Listen, Then Practice
Let the Primitive Brain Register What Is Here
The Primitive Brain may scan continually for what could go wrong while barely registering what is working. Deliberately noticing current support does not deny uncertainty. It corrects an incomplete picture.
Ask a small, immediate question: Is it safe to take this breath right now? If the honest answer is yes, let the breath happen while tapping gently on the collarbone or resting a hand where it feels welcome.
Tapping: Right Now
Side of the Hand: Even though some part of me stays prepared for danger, I
am willing to notice what is safe enough in this moment.
Top of the Head: Right now I can look around.
Eyebrow: Right now it is okay to sit here.
Side of the Eye: Right now the floor is supporting me.
Under the Eye: Right now I can take this breath.
Under the Nose: Right now I can hear what is actually around me.
Chin: Right now I can notice one thing that is working.
Collarbone: I am letting my Primitive Brain receive this information.
Under the Arm: I can be present with what I am doing now.
Give Ordinary Support Time to Land
When you drink, feel one sip. When you eat, taste one bite. When you sit, let the body receive the chair. When someone trustworthy is near, notice one quality of that connection.
Multitasking can deliver calories or complete tasks while depriving the system of the felt experience of nourishment. A few seconds of attention helps the Primitive Brain register sustenance, contact, and completion.
Several times a day, ask: What is it safe for me to do right now? The answer might be breathe, soften, focus, eat, move, ask for help, enjoy, or attend more carefully. Let the actual moment answer.
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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 — current lesson
- 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?
- 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