The Best Of Brad Yates on YouTube: Tapping For Anxiety

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The best of Brad Yates’ EFT tapping for anxiety videos on YouTube will help you cope with worry, fear, panic and anxiety.

The best of Brad Yates’ EFT tapping for anxiety videos on YouTube will help you cope with worry, fear, panic and anxiety.

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Do you know that, if done correctly, tapping therapy for anxiety is an incredibly effective way to handle this disorder?

Yes, just like depression, there are some things you can do that might help you cope with what can sometimes be a debilitating condition.

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This post is a list of free and effective videos you can use as a complement to conventional medication or even counselling (although you may find, as I did, that your therapist is also a tapping practitioner and may even recommend it to you).

Disclaimer: Please remember that this post is not intended to replace proper medical guidance or medication. If you suffer from anxiety or chronic worrying, then please see your doctor to obtain a diagnosis. Alternatively, you can get matched to a licensed therapist online who is available 24/7.

What is tapping?

If this is the first time you’ve heard of tapping therapy, then you’re probably wondering what tapping is and how it can help you. 

Brad Yates gives an excellent introduction to tapping therapy or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping in this five-minute video.

In this video, Brad Yates references the growing body of research that shows that tapping is a powerful and effective tool that can help you clear fear and other uncomfortable feelings.

He also gives two major reasons why you want to clear such feelings out so definitely keep your ear out for them.

EFT is based on acupuncture and relies on the energy pathways called meridians that are at the core of most Chinese health practices (like Tai Chi and Qi Gong).

Simply put, when our energy is flowing correctly, we’re at an equilibrium and experience our natural state of health and well-being.

When the meridians are blocked, then we experience such things as emotional illness, physical discomfort, diseases etc.

Stimulating key points along these meridians balances those energies out again.

If this seems woo-woo to you, it kinda is.

But remember that growing body of evidence that shows it works?

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) actually endorses the use of acupuncture as a treatment.

I had it done when I was referred by my GP to a physiotherapist after giving birth.

The major difference between acupuncture and tapping therapy is that the former uses needles while the latter uses your fingertips.

He explains how tapping helps the body deal with cortisol, commonly known as the stress hormone, which can wreak havoc in your body if it’s not properly dealt with.

He then demonstrates how tapping is done and invites you to join him for a round of stress-clearing EFT tapping.

As you can see, EFT tapping is a remarkable healing modality that has been successful in thousands of different cases that cover a gamut of emotional, health and performance issues.

In some cases, it has worked when nothing else has.

That’s certainly true for me.

But what I think is the best thing about tapping is that you don’t need to be an expert. You don’t have to go to university or spend decades learning the method before it becomes effective. 

Anyone can learn how to tap in a relatively short amount of time and more importantly, achieve great results.

That said, if you are given the opportunity to join a live event or be taught by a professional, then I highly encourage you to attend.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
EFT for Everyone – If you’re interested in trying EFT for the first time or you want to know if it’s really beneficial and how other people used this, then this is the perfect book for you.

The Key to Success – If you want to change your life but you’re fighting yourself – the most powerful enemy you’ve ever encountered, then read this book now. When you’re blocking your own efforts, it might be time to pull the big guns out, dive deep into the source of your resistance and finally set yourself free.

A Garden of Emotions – Includes 10 downloadable videos, this tapping program will help you deal with fear, anxiety, shame, anger, sadness, grief, worry. Designed for kids but also good for adults, this is the number one book I recommend if you’re just starting out. Especially relevant in this age of rising bullying problems and childhood mental health issues. 

The Wizard’s Wish – A fantastic book that’s not just fun for children (and adults) to read, but will also teach you a simple and effective way to feel good – and good about yourself.

The EFT Wizard’s Big Book of Tapping Scripts – 101 tapping scripts you can use to smash your way out of fear and finally claim a life of health, abundance and joy.

Who is Brad Yates?

Brad Yates is a bit of a YouTube celebrity and is well-known internationally for his creative and even humorous use of tapping.

He’s the author of the best-selling children’s book The Wizard’s Wish and the co-author of the best-seller EFT for Everyone: Life Changing Techniques At Your Fingertips.

He’s been a presenter for Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success and has done teleseminars with “The Secret” stars Bob Doyle and Dr. Joe Vitale. 

He is by far, my go-to person when I’m getting rid of negative feelings that I just can’t seem to let go.

If I’m stuck or I can’t manifest anything or when I’m literally sick, I look at Brad Yates’ EFT videos on YouTube, select the one most appropriate to what I’m feeling at the moment and tap away.

Sure enough, as my energy starts to flow, I feel infinitely better.

As you can probably tell, Brad Yates is my favourite YouTube tapper.

He cuts to the heart of the matter. 

He speaks clearly and slowly enough that you can follow what he’s saying and doing. 

And he’s got a dry sense of humour that I personally appreciate as he doesn’t make you feel silly for needing to tap in the first place.

When you’re experiencing negative emotions, every little bit helps. And laughter, as they say, is the best medicine.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
Tap with Brad – Brad Yates’ website, where you’ll discover more about his method, his work and his signature programmes. 

Tap with Brad (YouTube) – Tapping with Brad Yates is fun, effective and doesn’t take too much time. I recommend checking his videos and selecting a few to add to your morning and evening routine. You won’t regret it!

Brad Yates: Feeling Nervous

If you’re facing a nerve-wracking event and you feel far too nervous to concentrate on anything or perform the way you should, then try this video and that panicky feeling will subside.

Maybe you’re facing a crucial job interview or you desperately need to pass a test and your nerves can’t take any more pressure.

