We have all experienced those moments in life where we felt completely overwhelmed emotionally. So much so that it brings a level of deep, gut-wrenching pain. If you’ve experienced this “rock bottom” emotion you can picture that moment.
Maybe it was finding out that a family member was sick, or maybe it was a really tough breakup, or perhaps a moment where you were just taken over by the stress of a really tough financial situation.
Sometimes those moments can make you feel like you’ve hit rock bottom, and as painful as they can be, the reality is that those moments can very healing for us and can allow us to move forward in a positive way.
My sister Jessica recently sat down in front of the camera and had a talk with Sonia Ricotti, author of the book “Unsinkable,” where Sonia discussed what to do when you hit these overwhelming moments and feel like you’ve hit rock bottom.
Sonia is known for her insights on how to bounce back stronger than ever from seemingly insurmountable situations, and in this video, she discusses that.
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Sonia talks on this subject because she’s been through tough situations herself. She shares one of those difficult moments where she found herself in tears at around 5 minutes.
I hope this video helps you understand that no matter how low you may feel, you can always bounce back. 🙂
Until next time…
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
Copyright © 2024 The Tapping Solution, LLC
WOW…..cant wait to find out more!!
I will start with I have been to hell and back a number of times! When I met my now boyfriend he was shocked when I started to share my pass events in my live….he said I am the most up bet happiest person he knows plus always have a smile on my face. I always made sure my customers left with a smile on their face.
Yes I have hit rock bottom over and over and over and over again..to many to count but said I didnt want to live the rest of my life like that so I changed! I still have things I am working on, like freeing the last of my weight – that is hard because of my enter voice saying you cant do this and wanting it NOW! I will continue to work on myself. I was not the best roll model for my daughter but NOW I AM…..she can see if you want it you need to make the changes to have it happen.
I so look forward to get more info! Thanks!!! K
Okay, I feel I understand. Take a step back and release. I was feeling helpless a few minutes ago, and now I feel powerful. Thank you!
precious informations, thank you
My AHA moment was the closed door concept, as well as acceptance of the situation. Then we can see other opportunities and move on. thank you for this revelation.
Recently, my friend`s husband died very unexpectedly. Although they weren`t getting on too well, she is devastated. Now, she is all alone, the house is empty.
This was my “eye-opener”. My husband and I are taking care of our very sick daughter, day and night, and this is pure stress for our relationship. But sitting there at the funeral and imagining MY husband in that coffin made me feel physically sick! At that moment I realized how lucky I am to be allowed to share my life with him, although our situation is not easy.
Don`t only envy people who are – seemingly – better off than you are, also realize once in a while that many have a much tougher time.
Thanks for this helpful reminder. Have heard it all before, but to hear it again concisely and compassionately is helping me through a current difficulty at my job. Love the metaphor of “like staring at a closed, locked door.” I see that I have been doing that for weeks now, but I can choose to step away and stop wishing, hoping, thinking that that door should somehow magically open to my liking. It’s not going to. I look forward to seeing what emerges . . .
Thanks again.
What a powerful thought comes from this video and presented in a way that it can be understood and used if needed in ones life.
AHA Moment…now I realize I just have to accept( surrender to) my situation and stop resisting
and see what comes up. Thank you
Loved this! My “AHA” moment came this year when I realized that I was using my “story” to keep myself unhappy and unsocial. I decided to step into the light and become a teacher in personal fitness! I am now working on my closed doors in the world of my finances and overcoming fear! THANKS FOR THIS AMAZING INTERVIEW!
I have a twin brother. Even though miles apart, I always feel when he’s distressed. I’ve always felt protective toward him from childhood. Twice I was getting checked in the ER for my heart and nothing was wrong with me; however I got a call from my brother while I was in the ER on two occasions. First time, to say he had to have open heart surgery immediately and second time to say he gotten a diagnosis of an incurable leukemia. He is a pharmacist; I’m a clinical social worker. He believes in drugs; I eat a plant based diet and use alternative health care doctors. We are different in many ways but we love each other deeply. I will say so. He rarely does, but makes jokes instead. My panic over his bad health took over and overwhelmed me. He got very angry when I ask my facebook friends and family to say prayers and hold him in their thoughts. He felt this was private business, which I understand. Still it was incredibly difficult for me. My aha moment was taking deep breaths and allowing the health problems to do what they had to do and let my brother approach care in his own way – saying to myself, I believe there is supposed to be an outcome that has its own purpose, rather than what I want to make happen. I feel more peace. I still want him to be here with me but I am open to higher purposes unknown. So far, he is doing surprisingly well. And he’s still making jokes. Maybe next, I’ll become more light-hearted. I’m open.
