – 2006-03-12
- Money Issues – 2006
- Out of Control! – 2006-03-14
- Overwhelm – 2006-04-03
- Physical Pain – 2006-03-05
- Picking Our Battles – 2006-03-12
- Prosperity, Trust, Selling – 2006-03-27
- Relationships – 2006-04-13
- Tend Your Own Fire Instead of Managing Everyone Else’s Mood
- Trust & Betrayal – 2006-04-09
- Wanting Is Not the Same as Demanding
- When Freaking Out Is the Only Exit Your System Trusts
- When Not Knowing What Others Think Feels Unsafe
- Why Self-Hate Can Feel Safer Than Self-Love
Explore the Original Sessions
The sessions are arranged chronologically. Recording titles and topic notes, where available, can help you find a useful starting point.
January 2006
January 18, 2006 — Open Call
00:45 – Business Negotiations; Feeling comfortable in the midst of business negotiations is a perfect application for EFT. The feelings that arise even as we consider percentage ownership can raise “horrible sensations of reproach and guilt” when an energy system disruption conflicts with what would be fair and reasonable. Often we can use EFT on the conflict, tapping different statements at each point to “wake things up” to be harmonized. This session ends with softening a belief using more empowering language, a crucial part of moving up the vibrational scale on any issue.; 29:30 – Knee Popping; Knee popping? In this session we ask the tissues involved in the movement and stability of the knee to be perfectly balanced, using EFT. We also talk about the physiological aspects of crossing legs, which puts strain on the knee joint. I also talk about the use of massage therapy and jostling the muscles to bring relief.; 41:45 – Getting Closure; The healing process is an intimate one. When we open our thoughts and energy to another person, and that person departs without closure, it can be energetically disruptive. There can be grief, anger, sadness. Who wouldn’t feel these emotions? So can EFT help? Yes, and we make a start here. I would also tap on all the different aspects that pop up whenever they do, as well as SPECIFIC EVENTS from the past that these emotions and body sensations remind you of.
January 22, 2006 — Open Call
01:15 – External Validation; When we’re working on an important project, something truly inspired from a place deep within us, we can get to a point where we might turn to others to validate our ideas. Here’s the problem: your inspiration, your divine guidance, is not the same as ANYONE else’s. There is NO substitute for your own personal guidance system. Of course, during our growing up years (and sometimes for many decades to follow), we are expected to validate our thoughts, dreams, and intentions by getting approval from the powerful people, the people in authority. And when they do not give us approval, or worse, they tell us we’re overreaching, the energetic impact can be signficant. Indeed, as Mima notes in her case, this man was “still in her head.”; 23:54 – I Want to be Graceful; What do you want to feel by being more graceful? And where does beauty come from? What is the source of grace? We also touch on tapping for the feelings we have over our feet not pointing straight forward (as well as some physiological approaches).; 40:00 – Shame & Fear of Not Doing Everything Necessary to Meet Family Expectations; A new business is ready to get off the ground, and her intuition ties it to a 2nd grade book reading contest and dropping out of college. She also mentions being the “odd duck” in the family who holds a lot of responsibilities she must fulfill in the family order.
January 22, 2006 — Open Call
05:22 – Start My Business; What does “starting a business” look like? Is it the busines cards, company name, website, business plan? Those are all aspects of the Action Journey of starting a business. And there are many books written about how to do those tasks. Yet, what I propose is that we have truly STARTED our business when we start dreaming, and we are enhancing the vibration of our business when we are taking the Emotional Journey, using EFT to clear blocks and resistance to feeling at peace with where we are in the present.; Most people talk about self-sabatoge, and that is one way to look at it. I prefer to say that when something has yet to manifest, we are simply not yet up to vibrational speed with our desires. There is a gap between where we are and where we want to be. Our emotional guidance system can help us to CLOSE that gap if we focus not on what is MISSING but rather celebrating even in small ways what has already appearing… like a client who we are seeing success with—whether there is money there or not.; 41:40 – Panic Making Decisions; What is the right time to make a decision, make a phone call, when is the best time to see a person, set schedule… everything is a Big Question. It’s all made more complicated when we don’t feel secure. “I hate making decisions in the DARK!” We talk about decoupling rejection and reclaiming your power.; 1:21:20 – Apex Effect; The Apex effect is where people deny that they had an energy disruption. And more talk about the healing process.
