Life has its ups and downs, and it's not unusual that we should feel a need to be comforted when we are more aware of the downs. Because of past programming, though, too often our ways of comforting ourselves are less than ideal, especially in terms of our health.

This year there is a major therapeutic paradigm shift going on right before our eyes, as 2013 is the proverbial tipping point for acupuncture meridian tapping.

We can't even solve what is going on inside ourselves with hate. In order to cultivate more love in the world, we need to cultivate it inside ourselves first... and we can't wait until everyone "out there" changes and behaves better.

Tapping can sometimes bring up long-buried emotions, which is why I state that, before tapping along, folks must take full responsibility for their own well-being.

One of the greatest things being done with tapping right now is its use with vets. There have been many great successes in relieving the PTSD our troops so often bring home with them.

Given a lot of the programming we have received, being true to ourselves can often be challenging. I hope this video will help you to do so.

After the holidays are over and the thrill of welcoming a new year has faded, it's not unusual for the blues to set in. If you find the season bringing you down, I hope this video will help you feel better.

Greatness is inside -- probably more than you know. How great are you willing to be? Since your enhanced greatness benefits not just you, but also so many others (perhaps the whole world), I hope this video will help you allow more of your greatness to shine through.

While this is traditionally called "the most wonderful time of the year," it is also traditionally the most stressful time of year -- at least for many (if not most) of us. Here's a little something to relieve some of that stress and hopefully put a little more jolly in your holiday.

Some people are just so darned determined to scare us with doomsday prophecies... sheesh! But, fortunately, we don't have to let them spoil our day.

Too often we just allow ourselves to just react to life, rather than creating it. If you could choose what kind of day you were going to have, what would you do? You have more choice than you may realize. Here's a little video to help you make the most of that choice.

It's been said by many great teachers that the outside world is a reflection of the inner world. So, it stands to reason that if we wish to experience greater peace in the world, we need to cultivate greater peace within us.

Please don't vote from fear -- fear clouds the mind. Stand up and be counted, be passionate about what matters to you, but clear those fears out and let the intelligent and rational person inside you cast your ballot.

The potential for success -- in any and all areas of life -- is within each of us... but it does require that we take action. We actually have to do things, which means the possibility of making a mistake.

It has been said that the extent to which we are not experiencing what we want is the extent to which we are resisting it. And as we explored in the last video, resistance comes from fear.

In most cases, resistance is just fear... fear of the unknown, fear of a perceived (and often only imagined) danger, fear of... well, just plain old fear. And that's what we are here to clear.

One of the unfortunate facts of life is that tragedy strikes now and again. This can move us into a state of great fear, sometimes even paralyzing us.

Let's face it: Worrying is pretty useless. If you can do something about what's causing the worry, then take action -- no point in worrying. If you can't do anything about the issue, then no amount of worrying is going to help.

If we don't move through the fear of making decisions, we don't move, period. The ironic thing is that if you refuse to make a decision, you've made a decision -- to either stay stuck or to put your fate in someone else's hands.

While there are specific fears that we can address with tapping, sometimes we are just caught in a place of fear, and it is hard to feel okay -- much less move forward.

There are all sorts of little things that can come up throughout the day that we might be afraid of -- sometimes just unconsciously -- and the stress from those little frights can build up.

Success has all kinds of repercussions: higher expectations, possible jealousy from others and, the most dreaded of all, change. Failing seems like a cakewalk in comparison. But you deserve success, and the world deserves the difference you will make.