Nick Ortner's Blog, page 37
September 29, 2017
How to Use Tapping for Weight Loss and Body Confidence
Using Tapping for Weight Loss and Body Confidence requires a two part approach:
First and foremost is understanding what underlying, typically unconscious, factors are causing your weight to go up and your body confidence to go down (beyond just having more weight).
Most weight loss exercise programs and diet plans go straight to trying to offer a solution without first understanding what is causing the problem. They offer bandaid approach that do not work in the long term.
In order to get real results, you need to address the underlying emotions, patterns, beliefs, traumas and more that led to the weight gain. As you’ll see below, research is proving that when you do… you get powerful results.
Secondly, once we know what is causing the weight gain and leading to the lack of body confidence, we can use Tapping to eliminate those causes and finally create lasting results. I’ll show you how. But first…
Let’s start with step #1, understanding the cause…
Roughly 2/3 of women in the United States are overweight, with 1/2 of those women being obese…
That number isn’t entirely surprising to most people. Most know that we have a weight loss epidemic in the Unites States, which has been spreading around the world.
Since 1960, the percentage of obese people has nearly tripled! In 1960 the obesity rate was only 13.4%!
So the question is, with our weight loss industry having topped $20 billion dollars in the United States (85% of which is driven by women ), why are we not getting thinner?
Sadly, what most women are turning to, what I myself always thought was the way to lose weight… simply isn’t working! As I’m sure you already know, trying to find the right solution can be overwhelming…
The challenge is that most women focus only on diet and exercise to lose weight, and it’s unfortunately leaving out a key component…
During the course of an average year, over 108 million Americans attempt to go on a diet, with the average dieter making four or five attempts per year!
Most people go from diet to diet looking for the “magical” solution that will finally work, wondering why they’re struggling each and every time, with total frustration as to why the diets aren’t working for them.
There are reasons though, each and every time, as to why the diets aren’t working…
Let me ask you this…
Have you ever been stressed out because of work, or because of a relationship, or about your weight and how you feel about yourself, or anything else… and reached for some comfort food?
You know… stuff like cookies, pasta, pizza or whatever that is for you. Whatever food you know isn’t a part of the healthy “diet” you want to be on, that you ended up reaching for out of comfort…
And ended up doing what felt like this…
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Or have you ever skipped exercising, even for weeks or months at a time, because you felt you were too busy, or because you felt unmotivated, or because you just felt too overwhelmed by life to get yourself to exercise?
Yeah! I think we all have!
The truth is that we don’t struggle with a lack of information on what to eat and how to exercise.
What we struggle with is what’s going on internally, deep in our unconscious minds, that’s making it difficult to make good eating and exercising decisions, and is biologically triggering fat gaining hormones in our bodies that prevent us from losing weight.
We know we should make lifestyle changes, eating better and exercising more, but we fall back to poor eating habits and we skip out on exercising, time and again.
What I discovered with Tapping however… was a way to change all of that…
The Two Major Reasons Why Women Struggle To Lose Weight and How Tapping Overcomes These Challenges…
The #1 thing that prevents women from losing weight was very shocking to me when I first learned of it…
Our negative emotions have an enormous impact on what goes on biologically in our bodies.
Things like… the stress, the anxiety, and the overwhelm I was dealing with when I was trying to lose weight. I had no idea about the myriad of hormones coursing through my body because of my emotions that were actually keeping me fat!
Here’s How It Works…When something stressful happens, or you start thinking about something stressful, within seconds, the part of your brain called the amygdala (the almond-shaped part of your midbrain) tells your body to release specific hormones.
Adrenaline and cortisol (often called “the stress hormone”) flood your body, shutting down the creative problem-solving parts of your brain. And this causes two very big problems for somebody trying to lose weight…
#1 — It slows down your digestion. And anytime you slow down your digestion it makes it harder to…you guessed it…lose weight!
#2 — It constricts your blood vessels along with a few other key biological changes that control how you think, how your body and brain function, how strong your food cravings come on, and how quickly your brain can react to a given situation.
These two things combined mean that when you’re stressed you make worse decisions about what to eat, breaking your eating and exercise habits, and then you struggle to digest quickly, putting on more weight!
Have you ever had it happen that you’re stressed out and all of a sudden you find yourself half way through something like a box of cookies, and you think to yourself… why did I do that? And you feel like you lost mental control of what was going on?
That’s because… you did. The stress took over your body and inhibited your ability to think clearly and make good decisions.
And the foods we crave during these stressful times, during a time in history when we have more addictive, poor quality foods available then ever before, doesn’t help either.
Why do we tend to be attracted to and overeat sugary carbohydrates?
Carbohydrate rich foods increase brain concentrations of an amino acid called tryptophan, which is the building block for serotonin. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, which, when released, brings about feelings of calm, happiness, peace, and satisfaction.