Thank you for giving me permission to take care of myself… allowing my body to feel my emotions and then moving on… when society tells us to buck up… to be strong… to not show our emotions… you encouraged me to let myself cry and let those emotions out and then do what I need to do… in my own time frame. Thank you…
I loved the simplicity that Sonia describes the innate ability that we all have to ACCEPT and let go of the emotional energy around a situation and that by not resisting we can move forward – away from that closed door in moments!! When we honor our feelings and thoughts we are able to see clearly how they have clouded our ability to move forward.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful insightful video!
The closed door metaphor is very helpful. I hope I can use if, not only for myself, but to hlep my 91 year old dad who cannot accept old age.
I was struck by the idea that we are not our problem but that we should step back from it and not let it define us.
That I have to ACCEPT the problem, trouble etc. etc. RELEASED me and gave me such a bunch of
new energy. A simple thought! How many time/years I worked on all negative stuff which came
across and NEVER saw the the first step which is ACCEPTANCE! Thanks so much
My “ah-ha”…really hit home when Sonia described the analogy of sitting at a closed door. Not only is it closed…IT IS LOCKED!
WOW!! So true!
And…if we (I) keep knocking on that closed door (ie…beating my head against it!)…LOOKING for the answer there…No Wonder I feel SO physically and emotionally drained and exhausted by doing so.
It may sound like a “duh”; but really, I LOVE the phrase she then said, which was; once you stop looking at the closed door you NOTICE (Hello!) all the OPEN doors around you!
Thank you- Thank you- Thank you!!
I would be so Grateful and Happy to Win the book! I’m ready to read and learn on and more importantly engage in DIFFERENT actions!
Lisa
Perfect timing for me to hear this information delivered in such a clear calm way. Totally opposite to how I have been all week. Teary, depressed and dredging up past failures.
Sonia has inspired me to stop dwelling on things I cannot change. Her book must be awesome and I cannot wait to read it. I don’t want to have my face at a closed door anymore. I want the skies to open up to endless possibilities.
Love and light to both of you.
My aha moment was also when my Dad was in the hospital and I went to the hospital chapel and prayed because his kidneys had shut down and he was given only 24 hours to live. I cried, prayed and surrendered up to God. The next day my Dad’s kidneys reversed and he lived another 9 months. Doctors called it a walking miracle. Proof enough for me the miracles that can happen when you have acceptance and surrender.
My Aha-moment was the fact this video appeared to my e-mail when I´m feeling rock bottom. Universe is whispering and sometimes it is in the form of e-mail and video. Thank you Sonia and Jessica!
Thank you for this most inspiring video. The conversation was clear and easy to implement into my daily practices
My ah ha moment occured when she stated that we should begin our “healing” statement with the phrase “Even though…. ” I will certainly use this technique.
I was glad to hear this, I have a tendency to forge ahead throught the pain… which now I understand prolongs the suffering.
I HAVE BEEN AWAKE AT INTERVALS ALL NIGHT OVER A “TOUGH”CRITICISM FROM A FRIEND THAT HURT A LOT LAST NIGHT. MY “AHA” MOMENT WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT I CAN NOT CONTROL WHAT SOMEONE ELSE SAYS TO ME AND INSTEAD OF BEATING MYSELF UP FOR HOURS TRYING TO THINK HOW I CAN DO BETTER AND KEEP EXHAUSTING MYSELF TO BE THAT PERFECT PERSON-I WILL NOW RELEASE IT AND LET IT GO-I LOST MY SON 1 YEAR AGO AND I THINK I EXPECT OTHERS TO BE GENTLE WITH ME-ALL THE TIME AND IN REALITY I NEED TO BE GENTLE WITH ME AND LET THE CRITICISMS GO-IT IS THAT PERSONS PROJECTION OF ME AND I WILL DO MY TAPPING TO RELEASE THEIR REMARKS.IF I HADN’T LISTENED TO THIS VIDEO I WOULD HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE ALL DAY WHEN I REALLY WANT SO MUCH TO RELEASE THE PAIN IT CAUSED ME.THIS VIDEO WAS MEANT FOR ME TO HEAR THIS MORNING AND I THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME TO RELEASE IT -BLESS YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN -I CONSIDER THIS ONE OF MY MIRACLES THAT I NEED SO BAD RIGHT NOW-I NOW RELEASE THE PAIN AND ANXIETY I WAS FEELING -I AGAIN THANK YOU-MARY ELLEN KENNELLY
My AHA moment was when my beasties ditched me all together while I was trying to help them for their own good.
loved this, my aha moments started about 10 months ago and i have been led to all of these wonderful websites and books which have completely clicked my brain into loving myself and loving life mode!! I am grateful for everything that has come my way. Blessings
Sonia reminded me of the “whispers”
I loved her word to describe the directions we get when we feel clear and peaceful and calm.
