There I was, in gym class in the 4th grade at Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in Brookfield, CT, in the midst of a volleyball game.
It was the whole class – girls, guys, good players, non-existent players (the “I will keep my hands pinned to my sides regardless of what we’re doing!” players) – the whole gang.
As you might know already, I’m an enthusiastic guy, and I was no different in 4th grade. So there I was, trying to rally the troops on our team. Now, I promise I wasn’t that obnoxious guy who yelled at the girls that weren’t playing. I was just trying to encourage people, have fun, and play some volleyball.
In the midst of this, after maybe a few claps to rally the team or a word of encouragement, one kid (I remember his name but we’ll keep him anonymous!), said to me, “Who are you, Captain Kangaroo?”
I actually didn’t know much about Captain Kangaroo until today, when I researched him and his TV show a bit. Captain Kangaroo was a children’s television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s television program of its day.
Now, at the time I had no clue who Captain Kangaroo was, but the meaning was clear. I’m sure a few kids laughed and I don’t remember all the details, what I do remember is that feeling of being deflated…of my energy, my being, sinking back into itself as I learned very clearly that it wasn’t safe to be myself or to stand out.
It’s silly, I know. And it makes it extra funny when we can look at Mr. Captain Kangaroo (What a haircut! See the picture? That’s him!). 🙂
But until I explored this story and tapped on my feelings around it, it was affecting who I was and how I showed up in the world.
Why? Because a small part of me (or maybe a big one), learned that it wasn’t safe to stand out, to be myself, to be enthusiastic.
What’s your “Captain Kangaroo” story? The one where you think back on your life, especially your childhood, where you learned it wasn’t safe to be YOU?
Who told you? What did they say? How did you react? How has it changed who you are?
These experiences, especially as they stack on top of each other, can have dramatic effects on your life today.
You know WHO YOU ARE…
Are you being THAT PERSON?
If not, WHY NOT?
It’s likely because of these experiences, and it’s essential that you tap through them and clear them out.
So how do you do that? Here’s how…
Here’s an easy three-step process to clearing an event from the past.
Try to be as specific with it as possible and only start with one for now. You can do more later, but for now, focus on ONE experience where someone said something to you, where you said something, where you learned that it wasn’t safe to stand out and be YOU.
When you think about the event, feel what you felt then or even how you feel now about it, and rate the intensity on a 0-10 scale.
With your eyes closed, tap through all the points, as you see the movie play. Keep tapping through the points, moving whenever you want, and running the movie again and again, in as much detail as possible.
See it, feel it, smell it, hear it, make it real, and keep tapping. Notice what stands out to you most about the movie, and focus on that issue. Notice where you feel a ‘charge’ and focus on that, and just keep tapping, tapping, tapping.
Tap until you can see the movie, without feeling an emotional charge.
What have you done? You’ve healed that event, cleared the emotional charge, processed the stuck energy through your body, reminded your body it’s safe!
Rinse and repeat for any events that you can think of!
By the way, I made this joke before, “rinse and repeat” referring to what a shampoo bottle says. Someone took it very literally and emailed asking if they should shower in between each tapping session! It’s actually not a bad idea, water is very cleansing, but you don’t have to do it between each tapping round. 🙂
It is often these childhood events, small and large, that limit us, that keep us stuck. The fear of standing out, of being different, of being seen is SO common and so limiting. Living the life of our dreams means we are being our most AUTHENTIC selves. There’s no getting around that. All your dreams, hopes, and desires are directly related to you being YOURSELF.
So clear out the junk from the past and BE YOU.
The themes I discussed above, both childhood traumatic events and specifically the fear of standing out or the belief that it’s not safe to be YOU in the world, can have a dramatic influence on all parts of our lives.
You can learn more about this idea and other key ways to use tapping to increase your self-confidence by downloading The Tapping Solution App. There are over 100 tapping meditations in there to help you become the most authentic YOU!
Until next time…
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
Copyright © 2024 The Tapping Solution, LLC
In my days, the children were seen but not heard, so it took me a while to realize that I could have an opinion, that I could say it and feel that it was accepted and that I was not judged…. I was very shy when I was young so my self esteem was very low…… I started tapping recently and if I make a list of everything I should tap on…….I might have black and blue marks on all the tapping points!!!!…. but i will keep on tapping……….thank you and have a good day!