We overeat because our brain is looking for pleasure!
Overeating in the moment serves a great purpose: it makes us feel great… until the side effects set in. Shortly after your sugar rush, your insulin levels drop and you feel exhausted, which triggers a craving for more sugary carbohydrates to get you back to the sugar high. It’s a vicious cycle!
No wonder so many people in our modern society struggle with weight loss, right?
Back in 1960, before the three-fold increase in obesity… our ability to disconnect, and be away from work, cell phones, social media and the like… and to reset our central nervous system, came much more easily and much more frequently.
Like any time period, there were of course challenges and stressors, but they key difference between then, or any previous time period, and now is the ability to reset our nervous system, a key component to being able to have balance, make better decisions, and balance the body.
Today most people are stressed on a regular basis and if you put them on a diet where they’re trying to force themselves to lose weight and eliminate comfort foods… forget about it! Stress goes through the roof, leading ultimately to more weight gain…
If you’re like so many people today who are under chronic stress, it’s hard to make the best decisions about what you eat or whether you exercise, and you end up putting on weight year after year.
It gets worse…
Stress also decreases your nutrient absorption, so even if you are eating well you won’t be able to absorb them…
It increases salt retention making you bloated…
It affects your cholesterol levels…
It impacts your immune system, endocrine system, nervous system, everything!
Stress literally creates a hormone that makes you fat and is directly related to abdominal fat!
So if you’re living with regular stress in your life it’s likely preventing you from being able to think clearly, make good decisions and move towards reaching your weight loss goals…
I know what you may be thinking… “How could I possibly reduce my stress?!”
With Tapping you can reduce your stress by both getting at the underlying causes that trigger it and by being able to reset your nervous system more frequently with Tapping to release it and its affects on your body.
Think about your everyday life…
If you could significantly reduce the stress that you’re dealing with, how much better would you feel and how much easier would it be to be able to reach your goals?
Tapping has been scientifically proven to reduce stress, which means that when you use Tapping you lower your stress levels and are therefore able to take back control of your body and brain, so that you can use it for what you WANT to use it (like making healthy food and exercise decisions that feel good and come easily!)… and not have it controlling you!
The Stress Test Study That Shocked the Researchers…
A study performed by Dr. Dawson Church, PhD and Dr. David Feinstein, PhD, measured cortisol levels before and after treatment. 83 participants were divided into 3 groups:
The 1st group received an hour of Tapping…
The 2nd group received an hour of psychotherapy (“talk” therapy)…
The 3rd group (control group) received no treatment.
The researchers measured cortisol levels before and after the treatment.
Cortisol was measured because it is known as the “stress hormone” of the body. As stress goes up, cortisol levels go up.
Results: The 1st group (Tapping) demonstrated a 24% decrease in cortisol levels, while the 2nd and 3rd groups showed no significant change.
The reality: Psychotherapy alone relieves stress, but over a long period of time. The immediate benefits of psychotherapy don’t register in your body, where excessive amounts of the “stress hormone” cortisol still run rampant, putting your health at risk.
Study findings: Tapping balances activity between the sympathetic and parasympathetic regions of your brain, producing “a neutral emotional state,” the gold standard of health and wellness.
And this was just one of many research studies that have been done on Tapping. Check out this quick video that featured a research study that was done in Australia on using Tapping for Weight Loss:
The #2 thing that prevents women from losing weight is deep unconscious traumas, patterns and beliefs about our weight, our bodies and ultimately about who we are…
When you stop to think about it…what beliefs do you have about your body?
Take a second to finish these sentences…
When I see other women and compare my body to theirs, I feel that my body is _____________.
When I think about wearing a bathing suit on a beach I feel _____________.
When I think about my body and my weight I feel _________________.
These are just a few of the many questions that can help you to figure out some of your beliefs about your body (which are all things that you can use the Tapping for).
And what about patterns that you’ve established? How would you finish these questions…
I can’t stay on a diet because ______________.
When I’m on a diet I feel ______________.
I can’t lose weight because I’m ________________.
And what about traumas from your past? How would you finish these questions…
If there were an event, situation or experience from my past that made me feel most uncomfortable about my body, it would be ____________________.
When I think about the part of my body that I most dislike, the words I use to describe that part to myself are _________________.
When I think about feeling vulnerable, naked or sexual with a partner, the emotion that comes up for me is _________.
The answers to these questions, and other questions like these, can help you to begin to discover the unconscious blocks preventing you from losing weight.
The reality is that…
Start Tapping Today - Free Ebook!Discover the 103 disempowering beliefs that may be holding you back from achieving the ideal body and personal confidence you desire.
