These 2007 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
- What If All Is Well? A Grounded Practice for Uncertain Times
- When Healing Becomes Another Place to Push Yourself
- When Tapping Leaves You Spacey: Integration Is Part of the Process
Guides Drawing From Several Sessions
- Soften Your Eyes to Soften Your Body
- The Dream Is the Stream: Let Desire Nourish You Before the Goal Arrives
- When You Cannot Control the Action Journey, Choose Your State of Being
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 2007
January 6, 2007 — Open Call
Two connected body things; Wheat is probably bad for me, but I want it; Take the Best, Leave the Rest; How do you know your current weight is not optimal for you?; Lack of safety in my throat; Law of attraction and a negative mindset for many years.
January 13, 2007 — Open Call
Weight – Garbage – I am garbage!; I am not lovable; No one could love me; Money things; Rude, ugly emails; Overtapping leading to spaced out, ungrounded feeling?
Guides drawn from this session:
January 15, 2007 — Open Call
Nervous in my neck; Hate it! Stressed out!; Sasha Cohen and getting back on vibrational track when you fall; Negative word associations; Deciding on a vacation.
January 21, 2007 — Open Call
Touch & Comfort & Love; Soften the “Have to Do’s”; Waiting for something to happen…; I am where I am.
January 23, 2007 — Open Call
Abandoned and rejected by my husband; Debris and sludge: an exploration of body energy and moving it using visualizations; I feel useless if I am not practicing and fulfilling my purpose.
January 27, 2007 — Open Call
Conflicting mentors and beliefs causing distress; “Get it done” or “Must be award winning or not worth doing!”; Sadness and axiety in my throat; Change or retreat?; Just WORN OUT from healing; Don’t I have to push myself?; Afraid to succeed at my weight loss, and not sure why….
Guides drawn from this session:
January 28, 2007 — Open Call
I have to dim myself down, especially around my Mom; Anxiety! Most of my life!; Well, that was an interesting dream!; I have to be responsible! (ick! heavy!); Afraid of my first art class; I’m not my true self!
January 29, 2007 — Open Call
Fear of losing the weight… because of what happened last time I looked good; “I feel safe looking good” (3); Betrayed by my mentors and those who were supposed to protect me; “I ready for success now.” (4); “I don’t have what it takes!” (10!) (None of us do unless we’re connected to Source Energy and our Inner Guidance).
February 2007
February 3, 2007 — Open Call
Snow Ski Vacation… Dread!; Goals and Squashed Dreams; The Dream is the Stream; Memorial Service and Not Going Alone.
Guides drawn from this session:
February 4, 2007 — Open Call
Reluctance: “I don’t want to!”; Guilty, Bad Girl; How am I going to tell her?; Hesitance to get in touch with someone; Deep grief, “Missed her”; Jealousy, feeling invisible in my throat; Timeout to tap, to get back to authentic self.
February 7, 2007 — Open Call
Completely change my name; Disconnecting or taking the easy road about other people’s opinion; Getting a simple body YES rather than needing the answer to “rock you”; Niche Marketing vs. General: it helps you know who you are and have a passionate conversation; Michael Port’s Book Yourself Solid; Maintaining your vibration when you are up against other people’s lower vibration; Practicing becoming “satisfied” first with a spirit to spirit connection, then taking that into the in-person relationship; Being an uplifter, as well as someone who doesn’t try too hard to your own vibrational detriment.
February 11, 2007 — Open Call
Benefits and blocks to Meditation; I need to be accomplishing something ALL the time… or I’ll be a failure.; Using intuitive guidance to follow-up with clients; Sleeping and waking up in a different rhythm; Asking the body for what we want… Listening to the body in how to get there!
February 15, 2007 — Open Call
“He’s my protector!”… “I’m ready!”; No friends…; All by myself… I have no protector!; They definitely do not understand me; Money sources disappearing; Flu shot? No. Annoyed!; Using the time to build my business.
February 17, 2007 — Open Call
Hypoglycemia and Diabetes; Energy medicine helps optimize your entire system; Hard not to eat the sugar; Up 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom; Another friend died; “There is not enough!” 9 in the throat; Big, fat, old bison!; Some people talk from their heads, others from their hearts… others out their ASS.
