Good morning,

Back in July I attended Podcast Movement (PM) in Philadelphia. PM is the largest event in the world by and for podcasters.

It is the third time I've attended PM and I absolutely love it! Each time I learn so much, I leave inspired to do better, and I have made some great friends.

In the middle of the second day I was sitting in one of the workshops and I was so overcome with emotion that I could barely focus on what the presenter was teaching.

The emotion that I was overcome by? JEALOUSY!

These are the thoughts that were going through my head: I have been podcasting for over ten years...Every weekday I schedule some time dedicated to trying to understand podcasting better...I listen to hours of podcasts every week, trying to improve...I would be willing to bet that there are fewer than 2000 people in the world who have more experience and expertise than I have when it comes to podcasting.

And yet...there I was sitting in a workshop led by someone with way less experience than I have, who was getting all the attention and the opportunity to teach!

First, I felt super jealous. And then I felt super embarrassed that I was feeling so jealous.

Luckily it was the last workshop before lunch break. I went and found myself a cheesesteak (we were in Philadelphia after all), took a long walk, and did a little tapping (actually, I did a lot of tapping).

By the time the lunch break was over, I had my head right and was able to dive back into the event to learn.

Even though I was able to tap through my jealousy in the moment, when I returned to my hotel room that night I realized this issue was bigger than what had showed up earlier that day. It was something I needed to address.

So, for the next three weeks I wrote "tap for my professional jealousy" on my to-do list every day. And every single day, without fail, I tapped for exactly that.

Jealousy is so corrosive! It makes us think ill of others. It makes us feel bad for and about ourselves. And I don't know about you, but jealousy leads me to take rash and unuseful action.

This week's podcast is a tapping session from one of those mornings. You will get to hear firsthand the embarrassment in my voice as I tune into my professional jealousy.

As always, I have included a text version of the tapping script that you can print out, if you find that easier to use than the audio version.

Clear your jealousy: http://tappingqanda.com/329

I hope you find this tapping as useful as it has been for me,

Gene