Most of our unconscious traumas, patterns and beliefs about our weight and body that lead to challenges with weight loss come from deep-rooted issues from our childhood and adolescence…
Unfortunately, the tough standards that our society has on women start at a young age.
A Harvard University study found that up to 2/3 of underweight 12-year-old girls considered themselves to be too fat!
By 13, at least 50% of girls are unhappy about their appearance.
By 14, focused, specific dissatisfactions have intensified, particularly concerning hips and thighs.
By 17, only 3 out of 10 girls have not been on a diet — up to 8 out of 10 will be unhappy with what they see in the mirror.
It’s clear that from a very young age most women are unhappy with their body and weight. These lead to unconscious beliefs about our bodies that only sabotage our ability to lose weight.
That’s how it was for me…
You see, I’ve struggled with my weight since I was about 15. In fact, it’s hard for me to look back and remember a time when I wasn’t stressed about my weight.
It wasn’t until I found Tapping that I finally discovered a simple and extremely effective way to both find and change what was controlling my ability to lose weight on a deep unconscious level…
The simple truth of it is that Tapping is extremely effective in helping people change deep-rooted unconscious beliefs, patterns and traumas about their body and their weight. It’s more effective than anything I’ve ever seen or used before!
How You Can Use Tapping To Finally Lose Weight, Keep It Off, and Feel Confident in Your Body…
By now you’re likely seeing that there is a lot more going on underneath the surface in regards to losing weight than you ever thought there was before.
It’s not just about what you eat and how you exercise. Because unless you can get yourself to want to stick to a diet or exercise program, and make lifestyle changes that you enjoy that have lasting affects, than what type of diet or exercise program you choose won’t matter.
And if you chronically stressed, or have unconscious beliefs, patterns or traumas holding you back, you won’t be able to make the needed changes. It will always feel like you’re trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
So the question is, how do you start using Tapping to lose weight (and what is Tapping, if you’ve never tried if before!)…?
I have two free resources with you today that I know can help you to create change immediately:
Free Resource #1 – Free eBook
The first resource is a powerful free ebook that I wrote called “103 Disempowering Beliefs About Weight Loss and Body Confidence and How to Eliminate Them in Minutes.”
In this ebook…
All 103 Disempowering Beliefs are outlined in the eBook – And through the Beliefs Discovery Process, you’ll learn exactly which ones are holding YOU back!
You’ll be given Step-by-Step instructions on how to use the scientifically proven Tapping Technique to eliminate any negative beliefs you have and install positive ones!
Plus you’ll get 103 Empowering Beliefs that you can start using immediately to ingrain new beliefs that bring you the body confidence and weight that you deserve!
Go here to download this ebook now.
Free Resource #2 – Free Training
I’d love for you to join me on an upcoming free webinar presentation that I’m running on this topic. This is a content-packed webinar where I will take you, step-by-step, through the process of discovering your unconscious blocks to weight loss and body confidence and where I’ll show you how to use the Tapping to eliminate them.
To learn more about the webinar and join me, click here or on the image below.
I hope you take advantage of these two free resources. I know they can help you.
If you have questions at any time please don’t hesitate to ask us. Just send us an email by clicking here. Or join me on Facebook here.
Until next time… Keep Tapping!
Jessica Ortner
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How to Use Tapping to Create Financial Success
When I surveyed over 10,000 people a few years ago, guess what the number one issue was that they said they wanted to work on was? You guessed it… their finances.
You see, money has the ability to be either a thorn in your side that makes you feel like you’re bleeding out and unable to live life fully every day, or it can be something that gives you the freedom to do what you want, live how you want, and help family, friends and even strangers in ways that you never thought possible.
For most people it’s a thorn in their side and unfortunately it’s for reasons that they can’t see and don’t know about. That’s definitely how it was for me.
You see, what I didn’t realize when I went through year after year of struggling financially was that there were two huge issues that I didn’t see were affecting me so gravely…
The Two Major Reasons That People Struggle With Their Finances…
The 1st major issue around your experience with money is financial beliefs, traumas and unconscious beliefs that are holding you back. Like most people, I wasn’t even aware of the unconscious wiring I had and how it was affecting me.
I know what you may be thinking…yeah, I’ve heard about “personal development” stuff like this before where they say you need to go inside and change your patterns. And for years, that’s exactly what I was going through. I would go from one course to another learning about how I had to change my beliefs and change myself on an unconscious level, but the issue was always…”well how do I do that?!”
It wasn’t until I found Tapping that I finally found a simple and extremely effective way to change what was affecting my ability to earn more money on a deep unconscious level…
You see…the simple truth of it is that Tapping is extremely effective at helping people change deep rooted traumas, beliefs and unconscious blocks. It’s more effective then anything I’ve ever seen or used before!