February 18, 2007 — Open Call
Name change, trying it on, changing, enjoying the process; First paying client: Am I doing this right? I don’t know it all. So hard on myself!; Who is this that is providing the uninvited criticism?; I have to give them THE ANSWER!; Taking money changes everything; SAFE! – It’s missing from the relationship; Intentional vs. Positive Thinking; Professional policy setting and integrity and making it easy; “Help people find relief from the ongoing effects of past trauma…”.
February 22, 2007 — Open Call
Heart-shaped sweat stain; Food sensitivities and my reaction to the dark circles under my son’s eyes; Maternal Alarm!; All his screwed up genes are mine; Clearing up energies before action; College discussion with son; Complacent about business marketing; Perfect customers and vibrational marketing.
February 25, 2007 — Open Call
Clients with Fibromyalgia (discussion of energetic and self-care aspects); HOW is this all going to work out???; Creativity excites me but seems to dissipate my energy and create knots in my stomach.
February 25, 2007 — Open Call
Pain… Food… Weight; Someone else’s body; I hate part of my body; Home after a long week away, lots of anger comng up, transforming, clearing; Anxious feelings, so much to do, backed against a wall; Focus and the emotional guidance system.
March 2007
March 3, 2007 — Open Call
Fear and Nervousness; Dealing with “IT” again; How to be the liason; Can I do this? Can I really do this work??; General fear and anxiety; Asking the simple question: What’s next?; Rules stacked against me.
March 4, 2007 — Open Call
Law of Attraction and EFT; Fear of disappointment: Can I really have this?; Sinking feeling that I’m not going to get it; More Law of Attraction, The Secret: Did I really attract this?; Affirmations.
March 5, 2007 — Open Call
Dealing with negative self-talk; What’s wrong with me?; What’s it going to take?; Grieving and loss: working with clients; Great result with EFT… now feeling a little under the weather; SHOULD Forgive; Pissed off that I overlooked signs he was an alcoholic.
March 15, 2007 — Open Call
TV and invasive negative energy in the house; Preparing your vibration before entering a space; Embarrassed about my hayfever: I can’t help myself!; Seems to be going great, but; Do I really want this?; Clearing and shifting beliefs that block us from feeling FREE; My ideas are blocked! (8); Process for asking for the next easy step.
March 15, 2007 — Open Call
Elective surgery and all the surrounding issues of death, control, and doing this to myself; Feeling comfortable with changes to your appearance that are pleasing to you… and feel like a YES.
March 20, 2007 — Open Call
Take care of ME; Birth story: second of twins, Mom didn’t know; Elitist attitude, top producer, want to be more down to earth.
March 25, 2007 — Open Call
Closed esophagus; My wife called her a slut!; Want to be back on track; I shouln’t be overwhelmed; Self-inflicted sense of responsibility; Cycle of addiction.
March 25, 2007 — Open Call
Trouble trusting people; Checking and rechecking for the fire on the stove; Want it to LAST; What’s wrong with me? What’s right with me?; Borrowing benefits.
March 29, 2007 — Open Call
Ear problem, clogged hearing; Borrowing benefits, disturbing thoughts; Headache in frontal lobe due to overwhelm; CD for meditation causing pain?; Body yes = chocolate, body no = uni.
March 31, 2007 — Open Call
Dreams of chaos… and tapping during them; Overwhelmed, pounded by to-do list, not in control; Dyslexia in typing; Information overload and where do I start?; If I don’t get it ALL, I’ll miss something; Feel like a failure in my business, sure I am going to fail; Re-defining success… making it easy to FEEL.
April 2007
April 3, 2007 — Open Call
Abstain from alcohol for 3 months (I don’t need alcohol to be obnoxious!); Evening cravings based on previous eating habits; Frustrating slow pace of progress – Do more, be responsible for more; Weight, belly spasms, burning in right shoulder.
April 7, 2007 — Open Call
Ear imbalance; Body needs a release mechanism; Laid back APPEARANCE; Need to get pumped up to work on things; Mindful eating; That was stupid! (So hard on myself).
April 11, 2007 — Open Call
Becoming more confident and less self-conscious; Trust intuition better; Analyze to DEATH!; May be doing something WRONG; How many things can you tap on in one day?; Other ways of tapping; “I am nothing”… if I am not responsible; Getting in the flow; Hunting, fishing, not always making the Big Kill.
April 15, 2007 — Open Call
Journaling and Inner Guidance; Professional v. Friend; Growing differently in our uniqueness: oaks & dandelions; EFT for children; Fire Terror (1 hr session, I strongly encourage you to tap while you listen).
