Discover the astonishing power of EFT Tapping, a modality that goes beyond mere physical relief. When Monique Verpoort stumbled upon this transformative technique, she never expected the profound impact it would have on her emotional well-being. But it was a hurtful betrayal that unveiled the true potential of EFT Tapping. Tune in to find out how this extraordinary tool helped Monique, and countless others, release stuck energy and emotions.
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Show Notes | Transcript“I started reading testimonials about EFT and everything I read was just too good to be true. People were reporting major transformations and overcoming challenges. I thought, there’s got to be something to this.” – Monique Verpoort
Monique Verpoort is a registered social worker and certified practitioner in the powerful modality of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping. With nearly two decades of experience in the field of children’s mental health, Monique has witnessed firsthand the incredible impact that EFT tapping can have on releasing stuck energy and transforming lives.
Her own personal journey with EFT tapping led her to become certified in the practice, and she has since dedicated herself to helping others find emotional relief and healing. As the author of the book “Is This All There Is? Living a Life Beyond Obligation,” Monique brings a unique perspective to her work, guiding individuals towards a life of freedom and fulfillment. With her expertise and compassionate approach, Monique is passionate about empowering individuals to tap into their own inner resources and create positive change.
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Learn how to release stuck energy and emotions using the powerful modality of EFT Tapping.
- Discover the different levels of EFT Tapping and the unique benefits they offer for personal growth.
- Unlock the potential of EFT Tapping for reducing stress and increasing resilience in your daily life.
- Find out why introducing tapping to children is a valuable tool for helping them cope with stress and build emotional resilience.
- Explore the significance of self-care and self-love for women in the context of EFT Tapping, and how it can enhance personal growth and well-being.
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TRANSCRIPT
Gloria Grace Rand
Namaste. I am Gloria Grace and I really am delighted to welcome you to another edition of Live Love Engage because we’re going to be talking about a very cool modality that is very, very helpful, actually, one I experienced just a couple days ago as a matter of fact. But we’ll get into that in a minute. I’m going to leave you in suspense. But if you’re new to the show here, I just want to introduce myself a little bit more so I’m known as the Light Messenger and I’m a spiritual alignment coach and women entrepreneurs hire me to clear the inner blocks, keeping you stuck so you can put yourself first and live the life you want now. Not later, not tomorrow, but now, for heaven’s sakes. And I am so glad to have our guest with us today. Her name is Monique Verpoort and she is a registered social worker and a certified practitioner in the modality of Emotional Freedom Technique, otherwise known as EFT Tapping. And not only that, she’s an author as well of a book called Is This All There Is? Living a life beyond obligation. And I just realized I want to ask her about that as well, but I know we’re going to be talking about EFT a lot. She’s also worked in the field of children’s mental health for close to 20 years. So without further ado, I’m going to bring Monique on and officially now welcome you to Live Love Engage.
Monique Verpoort
Thank you. So happy to be here.
Gloria Grace Rand
Well, I’m very interested in having you on the show to talk about EFT because I realized I’ve been doing this podcast now for over three years and I… of all the different modalities and guests we’ve had on, I don’t think I’ve had anybody talking about EFT. And I, as I mentioned, I was on a networking event actually the other day and the host of it led us in a session. But I’m not going to say any more, say anything more about that. But I want to let you sort of, first of all explain to our listeners and those watching on YouTube what got you interested in it and then you can probably explain a little bit more detail about what it actually is.