January 25, 2006 — Open Call
00:45 – Overwhelmed at Work; Too many deadlines, too many people to support, pressure from new boss… feel familiar? I work with Amy on her overwhelmed and feelings of not being good enough that start centered in her heart area with flutters and pressure to be something to everyone.; 28:10 – I Need to Feel Financial Desperation; Do we need the whip on our back to get moving? The problem is that most of us have “enough” so that we don’t have the constant pressure of “not enough.” Yet our primitive brain WILL get us moving if we feel a desperate threat. The alternatively is inspiration, where we feel ourselves called forward. Here we start with some ways we might create some desperation, and tap on the question, “Do I really need that?” We end with focus on appreciation.; 49:38 – Extremely Hard on My Imperfections; These types of energies and judgments can be silly logically and yet have strong holds on our energy system. Here we use an example of the Stray Sock as one entry point into this energy.
February 2006
February 12, 2006 — Open Call
02:40 – How This Works; Brief description of how the team calls work and borrowing benefits, writing down your issue and body sensation.; 04:00 – Security I Didn’t Have Growing Up; Amy feels that lack of security growing up in her stomach (a “6”). She’d like to feel secure and confident in herself and “not care” whether other people approve or not. She knows she has the power with her, and we start using EFT to allow that inner power to provide the security “safety net” she energetically seeks.; 39:13 – Fear of Driving and Miscarriage; Nora has developed a fear of driving. She’s not sure where it came from. She used to LOVE going on long drives as a child. As we look at what was happening around the same time as this driving fear arose, Nora mentions the miscarriage that came out of the blue, when she was feeling so positive and expectant that everything was going perfectly. Such a sudden event can impact our energy system, even though the two events are not related. Or are they… driving requires trust of other drivers, of the car, and 99.99% of the time, everything seems like it is going perfectly well. Then, an accident can happen “out of nowhere.” Like the feeling of having a ‘rug pulled out from under you.’; In this session we talk about Abraham-Hicks, the law of attraction, as well as Nora’s intuitive impressions about the beings that are now her children after the miscarriage. We also start the “pre-paving” process using the Monster Bus that Jerry and Esther Hicks drive that says on it, “Life is supposed to be good.” We also use the metaphor of the trip from Phoenix via Yuma to San Diego, one that comes up often in the teachings of Abraham-Hicks.
February 18, 2006 — Open Call
(00:30) – What If I Didn’t HAVE TO?; Can we get the same feeling for things that haven’t been done yet, and relax and not be concerned with the outcome?; (32:50) – Tug o’ War & Flu-like Relapse; Here we talk about physical and emotional responses and the voice of the “inner critic” which points out what is ‘wrong’ with you. We also describe her finding a Mayan Massage Therapist for bodywork. We also touch on the Isiah Effect with prayer as a FEELING.
February 19, 2006 — Open Call
(01:53) – Antidepressants & Epilepsy; Ben visited a new doctor for a prescription antidepressant. Since he recently had an epileptic attack caused by an antibiotic, he was concerned about a new prescription. Here we do tapping for the sweating, nervousness, and weakness.; (23:00) – Financial Abundance and Paycheck to Paycheck Mentality; Going from scarcity “have to work hard” mentality to the energy of gratitude is key to moving up the vibrational scale and experiencing the feeling of abundance.; (54:30) – Scary Empty Hole; In listening to Lynn, she started getting a strong surprising reaction in her body. And, we go directly to the scary, empty hole that is a centerpiece of her fear, including the fear of death. We see her inner wisdom at work beautifully at bringing up what needs to be addressed energetically to start feeling increasingly free.
February 19, 2006 — Open Call
(00:30) – I Can’t Appear Weak!; “Paying attention to the fear can’t be good for me.” Indeed, our focus on the fear in a situation isn’t good for our health. Yet, what do we do? There is a primitive drive I believe that is triggered by any situation where we feel WEAK, because the WEAK are FOOD for the STRONG… certainly in the animal world. And business can feel like a jungle.; (38:17) – Strong, Bold, Judgmental Expectations; In this wide-ranging discussion on guilt and inner power visualizations, we explore the feelings of guilt that come intensely forward if we even CONSIDER doing what feels better for us if strong people in our circle will disapprove.
