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Snarfing Twizzlers (What’s Your Kryptonite?)

Do you have a kryptonite food?

You know, that food that no matter what particular plan or journey you’re on regarding food, it buckles your knees when you think about it or it enters your space.

Is it that creamy Reese’s peanut butter cup? Decadent dark chocolate? Crispy, salty mouth-watering chips? Crunchy and satisfying M+M’s? Stress-relieving ice cream? Fun and festive Twizzlers?

Think about that food for a moment now. Go ahead, wherever, you are, just take 5 seconds and think about that food.

So here’s my guess about what’s happening as you think about.

Your mouth might be salivating a bit. Little Pavlov’s dog action happening. Perhaps you’re starting to crave that food. And perhaps with that craving, if you pause and really FEEL, comes some emotions that aren’t very pleasant.

Oh, there they are again…

Guilt, shame, frustration, anger, despair.  I WANT that food, but I DON’T. I feel out of control, but I refuse to give it up. I’m TIRED of even caring anymore.

How is it that a FOOD comes with so much baggage? And what is all this baggage doing to your experience of life, your confidence in your body, your physical health?

If there’s part of you that is sick and tired of experiencing these negative emotions around food, if there’s part of you that says, “ENOUGH of these OLD patterns”, then you might want to explore how tapping can be extraordinarily powerful to change all this forever.

In the past couple of weeks, we’ve been sharing my sister Jessica’s webinar on weight loss (you can register for free for it here: link), but I know that it’s a busy summer, so if you don’t have time for the whole webinar, you might enjoy this excerpt from it.

I’ve pulled out a powerful segment for you to watch right now, to help you gain further clarity on what’s really holding you back. In this section, you’ll go through the “Tapping Tree” process, to uncover elements that may be keeping you stuck that you might not even know about!

And yes, this video will tell the TRUE story of “snarfing twizzlers”

Right click and save here to download The Tapping Tree PDF

If you want to explore these important topics and how they relate to body image, confidence and weight loss, register for the full webinar now: Register for the webinar

A new group of ladies eager to transform their experience around food, weight, body image and more are getting started now in our Weight Loss and Body Confidence 7 Week Program. If you’re interested, go here to learn more and sign up: www.thetappingsolution.com/weight-loss/wl-program-int.html

What is your relationship with food like?  Do you feel stress and pressure around food?  How did you feel after doing the Tapping Tree Process?  Leave your comments below.  

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Manage Parental Overwhelm – Free Tapping Meditation

You might have seen the news that I recently became a father for the first time. June Everly Ortner was born on May 16, 2015. As I write this, she’s in a snuggly (baby holder) on my chest, fast asleep, as I walk on a standup treadmill desk. It is the BEST.

Of course, she’s not always fast asleep and the first five weeks have definitely been an adjustment! A wonderful one, but sometimes we can face overwhelm as parents. If you or someone you love is struggling and feeling overwhelm, I’ve created a free tapping meditation for you just on this topic.

If you feel overwhelmed from all of life’s responsibilities that come with being a parent, take a few minutes to tap along with me as I guide you through this Tapping Mediation on parental overwhelm:

http://ts-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/Final/TheTappingSolution-Tapping-Meditation-Parental-Overwhlem-Nick-Ortner.mp3

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Tapping Solution Foundation Update from Newtown

If you’ve been with us for a little while, you might know about the work we’ve been supporting in Rwanda the past several years, helping genocide survivors through the use of Tapping.

And you might also know that I live in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the Sandy Hook school shootings, and started The Tapping Solution Foundation in order to provide stress and trauma relief to the local community.

The work we’ve been doing on the ground here, led by Dr. Lori Leyden, the head of the Foundation, has been profound, extremely well received, and effective.  Watch the video below for an update from the community.

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Some of your questions answered…

At the end of a workshop last year in Pasadena, California, I took a few minutes to answer some questions from the audience. You might find a few of these answers interesting and helpful.

Amongst other things, we covered:

– Using humor

– Tapping in schools

– What’s actually making the difference in Tapping

– How to tap “in the moment”

– The power of positive belief, expectation and the relaxation response

– Experiencing more joy

– Tapping for someone else

– Epilepsy and “Curing” something

– How pain “moves” and “chasing the pain”

– On mental illness

Watch it here:

 

If you’d like to join me at an upcoming live event, I’ll be speaking in Orlando on September 18-20, 2015.  I’m conducting an all day workshop on September 18th, where we are going to learn to use Tapping to break through patterns of self-sabotage and limiting beliefs and show you specifically how you can use Tapping for pain relief, weight loss, financial abundance, improving your relationships and much more. I’ll be tapping with you directly, showing you how you can experience change in minutes!  I hope to see you there

http://www.thetappingsolution.com/ts/hh-orlando

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This Video is THAT good…

I’ve seen this video at least ten times in the last couple of years.  You probably have too…(and if you haven’t, you’re in for a real treat…)

I ran across it after not having seen it for a while, and it made me happy all over again.  It is moving, beautiful, revealing and more..