You may be asking yourself…
“If I have blocks, what are they and how do I get rid of them?”
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Figuring out if you have any money blocks is really simple… just ask yourself, “Am I making as much money as I’d like to?”
If the answer is No… then you have some money blocks. It’s as simple as that…
Just take a look at your financial situation. If you have any money issues, if you struggle to pay any of your bills, or if you’re just stuck at an income level, not able to grow as quickly as you’d like to… then you have unconscious blocks that are preventing you from being where you want to be financially.
For me I remember that I was stuck in a pattern of just getting by, then struggling and building debt, then catching up on my debt and just getting by again, and then repeating the cycle, only each time the debt I would get into would get higher and higher.
When I was in a million dollars of debt after my real estate business crash, it unfortunately wasn’t the first time I’d been in debt. I’d been through the pattern of building up debt before.
And it was because of the unconscious patterns that I kept running. It wasn’t until I started using Tapping that I was able to change those patterns.
When I look back at the things I was doing back then to block myself and sabotage myself they seem silly… but at the time I couldn’t see what was going on.
And that’s likely the way it is for you. You probably can’t see the patterns that you’re running that are keeping you stuck.
Don’t worry though… because I’m going to show you exactly how you can eliminate all of your money blocks easily and effortlessly using Tapping
The 2nd major issue around your experience with money, is STRESS, because that’s what stops us on an everyday, moment-to-moment basis.
Stress, of course, can show up in many forms—anxiety, worry, insomnia, low energy, procrastination, even other health issues.
When I was going through all of the financial issues I went through, coming out of over a million dollars of debt, stress was an extremely prevalent issue that I had to deal with on a daily basis.
We all know, probably too well, what being stressed out feels like. What we don’t always know is what happens to our brains when we’re stressed.
Ever notice how you “freeze” at stressful moments?
Like when you get up to give a presentation and suddenly forget everything you’ve been studying and practicing? Or when you’re in a meeting and your boss criticizes you in front of the entire room? Or even something simpler, like when you look at a stack of bills? Or sit in front of the computer with an enormous amount of tasks in front of you?
Ever notice how, at those exact moments, it’s like you suddenly can’t think? How you forget things you know really well? How solutions to problems that later seem so simple feel impossible when you’re first confronted with that stressful situation?
That’s because when stress hits, your body goes into what’s called “fight or flight.”
In fight or flight, large parts of your brain actually shut down when you need it most. Critical sections of your brain literally go on strike!
To make matters worse, when you go from “fight or flight” into a “freeze” state your body is effectively storing the stress of that moment.
Dr. Robert Scaer, a neurologist who has researched traumatic stress, has found that the “freeze” response encapsulates stress in our bodies, preventing us from moving on after a stressful event until we’ve found a way to release the stress that’s literally lodged in our bodies, in our muscles, even our cells. We’ve found a way to release this stress…
Here’s how it works…
Something stressful happens, or you start thinking about something stressful, like the fact that no matter how hard you work, you always seem to find yourself struggling to pay your bills. Or how unfulfilled you are in your current endeavors. Or just simply how much you have to do!
Within seconds, the part of your brain called the amygdala, the almond-shaped part of your midbrain, tells your body to release stress hormones.
Adrenaline and cortisol, which is often called “the stress hormone”, floods your body, shutting down the creative problem-solving parts of your brain, slowing down your digestion, constricting blood vessels, and more…
Which means your stress is now physical…
It’s controlling how you think, how your body and brain function, how creative you can be, how quickly your brain can react to a given situation.
In “fight or flight”, stress is literally limiting what you’re capable of achieving.
So that big presentation you need to ace to get that big promotion and raise at work? It may not go so well if your stress level is that high.
That to do list that you want to power through…now you’re stressed, not thinking as clearly, making poor decisions and things seem to take forever.
When you’re under chronic stress, as most of us are when we’re concerned about our money situation or our careers, you’re never able to think with your full brain, or use the full power of your problem-solving abilities, or your memory.
So ask yourself this question…
“Am I dealing with any stress right now?”
You’re probably saying “haha…of course I am! Who isn’t?!”
So if you’re living with regular stress in your life it’s likely preventing you from being able to think clearly, make good decisions and move towards reaching your financial goals…
Think about your everyday life…
If you could eliminate all of the stress that you’re dealing with or at least significantly reduce it, how much better would you feel and how much easier would it be to be able to reach your goals?
Tapping has been scientifically proven to reduce stress. Which means that when you use Tapping to lower your stress levels you’re able to take back control of your body and brain so that you can use it for what you WANT to use it for (like creating your financial freedom)…and not have it controlling you!
The Stress Test Study That Shocked the Researchers…
A study performed by Dr. Dawson Church, PhD and Dr. David Feinstein, PhD, measured cortisol levels before and after treatment.