February 22, 2006 — Open Call
(00:30) – Making Knees Young Again; I worked with Kendal before on her other knee popping, especially when she went up and down the stairs. Here we do a wonderfully energizing sequence of tapping to help rewrite the energy pattern around aging in the knees.; (19:30) – Worried It Is Not Going to Happen; Lynn lives in an old house that was her husband’s growing up. They are remodeling, but she had an energy of worry around her house not getting rented eventually, and she’d be stuck in this house she really doesn’t enjoy.; (32:00) – Sharks Are Circling; As we move into new relationships, if we listen carefully to our self-talk, we might here words like “circling the neighborhood”—which in this case evoked the energy of predators circling.; (48:15) – Job Jitters and I Can’t Wait!; Christine has taken on significant fundraising responsibilities, and she is feeling the pressure that she “can’t wait!” in her shoulders.
February 26, 2006 — Open Call
(00:30) – Start Life Again (Birthday Tomorrow); (35:00) – Fear of Driving; (1:02:31) – Worried I Should Be Worried.
February 28, 2006 — Open Call
(02:00) – How To Tap for a Cold; (07:30) – Feel Free and Easy… Even with a Mortgage; (29:45) – They Tell Me What To Do… Uninvited!; (37:00) – The Physiology and Emotions of a Shorter Stride.
April 2006
April 9, 2006 — Fear of Driving
Doug has a serious fear of driving, causing significant anxiety for him as well as body sensations and vision overwhelm. We’re in the process of working through different aspects as well as specific events. In this session we cover a specific event of being trapped in the back seat of a car being driven very fast for MANY hours.; I also work with Nora on her similar fears and the nausea and knots in her throat.; Marcia and I also talk about her personal growth work as she moves through a transformation herself, unrelated to driving.
April 23, 2006 — Open Call
Self-Judgment.
April 23, 2006 — Open Call
I Don’t Want Anything to Go Wrong; Fear of Driving; Last Couple of Years, Now That I’m 45, Live in Fear.
April 28, 2006 — Open Call
Vortex Project – I Am Trusting Myself… Sorta – Oh, God, Am I Up To This?; Feel Stuck in a Hole I Can’t Climb Out Of.
April 29, 2006 — Open Call
The Swinging Door; Terrified of Dad; “I am Helpless and Small”.
April 30, 2006 — Open Call
Act As If… Despite a Speech problem; Daughter Pregnant and Frantic Prayer.
April 30, 2006 — Open Call
Abandonment; Mom Died When I Was 15; Now Losing Mother-in-Law; Losing My Mother All Over Again.
May 2006
May 7, 2006 — Team Call 206-05-07A
I HATE That I Need It!; Food Issues; Sluggish and Tired.
May 7, 2006 — Open Call
The Rooster!; My Body is Sludge.
May 9, 2006 — Open Call
Wimpy, Judged, Mistake; Apartment Prices in my Stomach; Work on Her Book.
May 15, 2006 — Open Call
Death; I Know a Lot More Than Her, So Why Am I So Nervous?; Stuck: Not Feeling Like I am Moving Forward.
May 21, 2006 — Open Call
Misery; Judging Ourselves and the Sadness Cycle.
May 22, 2006 — Open Call
I’d Look FLAKEY If I Change My Mind; Making Choices; Whole of Lower Body Askew.
May 24, 2006 — Open Call
I Don’t Believe It Can Be Easy; Putting Myself Out There… Afraid of What THEY Might Think; Excited/Stifled.
May 26, 2006 — Open Call
Responsible for GREAT Things Amidst Hectic/Creative Chaos; Stuttering to Tell & Explain Everything.
May 28, 2006 — Open Call
Illegitimate; Label Me… Negate Me; Not Wanting to Be Seen.
May 29, 2006 — Open Call
What’s On The Menu and more….
May 31, 2006 — Open Call
How could they not support me?; Career Transition.
