The Tapping Solution Quotes

“Under chronic stress, your body is more apt to enter a state of dis-ease. Unable to achieve its natural balance, it can’t function the way it should. The ripple effects can be profound. And yet Western medicine has trained us to focus on symptomsrather than root causes like stress. Page 71”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

“Though we’re not yet sure why, tapping seems to turn off the amygdala’s alarm—deactivating the brain’s arousal pathways. Tapping on the meridian endpoints sends a calming response to the body, and the amygdala recognizes that it’s safe. What’s more, tapping while experiencing—or even discussing—a stressful event counteracts that stress and reprograms the hippocampus, which compares past threats with present signals and tells the amygdala whether or not the present signal is an actual threat.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

“When we accept ourselves as we are, we aren't "settling" or "keeping the problem in place." We're showing love and compassion for ourselves-for our feelings, our situation, and our history.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“A person who is walking around with the belief I am safe in my body is going to
approach the world from a very different place than someone who doesn't believe
that. That person will be more confident in approaching others, as Sonia was in
sharing her business at the women’s event. They’re going to be much more willing to put themselves out in the world, to be vulnerable in relationships, and to be willing to risk and dare, because they’re operating from a place of safety. Page 60”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Our mind takes an inventory of past events and uses them to project the probability of success in the future. Depending on the information it gathers, we either move forward—or the
fear response is triggered and forward progress is circumvented. Page 48”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“For many of us, the internally generated stress response is triggered by a negative memory or thought that has its roots in past trauma or conditioned learning from childhood. The stress response in the body takes the same form, whether the trigger is the tiger (external) or a negative memory (internal). The adrenaline flows, the heart races, and so on.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

“When you’re experiencing a negative emotional state—angry or upset or fearful—your brain goes on alert. It prepares your body to enter a full-blown, fight-or-flight response. This response evolved to mobilize the body to face an external threat—think of a tiger coming after your ancient ancestor. All the body’s defense systems are turned on to support either fighting or fleeing from the danger. Your adrenaline pumps, your muscles tense, and your blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar all rise to give you extra energy to meet the challenge.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

“Sometimes EFT is as simple as that: slotting a few minutes into your day. Tapping when you feel stuck, frustrated, or lazy. Of course, EFT is amazing for the huge challenges in our lives, but it works just as well for the little stuff. The thing is, it’s the little stuff that turns into big stuff.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“It’s important to be aware of the end goal, the grand theme, the big vision. But once that is clear to you, then you just have to take the next step in front of you. What’s amazing about using EFT with this strategy is that it works perfectly on addressing just that: the next step. The next obstacle. What’s in front of you right now!
Even though I’m overwhelmed by all the things I have to do with this project …
Even though I’m not sure what to do next …
Even though I don’t feel confident that I can figure out how to get this done …
Even though I’m out of my league and don’t know what I’m doing …”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“It’s not about the next big idea, get-rich-quick scheme, or huge opportunity. Those are a dime a dozen. What are not a dime a dozen are healthy financial tapping trees—people who can actually take those big ideas, dreams, and opportunities and make them happen.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“There was no focus, no sustained passion for what I was doing—and the results showed.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“So when you’re stuck or don’t know what to tap on, don’t be afraid to take a leap. Try something else. Just the process of tapping can often relax the body and mind enough that different ideas, impressions, and leads come your way. Through trial and error, you can determine what’s really going on and how to clear it.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Through a guided, closed-eye visualization, where she continued to tap through all the points, I took her through “uninstalling” her old program and “installing” the new program.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“As I said before, EFT isn’t a mind eraser; it doesn’t delete memories in any way, but it does clear the negative emotional and energetic patterns behind a memory. Thus it changes our approach and response to the event—and to life going forward.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“What tapping does, with amazing efficiency, is halt the fight-or-flight response and reprogram the brain and body to act—and react—differently. Let’s look at how that happens.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionary System for Stress-Free Living