Thank you.
Great 11 minutes. Thank you, Sonia and Jessica. Life has its ways, when we aren´t careful enough, to get us “sucked in” into the drama, whether it is family, job or relationship. It is so easy to slip down that road of “suffering” seemingly because of the external circumstances. And it is VITAL to look at what is going on without any judgement and to realize – it just IS. It is only our story that is always the cause of our feeling bad. Drop the story and look at what is happening with the learner´s eyes, from the perspective of “I do not know what it is for and I do not know what my best interest is. But I do know I live in a friendly Universe, and everything that seems to happen “to me” is actually from me and for me. Taking responsibility for THE WAY WE FEEL – gives us huge freedom out of the victim-hood mode, brings clarity, appreciation and … SOLUTIONS! Or a great relief in the way we feel, if there is nothing to be done about it… Tapping is a great help with that, because it helps to address the same issue on the subtle level of energy and helps to move out the stuck emotions and ideas. There are other very effective ways to address that, like Eden Energy Medicine techniques; the tools which Donna Eden teaches, and I am using them and teaching them too. …Thank you again, you are doing such great job in teaching very effective self-healing methods and in raising awareness. …Oh, yes, and my own aha moment, while listening to your reminders, was that my sister´s problems and my grandmothers situation are only bad in my own eyes, and I actually care more about it, than they do. And I was dragging myself down, while thinking how hopeless that seemed to be and how helpless I felt in not being able to change that. So, after having checked the assumptions, I am choosing to let it go into the hands of the angels for the highest good of all. Da-da! 🙂 I am feeling better already ♥ …Blessings from Mallorca, Spain xx
A great encouragement to the way one feels at time. I have been there too and lost a business and it was only when i went into a place where i could totally release this fear and anxiety that i was able to allow the universe to speak to me and show me the way to go … and it was amazing the wonderful things that started to come into my life. It is true that one really has to “let go” and realize that there is a higher power guiding us through this life. Miracles do happen when we on the sinking ship. Thank you for the words of “this too will pass” my favourite. Be blessed.
My aha moments -confirmation that life is all about flips and that acceptance and surrendering, rather than being simply negatives are springboards to action and that being in debt or in any other situation need not be good or bad but just “Is”.
I listened to the video and somehow I “knew” the answer to what I have to do, would be here. I am going through a break up and have been sorting through my partners things…such a very hard theing to do. I’ve been choked with emotions all day…Now after watching the video, I know what I must do to “carry” on.
I know that everything in life happens for a reason and I also know that the doors for me will open.
Thank you both so much for the timing of this.
With gratitude
Corrinne
Wow, I can relate to the closed door issue ! Is like saying I am hitting a brick wall ! Yes, we must walk away , turn away from that closed door and move forward and towards open doors waiting for us ! Every morning, in fact all day I would say to myself negative thoughts out of my body and breathe in the positive energy !! Thanks Thanks Thanks ! Louisa Alissa Chong from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Timely chat for me as I had a meltdown over finances – but, aha shift: there will always be a bill to pay!
The term shift, brings on a whole new light with our thoughts. Love this. Can’t wait for the webinar..thanks
Surrender is difficult for me in this moment. I find very interesting what Sonia and Jessica say about ‘the story’ that mind tells us, but I see turning point for me in learning to surrender. Sorry for my english…. need to improve.
Thank you Jessica, I love your way of giving us this ideas to get out of ‘bad moments’.
Also if I’m not able to surrender yet, I love and accept myself and I choose to let it go
Also if I’m not able to surrender yet, I love and accept my self and I pray my angel to help me, and give the grace of surrending….
Thanks for that it really helped me.
My mom has dementia, & I have been very depressed about the situation. I now realise “it is what it is”, nothing I can do about it, I can still be sad but don’t have to put my whole life on hold.
Although I know this came out a few days ago, I didn’t get to see it until today. It was incredibly timely. Thanks you so much for the reminder.
My Aha Moment, the answer is in me, letting go of the problem, forgiving myself for condemning myself for not being prepared for a financial calamity, and surrendering to a better way of living and recovering that I did not see before.
My Aha moment came when I watched this interview after yet another frustrating and demoralising reaction from my partner when I requested the money to do the course I’ve been waiting 13 years to do- I’ve been a full time parent up until now and there has ‘never been enough money’…years of limiting beliefs swam around me. I accepted what they were, what they have made me become and I’m now ready to step out of the pool of self pity, breathe and be open to discovering a new path. Many thanks.
