Good morning,

Last week was a bit of a challenging one in the digital life of Tapping
Q & A.

Over the course of the week I was without email for 72 hours AND the website was down for about the same period.

Please accept my apologies if you were impacted by these outages in any way. If you sent me an email and didn't hear back, at this point it is best to assume I didn't receive it and to resend it.

Once my email was up and running again, the most common query I received was from people struggling to listen to last week's podcast episode.

For the brief time it was accessible, I can see the episode was well received.

If you missed the podcast last week (for whatever reason), I really encourage you to give it a listen as it speaks to something most of us with kind hearts will struggle with at some point.

Listen here: https://tappingqanda.com/536

OR full details below.

I hope you are having a great week,

Gene

Good morning,

A few weeks ago I was talking to one of my clients, "Debbie".

Debbie found herself in what felt like a double bind. One of those situations where it felt like no matter which choice she made, it would be the wrong one.

The situation was that Debbie was in a one-sided friendship. Debbie's "friend" only ever reached out to her when she needed something.

There was no give and take.

There was no mutual support.

Debbie rightly decided that she wanted to end this unfulfilling relationship.

That seems fairly straightforward except that Debbie knew that her friend would be angry if she told her that she wanted to end their relationship.

Debbie said, "I need to do this…BUT I'm supposed to be kind. Telling her that I don't want her in my life is not being kind."

If you are reading this email, more than likely you are a kind and thoughtful person. Over the years I have noticed that people who are interested in tapping and personal development work are usually caring and considerate towards others.

For those of us who are thoughtful about our words and actions, it is easy to find ourselves caught between wanting to be kind AND wanting to take care of ourselves.

Join me on this week's podcast where I talk about and tap for those times when we are trying to create healthy boundaries in our lives, and simultaneously wanting to be thoughtful and kind humans in the world.

You can hear my reflection and tap along with me here: https://tappingqanda.com/536

I would love to hear your thoughts on what it is like for you as you try to navigate this issue in your own life, and how you respond to it.

Blessings,

Gene