What first comes to mind here, as a Captain Kangaroo watcher for a long time when young, is how distressed he would be to have his name invoked in this manner. This was a guy who lived to make kids happy – his show was about happiness and learning. I was in a group of girl scouts who were on the show one year. His appearance was bizarre, even in a day where Howdy Doody and Clown shows were favored. So I think this moment is about a lot more than being pointed out at a vulnerable age from someone at best thoughtless and possibly deliberately cruel. The real message to me is seeing, accepting and admiring the unique in anyone. Another way to communicate this: if someone has a knee-jerk cruel reaction, what lack or imbalance are they experiencing that makes them feel so threatened they lash out? When I see this – or it happens to me – I feel compassion for them and send them light to heal it, hoping they will open enough at sometime to feel safe enough to heal it. People who lash out like that are hurt, it doesn’t make it right or easier to accept, especially when it’s aimed at you – but it’s best for all if it ends right there and you don’t pass it on any further. And yes, Tapping has added significant balance to my busy life in an overcrowded place that no one is from, a place mostly devoid of common courtesy. A hard place to raise kids. So – thanks for that.
Since I discovered EFT, I’ve been in tears most of the time, but “Captain Kangaroo” set me off like an arcade game with flashing lights and more ding, ding, dingings than I can count. The ‘you’re unwanted’ brainwashing began in utero. Incidents that had been buried under cement are coming to the surface in torrents. One milder example: I went to a very expensive private school, money was no problem. The school required girls to have a long white gown for certain activities. Many of the gowns were by top name designers. My mother went to a used clothing shop and bought a faded out wedding dress that was probably 20 years old. Her favorite expression? “it’s good enough.” I was sent to that school because my father was determined that I get a good education. I did, majoring in humiliation, embarrassment, disgrace, mortification, anger, resentment… Am retired now, and see a tiny light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks to you Nick, and the others, who’ve put yourselves out there .
Also, I cannot imagine anyone ever portraying or referring to him in a negative way. He was the greatest.
That’s hilarious! My Dad played golf with Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan). He lived in The Main Line. I remember how sad I was when his long-time sidekick, Mr. Greenjeans, died.
Good times.
Mark
Thanks Nick, I really look forward to mail from you. I am attending community EFT meetings, have gotten help from a practitioner, and find alot of help from EFT Universe, and the Tapping Solution. Every bit helps clear away the debri of a lifetime.
You and Kevin together? Can’t be a coincidence. Who knew that a little town in CT. would give rise to giants who would change the world? Must have been something in the water! Thanks for all the good you conspire to do.
I remember it well! My story is a bit long to tell here, but I was effusive in my manner and always vulnerable. There was an incident in my teens where my mother was so embarrassed and upset at my outgoing ways that I was properly chastised. I feel that sinking feeling now. Embarrassed to the core. Maybe this will fix it.
I have read a lot of really enthusiastic people selling their version of self help, a lot of good info but when I started using the tapping in conjunction with some other’s that I saw improvement with, I found that tapping is the cherry on top! I am 65 and after having food allergies all my life, I found out what I was allergic to and stopped eating the offending food, which opened a new world to me at the time. I continued to research other information the old fashioned way, in the library. Now with the Internet the World is at our fingertips! I will sign off every time I write to you or your Sis, and Brother for the good information I have gotten from your Family. God Bless You and them.
Hi Nick and All,
It’s amazing how a comment can have such an effect on us. My Captain Kangaroo (whom I loved as a child too) was when I was in 5th grade, and I wrote a letter to a friend who lived in another state. I showed another friend this letter, and she made a very negative comment about what I had written. It hurt deeply. I never did send that letter. I also didn’t send alot of other letters, or writings in general.
Now I dont remember that comment, but I have hoe’d the row for keeping myself from opening up, and letting the words flow. I know I havent even gotten near my true potential, but its nice to know that I am the only one keeping myself from reaching it. Not any comments from others (for I also have had many other “Cptn Kangaroo comments”), but my lack of believing in myself and my potential. I am my own worst enemy.
Thanks Nick for bringing this up. These are things that I can tap, pray and meditate on.
Mary Jo
PS I know that I can always change the landscape of my garden and its a beautiful change.
This is an important story to share, because I think everybody has a story that is similar, but unique to them. EFT is a wonderful way to get past these blocks that we sometimes aren’t even aware exist within us. And Captain Kangaroo was my hero as a child!