Monique Verpoort
Exactly. Sure. Well, I got into this probably about twelve years ago. I was actually looking for something. Was doing a Google search while I was at work and on EMDR, which is an evidence based modality as well that is typically using eye movements to work with, to work through trauma traumatic memories. And one thing led to another and then I landed on this thing called EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques and started reading testimonials about what this was. It really intrigued me because everything I read was just it almost sounded too good to be true. People were reporting these major transformations from living with traumatic experiences and just having lives full of suffering and all of a sudden they were using this technique and they were living this great life and overcoming whether it was physical challenges or emotional challenges, what have you. And so I thought, oh my gosh, there’s got to be something to this. So I started experimenting with it myself. And sure enough, I thought, okay, this is really interesting. I’m actually getting some relief on a physical level, but also on the emotional level. That was sort of the beginning what piqued my interest. And then I actually had sort of a major life event that involved a close relationship. And there were some issues around betrayal that just kind of hit me over the head. And I was just really at a very low point. And I started using the tapping. I actually went to a practitioner to work through this. And it was incredible. Sort of the results I was getting through that with this practitioner. And I said, you know what? This is too good to be true. And it wasn’t just me. I was witnessing other people that were in this program. Well, actually, I’m jumping ahead. I decided to get certified in it. And I was noticing people in the program were getting similar results in the moment and it was just, it blew me away. Gloria. I thought, this is just incredible and I need to learn how to do this and I need to be able to help people with this. And that was sort of the beginning of it all. And it’s served me really well over the last decade.
Gloria Grace Rand
Wow. Well, I’m certainly glad that you did get a lot of benefit out of it. And I’ve done it a few times, but I’m not sure. I guess perhaps I haven’t done it enough consistently. I suppose like anything, it’s probably that the more you do it, the better results you probably have in the long term. But I want to, before I’ll have you maybe address that, but could you maybe explain a little bit about the theory behind it and how is it that people are able to get such good results? Because it’s called tapping. Like I said, I know kind of what it is, but I’d rather have someone like you who’s an expert, explain to our audience. For those of you out there who haven’t heard of it, what exactly is it and how does it have that, create emotional freedom? That’s the way to say it, right?
Monique Verpoort
Yeah, for sure. Well, I think the easiest way to conceptualize what this is is acupuncture without needles. It’s a form of acupressure. In the same way, if anybody’s familiar with, well, acupuncture, we know that there are specific targeted acupoints along the body’s meridian system, which are energy circuits that we can’t see with the eyes, but we actually, we know they’re there. And acupuncturists have known this for a very long time. Three to five thousand years is typically what you read when you look into the origins of this. It was really a form, it is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that includes, you know, one aspect is this acupuncture. So it is by actually massaging, rubbing or tapping, hence the name tapping. EFT tapping. What we are doing is we’re tapping on those acupoints where there is stuck energy. And so we know this energy. What is that? Well, it’s our life force that runs through us when we’re in this body. It is also emotions that get stuck in the tissues, the fascia, the nervous system in the body. And when we can apply this pressure to these Acupoints, typically in EFT tapping, we stick with sort of the head and the upper part of the body. We can actually release that stuck energy at those points that have accumulated to enable this free flow of energy through our bodies. And the belief that the Chinese have really passed on in terms of how this works is that optimal vitality is really when we have our energy flows that are unimpeded, that run through the body, and then we have optimal health in terms of the functioning of our different biological systems, respiratory, digestive, et cetera. And so it is a form of a sort of release of these points. So that is the, by and large, the sort of the overall picture of this.
Gloria Grace Rand
I appreciate you sharing that. Now I want to get to sort of what I was hinting at before is because I feel I’ve done it and gotten some relief in the moment, but I haven’t been a consistent practitioner of it. So do you find and have you found this even with your own personal experience with it and maybe with clients as well, that, is this something that benefits from repeated attention to it or is it something that it can handle things, you know, sort of one and done type of thing?
Monique Verpoort
Yeah, no, that’s a really good question. And first of all, like anything, if you can make it a habit, it’s going to be more effective, definitely. So, EFT is, sort of has different stages, if you will. And you know, the way I described is sort of bronze, silver and gold. And these were descriptions that actually my professor, who kind of certified me, this is something that she came up and I think it’s a really great way to understand these levels. So we have our bronze level tapping is where we tap on these points. And Gloria, would it be helpful at this stage just to point out where they are on the body?
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah, I think that would be helpful, yes.
