The Tapping Solution Podcast

What if you could reduce your stress hormones by 43% in just one hour—without medication? In this science-backed video, I break down groundbreaking research on how EFT Tapping dramatically reduces cortisol, your body's primary stress hormone. I'll explain exactly what's happening in your nervous system, share the specific studies that prove it works, and guide you through understanding why this simple technique outperforms conventional approaches. Whether you're dealing with chronic stress, anxiety, or just want to understand the science behind emotional healing, this video reveals how you can literally shift your biochemistry with your just fingertips.    Based on peer-reviewed research including Church et al. (2012) and Stapleton et al. (2020), with insights from over 300 scientific studies on EFT. Citations Church, D., Yount, G., & Brooks, A. J. (2012). The effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(10), 891–896. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b9fc1 Stapleton, P., Crighton, G. J., Sabot, D., & O’Neill, H. M. (2020). Reexamining the effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: a randomized controlled trial.. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(8), 869-877. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000563 Download The Tapping Solution App now: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast 0:00 Intro 1:19 The jaw-dropping research study 2:08 What is cortisol and how it affects your body 3:03 Study Results 3:56 Second study - the 43% drop 4:45 How Tapping helps 6:25 What this means for you 7:06 How you can change your cortisol levels today 9:00 Outro

Experience the power of EFT Tapping in real time as Jessica Ortner helps guests overcome fear, perfectionism, and clutter in The Tapping Solution Live, a heartfelt show where real people receive real support. Tap along and feel your own breakthroughs unfold as you release fear, self-criticism, and overwhelm, discovering calm, confidence, and self-trust along the way. Timestamps: 0:00 — Intro 1:30 — Marina’s Story: Learning to ice skate at 59 and using Tapping to overcome fear and trust herself on the ice. 20:05 — Linda’s Story: Breaking free from perfectionism and self-criticism with Tapping to embrace curiosity and self-compassion. 35:21 — Karen’s Story: Releasing the emotional weight of clutter and finding freedom from overwhelm through Tapping. 49:52 — Outro Submit your own question here!: https://cf.thetappingsolution.com/tts-live-submit-question Download The Tapping Solution App now: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast Tapping Meditations Jessica Mentioned: -Releasing Fear Meditation: https://thetappingsolution.app.link/Releasing-Fear -5 Day Confidence Series: https://thetappingsolution.app.link/Confidence-Series -Building Confidence Affirmations: https://thetappingsolution.app.link/building-confidence-affirmations -Inner Child Healing: “Teaching My Inner Child They Don’t Have to Be Perfect” Meditation: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/vJOa/4dm5iog4 -Quieting the Critical Voice Meditation: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/vJOa/QuietingTheCriticalVoice -Clearing Clutter Effortlessly ATM: https://thetappingsolution.app.link/Motivate-Me-to-Clear-Clutter -Clearing Overwhelm Around Clutter Tapping Meditation: https://thetappingsolution.app.link/Create-Lasting-Change-Ch-5-Tapping-Meditation

In this episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast, we're answering the question of "Who invented EFT Tapping?"  It’s a question we're asked all the time, and we love sharing the incredible story behind it! It all started with an accidental discovery when a therapist had tried everything in the book to help a woman with a severe water phobia… without success. Until, in a moment of inspiration, he tried something different… In this episode of, you'll get the chance to listen to the full story (complete with real audio clips from the people involved) and find out what happened next. It’s a super fun, 5-minute audio journey where you’ll learn all about the evolution of how Tapping came to be. Sit back, enjoy, and get ready to be surprised and inspired!

For over three decades, Dr. Eric(Rick) Leskowitz has been at the forefront of integrative medicine, exploring the fascinating intersection between conventional Western medicine and energy-based healing approaches.    I was fortunate enough to sit down with Dr. Leskowitz for a one-on-one conversation about the evolution of energy medicine, including how techniques like EFT Tapping are transforming our understanding of what’s possible.    Our discussion covers everything from the historical resistance to energy-based therapies to his vision for a future where conventional and integrative approaches work hand in hand.    This is truly an interview you don’t want to miss!

