All too often, our goals consist of little more than a “list”...
- Make a million dollars
- Get my book published
- Travel the world
- Support my favorite charity
...and so on.
It’s certainly a great start to write them down, but if you don’t dig deeper, they’re unlikely to happen as quickly and completely as you'd like them to.
I’m sure you’ve read plenty of information on how to improve your goals: add emotional value, use visuals, expand on the feelings you’ll have when you achieve the goal, look at them more often, etc.
And all of those ideas are great, but if you’re not in FULL alignment with your goal in the FIRST PLACE, you’re basically wasting your time.
Remember, alignment isn’t just a surface, conscious alignment. You need to be aligned on all levels. You need to address your “what ifs” and “buts” about the issue fully.
When you do that, you get out of your own way and can make things happen without those patterns of self-sabotage that are all too familiar.
Here’s a process with Tapping to help you. This process involves having a general understanding of the Tapping protocols. If you’re new to Tapping, take a moment to review the basics of EFT Tapping.
Remember, the more issues you address around all aspects of your goals, the better your results will be! Perhaps commit to working on one goal or issue a day for 30 days and see what happens.
Step 1: Write down your goal, dream, or aspiration
You can make this a specific goal like: I want to earn a million dollars a year
A more general goal: I want to bring peace to my relationship with my mom
Or it can be stated more as a vision: I’d like to create dramatic social change
With this process, don’t worry about getting it right. Whatever language pops up in your head first, that’s the right language. But DO make sure to write it down.
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Step 2: Write down your immediate gut response when you read that goal
How do you FEEL?
Are you 100% in alignment with it?
How does your body respond to reading it?
For example, you might feel and write down, “I feel uncomfortable when I read this, I’m excited, I’m anxious…”
Be specific in your notes and give every feeling a 0-10 rating.
So if you’re feeling anxious as you read the goal, write down, “I’m feeling anxious” and then put a number of its intensity next to it. “8” for example.
You can write down more than one emotion or feeling. Be as specific as possible.
Do you feel tension in your stomach? Write that down.
Are you slightly nauseous? Write that down.
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Step 3: Write down what other people would say about your goal if you shared it with them
Friends, family members, society, co-workers, etc.
Whatever pops in your head first, write that down.
So if you think about sharing your goal with your mom, and you picture her saying, “That’s a silly idea…” then write that down, PLUS how you FEEL about her thoughts.
Be specific and give it a number of intensity, as described above.
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Join the free summitStep 4: Write down YOUR beliefs about the goal
For example, “Part of me thinks this is impossible… I’ve never been able to do this before… Who am I to think I can achieve this…?”
Note the feelings this brings up and write those down as well.
Be specific and assign them a number of emotional intensity.
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Step 5: Systematically tap OUT all of this RESISTANCE and tap IN, positive feelings & expectations!
Go through each item that brought up an emotional response, and tap on it until you bring the feelings around it down to “0” or a low number.
Be sure to keep note of anything else that comes up through the process.
You may not be able to do this in one session, so take your time with it.
When you have tapped through all the issues (and make sure to keep digging for more hidden ones), you’ve then cleared the way for your goal to become a reality!
Tapping Script Example
Let’s go through one example of what this might look like together, so you can tap along.
I’m just making up potential responses so you can see how it works...
Step 1: Write down the goal
EXAMPLE: I want to earn $250,000 a year
Step 2: How do you FEEL?
EXAMPLE: Looking at this, I get a little nervous. There’s a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, and pressure around making this work. When I close my eyes, I feel this sinking feeling at a 7.
When I ask myself what this feeling is, it’s anxiety. I’m going to do some tapping on this now.
Karate Chop: Even though I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Karate Chop: Even though I have this sinking feeling about making $250,000, I choose to relax now.
Karate Chop: Even though I feel uncomfortable in my body when I look at this goal, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Eyebrow: This sinking feeling
Side of Eye: I’m feeling a little nervous
Under Eye: This sinking feeling
Under Nose: In the pit of my stomach
Under Mouth: I feel pressure around making this work
Collarbone: I feel this anxiety in my stomach
Under Arm: All this anxiety
Top of Head: All this sinking feeling
Keep on tapping around the meridian points on whatever comes up until you bring it down enough to find some relief and feel ready to move on to the positive.
POSITIVE STATEMENTS:
Eyebrow: I chose to relax now
Side of Eye: And release this sinking feeling
Under Eye: I let it all go
Under Nose: From the pit of my stomach
Under Mouth: All this anxiety
Collarbone: Releases now
Under Arm: All this fear about making $250,000 a year
Top of Head: Releases now
Step 3: Write down what other people would say about your Goal if you shared it with them
EXAMPLE: If I told my friends I wanted to make $250,000 a year, half of them would laugh at me and the other half would tell me I was being greedy.
When I think about telling my friends, I just feel small and not confident at all. This feeling is at an 8.
Karate Chop: Even though I don’t feel confident telling my friends about my goal, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Karate Chop: Even though I don’t want my friends to know my goal, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Karate Chop: Even though I know they’ll judge me if I tell them my goal, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Eyebrow: I don’t want to tell my friends
Side of Eye: When I think about telling them, it makes me feel small
Under Eye: This feeling of being small
Under Nose: I’m worried that they’ll judge me
Under Mouth: I’m worried they won’t like me
Collarbone: I’m worried about what my friends will think
Under Arm: If I tell them my goal
Top of Head: Or if I achieve my goal!
Keep on tapping around the meridian points on whatever comes up until you bring it down enough to find some relief and feel ready to move to the positive.
POSITIVE STATEMENTS:
Eyebrow: I release this feeling of being small
Side of Eye: I chose to feel big!