Great advice and very timely for my current situation. Thank you for the synchronicity of the moment and the generous sharing of your expertise and strategies.
To better times!
Geraldine
My Aha moment was the reiteration of being at peace for leading life with clarity !
I have had many Aha moments, but the stand out moment was when I was watching the tapping solution movie and one of the women was talking about her childhood and her father, and all of a sudden I was 8 years old standing outside looking through the varanda rails watching my brother being tied up in a cow hide just his face was sticking out the fear on his face was devistating, I couldn’t breath I felt like he was sufacating and in that moment I realised why I had suffered chest infections,pneumonia and bronchitis my whole life. I couldn’t stop crying I had blocked that memory until that moment when it all came pouring out. It took me awhile to release it, but I felt a great load lift off my chest, that I hadn’t realised was even there.I am able to breath a lot easer now thank you tapping team.
I found this interview with Sonia very timely as I recently discovered tapping with Jessica’s 7 week program for weight loss. Although what Sonia says here is not necessarily new and has been said, maybe a bit differently by several other authors I guess it was just time for me to actually “register” it so it was an Aha moment for me. Especially when she spoke about the importance of accepting what “is”and not dwelling on the negative aspects or to stay in front of the locked door. I see clearly now how to apply this to my situation.
Totally enjoyed the chat. I have experienced this in my life and work with anger management coaching. Right on, interpretations can be created in new ways to shift internal realities.
I really like the closed, locked door image. I am in a financial hole and have been trying ti find ways out, but maybe I need to step back and look around, not concentrate on the ‘hole’ but look up at the sky, maybe there is a rope ladder there that I had not seen because I was looking down. I look forward to the webinar on Tuesday.
my ah-ha moment came this week when i saw that i am desperately trying to re-open the doors that have closed. having had a nervous breakdown, i am getting used to a new normal, new territory without a map, and i become very frustrated. so instead of holding onto that doorknob and trying with all my might to unlock that door that has closed … i now know that i will turn around, face the new, and see it with a childlike wonder. the child is a bit frightened in the now, but the child i was would have run to pick flowers … so i have to just take that step and SEE it.
it’s a moment to moment process.
thank you for the interview. good stuff ladies 😉
I accept that my Ginger (dog) died unexpectedly and accept that it may have been my fault, not responding quickly enough to the sign and symptoms, not taking action when I thought I should have.
In the process of losing my marriage and because of the energy that the negative vibes have taken from me I’m also on the verge of losing my business. After watching this video I am not so worried. I’m able to accept that it might be a welcome change for me to discover whatever else is out there. That means survival to me.
Thank you. I enjoyed watching this video very much. I have been feeling very stuck in a number of ways – financially, with my career/work, with my health, in finding a partner, and in moving forward in general. It was helpful to watch you and Sonia Ricotti speak about challenging times, reminding me that it’s ‘in here’ that I need to change.
I must not be letting go and surrendering, and accepting things. It’s time that I do that so I can receive clarity, have the skies open up so I can see and open myself to possibilities and change and moving – taking action instead of staying stuck.
I am willing to shift and move forward in my life. I want this very much. Thanks for your video and I hope I win Sonia’s book!
For me, that Aha moment happens again and again and every time, it’s more and more like a very close, loving friend – “soul touching,” that’s what it feels like. Today, it came to visit and everything felt like it had a little gray hue to it. When I finally sat down with it and stopped avoiding it, it felt like something saying, “all I wanted was you.” and there was my heart. ahhhh hahh. I love the “ahh” is the sound of the heart. And Aha, is that recognition. gratitude.
this was an aha! moment for me, except im only yet to see ow this really plays off in the coming week, since at the moment im supervisor in a section that has always been chaotic and im new here, its even worse with new systems and i am at rock bottom, have been trying to be constantly open but thus far the skies have not opened. tonight hearing these reminders im hoping will make a difference in the coming week. Overall i totally understand and believe what was said by sonia ricotti
I was in total BREAKDOWN this morning. I cried for hours because my income has dropped so low. I’m not able to meet my financial obligations. I’m sitting here now with no money, and I feel anguish, crying for hours… I’m in this situation yet again. But this timely interview helped me to accept mt financial situation instead of agonizing over it and resisting it and feeling a total breakdown. I was able to go through the tears and give up the resistance and accept what is. This feels like rock bottom. But, I know in order to create something new and to have a shift in financial situation; I must release the upset. Finally, I was able to stop crying, stop feeling like a victim, and stop feeling totally dejected and like a victim. I’m in a new space – looking to create something new to change my financial situation – to increase my income and to pay-off my debt. Thank you so much for this timely video. It saved my peace of mind today. Thank you so much!!!