June 2006
June 5, 2006 — Open Call
Allergies or Raging Injustice?; I Don?t Want to Lose Weight; Shouldn?t Feel the Way I Feel.
June 8, 2006 — Open Call
Too Easy at Work; Not Safe Not Knowing; Parasympathetic Training.
Guides drawn from this session:
June 10, 2006 — Open Call
Clearing Empathetic Energies; Anxiety/Terror/Fear; Just Not That Happy She’s Pregnant!
June 11, 2006 — Open Call
STOP IT! Game; I Don?t PLAY Enough.
June 11, 2006 — Open Call
Alcoholic Son; I Don’t Want to Go Back to THAT Job.
June 13, 2006 — Open Call
(poor audio quality); Making Choices; Not Enough!; I’m Ok AND ugly.
June 18, 2006 — Open Call
From TOO MUCH to Get Out of My Way!; I Get To Have Something They Don’t!
June 18, 2006 — Open Call
Back & Hips Frozen Up–Suggesting Manual Therapy When Emotional Doors Are Not Opening; Animals in Distress; Hip Pain = Dish Pain!
June 19, 2006 — Open Call
Ruthless or Ethical Business; Bed Friday to Sunday with Intense Pain; Should I be tapping or FINALLY relaxing with my family?
June 22, 2006 — Open Call
Grief and Mothers were the themes.; When you get into the flow with the Energy that creates worlds, you will have leverage beyond your wildest dreams.; ~Abraham-Hicks.
July 2006
July 16, 2006 — Open Call
My Neck Feels Free —physical pain and emotional freedom; Mom’s Crying Voice in my Neck; I Want to Feel Safe Absorbing Life.
July 16, 2006 — Open Call
I Don’t Have Enough TIME—tension in the neck.
July 17, 2006 — Open Call
New Puppy Stresses; I Don’t Know HOW, and I’m Afraid to Start.
July 19, 2006 — Open Call
Chiropractic Making It Worse + Responsible vs. Fun Me; What IF and Herniated Disc with Sciatica; Afraid These Memories Will Put Me Back in the Crapper; Rick’s EFT Style + Blood Taking Success + Information Buffet.
July 23, 2006 — Open Call
Frustrated and Pissed Off – Unable – Plateaus; Self-doubt, Intuition, Excitement + Apprehension; Neck Pain/Pressure, Crown chakra, Energy Exercises to Relieve Pressure; Fix Myself – I NEED My Problems or I’ll Be Unsuccessful and BORING.
July 24, 2006 — Open Call
Prescription side-effects.
July 28, 2006 — Open Call
I want my pre-puppy life back, but God sent her; Visioning tapping – Hypersensitivity to emotions, sensations, side effects – Vibration of good feelings from a musical sound or progression; Fear of my low-end shakey voice – Nothing seems to work.
July 30, 2006 — Open Call
Snapshot of my biochemistry – learning to trust feeling good/relief as guidance; What do I have to keep swallowing?; I won’t get what I want.
July 30, 2006 — Open Call
Pain relief, New job tomorrow, Helping my bowels work better in the morning, I-Love-You colon stroke; Iliopsoas muscle emotions and release, Ache in the hands; Fear they won’t be able to help me in my stomach and low back.
July 31, 2006 — Open Call
Unknown feeling in neck/stomach, Confused sadness -> Pissed!; Protection shield, Moving Light energy with Intention.
August 2006
August 5, 2006 — Open Call
Responsible for others’ feelings.
August 6, 2006 — Open Call
I AM A LOSER!; In this session we take from absolute body-certainty that she is a loser down to a 2 using a whole list of issues.; Attempting to boost other people’s energy at my EXHAUSTIVE expense (the bonfire at the beach analogy).
Guides drawn from this session:
August 7, 2006 — Open Call
Walking properly through a specific event from childhood – What about ME???; Food sensitivities and allergies – Be very specific; My health has to be PERFECT – New job with challenged children.
August 14, 2006 — Open Call
Sciatica no longer my enemy; my subconscious mind repressing is!; should have run!; Non-habitual movement to unclench; Anger and frustration dripping like water down my throat.
August 20, 2006 — Open Call
Keep People OUT! Heidi Lied…; I’ve got SO much on me!