It reminds us of the depth of human possibility and that it’s never too late for our dreams to come true.  It reminds us of how easy it is to be judgmental and, while it’s cliché to say, how often we “judge a book by its cover.”

Watch it here:

Click Here to Watch this Video on YouTubeUntil next time…Keep loving!

Nick Ortner

What did this video bring up for you?

Share your comments below!

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Better Things are Coming

Better things are coming your way…

Better health, better relationships, better finances, true happiness and so much more.  Are you ready to accept it all?

I believe that the universe is always willing to give us what we ask for, but there’s a critical secret to being able to manifest what we want into our lives.

This simple story will explain that key step better than I can:  (If you’ve read this before, read it again. The message is that powerful…!)

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Once there was a man who was a firm believer in God. One day it began to rain very heavily. It kept raining and a big flood came. The man climbed up onto the roof of his house, and knew that he would be OK. God would protect him.

A boat came by and the guy in the boat said: “Hey, jump in, we will take you with us.”  “No thanks”, said the man. “I’m a firm believer in God. He will rescue me”. He sent the boat away.

Another boat came by and the guy in this boat said, “You look like you could use some help. Jump in and we will take you with us.”  “No,” said the man. “I’m a firm believer in God. He will rescue me. Don’t worry about me.” So the boat sailed away.

A helicopter came by and the guy in the helicopter threw down a rope and said, “Hi there my friend. Climb up. We will rescue you.”  “No,” said the man. “I’m a firm believer in God. He will rescue me. I know he will.” The helicopter flew away.

It kept on raining, and raining, and finally the man drowned. When he died, he went to Heaven, where he was met by God.

The man asked, “Where were you? I waited and waited. I was sure you would rescue me, as I have been a firm believer all my life, and have only done good to others. So where were you when I needed you?”

God looked at the man and answered, “I tried to rescue you. I sent you two boats and a helicopter…”

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Isn’t that an amazing story?!  It’s always been one of my favorites. 

So let me ask you: what is it that you need help with, and what boat or helicopter may the Universe (or God or whatever you prefer to call it) be sending you, which you are not aware of?

Maybe it’s a book you’re not reading, or an opportunity to exercise that you’re not taking, or a business meeting that you’re not scheduling, or time you’re not utilizing to use Tapping…

To end today’s post, I want to offer you a boat, or a helicopter, or whatever you want to see it as, especially if finances is an area in which you want to improve…

Over the next few days, I’m going to be running a free webinar titled,“How to Create an Abundant, Stress-Free Financial Future, Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible.”

From my experience in working with thousands of people around the world, MONEY, FINANCES AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT AREalways the #1 issue people want to work on, as it’s such a heavy area of stress.

So if that’s an area you want to improve, don’t let this boat or helicopter pass you by and then complain that the universe isn’t helping with your finances!    I know this webinar can help.  Just go to the page below and pick which presentation you’d like to join me on:

www.thetappingsolution.com/fp/eg-int-financial-success

See you during the presentation.

Until then…Keep Tapping!

Nick Ortner

P.S. – Sometimes it can feel like life is out of control, in one way or another.  But when it feels that way, always remember to take your power back in whatever way you can.  There are always SIMPLEdecisions you can make and actions you can take that will both give you your power back and set you forward on the path which you want to go.

If you’re ready to take back your power around your finances, career and your overall enjoyment of life, join me on one of these presentations:

www.thetappingsolution.com/fp/eg-int-financial-success

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You’ll remember and then you’ll forget…

You’ll remember and then you’ll forget…

You’ll remember and then you’ll forget…

You’ll remember and then you’ll forget…

You’ll remember and then you’ll forget…

And on it goes…

So, do you think I’m talking about:

A. Where you put your keys.

B. Your grandma’s cookie recipe that you always forget to write down and just figure you’ll remember.

C. How exactly to use the TV remote to watch a movie.

D. The fact that you are a being of great spiritual power, loving, kind and compassionate, full of life, energy and vibrancy, able to climb the highest mountains and accomplish the greatest deeds.

Well, while technically the answer might be, “All of the Above”, I am, of course, referring to “D”.