Monique Verpoort
Yeah. Okay. So some of the points, as I said, there’s hundreds of points on the body, but as I said, we’re sticking to about seven, which makes it a lot more simple. So typically we can start different practitioners, start different ways. But what seems to work for a lot of people is we call it the eyebrow point. So it’s where your eyebrows start just above the bridge of your nose. There’s actually points located there. So with tapping you can use one hand, you can use both. I kind of like both because I like to kind of feel like I’m getting a double dose, but it really doesn’t matter. So that is one point. And then beside the eye, there’s where the bone is, that’s another point. Under the eye on that bone, another point. Under the nose, right where that gullet or whatever it’s called, there’s a point there. Under the bottom lip on the chin is a point. And then the collarbone, if you kind of take your fingers and you run them towards each other and you go down about an inch and over an inch, there’s sort of an indentation. And that is a meridian point there. It’s called K 27. And for a lot of people, it’s quite sore because often there’s energy gets stuck in that place. So if you find that it’s a little bit sore, that’s actually a sign that you know, you might need to do some rubbing or tapping at that point to release it. And then four inches below the armpits is another point. For ladies, it’s sort of where your bra strap band is and then the top of the head. If you kind of take your fingers and you bend them like this and you kind of cover both hemispheres of your brain, there’s a lot of meridian endpoints that are located there. So those are the points. And with bronze tapping, it basically means you’re not using words because what happens a lot of people get tripped up because they’ll Google EFT on the Internet and they’ll see people using a lot of language to kind of tap through these points, which is another phase that’s kind of the silver. But to stick with the bronze right now, if we can just tap and breathe, the breath is super important with this because the breath is going to move that energy or those emotions out through your system. So if you gently tap so if I’m starting at my eyebrows, I’m going to breathe in slowly through my nose and I’m going to breathe out through my mouth very slow. I can rub, I can tap. If I’m tapping, I might do five to seven kind of taps and then I’ll move over to the side of my eye, continue with the deep breath and exhale. You go through all these points. So typically what happens there, why that’s effective, is that it’s something called mechanosensory transduction, which is a very fancy name, which basically means that you are sending an electrical signal through the fascia to your emotional brain, the limbic system, where the amygdala is located, which is our threat detector, the body’s threat detector. So if you, for instance, are exposed to something outside of yourself that is really inducing fear in your system and you tap on it while you’re tuned in so you’re thinking about it, it actually sends that message to your brain saying, it’s okay, you’re safe, you’re fine. And it deescalates it puts us from our sympathetic nervous system into our parasympathetic nervous system. So that’s where often people who tap that are in a heightened state of anxiety or activated emotion, they will sigh or they may start yawning. I don’t know if you’ve had this experience, Gloria, but I know it’s working. When I’m yawning my face off and I’ve got tears coming down my eyes and I’m like, all of a sudden I’m in this different place. And so that is a nice sort of stress reduction technique in the moment that you can use. So that is the bronze. The silver is when you tap along. For instance, there’s a tapping summit happening right now in February that’s amazing where you have people that are on there and they tap on different themes. It could be anything. And you tap along and you repeat with them. So they’ll say a phrase. Even though, even though I am feeling really frustrated right now, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. And then the other person would parrot that back. And you’re using these statements that acknowledge that there’s a problem, but despite the problem, you accept and love yourself at the same time. So there’s something about that acceptance of what is that is so powerful because we’re not resisting our truth, we’re stating it as we see it and we’re kind of letting our subconscious know that, you know what, we’re okay, this is going to be okay, despite having whatever the issue is. So that is silver tapping where you tap along with someone else. There are also tapping scripts. I have a few included in the back of my book as well. People can follow because the fear is if people think it’s only words that will help, then the tendency is, you know what, I’m not even going to bother with this because I don’t know where to start with this. So that is the silver and then the