83 participants were divided into 3 groups: the 1st group received an hour of Tapping; the 2nd group received an hour of psychotherapy (“talk” therapy); the 3rd group (control group) received no treatment.
The researchers measured cortisol levels
before and after the treatment. Cortisol was measured because it is known as the “stress hormone” of the body. As stress goes up, cortisol levels go up.
When the researchers were measuring the cortisol levels of the Tapping group after treatment they thought they had a problem…
The levels had dropped so significantly in such a short period of time that they thought there must be something wrong with their equipment.
They kept recalibrating their equipment and retesting until they finally came to the conclusion that there was in fact…nothing wrong with their equipment but rather that…the Tapping worked!
Results: The 1st group (Tapping) demonstrated a 24% decrease in cortisol levels; the 2nd and 3rd groups showed no change in cortisol levels.
The reality: Psychotherapy alone relieves stress, but over a long period of time. The immediate benefits of psychotherapy don’t register in your body, where excessive amounts of the “stress hormone” cortisol still run rampant, putting your health at risk.
Study findings: Tapping balances activity between the sympathetic and parasympathetic regions of your brain, producing “a neutral emotional state,” the gold standard of health and wellness.
I want you to be able to do what I did and what so many of my clients have done, which is to drastically improve your finances in a short period of time, in a way that is simple and effective, all with the aid of Tapping.
Now when I went through those drastic changes, I had to do it all on my own, and a lot of the time I felt really alone in my quest to improve my finances. There were a lot of times that I wanted to quit and just cave in, and I don’t want you to go through that yourself.
Which is I want share two free resources with you that I know can help you to create change immediately:
Free Resource #1 – Free eBook
The first resource is a powerful free ebook that I wrote called “103 Disempowering Beliefs About Money and Success and How to Eliminate Them in Minutes.”
In this ebook…
All 103 Disempowering Beliefs are outlined in the eBook – And through the Beliefs Discovery Process, you’ll learn exactly which ones are holding YOU back!
You’ll be given Step-by-Step instructions on how to use the scientifically proven Tapping Technique to eliminate any negative beliefs you have and install positive ones!
Plus you’ll get 103 Empowering Beliefs that you can start using immediately to ingrain new beliefs that bring you the money and success you deserve!
Go here to download this ebook now.
Free Resource #2 – Free Training
I’d love for you to join me on an upcoming free webinar presentation that I’m running on this topic. This is a content-packed webinar where I will take you, step-by-step, through the process of discovering your unconscious blocks to financial success and where I’ll show you how to use the Tapping to eliminate them.
To learn more about the webinar and join me, click here or on the image below.
I hope you take advantage of these two free resources. I know they can help you.
Remember, you are capable of far more than you know. You can earn more income, feel more balanced, and be happier in your life than you ever imagined possible. I believe in you.
If you have questions at any time please don’t hesitate to ask. Just send me an email by clicking here. Or join me on Facebook here.
Until next time… Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
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September 27, 2017
“All Is Well” – Tapping for Grief
I’ve been thinking a lot of my dear departed friend Louise Hay, and about what’s perhaps her most well-known statement, “All is well.”
Simple but powerful.
Subtle but direct.
There’s an energy contained in that statement that can transform your life.
Say it to yourself 100 times today and watch what changes.
Comment at the bottom of this blog and just type, “All is well.” 
Tapping Meditation: Overcoming Exhaustion
There’s tired, and then there’s exhausted.
Tired might be a night of poor sleep, or just a busy week, easily made up by a full night’s worth of sound rest.
Feeling exhausted is something else completely.
It’s a deep, to-the-bone depletion of energy, and I believe it often stems from running our fight/flight/freeze cycle day after day, year after year…
It’s like you’re mind, body, and spirit are continuously running on a hamster wheel of life!
But you can change that.
Using Tapping, even just for 10 minutes, can reset your whole system. And to make it really easy for you today, I’m sharing a Tapping Meditation on “Overcoming Exhaustion”.
It’s my gift for you today because I know how tired many of you are, and I want to make sure you have this to help.
September 25, 2017
Honoring The Life of Louise Hay – Hay House Radio
Courtesy of hayhouseradio.com.
Join Nancy Levin and her special guest Nick Ortner, bestselling author and CEO of The Tapping Solution, to reminisce and celebrate our beloved Lulu.
Nick will also use tapping—a simple, effective, natural healing method known as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)—to support listeners in healing grief, loss, and pain in service of fully embracing the life we’re worthy of living!
https://tappingsolution.s3.amazonaws.com/jumpstartyourlife_083117.mp3
Do you have any special memories of Louise Hay?
Please share below!