Under Eye: I’m confident in my goal
Under Nose: And I release any anxiety about it
Under Mouth: I’m confident in what I want for myself
Collarbone: And I’m confident that the right people will support me
Under Arm: Feeling strong and confident
Top of Head: Feeling strong and confident!
Continue on to Step 4 and 5, rinse and repeat :)
Seriously, the KEY to this process is to get specific on your issues, on your feelings, and to be SYSTEMATIC about it, going through all the different ASPECTS of the issue.
Why tapping helps with manifesting
Tapping doesn’t manifest anything by itself. What it does is clear the fear, doubt, and old beliefs that keep you from doing the things that actually move a goal forward: the ask, the application, the conversation, the decision.
Most people don’t fall short of a goal because they didn’t visualize it enough. They fall short because some part of them doesn’t feel safe wanting it, doesn’t feel worthy of having it, or is bracing for it to fall apart the moment it starts to work. That resistance shows up as procrastination, self-sabotage, or a flat “it’ll never happen for me” feeling, and it’s exactly the kind of thing Tapping is built to address, because it works directly on the emotional charge behind a belief, not just the belief itself.
That’s the whole point of the process below: instead of trying to think your way past the resistance, you tap it down until it’s quiet enough that you can actually act on the goal.
A 3-minute “Clearing the Doubt” round
Before you tap, pick one goal and notice what comes up when you think about it, not the goal itself, but your gut reaction to it. Rate that feeling 0-10, then work through this round.
- Setup (Karate Chop, x3): “Even though part of me doesn’t believe this will happen for me, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
- Setup (Karate Chop, x3): “Even though I’m not sure I’m allowed to want this, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
- Setup (Karate Chop, x3): “Even though some part of me is scared of what happens if this actually works, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
- Eyebrow: This doubt
- Side of Eye: Part of me doesn’t believe it
- Under Eye: This old doubt
- Under Nose: Maybe it’s not for me
- Chin: This fear of wanting it
- Collarbone: This resistance
- Under Arm: All this doubt
- Top of Head: I’m willing to let it go
Take a breath and check the number again. Repeat the round on whatever’s still charged, most people need more than one pass before the feeling actually moves.
Tapping phrases for common manifesting blocks
| Block | Setup statement | Reminder phrase |
|---|---|---|
| Not worthy | “Even though part of me doesn’t feel worthy of this, I deeply and completely accept myself” | This not-worthy feeling |
| “It never works for me” | “Even though I have this belief that it never works out for me, I’m willing to consider something different” | This never-works-for-me belief |
| Fear of success | “Even though part of me is afraid of what happens if this actually works, I deeply and completely accept myself” | This fear of success |
| Fear of judgment | “Even though I’m afraid of what people will think if I go for this, I deeply and completely accept myself” | This fear of judgment |
| Scarcity | “Even though part of me believes there’s not enough to go around, I’m open to a different possibility” | This scarcity feeling |
What our data shows
In the Tapping Solution App, Clearing the Blocks to Manifesting has been completed 151,291 times, with the average user’s self-rated distress dropping from 6.6 to 3.5. The wider Wealth and Abundance collection it sits in (11 sessions) has 367,069 completions and an average drop from 7.1 to 3.8. Master Weight Loss Manifestor (40,251 completions) moves from 6.5 to 3.0, and Day 1 of the Manifesting Your Greatest Self audiobook series (42,934 completions) moves from 6.4 to 3.9. These are self-reported app ratings, not a clinical study.
The closest independent research is the JMIR study (Church & Stapleton, 2020), which followed 270,461 app users and found average drops of 44% in anxiety and 45% in stress, the emotional layer that manifesting work is actually clearing.
What people say after tapping on this
“The tapping medation released the insecurities. I feel very confident now.”
“Thank you. I now know I need to work on healing my inner child!!”
Go deeper
If you want a full guided series on this, my book The Tapping Solution for Manifesting Your Greatest Self walks through this process in more depth, and the companion bonus hub has more than 20 guided tapping meditations from the book, free to stream.
For the basics of the tapping points and sequence, start with our 9-points chart. For more setup statements and reminder phrases to pull from, see tapping phrases and tapping scripts.
Tap along with me
I walk through exactly how I use tapping for manifestation in this video, the same approach behind everything above.
Frequently asked questions
Does tapping help with manifestation?
Tapping doesn’t manifest anything by itself, and no session claims to. What it does is clear the fear, doubt, and scarcity feelings that keep you from taking the actions that actually move a goal forward. Many people find that once that resistance quiets down, they show up differently for the goal.
How do you tap to manifest?
Pick one specific goal. Notice what you feel when you think about it. Not the goal, your gut reaction. Rate that feeling 0-10, then tap through the setup statements and points above until the charge comes down. Repeat on whatever comes up next.
What do you say when tapping for manifestation?
Name the actual block, not the goal. “Even though part of me doesn’t feel worthy of this, I deeply and completely accept myself” works better than repeating the goal itself, because Tapping works on the resistance, not the wish.
How often should you tap for manifesting?
A few minutes a day is enough to start. Most people find one round doesn’t fully clear an old belief, come back to it daily until the number for that specific fear or doubt stays low.
Why isn’t tapping working for my manifesting?
Usually it’s because the tapping is aimed at the goal (“I want $10,000”) instead of the feeling underneath it (“I don’t believe I deserve this”). Get specific about the actual fear, belief, or memory behind the resistance, and tap on that instead.
Is there a free session for this?
Yes, Clearing the Blocks to Manifesting is available in the Tapping Solution App, guided start to finish.
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