gold it’s really as a therapeutic modality. This is for somebody perhaps who is working through a lot of childhood trauma issues and they need to work with a practitioner who can work specifically on their situations. Getting to the specifics, what is it that is keeping them in that place of unhappiness and stuckness. So that is something that if somebody has unresolved trauma, I always caution, don’t do this on your own because it’s a very simple technique, but you can start tapping into things that come up through your subconscious that perhaps you’re not well equipped to deal with on your own. So I sometimes feel like I’m over cautioning because it’s kind of built into sort of the procedure. But there are a lot of stories about people that go too quickly. Either they’re on their own or they go to see a therapist and right away they’re like, well, I want to deal with this trauma. I’ve been dealing with this for so many years, but it floods the system and then that person is not well enough resourced to be able to get on and function in their life. So slow, better than fast. Right. So those are sort of the three stages. So back to your question, yes, you know, depending on where it is that you kind of want to go with this, it’s they’re making it a daily habit. What that is Dr. Stephen Porges, who does a lot of work on the nervous system and he talks about this something called the window of tolerance. And that window of tolerance is your ability to tolerate what’s going on in your environment. So people either have a very narrow window of tolerance, which means that the slightest thing can get them all riled up. Right. And they spend a lot of time there. Whereas somebody who has a wide window of tolerance, regardless of what’s going on out there, they can resource themselves, they can stay in that calm, peaceful place. And with the tapping, the beauty of that is that the more you do it, the more you can grow your window of tolerance. So you’re actually responding to what’s happening rather than reacting from that fight, flight, freeze space.
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah, I’ve had that experience with meditation because that’s why I’ve meditated so long, is that it has helped me to tolerate things a lot easier than I used to. So I can see then how that can help you as well. And thank you so much for breaking it down into those three stages. I think that I haven’t heard anybody talk about that in the past at all. And I like the fact that you can do it without words, as you say, because I think that because I know I worked with I had someone that I was working with a little bit. I think I got hung up on trying to come up with the right thing to say even though I was working with her. Yeah. For whatever reason. I think I just wasn’t even ready for it then. I think sometimes you have to be, as they say, when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. And I think I wasn’t ready for that teacher yet.
Monique Verpoort
Exactly. No, that makes a lot of sense. I think the one thing that just if I can say this, that amazes me about tapping and if we’re talking about without words, there’s an organization, it’s called the Peaceful Heart Network. And what they do, they are two incredible people from Sweden, and they go into traumatized communities in Rwanda and places in Africa where there’s still a lot of trauma. And they teach key leaders, whether it’s in schools or community hubs, how to tap without words, and they put music to it as well. And so they teach these leaders how to teach their people how to do this. And with the idea that when you learn this, you teach three other people, and this is how this is spreading. And you know, there again, it’s a simplified modality. But the results that these people who have been under incredible duress are getting this relief simply by tapping on these points. And as I said, music really helps access that part of the brain that kind of facilitates that. So yeah, that’s the mission is to get this out there, especially for our kids, our kids who they need this so much.
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah, definitely. Especially after the last couple of years. It’s hard enough on the adults, but it was really hard on kids too, having their lives disrupted with school and everything. So yeah, I think anything that we can do to help young people develop tools to help themselves is really good thing, so that they don’t have to resort to drugs or violence or anything else. Yeah, that’s wonderful. I wanted to ask you because I mentioned in your bio, because I was… you had written this book and I love the title of it, so is this All There Is? Living a life beyond obligation. So that really intrigues me. So what, what exactly is that about?
Monique Verpoort
Yeah, well, actually you kind of referred to it in your opening when you talked about kind of putting yourself first or looking after your own needs. Right.
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah, Yeah.