“Once again, here are the eight steps of EFT tapping. It may be helpful to bookmark this page so you can come back to it as you move on to the chapters that follow. That said, most people learn these steps rather quickly, so you may not need this reference for long! 1. Choose your Most Pressing Issue (MPI).
2. Rate your MPI using the 0-to-10 SUDS.
3. Craft a setup statement, using your MPI to fill in the blank: Even though __________________, I deeply and completely accept myself.
4. Speak your setup statement three times while tapping on the karate chop point.
5. Tap through the eight points in the EFT sequence while saying your reminder phrase out loud. Tap five to seven times at each point, starting with the eyebrow and finishing at the top of the head.
6. Take a deep breath.
7. Rate the intensity of your MPI using the 0-to-10 scale.
8. Repeat, or move on to a different MPI.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Getting started is easy, as I’ve said. I will go over each of the eight simple steps in detail later on, but I will list them for now:
1. Choose your “Most Pressing Issue” (MPI) and devise a reminder phrase (see pages 16 and 20).
2. Rate the intensity of your MPI on the 0-to-10 Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS; see page 18).
3. Craft a setup statement (see page 18).
4. Tap on the karate chop point (see page 21) while repeating your setup statement three times.
5. Tap through the eight points in the EFT sequence (see page 21) while saying your reminder phrase out loud. Tap five to seven times at each point.
6. Once you have finished tapping the eight points in the sequence, take a deep breath.
7. Again rate the intensity of your issue using the 0-to-10 scale to check your progress.
8. Repeat as necessary to get the relief you desire.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“When the question and desire are strong enough, an answer appears.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Tapping, he explains, addresses the psychological symptoms through the body, which is an important and powerful resource for PTSD sufferers. “Psychologically, a trauma process is a down-spiraling vortex,” he says. That vortex often involves physical memories like the smell of fire or the feeling of water filling your lungs. Because tapping lets survivors access their emotions and their physical energy simultaneously, it can free them from trauma much faster than talk therapy.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Tapping can help you make all kinds of positive changes, including letting you overcome weird, unusual stressors or obstacles that may have become part of your life over the years.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“By clearing the negative emotional drivers behind blocked creativity and stunted performance, tapping gives you direct access to your natural talents. Once those talents can engage without interference from long-held fears and worries, you’ll be amazed by how well you can play, write, create, dance, sing, speak, sell, and do whatever it is you were born to do! You’ll be able to perform at your highest level more easily and more frequently and have more fun doing it.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“EFT is not a tool for making people do what you want; it’s about clearing emotional energy.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“The key with cravings for anything is that you actually have to do the tapping for it to work. And that’s where addressing the underlying emotional causes, the “roots” of your cravings, is so important.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Tapping accessed the actual wound and just lifted it.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“This process continued, with more tapping, digging deeper and deeper, until she could no longer find any anxiety, stress, or worry about the speech. Instead, she reported, “I’m actually excited for this and starting to think about what I want to discuss. I could never go there before because I was too terrified of the whole experience!” I’ve mentioned it several times but it bears repeating because it’s so crucial. The way to get lasting results with fears or phobias is to dig deep and address all the aspects of the issue.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“When we began our session, I asked her to visualize being onstage, without the podium or her written speech, and to tell me what she experienced. Particularly, I wanted to know what she felt in her body. I find that focusing on physical sensations is a great way to get started addressing fears, because it helps us connect more fully to the feelings and determine what’s really going on.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“Even though I feel all this anxiety …
Even though I feel like I can’t take a deep breath … Even though I have this knot in my stomach …
Even though my body feels shaky …
Even though I’m scared of falling …
We systematically worked through the different aspects that were coming up in her mind and body.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“She had grown up afraid of clowns, all her friends knew she was afraid of clowns, and she took actions to make sure she didn’t face clowns in her life. This fear was part of the fabric of her life, her identity. Who would she be without it? We tapped on Even though I don’t know who I’ll be without this fear of clowns … and Even though I’m used to being afraid of clowns, I don’t know how to act without this fear, I deeply and completely accept myself. And so forth. These statements began opening up her mind and body to a new possibility, and she then started shaping a new identity without this limiting fear.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living

“The key to this process is to get specific about your issues and your feelings and to be systematic about the tapping—go through all the different aspects of the issue that arise, one by one.”
― Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living