And I’m referring specifically to that fact that ALL of us go through these cycles, of consciousness, and unconsciousness. Times when we’re inspired, in the flow, connecting with our highest self, letting go of stress, being productive, loving more and forgiving more. We’re reading inspiring words, we’re listening to inspiring media. We’re having loving, productive conversations. We’re being all we can be in this world.

And then we’ll go through a cycle of unconsciousness, when the world just seems to overwhelm us, when we hold on to grudges, when we want to be angry and we want to be right. When we refuse to forgive ourselves and others. When we eat without awareness and ignore the real needs of our body. When television or social media dominate our consciousness and we simply don’t feel the way we want to feel.

And then something will happen, perhaps a blog post like this one, or an email. Maybe it’s the inspiring podcast you put on, or an image that moves you on Facebook.

And then you’ll remember!

Oh, yes! I am a powerful spiritual being, I want to feel expansive and joyful and kind. I’m going to continue striving to create the life of my dreams. I can do this!

And then… yeah, you know what comes next…you’ll forget again.

And that’s OK. This is a cycle ALL of us go through, the key is to remember MORE than you forget. So to help you do that, here are three simple tips to help you remember more than you forget.

THREE SIMPLE TIPS TO HELP YOU REMEMBER YOU ARE A BEING OF GREAT SPIRITUAL POWER

Tip #1: Put The Keys In The Same Place Every Day.

Of course, this is a simple tip that works really well when it comes to not losing your car or house keys. Put them in the same place, every day, so it doesn’t have to be a random search for them. I put mine in a drawer on the kitchen, right by where I normally walk in. That means that I ALWAYS know where they are. I can’t remember the last time I couldn’t find my keys, because they’re just THERE.

So the question is, what can you do to “REMEMBER” the truth about who you are and what you aspire to be? Maybe a post it right by your keys that says, “You’ve Got This” or “Love More” or “You are a powerful spiritual being”? You’ve got to grab your keys every day, why not grab that message with it? Or even better, something on your key chain that really stands out and reminds you of these truths?

Whatever it is, make sure you see it once a day, as early in the day as possible!

Tip #2: You Keep Forgetting Grandma’s Cookie Recipe Because You’re Not Writing It Down!

So this is pretty simple… write it down! Both Grandma’s cookie recipe (if you have a great one…share it with us in the comments below!) and the fact that you are a being of great spiritual power! Write it down! Affirm it! Acknowledge it! Commit to its reality. Whether it’s by daily journaling, or goal setting, or writing down affirmations, the process of writing has power, it can help you cement these truths in your mind body and spirit and you can use it to reconnect to these powerful ideas on a daily basis. And after you write it down, put it someplace you can see it. Put a sticky on your bathroom mirror or as discussed, something next to your keys. Remind yourself as often as possible of these great truths about yourself and your life.

Tip #3: Using the TV Remote To Get The Movie On Is Rarely Intuitive, There’s Usually A Set Of Simple Instructions To Follow, But You Have To Read Them!

What has changed my life in the past two decades has been the fact that I’ve been reading instructions, on how to live my best life. I’ve been reading instructions on how to use EFT Tapping to let go, release stress and shine my brightest. I’ve been reading instructions on how to love more, give more and be more. I’ve been reading instructions on financial abundance and creating a healthy body.

That remote doesn’t have a button that says, “Press here to put on the movie and do exactly what you want to do” – you’ve got to read the instructions. Our lives operate in the same way. We weren’t given an instruction manual at birth (would have been useful…) and in fact, many of us have been taught rather poorly. We’re following the wrong instructions.

Now it’s time to get the right ones. If there’s one thing that’s made the biggest difference in my life is that I’ve committed to filling my brain with positive, uplifting, grand, abundant instructions.

Audios, books, videos, anything and everything to help me REMEMBER. The more of this good stuff you put in, the more good stuff that will come out!

So that’s it. Some simple tips to help you REMEMBER more. Tell me, what tips do you have to help you remember the truth about who you are? Comment below! (and don’t forget the great cookie recipe if you have one…)

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Releasing the Chains of Guilt – Free Tapping Meditation

Guilt is an extremely powerful and prevalent emotion.

If you ask any person to think of something they feel guilty about, they can typically pinpoint something in their mind within seconds.

Guilt about things we did, events that happened, things we said, or any other number of things can stay with us for years, silently lurking beneath the surface, holding us back without us evening realizing it.

If you ask yourself right now “What do I feel guilty about?…”

What comes up for you? What guilt are holding on to that you could let go of?

I want to share a Tapping Meditation audio with you today that can help you to release layers of guilt within just minutes, to release the burden that guilt can make you carry.

This meditation is one of ten meditations that I was originally going to be selling for $97, but that I’m now giving away for free to anybody who buys my newest book The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief.