August 27, 2006 — Open Call
Headache… from my own birth!; I want to act PRODUCTIVELY – House renovation – Structural vs. Artistic Tension; Ex-boyfriend and Qualities of My Future Mate.
August 27, 2006 — Open Call
No man would want me… Not getting it right and don’t know how to; Dirty toenails and no nickel – Something wrong with me.
August 28, 2006 — Open Call
Energy of Health; Men are not going to be attracted to me – More Masculine than feminine; I’m not where I want to be and I don’t feel I QUALIFY; Taking sexuality to the next level… resentment… obligation… loss….
September 2006
September 3, 2006 — Open Call
Sciatica – I don’t want to be obsessed with the pain – Body physically strong and healthy; New business and what I have to do; Overloaded – Close friend died 1.5 years ago; Severely ‘depressed’ buying groceries due to how I spent 25 cents in 2nd grade and how Mom yelled and screamed.
September 6, 2006 — Open Call
Job: Why do I HAVE to? Don’t want to! Playing the fool again; Husband pain in my body.
September 7, 2006 — Open Call
Sewage!; Huge pieces missing, hostility, very upsetting to me… Focus on what feels just a bit better, a bit like relief.
September 9, 2006 — Open Call
Preparing to be calm and confident for surgery – Trusting and Intuition; I am an anxious person (7) – I am calm and see through peaceful eyes (5); The eBay Purse.
September 9, 2006 — Open Call
Listening to Intuition around rest and renewal; More on sleep, Luncheon–Why is it all on me?; Puppy Peeing.
September 21, 2006 — Open Call
It HAS to STOP!; “Diapers” to Clean Up; Maximum benefits for minimal effort.
September 22, 2006 — Open Call
The “Mistake” by the Surgeon; They Hid My Shoes!; What Message Do You Have For Me, right Ear?
September 23, 2006 — Open Call
Rejected, Criticized, Locked-up, Forced; Motion Sickness and Fear of the Unknown; More Motion Sickness – I NEED to be In Control!; Strong Reactions and Fatigue.
October 2006
October 7, 2006 — Open Call
Turning work to play with intention and focus; My body craves healthier food; Right arm pain at an 8.
October 8, 2006 — Open Call
From kids to emotionally free adults; Her knee surgery and my popping knee; Vague uneasiness at a 7; Not wanting to be at work.
October 15, 2006 — Open Call
Working alone with EFT; Panic – Mother was going to die – What’s wrong with me?; Inability to recall names – I suppress myself in life in order to fit in.
October 15, 2006 — Open Call
Gratitude! (Rick and team); Boundaries stuff; Upstream! – Caught in the frenzy; Opening heart and feeling like you’re “coming home” – EFT questions – Open or closed eyes?
October 22, 2006 — Open Call
Choosing the only “e-x-i-t” available… hysteria! – “They will totally ignore me until I freak out”; Often when we feel like we’re nuts, we’re actually the most sensible. If our energy system has learned that by becoming INTENSE we can get what we need, it will go there! There is an intelligence to it, even if it is a more primitive intelligence than what we envision for ourselves. If you would like more emotional freedom, more of a feeling of choice in your life, I encourage you to listen and tap along with Barbara and me.
Guides drawn from this session:
October 22, 2006 — Open Call
Easier to hate myself than to love myself – I’m so bad I’m good!; Safe on my feet (starting to stand after a long time ‘asleep’ ); Frozen in a spot – I don’t NEED anyone! – I want to know what’s wrong with me! (nothing!); Bringing your power up – Becoming the dominant vibration in the room.
Guides drawn from this session:
October 24, 2006 — Open Call
They aren’t supporting me!; I can get anything… just not money; Move forward my business, but their demands on me are INFINITE!
October 25, 2006 — Open Call
Failing in his AP class – Surrogate tapping – Radiating Love.
October 27, 2006 — Open Call
Ready to buy a house: pleased & anxious! – You have to HURRY!; Eight year business, I got what I wanted, and….
October 29, 2006 — Open Call
Children’s Whining Voices – Get off me!; Child of freedom – Active inner communication – Freedom and Donald Trump.
October 29, 2006 — Open Call
Anger! He won’t speak Spanish to the kids… or me!; Oh my! What’s WRONG with me?; Teasing apart inner guidance for a haircut… or any decision.
