Hello and welcome to this EFT tapping session.
This is my first insight timer video so I am still getting to grips with how I want to record this so any feedback always welcome.
And this session is for anyone who maybe puts a lot of pressure on themselves especially the pressure to be immediately good,
Maybe even perfect at things.
So if you are new to EFT tapping,
It is literally so easy,
You just do as I do and say as I say.
So I will tap a point of my body and I will say a phrase aloud and then you tap the same point on your body and repeat back the same phrase in the pause that I will leave.
When we are doing this,
Any response is normal.
Some people yawn,
Laugh,
Cry,
Feel really relaxed,
Or sometimes feel energized.
But if anything at any time feels like too much,
You are always safe to stop or to continue through if you wish.
Trust yourself on this.
So if you are ready,
We are going to start tapping on the side of our hand now.
Sometimes I'm guilty of telling myself that I need to be good at something before my time.
I tell myself you have to show up perfectly at this or everyone will judge you.
And sometimes I put so much pressure on myself,
I avoid starting.
Maybe I'm delay.
Maybe I make excuses.
And I waste a lot of energy worrying about the things that I'm not good enough at.
And maybe I don't even know where the idea that I should show up perfectly came from.
But it's here anyway.
And for now,
I'm choosing to accept that.
And isn't it funny that probably.
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If I did show up completely perfectly.
To this thing or the next thing or the first thing I did.
Maybe I'd still have some feelings about showing up to the thing after that.
Because maybe it isn't about showing up perfectly.
And even though some part of me has this idea that I should show up perfectly.
What if it was less about perfection?
And more about a belief I learned somewhere.
And I know it doesn't quite make sense.
So what if I'm getting ready to drop that belief?
The idea that I have to be perfect.
And I'm open to whatever better idea.
Is going to step into its place.
Because even though that I've been operating under this belief,
The belief that I have to show up perfectly from the get-go.
Maybe this has even been my normal.
And even though I've put my practice pressure on myself.
I'm choosing to deeply and completely love,
Accept,
And forgive myself anyway.
We're going to move to the top of the head now.
Sometimes I feel like I need to be able to do things perfectly.
I worry that people will judge me if I'm not good enough.
But what if the truth is,
This isn't really me talking?
Maybe this is my naughty little ego talking.
Because my ego is kind of silly.
Telling me that I have to show up for skill things.
And just be more perfect than people that have been practicing for literally years.
On day one.
How silly is that little ego?
But maybe the truth is my ego is a scared little thing too.
And maybe sometimes I've been listening to my ego on this.
And maybe I'm done doing that.
Because maybe if I don't start doing these things that I'm afraid of being imperfect at,
If I'm never risking imperfection.
Why will I truly be in a year's time?
Well,
I have had many rich life experiences.
Will I be any good at this thing that I haven't been doing?
Because I wanted to do it perfectly so it just didn't show up.
I acknowledge,
Maybe not.
Because maybe I'm afraid of doing things wrong.
Maybe I'm afraid of showing up imperfectly.
Maybe I am afraid.
Of being judged.
But maybe if I showed up perfectly to everything that I did.
The truth is people are gonna still judge me.
Because how boring would it be if I was perfect at everything?
Who would want to be my friend if I was just perfect?
Who would want to hear the story I tell about how easy everything is?
Who could truly relate on a human level.
Because maybe imperfection is part of the beauty of being human.
So even though I tell myself that I need to be perfect.
And maybe I do this to avoid judgment.
Showing up perfectly would still let me be judged.
And not showing up at things.
Well,
I'm kind of judging myself for that too.
So little ego,
How is avoiding judgement going for you?
What if I chose to start doing the things that I am afraid to start?
What if I was allowed to start at the beginning of things?
Because babies don't refuse to walk just in case they can't do it straight away.
They trust themselves.
And I choose to trust myself too.
What if I was safe to be a beginner?
What if I've got more to bring to the world by trying?
And maybe it's okay to be afraid to try.
And maybe I can still choose to love myself if it doesn't go to plan first time around.
What if I leaned into the idea that perfect is boring?
Maybe it would be so miserable to be good at everything.
Because what would I enjoy doing?
Maybe there'd be no challenges to overcome.
Maybe I'd seem like I was putting myself above everybody else.
Because maybe imperfection is beautiful.
Maybe it's okay for me to say.
Maybe I'm always going to be learning at this whole life thing.
And it's not a weapon to beat myself with.
It's a sentence that allows me to see.
My beauty.
That there is always more to learn and show up to.
What if tomorrow I did one of these things that I'm afraid of being imperfect at?
And what if no one judged me but saw how brave I was?
Why might my life be in a week or a year?
If I started showing up little by little.
At the things I'm afraid of sucking at.
And maybe at school we were taught that there's one best way to do things.
We go to school,
Learn the topic,
Take a test.
And that's the only way that it is.
Fuck that shit.
I don't want to be the same as everyone else.
And I sure as fuck don't want everyone else to be the same as me.
To maybe doing things in a different way.
A bad way.
Is actually a kind of strength.
Maybe some people call it innovators.
Maybe people tell them that they're doing it wrong.
But they just don't give a shit.
And maybe I'm ready to start labelling myself like that too.
Starting to see the things that I'm not yet skilled at.
As opportunities to learn or experiment.
And what if I dropped the energy I used to waste worrying that I'm not good enough?
And I used it on having fun at these things.
In a year's time,
Maybe I'll be a master.
Or maybe I won't.
And I get to love myself in any results I have.
Because maybe by then I'll have shown myself the power of showing up in new ways.
I love experience the fun that is to have.
All the room for growth that I know I've been leaving on the table.
I'm ready to start compounding the small steps.
Into the bigger things.
Into the biggest thing.
A fulfilling,
Imperfect life.
That I truly deserve.
So from here on out,
I choose to drop the fear that I'm not going to be good at a thing.
I'm hitting the delete button from my mind.
And oh my,
The fun I'm gonna have.
Tapping on my head.
The silliness.
The laughter with new friends.
And oh my goodness,
All the things that I am going to experience.
I choose to allow myself to experience them.
I no longer demand perfection from the get-go.
I see the beauty in my imperfections.
And I trust myself in the beginner stage through to the master stage.
To keep showing up.
Today I let go of my needs for perfection.
And I embrace the beauty in my humanness.
And so it is.
We're going to stop there.
Take a deep breath and hold at the top.
And release when you're ready.
I would love to hear how that felt for you guys,
And.
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Please do stay hydrated,
Some people can find it's good to drink a lot,
I mean I feel like it never harms us to drink a lot,
And I will see you next time!