You can listen to this meditation called “Releasing the Chain of Guilt” right now by pressing play below:

http://tappingsolution.s3.amazonaws.com/meditations/Releasing-Guilt.mp3

I hope you enjoy the meditation, and if you haven’t yet, make sure to pick up a copy of my book The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief on the Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites. Amazon actually just dropped the price from a little over $17 to only $15.59 now!

So for only $15.59, you can get both the book and the entire $97 of Tapping Meditations (and for only $12.99 with the kindle version).

You can do that by going here:

www.thetappingsolution.com/pain-relief-book/relief.html

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Ed’s Body Said “No” (Tapping for Crohn’s Disease)

A few weeks back, I was being interviewed by Dr. Ed Osburn for his podcast, “The Chiropractic Philanthropist”. He had invited me on to talk about my new book, “The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief” and I figured it would be a standard interview, explaining how tapping works, why it works so well for pain relief and how his listeners, mostly chiropractors, could use it with their patients as an adjunct to their work.

What I didn’t expect was when Dr. Osburn mentioned to me before we started recording that he had been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in 2009 and had been in pain ever since. He told me it was something that he talked about openly on his podcast so I suggested that we explore tapping live on the podcast to see what might happen.

Now, that in and of itself is slightly remarkable, that I have SO much confidence in this technique and how I’ve seen it work again and again, that I’m willing to test it live on an interview. One might think it’s risky, or might say, “What happens if it doesn’t work, won’t you look silly?”  but I’ve just seen it work so often that I don’t seem to blink an eye anymore when it comes to putting it to the test!

We started the interview, and after I had covered the basics with Dr. Osburn, we moved on to demonstrate the process. He told me that his pain, as we talked, was a four out of ten and that it was like that most morning, with it increasing throughout the day. So we started tapping, first focusing on the pain itself and then going deeper, asking questions like, “If there was an emotion in your gut, what would it be?” .  We talked about “when it started” – what was going on in his life in 2009, and found a lot of “gold” to work with there.

When did it start?

Dr. Osburn shared that in 2009, he was running an extremely busy practice, training for a 100 mile race and just going, going, going non-stop. We tapped on some of the feelings around that time and also worked on what his life would be like if his pain went away completely. We identified some fears about the pain going away because if the pain went away…then he’d have to go back to his life in 2009, and he didn’t want that…

All this emotional conflict around the pain, all this turmoil, all this stress and fear was keeping his body from healing, and we worked to explore that and let it go. Within the 40 minutes we spent together on the podcast, only about 15 of them spent tapping, his pain went from a 4 out of 10 to a .5!!! Almost gone, he could barely feel it. We wrapped up the podcast and I offered to work with him for a few minutes longer, to see if we could get the pain down further.

After another 15-20 minutes of tapping, his pain was completely GONE! I was astounded. I continue to be every time I see this happens, because it’s just simply amazing. I asked him more about the pain, confirming that it was completely gone and asked him, “When was the last time you were pain free?” He replied, “2009”.

“Wait,” I said, “Just to be clear, you’ve been in pain constantly since 2009? Not one break?”

“Yes,” he said, “Even when I was on painkillers, I still felt the pain. This is the first time since 2009 that I’ve been pain-free.”

We were conducting the interview and session on video Skype, so I could SEE not only the relief on Dr. Osburn’s face, but also some confusion! How could this be happening! We signed off and I asked him to keep me appraised of what was happening and to continue tapping and going deeper.

I received this email from him the next day:

Yesterday was a very good day…I felt so much better I almost did not feel myself.

My wife was amazed (and so was I of course) –I was in my office in the afternoon for a consult and often I feel really crappy–but my energy was great and in fact I did not think about the discomfort or difficulties with heading to the practice once. Most often I am anxious and distracted–very unusual experience for me.

This morning I am about a 2/10….but that doesn’t matter because I know there is a strategy or tool to help–where there really wasn’t before–I have restored hope.

This stuff runs deep for me and I’d be very surprised of my healing did not require some work–I ran out yesterday and picked up your book “The Tapping Solution” at our local bookstore and I am determined to make this a daily ritual –there’s many limiting beliefs to work on.

What’s most exciting to me about this email is that Dr. Osburn has found HOPE and is willing to continue to working. It’s a good sign that the pain was only at a 2, so it’s less than when we started, and with continued work I know he can help his body heal.

So if you’re dealing with a diagnosis that seems hopeless, if you’re in pain, or feeling fatigue or just not experiencing the health you most desire, then I urge you to pick up a copy of my new book, “The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief”. During this launch period celebration, it comes with a bunch of great bonuses, all designed to get you the relief you’re looking for: http://thetappingsolution.com/pain-relief-book/

Comment below: What are you struggling with? What does this article bring up in you?