Monique Verpoort
Something to think about. I just noticed over my lifetime and probably more recently working with younger sort of colleagues who are right in the middle of raising children and dependents and people also that are sort of that sandwich generation looking after parents or relatives or siblings or whatever. That they were so overwhelmed with sort of the responsibilities of their caregiving duties and just going from one thing to the next, getting burnt out, becoming sick in a lot of circumstances and just feeling like, wow, so much on their plates. And so, and also, that was sort of part of that. And I thought this is a real issue for a lot of women. We’ve been conditioned, we get our worth from helping other people and often, we are sort of in the family as women. We take on stress of other family members and so on, and we kind of feel responsible for the well being of our family members in most cases. So we take on a lot and we’re great at giving, but not so great at taking back and receiving. So I just thought it would be a really interesting idea. My goal getting EFT, tapping out into the world, but also how women can use this to work through some of these disempowered and conditioned beliefs that we all have that keep us sort of, we don’t, we don’t often feel comfortable asking for help, or we feel we have to do it all ourselves, you know, there’s just so many sort of aspects to that. So we know that with tapping we can get to those beliefs and we can shift them. So beliefs of it’s not possible for me to whatever, follow my dreams or whatever, you know? Or I don’t deserve to take time for myself or another one, is who would I be? It’s around identity, who would I be if I wasn’t a caregiver for this person or doing all this stuff, who am I going to be? So Tapping, you can actually with the silver, with the silver or the gold, you could say, you know, even though it’s not possible for me to be successful in the world, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. And you would do that three times, and then it’s not possible. And what you’re doing, you’re breaking down that resistance, those beliefs that we carry in our subconscious that guide us through all the actions we take in the day, and we break that down and make space for new, empowered beliefs. It’s like, okay, do I really believe that anymore? Not so much. Okay, what do I want to believe? And then you can actually tap those new beliefs in there and create new neural or solidify new neural pathways in your brain with this new belief. And then when you have the new belief, you are going to act differently in the world, and you don’t recognize sort of the old you. You’ve got this kind of new, improved, empowered you moving forward. So the book really talks about the origins of the beliefs, how we come to that. So it gets into all the developmental pieces and then things around using language, monitoring the language you use with yourself. I know that’s a big one. And just all these sort of self empowering pieces, and how tapping can help you get there way more quickly. Because doing it just with the cognitive brain, it’s hard. I believe we’re in CBT or cognitive behavioral therapy. I think it’s great. But tapping gives that extra rapidity, I guess that’s not even a word. Yeah, rapid. Okay. It makes it go faster. And you really access the subconscious where it becomes part of your new truth. So that’s why I wanted to write the book. I want women to love themselves more. That’s the bottom line. Like love themselves, believe in themselves, take risks that are going to benefit them in future. And I know with myself, too, I mean I was somebody. I was scared to speak up. I was scared to speak out. I was always really quiet. My belief was, I have nothing interesting to say. I’m not an interesting person. And that belief has guided me for decades. And then with Tapping, out the window, I could really work through that. And I would never be on a podcast with you had I had that old belief. Right. So it really does work.
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah. It is amazing how things shift. Well, my background was in television, and I never wanted to be in front of the camera. I always wanted to be behind the camera. And yet here I am today on camera doing a podcast. And not only yeah, so I’m producing it, directing it, and starring in it, where before that was not definitely not going to be me. I wanted to ask you one question, and I love that you did this book because it’s so important. Because, as you say, women, for some reason, we have it in our heads that we just have to take care of everybody first and forgetting that if our own cup isn’t filled, then we’re going to be on empty way faster. And then we’re not going to be able to really help anybody. So it’s so important to take care of ourselves first. What I wanted to ask you is, if someone’s listening to this and wondering about it, is there any way that they could do it wrong, let’s say, and have it, not get the results that they want?