It wasn’t me was it? 🙂
Kev
No Kevin, but thanks for asking. Kevin and I went to elementary school (and middle and high) school together. 🙂
The Captian was the highlight of my morning, before school, in the early years of grade school. I loved Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose on the show. Captain always stayed calm and loving, no matter what was going on. Oh yes, the Banana Man, where he pulled out a string of bananas from under his big coat. He sang La, la, la, la , la woooooooooooooooooo! before pulling out the bananas. Thanks for pulling out the fond memories of early childhood.
As a young 12 year old girl growing up in the deep south, I trusted my Dad to take care of me and protect me from harm. My family and a group of friends went swimming at the lake. My Dad’s best friend fondled me between my legs under the water. I got out and went to tell Mom and Dad that it happened and it scared me. Instead of listening and believing what I said, they ignored me. I developed a womans’s body while I was still a little girl, so I was not sure what was happening to me. The man took privileges with me just about every time he could, at my family home. I only remember a few incidences, when he would visit my home.
I have blocked out a lot, I am sure. Now in my 60’s the hurt is still there. My fear of being under water, and my sexual handicap is very evident to me. Dreams of being under a mud puddle and looking up to call for help, people walking by and not seeing me or similair dreams, still haunt me. I have kept myself locked inside for a very long time. I yearn to be my authentic self, the tears are flowing.
So many of these stories have my mother in them. Any way we were going on a bus trip as people were getting on I was greeting them and telling them how beautiful they looked. “I love that outfit it looks great on you”. Glad you showed up, I was so happy to see them. Out of nowhere my mothers starts to shout shut up and sit down. Kids are to be seen and not hear and told me off in front of so many onlookers. Totally embarrassed me and everyone looking on. Boy that hurt. Just wondering is it going to take a lifetime to clear of these, there are so many.
I grew up with Captain Kangaroo. I’m sorry, but your commentary here denotes a negativity about what Captain Kangaroo did and who he was. Being called Captain Kangaroo would have been a wonderful complement to me and any of our generation. The Captain promoted friendship, peaceful results to conflict, and encouragement of any type of learning. He created an appreciation of all types of music, all types of stories, and all types of humour as well as realizing that there was sadness in the world and we can deal with it all.
I don’t know where you did your research, but maybe you need to do more?
The person who gave you the “so called slur” was actually giving you a complement. I would have said, “Thank you” with a smile, then said “want to join me?”
Hi Virginia,
Yes, today I would love to be called Captain Kangaroo for everything he represents. But in 4th grade, this kid in my class was making fun of Captain Kangaroo and me. 🙂 I did my research today about him, but when you’re 10 years old (and there was no internet!) and someone calls you that with a negative tone, it’s a little different.
take care!
Nick
Dear Nick, I really liked this story. When I was in high school, kids teased me by calling me “Bubbles.” I used to sing all the time and on the way to and from school I sang “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.” Sensitive point uintil my comparative anatomy professor said he liked to tease me because I was fun to tease. he wa including rather than excluding me in the mix. I will be using this technique on my current Bubbles incidents and share it with students also. Blessings
How many mornings did I spend with Captain Kangaroo! and Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit and Grandfather clock and the ping pong balls???? Not to mention Tom Terrific and his Wonder Dog (Okay, I forget his name, but I remembered everything else!) I even remember Mr. Green Jeans! Anyone else???
When I was in the fifth grade, during an art class (where the art teacher would come in once every two weeks or so) and I was drawing of picture of myself in the woods and I had outlined myself in black. The art teacher was aghast. Why would I draw a black line around myself? Do I have a black line around myself? I think part of me disappeared that day. I hope that part of me will come back.
okay, not to get off point, but this just reminded me of a literal Captain Kangaroo moment. i was 3, my great-grandmother had died( which i didn’t get at the time), i just knew we went to this place and a woman was lying in this box, and i asked my mom why was Captain Kangaroo in that box? i think it was her hair. anyway, i got in big trouble for that, and was completely baffled as to why, so i think the message was, shut up, don’t ask dumb questions. to this day, my motto, my mantra is – the only dumb question is the unasked question.