November 2006
November 5, 2006 — Open Call
UTI – Bladder Infection – I’m too controlling; Shoulder and upper back tightness – Looking at his match.com listing – Wrong way down one way street; Stack of bills – I am not worthy!; Team talk….
November 5, 2006 — Open Call
Broken in half; Breaking my back – Pay bills and taking care of myself; Kids and shoulder pain; Tapping along – Energy and meditation – Motion sickness relieved and my sailing success!; Wide ranging; Muscle spasms.
November 8, 2006 — Open Call
Destructive KIDS!; One major thing at a time… – Giving myself a break – Playing sick; I don’t HAVE to do THAT – Lyme disease – Using intuition to decide holiday plans; Just let me BE – Ask of others only what would be “in character”.
Guides drawn from this session:
November 11, 2006 — Open Call
Fear of new situations; Rejection; Most grateful.
November 12, 2006 — Open Call
Allergy thing – “I shouldn’t be feeling that way”; She poked me in the stomach and called my pudgy… more than once!
November 12, 2006 — Open Call
Bags of trash reluctance – She lied to me!; Mom and Spirit; Shambles -> Getting ahold of myself.
November 15, 2006 — Open Call
Start Freaking When They’re Sick; Medical Evaluation Considered – Walking into my power; Nerves and healing; Rugby players – The Secret – Moving to a new location – Law of Attraction and EFT.
November 19, 2006 — Open Call
Addicts and alcoholics living rent free in your mind; Unhooking from Mom energy; Head tension and moving energy through more grounded, physical focus; OK to set boundaries even with people we “should” love/accept/like.
November 19, 2006 — Open Call
I’m the only one; I don’t have faith in my own body to heal.
November 21, 2006 — Open Call
Exhausted/disappointed/frustrated – 30 phone calls and no solution; Helping the body go from intense clearings to more gentle ones; Intuitive clues – Computer challenges – Kids and intuitive parenting; Constructive rest position and back pain.
November 26, 2006 — Open Call
Gratitude Party!
November 27, 2006 — Open Call
Voice mails I cannot face; Real estate; Gratitude rock; “What if” fears.
November 28, 2006 — Open Call
I feel safe looking and feeling my best; I deserve to love myself all the way to optimal health; Is it RIGHT for ME to lose weight?
November 30, 2006 — Open Call
Death; Perfect customers; Professionalism.
December 2006
December 9, 2006 — Open Call
Thank you Universe!; 0% for 12 months (sign of abundance); Hip tension and what it means.
December 15, 2006 — Open Call
4 clients this week; Perfect clients and not perfect clients; Child crying afraid you’re dying; Intuitive sense I’m ignoring; Security! 4 solid on retainer.
December 17, 2006 — Open Call
CRT or LCD?; Anger!!
December 17, 2006 — Open Call
Chaotic “too good” energy; Emotionally flat, home hasn’t sold yet; Doing.. should…; I want to feel comfortable with the phrase “I want”; Power – Selfish – Lose friends; Wanting to confront to show I am in my power; Please note, I do not coach people to go from freeze to fight. While some therapists may do that and use it effectively to help people move closer to feeling empowered, my core belief is that Inner Guidance can show us many options to be in our power that allow us to choose easier, safer, and emotionally healthy ways to react in all situations. That is why I could not proceed in this case.; I have a cigarette smoking client who doesn’t REALLY want to stop.
Guides drawn from this session:
December 27, 2006 — Open Call
Pricing: Seminar Discount; “They can afford it.”; Guilt as a downslope; Empathy and emotional resiliency; Anger and male hormones; Snake phobias; Depression; “I said something I shouldn’t have said.”.
December 29, 2006 — Open Call
Massage therapist—perfect; Squalor survivors; Thank heart, thank muscle in back; My moving, my boss; Business relationships.
December 30, 2006 — Open Call
Only time not in pain is when I sleep; I’m afraid (10); Tooth crown reglued; Car resistance; 20 Minute EFT for accident; EFT & Bodywork; Extracting the best from technology.
December 31, 2006 — Open Call
Wide ranging discussion on Moving Forward.