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TODD KAUFMAN
Step 6: Repeat Step 3: The Sequence
Repeat Step 3 and change your language to preface your statements with: “Even though I still experience a bit of anxiety when I see a snake, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.”
Step 7: Grade the Anxiety 1-10
Grade the anxiety again. If the anxiety is now below 3, take a moment to congratulate yourself! Then move on to Step 8.
If the anxiety is still above 3, move back to Step 6, and repeat until the anxiety drops below 3.
Step 8: Celebrate (Reward in neuroplastic change)
The brain will work hard to repeat good feelings, so take a few moments to savour your results.
Notice that a drop of 3 points is almost one third, and 5 points means you dropped your anxiety in half! That is impressive! No drugs; no therapist; just you, and an easy repeatable technique called Tapping. Well done! You managed this success all on your own. Notice that, and be happy and grateful for this amazing outcome! Maximize that feeling of Reward.
Repeat an affirmation while doing the Butterfly Hug. For example: “My anxiety is quite manageable while I’m in the presence of a snake.”
Recall that the Butterfly Hug is a simple position where you cross your arms across your chest and reach around to your back as far as you can comfortably go. Alternating, tap your back with your hands.
Like any new skill done with Intention, Repetition and Reward, your body and mind will quickly learn the dependable outcome of this process: A drop in cortisol and the ensuing feeling of a calmer sense of presence, even in
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