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Honoring The Life Of Louise Hay – Hay House Radio
Honoring The Life Of Louise Hay – Hay House Radio
www.hayhouseradio.com
Join Nancy Levin and her special guest Nick Ortner, bestselling author and CEO of The Tapping Solution, to reminisce and celebrate our beloved Lulu. Nick will also use tapping—a simple, effective, natural healing method known as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)—to support listeners in healing grief, loss, and pain in service of fully embracing the life we’re worthy of living!
https://tappingsolution.s3.amazonaws.com/jumpstartyourlife_083117.mp3
Do you have any special memories of Louise Hay? Please share below!
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September 22, 2017
Louise Hay Talks Tapping
I will always remember my dear friend and mentor, Louise Hay.
A few years back, I flew out to sunny San Diego to spend some time with her.
Louise had been using Tapping in her own life, and had achieved amazing results. I had the opportunity to tap with Louise privately, but in this video, originally filmed for our Tapping World Summit, she was brave enough to tap on camera so that we could share it with you!
I’ve got to tell you… what Louise shares in this video is real, vulnerable, and extremely moving!
You can watch it here:
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Louise was an extraordinary woman, for so many reasons. She sold over 50 million copies of her book, “You Can Heal Your Life“, which has been translated into 30 languages.
She was also the founder of “the” publishing house in the self-help world, Hay House Publishing, and produced countless written and audio publications that have enhanced the lives of millions of people around the world…
The list goes on and on…
But none of those “achievements” define who she was, because the real magic in Louise was her love for life, her love for the world, her love for YOU (yes, you!) and the joy and beauty she spread.
So you can imagine my fond memories of spending time with her in San Diego, especially in front of the camera so that we could share it with you.
Enjoy the video and make sure to leave your comments below.
Until next time…
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
Has Louise touched your life in any way? Please leave your comments below. I’d love to read them!
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September 21, 2017
Tapping for Psoriasis – Research Points to Irritation Relief
Most of us have had some recognizable experience with our emotions causing a physical response in our bodies. Maybe you get headaches just before your in-laws come to visit, or perhaps you’ve had digestive problems when conflicts arise at work.
Scientific evidence continues to mount, demonstrating that our thoughts and emotions play a huge role in our physical wellness. Psoriasis is one particular example of the interplay between the mind and the body.
Many psoriasis patients associate a particular trauma or stress with the beginning of their disease and accompanying physical symptoms. Most connect a worsening of symptoms with anxious or depressed periods. And research has shown that psoriasis patients who are obsessed with worry actually do worse in treatment.
Psoriasis: Not Just Skin-Deep
So what exactly is psoriasis? According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, it’s a complex autoimmune illness with many symptoms.
Patients develop itchy and painful dry red patches and lesions, often on the knees, elbows, and head. There are psychological symptoms as well, including anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, avoidance of activity, and emotional reactivity. These often trigger more itching, scratching, and a reduced quality of life.
Psoriasis is often misunderstood as a simple rash, whereas it’s actually a very serious illness. Patients are often limited in what they can do and can even lose connection with their community and family as a result.
It’s also particularly dangerous because it’s associated with other illnesses including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, cancer, and Crohn’s disease.
Psoriasis is the most common autoimmune disease in the U.S., and is not only serious, it’s also extremely costly. Researchers of this study I’m about to describe cited a figure of $11.25 billion dollars spent annually on psoriasis health care expenditures and lost income. Wow!
A Disease in Search of a Cure
Psoriasis is difficult to treat; currently, there’s no cure. Sure, there are many different medications prescribed by doctors, but their effectiveness is questionable, and they often have serious side effects.
Doctors presently use phototherapy, cyclosporine and methotrexate (both of which are known carcinogens).
However, there was one previous study that had measurable positive results using an alternative modality: mindfulness meditation. There was a significantly faster rate of skin clearing than in a control group who just received the phototherapy treatments. This was a big clue to researchers that the mind had a bigger role to play in both the development of, and cure for, the disease.
Knowing both about the meditation study and about the successes of Emotional Freedom Techniques in other conditions involving anxiety and depression, researchers wanted to see what effect Tapping would have on psoriasis patients.
What Happened in This Study
This study had two goals: 1) to introduce patients to EFT and educate them about the practice; and 2) to see if the practice had an impact on patients’ symptoms.
Researchers recruited 12 individuals with psoriasis (eight men and four women). 30% had had psoriasis for 10 years or more and half had three or more outbreaks in the previous year. All but one had skin lesions. Only 33% believed it was possible to be free of psoriasis, and all had psychological difficulties, including anxiety and depression.
They were given a battery of symptom charts that measured both psychological and physical symptoms. Then, the individuals learned about Emotional Freedom Techniques in a six-hour workshop and were told to use Tapping as part of their daily routine. After the workshop, they filled out the symptom charts again.