Sign Up for the 16th Annual Tapping World Summit for Free Here Download The Tapping Solution App for free on iOS or Android.  —-------------------------------   In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast we join the Iyanla Vanzant, star of the TV hit show, "Iyanla: Fix My Life" on the OWN network, for an interview conducted by Jessica Ortner.  In this interview Iyanla shares how to purge toxic thoughts and emotions from your life so that you can create a life full of financial abundance, emotional happiness, fulfilling relationships and more...   Years before Iyanla became the star of her hit show "Iyanla: Fix My Life" she was stuck in patterns of toxic thoughts and emotions herself.   Coping with trauma from childhood abuse, punishing herself emotionally, struggling financially with a poverty consciousness, and so much more.   But she learned how to overcome those toxic thoughts and emotions, and create a life full of abundance, joy, and love.   Some of the things Iyanla will share with you in this interview include:   - How she started using Tapping to change her life nearly 16 years ago, and why she still loves this technique for creating personal change. (And why she always uses this technique with people on her show, even though it's not always shown!)   - Why it's important to increase your emotional library to be able to express and release stuck emotions.   - The power of love - Why she believes that there is no wound deep enough that love cannot heal, and how you can make the oftentimes difficult shift to finally loving and accepting yourself.   - How to overcome lack consciousness. Iyanla struggled with finances even when she was earning over a million dollars a year! She'll share why you need to shift your energy and beliefs around money in order to be able to create abundance, regardless of how much you're earning.   - And much more!   This is a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud video that I know you'll love.    This audio, pulled from the video interview conducted with Iyanla, is part of the pre-event video series for the upcoming 16th Annual Tapping World Summit.  To access the other videos in the pre-event video series and to get free access to the full 10 days of the online event for free, go here.    —------------------------------- To go deeper with Tapping, download The Tapping Solution App for FREE on iOS and Android.   Download on iOS or Android: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast   Featuring over 600+ EFT Tapping Meditations, numerous Active Transformational Meditations, soothing Sleep Journeys, engaging Tapping Challenges, and more, The Tapping Solution app is your ultimate companion for eliminating stress & embracing a more vibrant life with Tapping. FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER: https://www.instagram.com/thetappingsolution/  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

Sign Up for the 16th Annual Tapping World Summit for Free Here Download The Tapping Solution App for free on iOS or Android.  —-------------------------------   In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast we join the late Wayne Dyer for an interview conducted by Nick Ortner shortly before his passing.  Wayne was an internationally renowned author and speaker in the fields of self-development and spiritual growth. Over the four decades of his career, he wrote more than 40 books, including 21 New York Times bestsellers.   In this interview, you’ll hear some of Wayne’s story and how at the age of 34 he drove to Biloxi, Mississippi to visit the grave of his father, an alcoholic and an abusive man who had abandoned him, his mother and two brothers when he was just an infant. Although his father had died 10 years earlier, Wayne had only just found out about his death.    He drove to the grave that day with a level of anger so great, so deep from years of built up hurt, that he had two tasks in mind:  To find out if it was even acknowledged on his death certificate that Wayne was his son, and to literally "pee" on the grave of the father that he held all this hatred, anger and resentment towards for 34 years. What came out of that visit, however, completely and forever changed his life. It is one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever hear.  It shares a message of forgiveness, and it's power to transform, that is truly life-changing.   This audio, pulled from the video interview conducted with him, is part of the pre-event video series for the upcoming 16th Annual Tapping World Summit.  To access the other videos in the pre-event video series and to get free access to the full 10 days of the online event for free, go here.    —------------------------------- To go deeper with Tapping, download The Tapping Solution App for FREE on iOS and Android.   Download on iOS or Android: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast   Featuring over 600+ EFT Tapping Meditations, numerous Active Transformational Meditations, soothing Sleep Journeys, engaging Tapping Challenges, and more, The Tapping Solution app is your ultimate companion for eliminating stress & embracing a more vibrant life with Tapping. FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER: https://www.instagram.com/thetappingsolution/  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