Monique Verpoort
First of all, doing it wrong? No, you can’t do it wrong. That’s the good news, really. Part of it is experimentation. I mean, there are some that feel that you can choose one spot, your preferred spot. A lot of people like this collarbone because it seems to feel good and because it’s usually, as I said, there’s a lot of stuck energy. They can you know, can feel that release. Now, the beauty with tapping is that there’s certain ways that you can use it with using words, but basically the words are how you’re feeling in the moment, what is bothering you. So that’s your truth, right? If I’m in a pissy mood, I can say that. Even though I’m in a really bad mood. Pissy mood, whatever your words are, I love and accept myself. Even though I do that three times. Even though I’m in a really bad mood right now and I really don’t want to talk to anybody, I accept that’s how I’m feeling right now. So there’s always the acceptance and the truth of how you’re feeling and then just going through those different we call that a reminder phrase. So feeling, I’m in a really bad mood right now. I’m in a really bad mood right now under the eye. Just leave me alone. I don’t want to talk to anybody right now. And so you see, you just kind of go through that. But that is an easy way to use words because they’re coming from you. They’re not coming, oh, what am I supposed to say? And I love it. And where I find it’s really helpful is if I’ve had situations where I’m sure you’ve had these too, where maybe somebody just really triggers you in a way, and you’re kind of sitting with that emotion. And I find that if I find a private spot and I just start talking about how I’m feeling about that person. But the key is that you don’t censor yourself. So you might be using words that normally you go, I shouldn’t be saying that. That’s not nice. Right? But you let it rip and you just go through it, that person’s, right? And you do it so no one can hear you. Go in the bathroom, do wherever you have to go. But what happens is that you actually release that energy of anger from your system. So it’s not like you’re venting, which can actually rile us up more, right? But if we can tap and vent at the same time, we can get it out, so we’re not hanging on to it. So, yeah, I would just say if you want to try this, you have nothing to lose. I always say it’s kind of a weird thing if you’re not used to this, it’s like, what the heck? How is this supposed to work? Come on. But we have a lot of science and evidence now over the last decade that really supports this. And EFT tapping is under the umbrella of energy psychology, which is basically any kind of modality that works with the energy in the system. So yoga would be a form of that as well. I mean, yoga is very well known. There’s so many reiki, so many different modalities that before were kind of, wow, that is woo woo. But now we’ve accepted it. And I think EFT is the next frontier with this, where people are not going to feel it’s super weird to be doing this. When you understand how it works, then it’s like, okay, there’s something to this. And I think people need that experience of it. So I would encourage people, step one, try it and see if you notice a difference. And it helps to measure where you are starting out. So you tune into your body, because your body is, everything’s in your body, your emotions, everything’s in the body. So if you can tune in, you go, where am I feeling this tightness? Is it in my shoulders? Is there something going on in my, you know, the solar plexus? Like, am I feeling disempowered right now? And what is that like? And tuning in, measuring that, what’s the intensity of that on a scale of one to 10? Ten being really high and one being nonexistent, and you kind of situate yourself there, and then you tap, focusing on what it is. So if I’m like, oh, this tension in my shoulders, all this tension in my shoulders, all this tension in my shoulders, and I do a couple of rounds with the deep breath, and then I measure and I go, hey, okay, how tense are my shoulders right now? Oh, you know what? They were an eight, now they’re kind of a four. And then I could do another round. All this remaining tension in my shoulders, all this remaining tension going through the points again, measure again. Where are you now? It usually decreases, and sometimes it’s point by it’s like from an eight to a seven to a six. For some people, it’s like a nine, and then it goes down to a three. So I think having the experience of this is going to make you a believer and go, okay, that worked. Maybe I’ll look into this a little bit more. Maybe I’ll try it, you know, with the tapping and talking. Yeah, experiment and see.
Gloria Grace Rand
Exactly. I think that’s really wonderful advice. And I did want to just touch on the fact that you’re right, that these modalities are becoming more accepted. Like, I know that they’re even in hospitals now, that they’re saying reiki, they’re having teaching nurses, I think, to do it, or at least allowing having practitioners come in. And the beauty of this, as you say, unless you’ve got some really ingrained trauma, that a lot of this you can just treat yourself. And so that’s a really wonderful thing to be able to take care of yourself, to have another way to allow yourself to get over some of these things that are, I’m thinking, not necessarily a minor, but sometimes it is. I think sometimes there are minor things that we then focus on too much and then it becomes a major thing. And if we can tap it when it’s still a minor, then we can really take it down and then before it grows into something more destructive, shall we say, maybe not destructive, but more of a problem and a challenge. So I love this and you have encouraged me to start experimenting with it. So I’m going to add it to my toolbox. And it’s interesting when you mentioned earlier too, about the yawning, when I do light language, I wind up yawning in the middle of it. It’s probably the same principle again. It’s the energy moving through. So that’s kind of interesting. I have enjoyed this conversation so much. Is there anything actually now before I get to that question, because I do love to ask my guests this. What are you curious about right now?