One month later, researchers called each participant to check-in and to go through the symptom charts a third time. Three months later, researchers called and reviewed the symptom charts for the last time.
In general, the results showed that the Emotional Freedom Technique led to a significant decrease in symptoms and an increase in psychological well-being.
Like other EFT studies, this one showed that the lessening of symptoms was either maintained over time or lessened even further with time.
Here are just a few of the responses that participants gave at their 3-month follow-up phone call:
“It’s amazing! I’ve been to the beach. I’m wearing shorts!”
“I’m more focused now than ever.”
“It’s been amazing.”
“I’m so happy, I’m not getting any flare ups.”
“Lesions almost all gone… don’t need as many treatments.”
Considering how wide-spread and serious psoriasis is, I hope to see this very promising research followed-up with more studies with more diverse and larger numbers of participants.
And remember, we have a whole program designed to bring healing from autoimmune disorders to your body. The results we’ve heard from those who have completed the program have been incredible!
EFT is easy to learn and in this study, we can see the way the mind and body heal together. It’s also very encouraging in terms of potential application to other serious, long-term chronic illnesses that affect a huge portion of the population.
Until next time,
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
What do you think about the mind-body connection? Do you have any personal stories to share? I’d love to read them below.
August 21, 2017
Research Shows Senior Insomnia Is Treatable With EFT
Michael Jackson. Margaret Thatcher. Joan Didion. Jimi Hendrix. Arianna Huffington. Roxanne Gay. Erica Jong. George Clooney. Joni Mitchell. Maya Angelou.
All were self-proclaimed insomniacs at some point in their lives.
Of course, it’s not just celebrities. Many people struggle with insomnia, including new parents, workers on third shift, and people who have moved to a new time zone.
But insomnia in seniors is even more common, and more serious because of the effect it has on their already vulnerable bodies.
The researchers in this study reported that 50% of adults over 60 complain of problems with sleep. Aging people often deal with physical illnesses, depression, anxiety, general physical weakening, and side effects from medications for other illnesses.
This research team was interested in studying non-pharmacological treatments. They were also looking for an effective treatment that’s cost-effective and easy to learn for those with cognitive limitations.
At the time of this study, there was already a “gold standard” non-pharmacological treatment for insomnia called Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE). The researchers were aware of the effectiveness of EFT in many of the causes of insomnia, like anxiety and depression, and so wanted to test it against the standard SHE treatment.
Tapping Treatment Customized For Seniors
Researchers first looked at the “Basic Recipe” of the Tapping protocol in order to see if it was something seniors could easily be taught, and then integrated into their daily lives.
The Basic Recipe for EFT is a series of setup and reminder phrases that combine the patient’s experience of a difficult issue with an affirmation. Practitioners then ask patients to speak the phrases while the practitioner taps on their acupressure points.
Of course, Tapping can also be self-administered, as we demonstrate through all of Tapping Solution Programs.
In this study, however, researchers took the basic structure of an EFT treatment and adapted it for seniors by “…standardizing the setup phrases and reminder phrases so that even those with limited cognitive abilities can use the Basic Recipe.” They called this variation “EFT-1.”
Several years prior, these same researchers had conducted a pilot study that concluded that EFT-1 helped seniors with insomnia, depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction. They wanted to do another study this time as a randomized controlled trial, where the seniors learned EFT-1 in a group to make it more affordable in hard economic times.
Getting to Dream: The Study
After receiving approval from the University Oriental Medical Hospital in Seoul, 20 subjects were recruited who had all been diagnosed with insomnia by a doctor, scored high on a questionnaire indicating clinical insomnia, and were over the age of 60, the average age being 77.
The participants were divided into two groups: EFT-1 and SHE (Sleep Hygiene Education). Each group worked with a different therapist and received eight sessions of treatment over two weeks.
The “lesson plans” in both groups were made as similar as possible, except the first group learned about Tapping, and the other SHE.
Before and after treatment, each group filled out questionnaires for insomnia, anxiety, depression, and quality of life. Then researchers followed up with each group at five weeks after treatment and then again at nine months after treatment, having the subjects fill out the questionnaires each time.
Waking Up: The Results
Researchers found that participants in the EFT-1 group slept significantly better than the “gold standard” SHE group.
The EFT-1 group also fared better in relation to depression, but neither group made any reported progress with their anxiety or life satisfaction. In my opinion, this could be because there were other issues involved that may not have been specifically addressed, due to the specific focus of this study.
Researchers found that participants in the EFT-1 group slept significantly better than the “gold standard” SHE group.
The adjustments to the standard EFT treatment were helpful, though, and made the treatment accessible to seniors who had cognitive issues.
