Good morning,

A significant amount of my work as a practitioner is trying to figure out the root cause behind my clients' issues so that we can tap to resolve them.

Sometimes this is a straightforward process of finding a traumatic incident from the past and tapping on that memory.

At other times it is about uncovering a belief about the world or ourselves. These can be beliefs given to us by our family or our culture, such as "the men in my family are unlucky in love", "I need to look a certain way to be successful', or "sales people are sleazy and if I start selling then everyone will think I am sleazy."

Then there are times where we can't find anything from our past or our belief system, so we need to investigate whether the issue is generational.

Back in Podcast 292 I talked to Mark Wolynn about the genetic nature of trauma. We talked about how a traumatic experience can impact us three generations later. As a basic example, if one of your parents had a traumatic experience where they almost drowned before you were conceived, it is likely that their fear of water and the trauma are encoded into your DNA and the fear of water has been passed on to you.

Because we don't have a past experience or a cultural belief to tap for, tapping for generational issues requires a different approach.

In this week's podcast Mark and I discuss how to use what he calls "trauma language" to determine if a generational trauma is responsible for an issue. Trauma language is the language we use to describe our experience that contains the clues to determining whether the issue is one that has been passed on from a previous generation.

We also talk about how to tap for a generational trauma, giving us the opportunity not only to free ourselves from the past trauma, but also to prevent us from passing it on to future generations.

If you are serious about getting to the root causes of your issues while you are tapping, it's essential to understand these concepts and applications. Tapping for an issue without realizing it is rooted in the trauma of a past generation means you are unlikely to make progress with your tapping.

Listen to the conversation here: http://tappingqanda.com/473

This is one that is worth listening to twice.

Blessings,

Gene

PS: If you missed the original conversation with Mark about the epigenetics of trauma (or are looking for a refresher), you can find it here: http://tappingqanda.com/292