April 15, 2007 — Open Call
Fire Terror tapping continued; They wanted me dead!; Taking Tablets and Body Intelligence Yes/No/YUMM!; Progress on overall energy level.
April 19, 2007 — Open Call
Wife dealing with so much pressure, lashing out; Beating the drum of appreciation; Becoming “pre-satisfied” with a person in your life; Accountability, Motivation or Inspiration; I need to feel small; It is FORBIDDEN to go up in caste!
April 19, 2007 — Open Call
Walking the talk by paying attention to the vibrational trend.
April 22, 2007 — Open Call
Tapped to his picture for relief; More on FIRE, smoke; Financial break-throughs; “Don’t say anything”; “Too much to do!”; He’s ADD.
April 29, 2007 — Open Call
Really Nervous; Fear of getting somewhere; Father always did EVERYTHING; Body Yes/No.
May 2007
May 6, 2007 — Open Call
Parents, Sister, Knot in Stomach; How do I unravel it all?; I’m afraid I won’t fit in.; Breaking away from the pack.
May 6, 2007 — Open Call
Space to Lease and forking/flowing with another person’s energy; Remaining parts of the FIRE story; Because of the office move, and doing many of the May calls from cell phone, some of the recordings did not come through and others are of less than optimal quality.
May 20, 2007 — Open Call
May 20, 2007 — Open Call
May 27, 2007 — Open Call
May 27, 2007 — Open Call
May 29, 2007 — Open Call
May 31, 2007 — Open Call
June 2007
June 8, 2007 — Open Call
Anger; Issue resurfacing; Listening to the body; Kidney pain; More listening to the body as a barometer; Popped knee; Surrogate tapping.
June 10, 2007 — Open Call
Ringing in my ears; Spiritual, audible frequencies; Hard of hearing; If Not Afraid….
June 10, 2007 — Open Call
Knees went on me; Listening and creating visualization that activates optimal body chemistry, neurology, hormones, power; Belly jumping; Scared…; Disconnected feeling after air travel.
June 15, 2007 — Open Call
Muscle testing nutrition choices; This anxiety; Nervous; “Must be something wrong with me!”; Belly swollen, skin itchy; Worse then better.
June 20, 2007 — Open Call
Zumba!; Vibration of cars; Want to change how I see things; Sin to be happy…; Changing energy of spaces.
June 21, 2007 — Open Call
Big business developments; Carried away with enthusiasm; They are worried for me… that i’ll be disappointed; In the Fear pocket; Who are you kidding! Are you crazy?
June 24, 2007 — Open Call
All kinds of body sensations; Kundalini energy rising… and side effects; Maybe doing a little too much; Walmart energy; Sensitive and nurturing; Feeling guilty about not finishing what I start.
June 26, 2007 — Open Call
Fear of being hurt again; Feels like I’m not good enough; Guilty saying no, he’s trying so hard; Heart aches… and that means I’m not fixed… and I’m supposed to be!; Emotional guidance system; Body No… Kidneys… PISSED OFF!; How to soothe/comfort client having very intense reaction who is very BUSY.
July 2007
July 3, 2007 — Open Call
(First part of the call was dropped); Full moon responses; Setting a fee for services.
July 6, 2007 — Open Call
Riding lesson yesterday and tapping on back stiffness WORKED!; I can’t do this! (Don’t jump before you’re body-mind is prepared); Donna Eden and David Feinstein; Sedona Method and teachers; Is it really okay if it is EASY???
July 8, 2007 — Open Call
I need to Justify myself; I’m a good person just the way I am (4); Stomach roiling over the job competition; It’s NOT alright… feeling guilty; Spiritual truth in powerlessness.
July 11, 2007 — Open Call
Business development, looking too far ahead and feeling “fear”; The Fear Factor; Curiously expectant way of developing a business; Work/Life balance; When you are not in charge of the “action journey” it’s time to be highly conscious of the your state of Being.; The vibration of anger and moving forward in your own flow.
Guides drawn from this session:
July 15, 2007 — Open Call
Escalator phobia; Mental migraines; Turn on HEART; Tarot card warning; Make sure it is a YES!!!! before he moves back in; Celebrating progress; Stream of well-being… not stream of well-doing; Lead poisoning; Gravitational pulls; When you are not in charge of the action journey, be very intentionally about your state of BEING.