Access all 8 Videos in the Productivity Accelerator Program for Free for a Limited Time Sponsor => Annmarie Organic Skincare - 3 Targeted Serums for 75% Off! Download The Tapping Solution App for free on iOS or Android.  —-------------------------------   All too often we feel pressure from the outside world, whether that be our family, friends, society, social media, or others about what we “should” be doing with our lives. But success looks different to each of us.    When YOU think about it, what does “success” mean to you? What does “being productive” look like to you?   If you’re not clear on what those look like for you, you’ll easily feel lost and susceptible to pressure from others about what you “should” be doing.     So in this episode we’ll be talking about how to define your productivity so that you can get more done in less time, with less stress in a way that allows you to be truly happy and fulfilled in your everyday life! And all while moving you towards a future that YOU choose!   —-------------------------------   To go deeper with Tapping, download The Tapping Solution App for FREE on iOS and Android.   Download on iOS or Android: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast   Featuring over 600+ EFT Tapping Meditations, numerous Active Transformational Meditations, soothing Sleep Journeys, engaging Tapping Challenges, and more, The Tapping Solution app is your ultimate companion for eliminating stress & embracing a more vibrant life with Tapping.   Episode Sponsor: Annmarie Organic Skincare Get 3 Targeted Serums for 75% Off! FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER:  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

Get My Free Goal Setting & Habit Tracker PDFs Episode Sponsor => Annmarie Skincare Use code “tapping” for 20% off your 1st order Download The Tapping Solution App for free on iOS or Android. Do you struggle with your self esteem and confidence at times (or all the time?!). Even if you believe you have good overall self esteem and confidence, it’s likely that in the areas that you want to grow, that you do not have as much as you’d like, and it’s holding you back.   That’s why in this episode I’ll be sharing 6 things you can do right now to build your self esteem and confidence! Better self confidence allows you to feel more comfortable in social situations, learn more easily, perform better physically, take more risks and feel safe doing it, and much more.  It essentially allows you to access the higher resources of your brain so you can be your full self and feel safe doing so.    In this episode I’ll be covering:  Why most information out there on this topic feels unrealistic, impractical and like an oversimplification of the struggles that can come with lacking self esteem.  How to look at self esteem in a way that allows you to disconnect from it being who you are, so that you can change your brains wiring and build up confidence Why you need to tell yourself a better lie (you’ll see what I mean…)  The story of the “Alex is Awesome” necklace that I gave to my sister! :)  The 3 acknowledgements that will open you up to growing your belief in yourself The question you need to ask if you have a negative critical voice The common belief that people get wrong about building confidence that holds them back from taking action.  How to retrain your brain to find the things you’re good at And of course it will all be brought together with a guided Tapping process that will raise your confidence and put you on the path to building real self esteem!   Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts   We’ve completely revamped the podcast from the old “Bits and Pieces Tapping Solution Podcast” - Are you enjoying the new show format? If so, please consider rating and reviewing the show! This helps us reach more people like you with Tapping! Just click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!    And if you haven’t done so yet, make sure to follow the podcast so you don’t miss out on new episodes! Follow now!   FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER ON:  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast Alex Ortner asks the important question of “What Are You Doing When Nobody Is Watching” and explains why this question is so important… He shares how constant comparison has led to a culture of “not enoughness,” where we constantly feel not enough compared to others and stuck moving forward, and shares 3 things you can do right now to bring your attention away from comparison to being on your path of peace, fulfillment, joy and yes, success! Through this process, which includes a powerful guided Tapping session, you’ll learn the importance of paying attention to what you’re doing when nobody is watching, and why this is one of the unseen secrets of many of the world’s happiest, healthiest and wealthiest.   After you listen, if you’d like to go deeper with Tapping, download The Tapping Solution App for FREE on iOS and Android. Download on iOS or Android: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast   Featuring over 600+ EFT Tapping Meditations, numerous Active Transformational Meditations, soothing Sleep Journeys, engaging Tapping Challenges, and more, The Tapping Solution app is your ultimate companion for eliminating stress & embracing a more vibrant life with Tapping.   Episode Sponsors: Annmarie Skincare:  https://thetappingsolution.com/annmarie  Use coupon code “tapping” for 20% off your first order FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER:  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast Alex Ortner shares why goals suck, and how to make them not suck!   He shares the science and research around what is going on in our brain that makes setting and achieving goals so difficult (and unsafe!) and shares a powerful 6 step process to finally get past the brain mechanisms holding you back so you can achieve.    He also shares the 3 critical mindset shifts that need to happen around goals (so that they don’t suck!) and takes you through a Tapping process to begin creating these shifts.    Don’t let another year go by feeling frustrated that you’re still not creating the change you want.  Listen to this episode, follow the actions, and see the change!   To go deeper with Tapping, download The Tapping Solution App for FREE on iOS and Android: https://thetappingsolution.onelink.me/LtOO/tspodcast   The Tapping Solution App features over 600+ EFT Tapping Meditations, numerous Active Transformational Meditations, soothing Sleep Journeys, engaging Tapping Challenges, and more, The Tapping Solution app is your ultimate companion for eliminating stress & embracing a more vibrant life with Tapping.   Episode Sponsors: Annmarie Skincare:  https://thetappingsolution.com/annmarie  Use coupon code “tapping” for 20% off your first order FOLLOW ALEX ORTNER:  https://www.instagram.com/alexortner.ts/  https://www.facebook.com/AlexOrtner10

