Why is it good to "Tap" every day?

I have been teaching and practicing EFT "Tapping" for the past 11 years. While I admit to some lapses, I have been tapping on my own stuff almost every day since I learned how to tap.

The reasons to tap are unlimited. You can try it on anything and everything and you never know when a hidden limiting belief will pop up for you to erase. What a concept!

Lots of times I find myself tapping because I feel silly crying over good things that happen (my 15-year-old son calls me a marshmallow). I am a huge proponent of being in touch with and experiencing feelings, both good and not so good (there are no bad feelings as they are within us for a reason). So, I might be watching a movie and the tension has been built up between the son and the father and the tension breaks, they forgive each other and remember why they love each other, my heart expands and I start to get all teary-eyed (see? marshmallow). The best thing to do in the moment is simply to tap. Tapping balances the subtle energy system, relieves the tears and allows me to see clearly what was important to me in that emotional scene. Insight equals wisdom

While it is useful to make an appointment with yourself to, sit down, figure out what's bothering you, feel the feeling of that botherment (is that a word?), identify how strong the emotion is and tap it away, this is not what this post is about.

• I am talking about, for example, walking in the mall, noticing something that upsets you (mom being mean to 6-year-old daughter), and simply going through the tapping points to clear the negative energy. 
• I am talking about watching your kid's soccer game, feeling frustrated with the referee because of several "bad" calls and tapping to calm down before you yell something you regret. 
• I'm talking about tapping about the anxiety you might feel before talking to a work colleague about something that is bothering you knowing full well he/she will become defensive and not knowing how to say what you believe you have to say. It is my experience that the compulsion to "say" something often goes away when I tap on the feeling. This has saved me many a confrontation.

So, the original question was WHY tap every day? I have given you a few ideas about things to tap on but why is tapping so beneficial when applied to seemingly small situations.

• Reduce cortisol and adrenaline and other stress hormones in the body that lead to pain, illness and anxiety.
• Discover hidden subconscious beliefs you didn't even know you had and either eliminate them on the spot or make them clear to you for later when you are doing your work
• Stay friends with your work colleagues, lovers, friends and slow-witted grocery clerks (also referees who appear to be blind but are doing the best they know how)
• Forgive yourself for being human, having a human experience and messing up once in a while.

There are many other reasons but these should be enough to get you tapping on a daily basis. Get in the habit of using tapping as your go-to coping mechanism when you are stressed, anxious, angry or feeling out of sorts.

I want nothing more for you than to be at peace with yourself, your environment and the World around you. Let me know if I can be of service in that regard.
with love and gratitude,
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