Thanks for the Captain Kangaroo flashback! I watched his show every day as a young girl. My favorite character was Mr. Bunny Rabbit, who was mute but always effectively got his point across. Hmmm… Speaking of mute bunnies, my Captain Kangaroo experience was in 1st grade when our class was divided into 3 groups based on our reading levels. I was in the 1st level, and my friend Susan was in the 2nd level. She began calling me names for being smart, and I started dumbing down in order to try to fit in. Years later, in my 30s, I realized that I still wasn’t fully stepping into my creative potential, partly in the interest of not upsetting anyone, and I did some work to address the mistaken beliefs that I adopted back then. Tapping is great, and I use it with a lot of my coaching and therapy clients! Thanks for all that you do to educate so many people about tapping!
THANKS FOR SHARING THIS, NICK. FYI, I LOVED THE CAPT. AND BECAUSE OF HIM I LEARNED NOT TO BE AFRAID OF MALES. YES, HE WAS ” DIFFERENT”, BUT HE WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE ” SUCCESSFUL”. IT’S AMAZING HOW PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES AFFECT US DIFFERENTLY ISN’T IT?
Great Captain Kangaroo story! Brought to mind a couple of stories of my own.
Once that happened several events surfaced that I need to tap on, move on,
forgive, and be grateful. Thanks
When I was in grade school and it continues even now, of being told I wasn’t good enough, not by my mother, but by my classmates and then others when I became an adult. My mother raised 6 kids by herself and we didn’t always have the newest and latest fashions and gadgets like the other kids I went to school with. There was a time when I wanted to be the princess when we were playing at recess, I was told “You aren’t good enough, you can be the monster” and that’s the way it’s been for the past 50 years. I’ve been married three times and each time I was told, in one way or another, that I wasn’t “good enough.” When you’ve been told enough times you start to believe it and I did for a long, long time. The marriage I’m in now isn’t any different then the last two. My husband has informed me that he married me because he felt sorry for me but he won’t divorce me because I don’t deserve what the judge will make him pay me in support. I am disabled with OA, RA, and fibromyalgia and unable to work to support myself or so he thinks. I’m not “good enough!” I have come to realize that I am just as good as anyone else and that I do deserve to be happy.
Hi Nick!
I’m so grateful for you and your sister for getting this work out there. I could write a novel about the changes I feel since starting this Tapping journey a month ago, but regarding childhood experiences, I grew up believing somehow that I was to be “seen and not heard” being that my parents were from a different era and culture. My dad was a drill sergeant at one point, can we say disciplinarian!..and both parents were very religious so, things were very strict at home. I was admonished when I laughed too loudly, and I couldn’t express my opinion or myself too much…well now I am an opera singer and I can be as loud as I want and get paid for it!! And I’ve realized that one of my gifts is laughter and making others laugh, on and off stage. And I just attracted a better contract at a better opera house, and I am feeling good about asking for what I need without feeling guilty! Thank you sooooooo much! Tapping rocks the Casbah!…oops I just dated myself.. Liz
It’s too bad you didn’t know who Captain Kangaroo was: if you had, it might not have hurt so much. When people ask me what kind of music I like, I always say, “Captain Kangaroo music, because it’s all kinds of music from jazz, through classical, to Broadway, to pop, as long as it will hold the attention of a four-year-old.” For many years, it was the only TV I was allowed to watch, one hour, Monday through Friday.
These little damages that happen to us must accumulate and I love the tapping for resolving them, but often they are so minor that I don’t even remember them or consider them to be long resolved and recovered from. However, it occurs to me that I don’t like to be thwarted by authority figures (sorry, voters, but I don’t want you involved in my healthcare or my food and drink, I don’t want you or your elected representatives and government employees telling me how much I get paid, or where I can travel and what I can pack). There isn’t a toddler alive who wasn’t regularly thwarted. When you think about it, toddlers are pretty good at reaching for what they want, but encounter many discouragements and frustrations most probably don’t recall. We learn early that we can’t have what we want, which is too bad since, as adults, our wants are probably more worthy of achieving.
I love Nick’s “voice,” the way it is humorous and light but still imparts such important and useful information. How great to be able to laugh while we get better.