In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast Alex Ortner will detail why it is that rejection and feeling left out can feel so painful and what you can do to stop worrying about what other people think.   You’ll learn about the research that shows the link between physical pain and rejection in the brain and how the fear of rejection is deeply rooted in our survival mechanisms.    You’ll also be guided through a soothing Tapping process to begin to release the worry of what others think so that you can begin to take your power, freedom and future back!

In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast Alex Ortner will take you through 7 areas where the science and research is proving EFT Tapping to be a game changer.   You’ll not only be just as wowed by the results as many of the researchers were (in one case so much so that they reran the test because the results were so good!) but you’ll also learn how these results are applicable to improving the quality of your life.    And as the research is proving, using EFT Tapping for our physical, mental, and emotional health is a necessity if we want to live and long and full life.

In this Episode of The Tapping Solution Podcast with Alex Ortner you'll learn all about how your habitual emotional vocabulary is impacting your life.   You’ll discover how it is dictating your everyday experience and how you can find and change your own habitual emotional vocabulary to transform your daily experience of life.   You’ll also be taken through a transformational EFT Tapping process that you can use whenever you need it, to make it easier to change the emotions you experience every day.

In this Episode 97 of The Tapping Solution Podcast, Alex Ortner interviews our friend Dean Graziosi, who is running the upcoming Time to Thrive Challenge with Tony Robbins, on the important topic of How to Live Up to Your Potential & Not Let It Die Inside of You. They talk about how to thrive during tough times, and what really makes the difference between stepping into your fullest potential vs. staying stagnant in your life. Learn how you can prepare yourself for the future by tapping into the true power inside you, despite what’s happening with the economy or whatever circumstances you might be experiencing. Remember to also join the Time to Thrive Challenge for FREE by clicking here! Option #1 – Watch in Video Format: Visit Thrive185.com Option #2 – Listen or Download in Audio Only Format: The post Ep 97 – How to Live Up to Your Potential with Dean Graziosi appeared first on .

In this Episode 96 of The Tapping Solution Podcast, Alex Ortner will show you step-by-step what is going on when you’re feeling stuck with fear, but more importantly what you can do to finally take action despite the fear! He’ll talk about the Action Gauge and how you can use it to tell if you’ll actually take action on something and then share 8 strategies you can use to help you to take more consistent action. And then he’ll of course end the podcast with some life-transforming EFT Tapping to help shift into taking action, despite any fear you may be feeling. Option #1 – Watch in Video Format: Option #2 – Listen or Download in Audio Only Format: The post Ep 96 – How to Get Yourself to Take Action Despite the Fear appeared first on .

In this Episode 95 of The Tapping Solution Podcast, Alex Ortner shows us how to use a simple 2 step process to get calm and focused for the day. This powerful process, which utilizes EFT Tapping, will help you to eliminate the outside distractions that typically eat up our attention and energy so that you can get more done in 4 hours in a day than you normally would in 8. All of this is based on science and research and understanding how the brain works, and how negative emotions, beliefs, traumas and more can keep us from accessing our higher faculties. You’ll go through 2 powerful EFT Tapping processes at 16 minutes and 30 minutes. Option #1 – Watch in Video Format: Option #2 – Listen or Download in Audio Only Format: The post Ep 95 – A Simple 2-Step Process to Get Focused for Your Day appeared first on .

Do you ever say yes when you want to say no? Do you feel overly invested in the decisions and feelings of others? When we don’t have healthy boundaries we begin to lose ourselves and experience resentment. Learn the keys to healthy boundaries so you can feel free to live your best life. The post Ep 94 – Freedom Through Boundaries with Terri Cole appeared first on .

