Judgment Detox: Release the Beliefs That Hold You Back from Living A Better Life

by Gabrielle Bernstein

TAPPING FOR JUDGMENT We start by rating your MPI. Ask yourself how emotionally charged you are when you think about the person you can’t stop judging. (Remember the person can be a group of people or even yourself. You can replace the words this person with a name.) Rate your MPI from 0 to 10, 10 being the most emotionally charged. Your MPI rating: _______ The next step is to begin tapping on the karate chop point (as seen in the illustration above) with your other hand. While tapping, repeat the following phrase out loud three times: Even though I can’t stop judging this person, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. While tapping on the karate chop point: Even though I can’t stop judging this person, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. While tapping on the karate chop point: Even though I can’t stop judging this person, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. While tapping on the karate chop point: Even though I can’t stop judging this person, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. Continue lightly tapping on the other meridians one by one while saying each phrase out loud. Follow this sequence: Tapping on the eyebrow: I can’t stop judging. Tapping on the side of the eye: It feels so good to judge them. Tapping under the eye: Judging makes me feel better about myself. Tapping under the nose: And this person really deserves my judgment. Tapping on the chin: They’ve done so much to make me want to judge. Tapping on the collarbone: They...