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Tip #03: I Can’t Say “I Love and Accept Myself”!
by Cathy Vartuli, The Joy Connection, LLC
See also: Energy Tapping - Quick Start Guide
What if I can’t say the phrase “I deeply and completely love and accept myself”? Will Energy Tapping still work for me?
First, know that a lot of people have that problem in the beginning. It gets easier as you tap away the reasons you feel unacceptable and unlovable.
That doesn’t help if the words literally won’t come out of your mouth now. Or if they feel bad or wrong to say.
There are several options. Give them a try and see which ones work for you.
- You don’t have to believe the phrase to say it. Even if it feels 100% untrue, some part of you hopes it might be true someday and will hear it.
- You can soften it. “I deeply and completely accept myself” is not the only statement that will work. It’s just one a lot of people use. You could try:
“…I would like to deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
“…It would be nice if I could deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
“…I’m in the process of deeply and completely loving and accepting myself.”
“…I’m learning to deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
- You can change the phrase entirely. See if one of these fits better (or make up one of your own):
“…I’m starting to accept myself a little.”
“…It would be nice if I could love myself.”
“…I wonder what it would be like if this were different.”
“…I’m open to seeing this differently.”
- You can tap on it. Start on the Karate Chop point:
“Even though I can’t say I deeply and completely love and accept myself, because that would be a Big Lie, I am open to finding a way to care about myself.”
“Even though I will never be able to say I deeply and completely love and accept myself, I am open to liking myself a little.”
“Even though I don’t know how I can love and accept myself, I appreciate that I’m doing my best to heal.”
Then tap through the points:
Top of the Head: “I don’t really like myself.”
Eyebrow: “It would be nice to change that.”
Side of the Eye: “I can’t imagine loving myself…”
Under the Eye: “I am open to feeling better.”
Under the Nose: “I can’t accept myself…”
Chin: “at least not yet.”
Collarbone: “I am doing my best to heal.”
Under the Arm: “That is something I can appreciate.”
Top of the Head: “I like that I might someday like myself a bit more!”
If a lot of reasons why you can never accept yourself start coming up, write them down so you can tap on them!
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