In this episode Jessica speaks with international bestselling author Shawn Stevenson about the profound impact that food has on every aspect of our lives. They discuss his book, Eat Smarter, and the fascinating new science about how food controls our metabolism, memory, sleep, and so much more. The post Ep 93 – Use Food to Boost Your Brain Power and Well-Being with Shawn Stevenson appeared first on .

Never has there been a more important time, in my lifetime, than 2020 to cultivate hope. A pandemic, racial anxiety, quarantining… it can all be a little overwhelming, to say the least! So how do we go about pushing forward and envisioning a better future for ourselves in the midst of all this challenge? How do we go about seeing it better, so that we can make it better? It all starts… with hope. Today’s conversation is all about cultivating hope to drive our lives forward. We’ll dive deep into understanding how without hope, we feel powerless to create change in our lives. Without hope, we lack motivation to move forward, to be resilient, to push through adversity to reach our goals. When we lack hope, we stay stuck in fear, constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, expecting the worst to happen. Hope allows us to tolerate failures and disappointments to keep moving forward in creating the life, and the world, that we want. When we learn to cultivate hope, which is a learned behavior, not simply an emotion, we stay motivated in taking action towards what we want in life. We’ll not only talk about hope, but also do Tapping to cultivate hope! !!! start_highlights The definition of hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. It is about allowing yourself to dream. Hope is about having the ability to influence and direct your future in the direction you want. The opposite of feeling powerlessness. In order to be hopeful and move toward a future we want, we have to be flexible and be able to tolerate failure and disappointment, recognizing that this does not define us as who we are. Hope is a learned behavior and we need to recognize that this learned experience is one we can work through, addressing safety first to cultivate hope and create an empowering future. Real hope carries with it confidence and desire and faith and anticipation and aspiration…important emotions that allow us to drive ourselves forward. Tapping will help lower the intensity of past events and traumas that support a belief that we can’t be hopeful, and it also opens us up to create new experiences and cultivate new beliefs to overpower the negative beliefs and move you forward in a positive direction. start_timestamps Episode Start: 00:01:17 About the Tapping Solution App: 00:01:54 Definition of Hope: 00:05:08 Why we want to cultivate hope: 00:08:22 Hope is a learned behavior: 00:13:28 Hope is also about an emotion under the words: 00:16:00 Can you feel hopeful and visualize an empowering future?: 00:17:30 How our amygdala helps us feel safe and how tapping helps: 00:18:18 Tapping Session on Hope: 00:24:55 Intro Intensity Rating: 00:25:01 End of Tapping Intensity Rating: 00:33:56 Closing: 00:13:48 start_transcript Alex Ortner: Hey guys, Alex here with the Tapping Solution Podcast and the Tapping Solution App. I am so excited to be here with you today because for the very first time I’m not only recording this via audio, I’m actually recording the video as well, which I’m personally excited about. I’m an expressive person, I like to be able to show my emotions, I am an emotional person. And so, I’m excited to actually record it via video so we can share this on YouTube and Facebook and all the other social media platforms. So, if you’re watching me here via video, thank you, you can see my mic. And, if you’re listening to your audio like normally, thank you so much for listening in and tuning in to our tapping solution podcast. Hopefully all of you, whether you’re listening via audio or video, that you’ve gone and downloaded our tapping solution app because our tapping solution app is absolutely life-changing. We’ve had over two million listens to the tapping meditations. You can go download it for free in the App Store or Google Play. Make sure you go do that. I might actually share a little special surprise about the app at the end of this podcast so stay tuned for that. I’m excited for that. So, today’s conversation is gonna be all about hope. It’s about, how do we cultivate hope to drive our lives forward. And, hope is a really important emotion, it’s a really important practice for us to have on an ongoing basis. I actually just finished recording a master class for our tapping insiders, that’s why I decided to record this particular podcast today, because I wanted to share some of the messages that I shared with our tapping insiders club. And so, you know, I want to start off just by defining what exactly hope is and we will do tapping today, don’t worry, we always do tapping on these podcasts as well. We’ll talk about how we use tapping to actually cultivate that hope in to drive our emotions to change any underlying challenges that we have. And, I’ll talk about specifically what those things are that keep us from allowing ourselves to feel hopeful. And, I know that right now we’re in the middle of a, literally a global pandemic with Covid 19. And, I know that there’s a lot of stress around race and how our society, how our police treat different people of color whether it be black or hispanic. And so, I’m, you know, let me first off say that I’m a huge supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. I believe that it’s an important movement. I’m so glad, I’m hopeful, right. I’m