Guides drawn from this session:
July 22, 2007 — Open Call
Happy Birthday Rebecca!; Impatience… I need to always be DOING something; Mom woke me up with the HOOVER… when I wanted to sleep in!; Perfection.; My hair doesn’t last; Dolphins amongst us; It’s so damned expensive!; I don’t belong in that world… poor girl left out; Back in the energy of LIFE!
July 24, 2007 — Open Call
High school and 1970’s; Chronic gout; Not flexible; Color changes; I want it NOW!!!; Refresh and renew; Escalator phobia; Relax into sleep without medication; Energy medicine and prescription drugs.
July 26, 2007 — Open Call
Energy spectrum… working with low energies; Feeling so discouraged; I feel unsafe (10!); Importance of meditation; My new attitude towards money; Software development mess; Money and Control in marriage.
July 29, 2007 — Open Call
Flu; The Circle; Antibiotics as part of the healing process; Getting used to feeling better; “I gotta stay on top of things or I’ll lose it.”; Tend to get away from my body; 60 pounds overweight… punishing myself for something embarrassing I did years ago; Physical symptoms and cravings (cutting out the fire/alert foods).
August 2007
August 5, 2007 — Open Call
Flowers; One of those weeks…; Posture and aging.
August 9, 2007 — Open Call
Clicking sound in my head; Terror! I’m damaged! I uined my head!; Interesting what happens when we clean up our vibration; I’ve wasted time!; Take the best, leave the rest; I couldn’t answer back (talk back).
August 12, 2007 — Open Call
Her House is PERFECT; Poor Little Girl (budding author crushed by parent’s comments); Chronic Fatigue; Insomnia and sleeping rituals; They locked off my machine so now I can’t sell!
August 12, 2007 — Open Call
Burning rubbish; Didn’t get to say Good-bye; Death & Closure; Uncomfortable with the vast potential of my new business.
August 15, 2007 — Open Call
Lymph node sweeling under right arm (already checked by physician); Paddling downstream… NOT the family way; More gentle on myself than “You’re so stupid!”.
August 19, 2007 — Open Call
Swelling Under the Arm (continued progress); Bringing the energy of my adventure into my daily life; Authentic self or the illusion that I have to present to others to make them feel _____.; Called in sick… and need to move with my flow; Lock in more gratitude; Reclaiming power within the family dynamic.
August 22, 2007 — Open Call
Swelling Under the Arm; Jittery feeling in my belly; Big One… Trying to pull it apart; He doesn’t meet MY needs often enough!; Business evolving; EFT sessions that bounce all over the place; Lost, stuck in shame; Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Willful.
August 26, 2007 — Open Call
What is it going to take to GET it?; Frustration… seeing what I don’t want; Hit with lots of anxiety; Light headedness and grounding tapping and acupressure points; Releasing stored anger; I need to make everything run smoothly; Why I am I in the middle?; Losing weight… obstacles to next ten pounds… including no clothes to wear.
August 27, 2007 — Open Call
(Music at the beginning until caller joins); Grandmother died… she was poisoned… and my chronic fatigue started; Energies of protection.
August 31, 2007 — Open Call
Quit one job; Being in alignment before sending email or calling; Raspberries… yumm!; Not tapping…; Faith?; Physical pain… always something happening. Distracting me?
September 2007
September 4, 2007 — Open Call
EFT on air conditioner and computer; Popping in left jaw; Remembering names; Should’ve… go to OK.
September 10, 2007 — Open Call
Being grateful for what is… and having trouble really feeling it; Don’t accept myself when I am DOWN!
September 11, 2007 — Open Call
Packing and moving… I’m going to fall apart; I hate throwing things away; Social situations and the masks we wear; Fear of people coming to see me in my new practice; I talk a good game….
September 15, 2007 — Open Call
Emotions swinging all over; Baby steps… towards RELIEF; I was a 16 year old dreaming… doing it! And Dad stole the dream; Get out or GET OUT!; Killed my passion; Visualizing being financially free; Someone will be hurt; What holds you back; Deep grief (long section).
Guides drawn from this session:
September 23, 2007 — Open Call
San Francisco EFT retreat report; Stifling and holding water; My mother sent me a letter; Revenge thoughts as relief; Grief… very heavy; The dump is closing in on me; Email break!
September 24, 2007 — Open Call
Forced to eat scrambled eggs; On verge of panic; State of grief comes and goes…; Law of attraction matching me with grief situations; Emotional self-management.