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What About Bob? Baby Steps and Tapping!

You might remember the movie, “What About Bob?” starring Bill Murray. It’s a great movie, and I end up watching it anytime I see it’s on TV – one of those that you can laugh at again and again. If you’ve seen it, you might remember the idea of “Baby Steps” from it. It’s one of the central comedic themes of the movie, but there’s actually a lot of truth and wisdom behind the concept.

In the movie, the concept of “baby steps” is made fun of quite a bit, and guess what, it is funny! Watching Bill Murray, a highly manipulative obsessive-compulsive, drive his psychiatrist nuts makes for a funny movie. (And as serious as these issues are in real life, it’s so important to keep our sense of humor about them!) Beyond the humor, there’s actually a tremendous amount of wisdom and truth behind what “Dr. Leo Marvin” (Richard Dreyfuss) is teaching.

The concept of ‘baby steps’ actually makes a tremendous amount of sense, especially as we apply it to our journey of personal growth and healing. One of the things that first drew me to EFT Tapping was its speed and effectiveness. I had just never experienced something so profound, where I could see results, sometimes in a matter of minutes.

But as amazing as that is, it also makes it easy to get caught up in the notion that by doing tapping for 15 minutes, everything in your life will be “fixed”. Have I seen incredible things happen in 15 minutes? Absolutely. But have I seen even more incredible things from people (myself included) who made a commitment to taking ‘baby steps’ towards their personal development, spiritual growth, and healing? There’s no doubt about it.

The reality is that a sustained practice of using Tapping to simply address what’s right in front of us, and taking those consistent baby steps, is when the most incredible results happen.

So how exactly can you implement this concept?

The first step is to set yourself up to win. Oftentimes we make these grand pronouncements in our lives: “I’m never eating sugar again!” “I’m exercising every day for the next four decades!” “I’m going to get every item on my to-do list done in the next 24 hours!” “I’m going to overcome this life-long challenge in the next fifteen minutes!”

And, of course, that’s the opposite of setting ourselves up to win; we set ourselves up to fail. Because who can really meet these grand expectations? Inevitably, we “fail” or we break our word to ourselves. Stack these disappointments on top of each other for years or decades and you get to the point where you don’t even try anymore, or you have these limiting beliefs about yourself that say, “I’m not good enough,” “I never do what I say I’m doing to do,” “I can’t change,” and so forth.

How do we change this? Well, I certainly recommend tapping on the beliefs and on the previous disappointments as deeply as possible, but for the sake of this discussion, we’re going to start with ‘baby steps’! That means, address something that is in your way right now, some little thing that will move you in the right direction. Want to overcome a sugar craving? Spend 5-10 minutes tapping on your desire to eat sugar. Even taking a sugar craving down from an “8” (in intensity), to a “5” is a huge victory and a new place and perspective to act from.

Want to start exercising? Spend 5-10 minutes tapping on, “Even though I don’t want to exercise” Overwhelmed by your to-do list? Spend 5-10 minutes bringing yourself back to a place of peace.

Identify whatever is in front of you right now that is SPECIFIC and MANAGEABLE. If you want to overcome procrastination, pick something small you’ve been procrastinating on, think about doing it, and tap while you do so. Keep tapping on, “Even though I don’t want to do this…” until things shift for you.

Stop right now, take a deep breath, and just identify ONE small thing that you can tap on and clear out of the way. Take a baby step right now! Make it silly, make it fun, make progress!

“Even though I don’t feel like taking out the garbage and I’m annoyed that I always have to do it…”

“Even though I’m having a hard time thinking because there’s too much going on…”

“Even though I have this tension in my shoulders…”

Pick something, be specific, give it a number on the 0-10 scale and then tap until you see relief! Do it now (if you’re at work, just do it silently in your head while tapping. If people can see you, go to the bathroom for 5 minutes!)

I’m going to follow up this post with some more ideas around ‘baby steps’, rewarding yourself for a job well done, and patience, so look out for that soon!

P.S. We’re doing this tapping because we want to experience FREEDOM. Freedom from the limiting beliefs, the old patterns, the junk that’s holding us back. We want to fly free..we want to sail with the wind at our backs WITHOUT being tied down.

Watch another short clip from “What About Bob?” to see exactly what I mean! Yes, Bob is sailing, but is he really free? (He is taking a step in the right direction, though! If only he had EFT to help him!

Share your results below. What did you tap on? What do you think of taking ‘baby steps’? What do you think of ‘What About Bob?’

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