Thank you for mentioning that. That kind of treatment, I’ve found, doesn’t stop with elementary school. It goes on way beyond that. I’m 55 years old and am treated like an out cast at my job. But I know better than to listen to people who put other people down. I understand that others are uncomfortable with some other peoples freedom and enthusiasm and want to squash it because it triggers something in their background that makes them feel inadequate some how. People at my job have their “beef” with me, because one, I’ve awakened and I remind them of the truth about their lives, not in a nasty way mind you, that some of us out here want a different kind of life and some of us are willing to put effort into effecting that new way.( I want to succeed in internet marketing and Jewelry design. ) That new way that I want to live is in direct contrast to how (we) they have been programed to live (our) their whole lives. Work hard, be the expendable worker making a minuscule salary who makes loads of money for a company that never really cares about your or your true value, never awakening to what their dreams really are.
I’ve found that when you don’t go with the flow, there are plenty of people who will be glad to point that out to you. It’s as if they are saying ‘ Hey, WE are doing this way over here, WE have been doing it this way for all of our lives, how dare you not do what WE are doing. How dare you think you can be different, you are going to make US feel, weird, SO STOP.’
I think I dare to be different. I will tap on this and I will move on to best live my life the way I feel is best for me. : )
Bravo! “it’s not safe to be me” is a very serious issue. How many times we get that message during childhood. Thank you bringing it to us in such an easy to understand way.
Thank you Nick for chearing this. It is nice to know that one isn´t the only one, whom have had such and experience with such a huge impact. I come from Ghana but now live in Denmark, since I was a child. I have always been told in schoole and even from people i didn´t know, that I laugh to much and that there is “to much of me”, So through the years I have tried to whish myself somewhere else. I have being working on these isue using afformations and tapping.
And yes I am about to over come the past, it is just history now.
I always feel great when you post some of your experiences
Once again thank you very much
I’m 55, Dancing bear, Mr Greenjeans!! Thanks for starting my day with buried memories! Also, for helping heal the traumatic memories!
I grew up a couple of blocks from the man who played Captain Kangaroo…mine is similar in that having 4 brothers, always told to shut up. Music competition sang the wrong verse first, Narrator at retreat, mixed words and became everyones “Modern Virgin” for years. Plus i was always the tallest, so i kinda stood out…continued into adulthood….gotta go tap on this right now!! It seems that others made everything i enjoyed painful.
Your story Nick is so powerful and true. I have a similar story in the sense that I have been overweight until now and I now know why. When I went to secodary school it was for the first time in my life a mixed school with boys. I had a lot of problems with boys and I hated their comments on me and the fact they tried to touch me and I felt bullied and uncomfortable. I was shy by nature and very unhappy at home. I decided unconsciously to put on weight and to cut my hair really short so that I would not get unrequested attention from boys and it worked. In my thirties I got slim and started to get too much attention and comments from men again and I felt very vulnerable when I was thin. Again in my forties I started to gain weight on to protect myself and it worked. I just realized recently that at 55 years of age I am still fat as a form of protection. I now know that I will do some tapping to feel safe even as a thin person and I will exercise my capacity to put limits when others (particularly men) try to infringe on my personal mental space. Thanks Nick for sharing this!!
Danielle
I too had a clear 5 yr old moment pop up immediately. I loved Captain Kangaroo <3 Kind of a more animated and silly Mr Rogers. Protective, caring always talking positively and lovingly to children, I even have a set of keys like his! He came in everyday jingling a huge set of keys to the theme music and when he put them on the key hook, the music immediately stopped. In my twenties i found a similiar set at an antique shop and was so excited and bought them. I reenacted that scenario often and then with my children. Still brings wonderful feelings!
Great advice for bringing a trauma forward and healing from it!
Amazing what we can make up about the words of others and how some allow those words to keep them stuck for life. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all be instrumental in teaching kids aobut self-esteem and tapping before they have to go out into the real world? Thanx Nick for all you do <3
I just finished tapping through my event and feel so much better. So many realizations came through during it. My childhood event is difficult to explain but it involves being made fun of for a simple error, and because it involves family members, I heard about it for years afterward. It taught me that mistakes define your life (after all, that is what people remember) so I better keep them to a minimum or eliminate them entirely. Really healthy approach, right? I finished up my tapping with positive statements about how making mistakes and failing are a huge and necessary part of positive growth and change.
I can’t thank you enough Nick!
Nick,
I clearly remember my Captain Kangaroo event – a show I watched nearly everyday as a child – now I am showing my age 🙂 It was a great show by the way – check it out and look for dancing bear when you do.
