Listen, Then Practice
Releasing Old Constrictions Can Feel Disorienting
If stress, worry, perfection, and avoidance have organized much of life, a new relationship with the Primitive Brain can raise an unexpected fear: Who will I be without these patterns? The constriction was painful, but it was also familiar.
Self-discovery is not a final verdict that locks you into one identity. You can explore what is true now, emphasize what matters, and continue evolving.
Tapping: Curiosity About the Emerging Self
Side of the Hand: Even though I am not sure who I will be if I am not
stressed, busy, worried, and driving myself toward perfection, I ask for
clarity.
Top of the Head: Who would I be without those emotions running my life?
Eyebrow: I might be less anxious.
Side of the Eye: I might be more clear.
Under the Eye: I can let go of other people’s attitudes about me.
Under the Nose: What if I do not like what I discover?
Chin: I am scared, and I am also curious.
Collarbone: What do my being and body actually want?
Under the Arm: What if there is no single final answer?
Top of the Head: I get to evolve through my lifetime.
Eyebrow: I can explore one channel and later choose another.
Side of the Eye: I do not have to want what I was told to want.
Under the Eye: I can become friends with who is here now.
Under the Nose: Being more real may bring resonant connection.
Chin: I can decide what qualities I want to strengthen.
Collarbone: Discovery can be an adventure rather than a trap.
Under the Arm: I am open to living with more of my own power.
Ask Living Questions
What do you like now? What do you want? What feels imposed by family, culture, or an old survival role? How do you want to walk in the world during this part of your life?
Let the answers remain revisable. Authenticity can deepen without becoming rigid.
Browse the complete course
Getting Started
Module 1 — Engaging the Primitive Brain
- 10-01 · Engaging the Primitive Brain
- 10-02 · It Won't Work For Me…
- 10-03 · I Hate My Primitive Brain
- 10-04 · Taking the Parking Brake Off
- 10-05 · Releasing the Internal Tug-o-War
- 10-06 · Forgiveness and Small Steps
- 10-07 · Guided Meditation #1 – 5 Senses
- 10-08 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 1
- 10-09 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 1
Module 2 — Safety and the Primitive Brain
- 20-01 · Safety and the Primitive Brain
- 20-02 · The Prime Directive
- 20-03 · Outside-In Reprogramming
- 20-04 · I Don't Feel Safe
- 20-05 · I Don't Know What Safe Feels Like
- 20-06 · Is It Safe to Feel Safe?
- 20-07 · Notice the Safety Around You
- 20-08 · Guided Meditation #2 – Alert Level Adjustments
- 20-09 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 2
- 20-10 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 2
Module 3 — Taking Steps
- 30-01 · Taking Steps
- 30-02 · Perfect Baby Steps
- 30-03 · Disappointment
- 30-04 · Fear of Loss
- 30-05 · Avoidance and Clarity
- 30-06 · Looking for the YES
- 30-07 · Training the Brain to WIN
- 30-08 · Who Will I Be? — current lesson
- 30-09 · Guided Meditation #3 – Releasing Disappointment and Loss
- 30-10 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 3
- 30-11 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 3
Module 4 — The Heavier Emotions
- 40-01 · The Heavier Emotions
- 40-02 · Why Look at Heavy Emotions?
- 40-03 · Letting Go: Feeling, Honoring, and Releasing
- 40-04 · Shame and Guilt
- 40-05 · Shame: I Feel So Wrong
- 40-06 · Anger: The Power Rising
- 40-07 · My Unique Self
- 40-08 · Guided Meditation #4 – Sending Soothing
- 40-09 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 4
- 40-10 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 4
Module 5 — Primitive Brain Reactions
- 50-01 · Primitive Brain Reactions
- 50-02 · Fight, Flight, Freeze
- 50-03 · Inner Tapping
- 50-04 · Specific Events
- 50-05 · Shock
- 50-06 · The Big Why
- 50-07 · Re-Empowering the Primitive Brain
- 50-08 · Guided Meditation #5 – Filling Your Tank
- 50-09 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 5
- 50-10 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 5
Module 6 — Breaking Through and Moving Forward
- 60-01 · Breaking Through and Moving Forward
- 60-02 · Breaking Through the Frozen Fear
- 60-03 · Separating Your Emotions
- 60-04 · Continuing to Show Up
- 60-05 · Rejection and Acceptance
- 60-06 · Negative Thoughts
- 60-07 · Boundaries
- 60-08 · I Need to Be Perfect… Or Else
- 60-09 · Pulling It All Together
- 60-10 · Guided Meditation #6 – The Tree, the Beach, and the Fruit
- 60-11 · Self-Reflection Homework – Module 6
- 60-12 · Q & A + Tapping Sessions – Module 6
Bonuses for Your Primitive Brain
- 90-01 · Finding Your Why
- 90-02 · Keep Going with Confidence
- 90-03 · Creating a Clearing for New Beginnings
- 90-04 · When You Change Really Fast
- 90-05 · Deep, Restful Sleep – 5 Tapping Scripts
- 90-06 · Dealing With Other People’s Primitive Brains
- 90-07 · Blocks to Growing Your Business
- 90-08 · Self-Sabotage in Love & Relationships
- 90-09 · Self-Sabotage in Health & Well-Being
- 90-10 · Self-Sabotage in Money & Finances
- 90-11 · Financial Trauma Series
- 90-12 · EFT Master Carol Look on Procrastination and The Primitive Brain
- 90-13 · Sex & Relationships Expert Reid Mihalko on Relationships and The Primitive Brain