Monique Verpoort
I am curious to know where this sort of what I see as the beginning of a revolution. I like to call it that, even though it’s still small, but we got more and more people are learning about this. And I’m just curious to know five years from now where we’re going to be with this. My vision really is for, as I said, because my background is children’s mental health. I really care deeply about kids and you know, would love to see schools adopting this, where kids are starting their day off right from the get go. Being able to regulate their nervous system, to be able to access that prefrontal cortex thinking brain, to be able to take in the information that they’re learning and getting a really good head start on the day and having a skill for life so that we can have adults that are regulated as opposed to dysregulated, making really poor choices. And so, that’s my curiosity. That’s the vision I really hold. And yeah, I believe it will happen, but who knows how long. But anyway, I’m on that journey to really try to get this out there so…
Gloria Grace Rand
Yeah, I’d like, I know, actually, I was thinking it was like, yeah, it seems like there’s a lot of politicians that could use this. Is there anything else that maybe I should have asked you about in regards to EFT that I didn’t? Anything else you want to share with our audience that’s important?
Monique Verpoort
Well, there is one little thing that a little exercise that I kind of find fun for people to experiment with. And it involves some parts work, and it’s sort of identifying the parts of yourself that you would like to nourish and expand. And so something that I had read about years ago was sort of naming these parts. So. For instance, for me, I like, I have Mighty Monique. Is that part of me that is empowered and wants to get out there and Fun Frida is that part of me that wants to have more joy and fun. And it’s just a fun little experiment that people could try. And then with the tapping, they can imagine what their little avatar or their little part persona is. And with visualization, they can think about what would that part be doing? How would that part be expressing themselves in the world? Right. And then tapping on their points as they’re reflecting on that part that they would like to really expand on in their life. So I want to leave people with that. It’s kind of a creative way to sort of reinvent yourself.
Gloria Grace Rand
I like that. Very smart, very cool. Okay. It’s a lovely way to be creative and to imagine. I would think, for someone who perhaps would like to be more confident and to show up more in their power, that they can start saying, okay, if I were more confident, how would that look? And I think that would be a very cool way to be able to help yourself.
Monique Verpoort
Yeah. How would that look and what would I need to do to get to have that part more visible? Right. That inspired action. Little small step.
Gloria Grace Rand
Very nice. Awesome. Well, if someone listening to us today wants to know more about this and would like to get some guidance from you, perhaps, what is the best place for people to reach out and connect with you?
Monique Verpoort
Yeah. So at Monique Verpoort dot com, I want to say there is a free tapping chart that they can download with a little descriptor of what we just kind of talked about today. And also there are a couple of free chapters of my book if people want to download that and have a look and see if that’s of interest. That’s all on my website, Moniqueverpoort.com. And there’s contact with an email there.
Gloria Grace Rand
Excellent. Well, I will be sure and have that in the show notes. So if you are listening to this right now and you’re driving, what have you, make sure you go to Liveloveengagepodcast.com and look for this episode, and then you’ll be able to get all of that wonderful information. So thank you so much, Monique, for being with us today, and you’ve definitely enlightened me about it. And as I say, yeah, I’m going to start giving it another try. I don’t think I gave it a fair shot before, so I’m going to give it, give it a try now.
Monique Verpoort
Good. Glad to hear that. Thanks, Gloria. It was really fun being on your show.
Gloria Grace Rand
And I do want to, as always, thank all of you for watching and for listening. And for those of you who are new, I encourage you to subscribe to the podcast or subscribe to my YouTube channel at Gloria Grace Rand. Make sure you hit subscribe. And until next time, as always, I encourage you to go out and live fully, love deeply, and engage authentically.
