OK,
So let's start by bumping the two sides of the hands together and just say as I say and do as I do.
And if my words don't resonate with you,
Please feel free to use your own.
Even though I can be so hard on myself,
Go ahead and say it.
I deeply love and accept even this part of me.
Even though I can be brutally critical with myself and give myself a really hard time about just about everything,
I choose as best I can today to love myself even with this.
Even though I can be really critical of myself,
I can be so hypervigilant with myself and apologize for just about anything I do,
I want to let my nervous system know that it's OK to relax this pattern.
And I choose as best I can today to love and accept myself right where I am at in this moment.
OK,
Let's tap around the points,
So starting on the top of the head.
I can be so critical of myself.
Inside the eyebrow,
I can be so brutally hard on myself.
Side of the eye,
Constantly feeling the need to apologize for just being.
Under the eye,
Feeling sometimes like my whole being is a mistake.
Under the nose,
And just feeling like I'm just wrong.
Under the mouth,
Like my whole being is just wrong.
Collarbone,
And I can be really hypervigilant with myself.
OK,
Under the arm,
Overthinking everything.
Top of the head,
Watching my thoughts,
Watching my thoughts.
OK,
Inside the eyebrow,
Watching myself,
Watching myself,
And then giving myself a hard time for that.
Side of the eye,
And then wondering,
Why can't I just relax?
Under the eye,
Why can't I let myself just be?
Under the nose,
Why is it so hard for me to just be present with other people?
Under the mouth,
All this anxiety I feel around this whole issue.
OK,
Collarbone,
And everything it costs me in terms of meaningful connections with other people.
Good.
Under the arm,
What if I could somehow just relax and soften this critical part of me?
Mm-hmm,
Top of the head,
Watching my thoughts,
What if when the impulse to apologize surfaces?
Good.
Inside the eyebrow,
Instead of just blurting out an apology,
Side of the eye,
I could catch myself and just take a pause.
Under the eye,
Just let my nervous system know it's OK.
Under the nose,
There's nothing I need to apologize for.
Under the mouth,
I don't need to apologize for just simply taking up space on this Earth.
Good.
OK,
Collarbone,
I have a total right to be who I am,
As I am.
Under the arm,
And I choose to be present to myself with complete love.
Top of the head,
I choose to be the pure love I want to be in this world.
Good.
Inside the eyebrow,
I want to be as loving with myself as I know I can be with others.
Side of the eye,
Letting that inner crinic just soften and relax.
Mm-hmm,
Under the eye,
Releasing whatever perfectionism and whatever shame I might be carrying.
Under the nose,
And just letting myself be the love that I want to be in this world.
Under the mouth,
I might not do it perfectly,
And I might not do it right away.
OK,
Collarbone,
And allowing myself to be a beginner at this is part of the love as well.
Under the arm,
And so I choose,
As best I can today,
To give myself room to be exactly as I am.
OK,
Beautiful.
Let's shake it out.
Take a drink of water.
OK,
Just check in how you're feeling now.
Uh-huh,
And feel free to repeat this tapping sequence as often as you need to until you feel yourself to be the love that you know you are.
All right,
Lots of love.
Bye for now.