hopeful that it is going to cultivate real change in our society and it’s definitely been an eye-opener for me in terms of some of the things that I took for granted in my life. I did grow up with some very small amount of, you know, issues when it came to race because I was born in Argentina, I was hispanic, I, you know, that was, I was reminded of that numerous times growing up in middle school and high school that I was Spanish. But, I was still predominantly, you know, in a very white community here in Brookfield, Connecticut. I live in Newtown, Connecticut now but, just that small amount of experience where my race was brought up always hurt and I cannot even imagine what people of color experience on an ongoing, regular basis. So, I wanted to say that I really support this movement in a big way. And so, with all this stuff going on with Covid 19, with racial anxiety in our country, it’s more important than ever to actually be hopeful and to actually cultivate hope in our lives. Because, I know that a lot of people have thought like, where in the world is the world turning right now, right. What’s going on with our economy, with our health, with our world, with everything. And so, for me, I am extremely hopeful that all of this is for the good. And so, hopefully you are cultivating hope. But, If not, we’re going to talk about exactly how we go about doing that today on the podcast. And so, you know, let me just start off by defining what hope actually is. So, hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen, right. Let me say that again, hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope is really about dreaming, right. Hope is about allowing yourself to dream, to see a future that is more empowering than the future or then your current life right now when you see a future where there is positive change, where your life is better, where those people around you’s lives are better. Where you believe that’s actually a possibility. Now, hope is not always easy and sometimes we cannot cultivate hope, we cannot feel hopeful, and I’ll talk about exactly what the reasons are for that today. And, we’ll talk about how we can release those things, you know, rewire our brain and our beliefs around some of those things and actually lower some of the emotional intensity we have around our inability to oftentimes feel hopeful. And, a lot of that has to do with safety, right. So, hope is about feeling safe, to expect good things in the future. And, if you’re not able to feel safe, to actually feel hopeful. A lot of times that can be because of past traumas, past experiences. I know I was doing my master class a little bit ago and somebody said, oh, I feel like I’m always waiting for the other shoe to drop, right. It’s an expression I’ve heard a lot when coaching people on this issue is that, I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop. Meaning, that I don’t like to be hopeful because I’m worried or I’m just expecting that something bad is going to happen. Again, that has to do with our experiences, our past experiences. And so, I don’t want to feel hopeful because we don’t want to be hurt when things don’t go our way, when there’s disappointment, when there is failure, when all those things happen. So, it doesn’t feels safe to be hopeful. So, we’ll talk about how we can actually move past that challenge of safety to be able to visualize a better future because we want to be able to visualize and see a better future for ourselves. Because, otherwise, how are we gonna create that future, right. If you can’t see it in your mind’s eye first, how are you going to create it in the world. I always love the example of Walt Disney when it comes to visualization. How Walt Disney saw Disney World in his mind before anybody else did. He was rejected hundreds of times, I don’t know what the actual number is, but a lot of times by different banks who did not believe in his vision. But, he stayed true to that. So, we’ll talk a little bit about that. So, hope is about feeling that you have the power to influence and direct your future, right. I want to say it again. It’s about having the ability or the feeling that you have the power to influence and direct your future in the direction you want. And, just as importantly, it’s important to note that it is the opposite of feeling powerlessness where you do not have the power and influence to direct your future. If you feel powerless, you will not fell hopeful, you will not be able to cultivate hope because you’ll go, well, I don’t have the power to direct myself or direct my life or direct our society or culture in the direction that you want

How can you create an inner peace, growing each day towards a lasting, wholesome and positive state of being? In this episode, Jessica is speaking with Rick Hanson, Ph.D., a psychologist and best-selling author who has created an easy to follow road map, to help us cultivate our real human potential and truly grow from our everyday experiences. We routinely work hard to have useful experiences, which will have no lasting impact on the brain and our growth, unless we can receive the powerful experience into ourselves and really take it in. This requires humility and a vulnerable understanding that can become hardwired into our nervous system, and as Rick says, “turning states into traits”. Tune in as Rick teaches us strategies on how to work with our thoughts and feelings, truly growing from them rather than just being with them. Rick is offering 3 free meditation downloads as well as the first chapter of Neurodarma for free The post TS 091 – Finding your Highest Happiness with Rick Hanson appeared first on .