MY CK moment: I was sharing with my mother how I was going to grow up rich and when I got married was going to take all my family and guests on a cruise and get married on the big ship and everyone would have a fabulous time because I was going to pay for all of them to be there. My brother, who is younger than me, shouted from the other room – “Can someone wake her up – thats never going to happen” – everyone laughed at me. I remember feeling so deflated and I am now 53.
Thanks for sharing how to help clear this one up.
WOWHEEEE…now THAT brought up some gut level hits! Even though I feel shaky and insecure about HOW to tap, I completely and unconditionally accept myself. Well, it’s a start! Thanks, this is important.
As I tapped on my “event” I felt a pain in my gall bladder and I suddenly understood the meaning of “it galled me.” To be treated that way “galled me.” So as I heal the effects of these events I am also healing the problems I have with my gall bladder. Thank you Nick!
When I was in 4th Grade my Teacher made fun of me because When I laughed my nose wrinkled up. I immediately promised myself I would NOT SMILE. At lease only a small smile.
Can you imagine how that impacted me? I am 69 now and still have to remind myself to smile!! When I am around my sister I notice when she laughs that her nose wrinkles up too and I envy her. I had to relearn to smile. Thanks Nick for reminding me it is ok to be me and even wrinkle up when I laugh! Nancy
I can immediately relate to your story. When I was in the 6th grade, I was supposed to do a book report. For whatever reason I didn’t do it, but my mother wrote one for me. When I handed it in the next day, the teacher obviously could tell that I didn’t want it because it wasn’t my handwriting. My mother’s handwriting was pretty but challenging to read. The teacher had me go to the front of the room and read the report — which I couldn’t do. She wanted to humiliate me for handing in this report. What I did was wrong, but she could have handled this with me personally and even including my mother by calling her in for a meeting. Instead she choose to do something that would have the other kids laughing at me. This happened nearly 50 years ago and still holds a charge. I will tap on this today!
I know just what you mean – I sill hear my dad telling me something when I was about 10 – it was such a putdown and I was crushed
AWESOME story and a beautiful example of how a seemingly ‘small, random’ remark can have such a huge, devastating, traumatic impact. As in many cases, it isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the pebble in the shoe.
And isn’t it wonderful that through tapping, we can remove that negative energy as easily as taking off the shoe and removing the pebble.
All the best from Toronto,
Russ
P.S. I’m old enough to remember watching Captain Kangaroo. And today, I’m watching my little 8-year-old daughter transition from liking Dora and Tinkerbell, to liking more ‘cool things’ like Katy Perry and YTV. Already she has asked her mom about changing her backpack for the new school year in September. A little comment is EVERYTHING!
As a child, I remember being teased a lot in school.I didnt have a lot of clothes,though they were new and always clean. teased about a lot of nothing. Mom was hard on me,Dad wasnt ever well..so I, being the oldest of 3,took care of sister&brother..and I was 10 yrs old.We cleaned a little, did homework.Never popular for many reasons I guess.But, always was me.My best friend of 45 yrs, taught me the love of a real friend,how to laugh,and her family welcomed me. Life has been hard,still is, but I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED WHO I WAS.I am not at all shy,and have a good heart and mindI love animals.NANNY also,Im wonderful with children and they respond as well I have 2 Daughters that are amazing, confident,brlliant,caring adults.BTW, I DO remember THE CAPTAIN!!
I used to watch him all the time, him and Captain Noah also Mr. Rogers all those kids shows.
This is great advice, Nick–to see a past event (that limited you) as a movie and use these techniques to deal with the negative emotion associated with it.
I LOVE your enthusiasm!
This was really great — we all have embedded memories that keep us from feeling whole.
I loved Captain Kangaroo! We watched his show all the time:)
Thank you for sharing this, Nick. What comes up for me, is a repeated event rather than a discrete episode. When I enthused about something as a child/young teen, my mother would shout, ‘Put a lid on it.’ I immediately shut down of course. There was a look that accompanied those words, and over time, all it took was a look. I spent much of my life trying to be invisible so that I wouldn’t draw that kind of negative attention to myself.
So, this is a great opportunity to tap on that and allow myself to be my true Self.
Blessings
and Shukriya (Punjabi for thank you).
Thanks for all you do. I think tapping probably saved my life (I mean that literally not figuratively) – still experiencing severe financial difficulty but feel very calm about it – thanks to tapping.