In spite of the small group and the study taking place in a single setting with a population from the same basic demographic, these researchers were confident that the study results indicate that EFT-1 is an effective treatment for senior insomnia.
The Old, the Young, and Everybody In Between
Even though this study focused on seniors, there’s no reason to think that others with insomnia wouldn’t benefit from it.
EFT is ideal in so many situations because it’s inexpensive, easy to learn and teach, can be practiced by patients & clients themselves, and has no harmful side effects.
For a condition that has eluded doctors and patients for ages, this information is exciting, and could help many people live happier, healthier, and more well-rested days.
And that’s a dream we all deserve to have. 
August 17, 2017
Research Shows Tapping Helps to Ease Your Fears of Public Speaking
It’s 2:45 and you’re up in 15 minutes.
Your palms and temples are wet, and you’re hoping your deodorant is doing its job.
You review your notes for the 411th time and try to remember your mental cues: slow down if they laugh… pause at the end of an idea… look at individual members of the audience… keep breathing…
But these reminders don’t seem to be slowing down your pulse. You sit back down, waiting, wondering if this will be the time that you pass out or lose your cookies.
The scenario above might seem funny from a reader’s perspective, but for people with public speaking anxiety, it’s actually quite serious.
Most of us in our everyday adult lives have to occasionally get up and speak in front of a group. Even if it’s something informal, like toasting a family member at an event, to somebody with this degree of anxiety, the task can seem as insurmountable and frightening as climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
Because this particular fear, known as “glossophobia,” affects such a large number of people (10% of adults in the US according to Forbes Magazine, which would be about 32 million), researchers have been working on understanding and treating it for years.
Enter Energy Psychology, an alternative way of understanding and treating a variety of conditions through restoring flow to the body’s natural life force.
In the early 1980’s, a psychologist named Roger Callahan devised a method of balancing the body’s energy by linking mental health issues to acupressure points. Clinicians would have the patient talk about the issue while they tapped on the corresponding point, which would unblock the flow of energy.
The developer of Emotional Freedom Techniques, Gary Craig, took this one step further by simplifying it so that anyone in the health care field could apply it and teach clients how to do it themselves.
It takes some time for a treatment modality to earn the respect and legitimacy of society and the medical community. Because of the many research studies conducted, however, EFT has been recently accepted as an “evidence-based treatment” by the American Psychological Association for specific issues.
But is public speaking one of them? Let’s find out…
To Be or Not to Be… A Study
Researchers of this study in Australia recruited 36 volunteer students to fill out a questionnaire about public speaking and fear.
The group was divided into two: the first would receive EFT as a treatment and the other was the wait list/control group. All students were given several questionnaires that are considered reliable measures in research about public speaking anxiety. They were also asked to predict how effective they thought the treatment would be for them on a scale of 0-10.
The students in the EFT group were asked to give a four-minute speech before the treatment. Then they were shown how to use EFT.
One interesting aspect of this study was having the students rate their anxiety at three points during the treatment itself: 15 minutes into it, 30 minutes into it, and at the end, at 45 minutes.
After treatment, the students filled out all of the questionnaires again. Finally, they were asked to give another short speech in front of a small group that was video recorded.
Using this recording, the researchers then scored students on observable anxious behaviors, like wetting their lips, swaying, gesturing awkwardly, or pacing.
The control group followed the same protocol, but without treatment. One week later, they came back to the counseling center and also received the Tapping Therapy. They then filled out the questionnaires and gave their video recorded speeches, being evaluated just like the first group.
Toastmasters for Tapping
The overall findings in this study showed that EFT was a highly effective treatment for public speaking anxiety.
Researchers noted the particularly short treatment time and the fact that individuals can even give themselves the treatment without a therapist.
In comparing the questionnaires, researchers found that students who received the EFT treatments felt less anxious in general, and specifically calmer about public speaking post-treatment. There were improvements in anxiety levels, statistically significant ones, on all measurement tools they used.
The anxiety measurements taken at each 15-minute interval during the treatment process showed a steady decline of anxiety throughout. Interestingly, there was a big drop in just the first 15 minutes of doing the tapping.
Applause!
Given how easy it is to teach and learn, and how quickly the treatment begins to work, Tapping is a fabulous tool that could save millions of people from the suffering they experience every time they are required to speak in front of a group of people.
Even when I have to take the stage for a talk or conference presentation, I still tap beforehand because it just simply helps to calm the nerves and provides me with better focus.
If you’d like to try Tapping for your public speaking anxiety, we’ve got a free Tapping Meditation to help you.
Go ahead and give it a try the next time you have to get up to speak in front of others. Your voice and your words could be just what someone else needs to hear.
Until next time…
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
Tell me about a time where you had to speak publicly. How did it go? Do you think Tapping could have helped?
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