September 24, 2007 — Open Call
Vibration I am giving off; Am I really good enough to be satisfied with myself?; Self-worth tapping; https://www.beyondconsequences.com; The power of a simple “I’m here.”.
September 29, 2007 — Open Call
Still hanging on; Trying to find something worth trying for…; Rules, Sister, Blame.
October 2007
October 5, 2007 — Open Call
Can’t sit with right hip pain; Consistency & follow-through; Self-criticism; My business is coming together.
October 7, 2007 — Open Call
Feeling excited; Anxiety about father’s health; Physical tension, stress gas gauge.
October 14, 2007 — Open Call
She was so tired after the 11th child; Bad people have pain… good people don’t; Father very violent and angry; Gonna happen again!
October 15, 2007 — Open Call
Father’s Death; Reconnecting…; Traumas of my birth; Big hunk of resistance.
October 18, 2007 — Open Call
Auras; Giving; Work drama; Recovery time.
October 21, 2007 — Open Call
Tiredness and pain in neck/shoulders; Chronic fatigue; What might I be passionate about right now?; Ability to receive; I feel safe receiving… NOT; Hunger for some energy.
October 21, 2007 — Open Call
Vitae delays… body yes/no; Chronically underemployed; I don’t know what else to do.
October 22, 2007 — Open Call
Digestive problems; Don’t HAPPY, BE WORRY!; Project evolution.
October 31, 2007 — Open Call
Pulled muscle, panic, fears, and bringing energetic relief.
November 2007
November 4, 2007 — Open Call
Rick is now a Zumba instructor!; Managing a lot of energies and balancing the body as the intensity and flow increases; Can’t get a vision; Can’t breathe (possibly vague stuff from the past); Lose weight? Go for vitality first; Knee pain….
November 10, 2007 — Open Call
Slight buzz around money issues; Love addiction meetings.
November 11, 2007 — Open Call
Pain in my eyes; Looking with “soft” eyes; Straightening out finances; I have to do things a certain way; Energy pretty low.
Guides drawn from this session:
November 11, 2007 — Open Call
Lump in left breast; Product developments; Right shoulder pain; Listening to the body: “Is there anything I am DOING, FEELING, or that you NEED…”; More on body pain; Softening eyes, softens body.
Guides drawn from this session:
November 15, 2007 — Open Call
Repetition of energies, cycles; Dreamlines; What am I really trying for?; Why be nice to yourself???
November 20, 2007 — Open Call
Anger at being controlled; Sexual freedom; Mixed feelings about tapping; Not an EFT one-minute miracle; Pain vs. suffering; Fitness is a gradual process.
November 21, 2007 — Open Call
I can’t have everything and be happy; Wholistically confident.
November 25, 2007 — Open Call
Forced air heat and the effect of the noise; Selling my house in a horrible market.
December 2007
December 4, 2007 — Open Call
Involuntary layoffs; Start strong… and i don’t finish it; Start-up vs. maintenance and the entrepreneurial gift.
December 9, 2007 — Open Call
Islands!; Uncomfortable around people; Heart meditation.
December 12, 2007 — Open Call
Pronoia (The Universe is conspiring to bless you!); Wife’s father suddenly died; Dad’s illness and helplessness; What if all is well?; Weather reports and doctor’s diagnostic tests.
Guides drawn from this session:
December 16, 2007 — Open Call
Body talk, developing the skill in listening to our body’s messages and guidance.
December 26, 2007 — Open Call
Little Down/Disoriented; Not wanting to be around people; Abandonment issues as a punch in my chest; Co-worker triggering old stuff; Hot frustration in my cheeks and stomach; “I’m not making any progress with anything I try.”; Right knee itching to be healed (and heard).
December 29, 2007 — Open Call
Curious…; Procrastination; Responsibility for parent’s emotional well-being; Frustration… frozen thought processes… they controlled me; Finding your own YESes; Everything is URGENT!
December 30, 2007 — Open Call
Problems with my BOSS; Anger – leaving me hanging!; Stuck in negative emotions caretaking elderly parents; Achievement stress; Breathing exercise; Feeling scared… start being the choice maker.
December 31, 2007 — Open Call
I’m a BAD PERSON because I get angry; Authority over son; Right hip stresses; Fear of the future… I don’t see any way that (good thing) would happen….