Perhaps you’re about to propose to your partner and you can barely breathe with the tension.

Try this tapping process and see if it helps.

I know when I’m having a bad case of the nerves, I just have to pop this on YouTube and tap away. 

Sometimes I have to do this more than once in order to feel the effect (depending really on how nervous I am) but never more than three times.

I’m sure it will help you too.

Brad Yates’ tapping script against feeling nervous

Even though I feel nervous, I choose to love and accept myself anyway. Even though I feel nervous, I choose to love and honour myself anyway.

Even though I feel nervous, there’s something I’m afraid of, something I’m uncomfortable about, and even though I feel nervous, I choose to deeply and completely love, honour and accept myself.

And maybe anyone else who’s involved in this.

I’m feeling nervous.

All this nervousness, all this fear, all this discomfort, maybe it feels like anxiety, maybe it feels like butterflies in my tummy, I just know I feel nervous.

It doesn’t feel very good.

So I choose to relax. I choose to breathe more easily. I choose to feel better.

So, what am I nervous about? What am I afraid of? What am I afraid might happen?

Maybe I have fears that I can’t handle it.

All this fear that I’m in some kind of danger, that something’s gonna happen to me, and I won’t know how to handle it.

I won’t be able to handle it.

And is that true?

Maybe I have past experiences that prove I can’t handle it.

But if I allow myself to say it, I probably have plenty of past experiences that I can handle this.

And maybe I can allow myself to relax. Maybe it’s possible I’m gonna be just fine.

I do certain things to protect myself. And feeling nervous is one of them.

I’m telling myself to be careful. Maybe I can be careful without being uncomfortable.

I’m open to that possibility.

Letting go of nervousness does not mean I’m just gonna be stupid.

Finding better ways to take care of myself.

I’m allowing myself to relax. I’m allowing myself to feel good. Breathing more easily.Allowing myself to feel better and better in body, mind and spirit.

Brad Yates: Fear and Panic

If you’re in an advanced state of fear, if your nervousness is so far gone that you’re beginning to experience a panic attack, then maybe it’s time to up the ante and move on to the following video.

It’s short but very effective and goes beyond nervousness to help ease the sometimes horrific physical symptoms that accompany a full-blown panic attack.

Brad Yates’ tapping script against fear and panic

Even though I’m so afraid right now, I choose to love and accept myself. Even though I’m so afraid right now, I choose to love and honour myself. Even though I’m so afraid right now, I choose to love and honour and accept myself.

All this fear. All this fear.

I’m so afraid. It’s hard to breathe. My heart is pounding.

All this fear. All this fear.

And I choose to breathe. I choose to be able to breathe. I’m allowing myself to breathe. It’s safe to breathe right now.

As I start releasing this fear, part of me says I can’t. I can’t release this fear. What, are you crazy?

I must be afraid right now. I must panic right now.

I’m not sure what good it’s doing me but part of me says I should do it.

But I choose to breathe. I choose to breathe.

I choose to relax. It’s safe to relax. 

Panicking isn’t gonna help me right now.

And the more easily I breathe, the more easily I can do whatever I do need to do.

There are actions I can take. And I’ll take them.

So, I’m calming down. 

Relaxing my breath. Allowing my heart to slow down to a nice, comfortable rhythm.

I’m clearing my head so I can focus on what I really can do.

There are things that I can do. Maybe people that I can talk to.

And so, I’m relaxing. Releasing the remaining fear.

I don’t need fear in order to take action. I am now well aware that there is a situation to be dealt with. I don’t need the fear response anymore.

So, I’m releasing it.

Allowing myself to breathe. Allowing myself to relax. Allowing my head to clear.

So, I can do the next right thing.

Letting go fo as much fear as I can. Releasing it at a cellular level. Releasing it from every fibre of my being. And releasing it all the way back to my past.

All these times I’ve been afraid in the past.

I’m allowing myself to recover now.

Because I survived all those times in the past.

And I’m surviving right now.

Giving myself permission to relax. Breathing easily. And relaxing.

Taking whatever action I need to take. Handling whatever I need to handle. Having confidence that I can handle it.

And loving myself.

I’m loving myself in body, mind and spirit.

Brad Yates: Fear and Worry

As the name suggests, this video shows you how to clear the fears and worries that we all have and which, if left unchecked, can degenerate into general anxiety.

It’s especially effective against chronic worrying so when you find yourself awake at night because your thoughts are just running round and round like a hamster in a wheel but you can’t seem to stop, then try this tapping process and allow yourself to relax.

Brad Yates’ tapping script against fear and worry

Even though I’m afraid, I choose to love and accept myself.

Even though I’m feeling afraid, I choose to love and forgive myself.

Even though I’m feeling afraid, I’m feeling anxious, I’m feeling worried, and it doesn’t feel good, and I choose to resolve this.

And even though I’m feeling afraid, I choose to deeply and completely love and forgive and accept myself. 

And anyone else in my life who has told me to be so afraid.

All this fear. All this fear. All this fear.

I choose to release it. I choose to just let it go.

All this anxiety. All this worry. They’re really not doing me any good but part of me believes that they are.

Part of me thinks I need this fear.

Part of me thinks I need to worry. That if I don’t worry, something bad will happen.

All this fear that something bad will happen. If I’m not afraid, if I’m not worried.

But this fear is really uncomfortable.

So by feeling it, something bad is already happening.

Maybe that’s why Roosevelt said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

And I do spend a lot of time fearing fear. Being afraid that I’m going to be afraid. Imagining circumstances where I’m going to feel anxious.

And so, I feel anxious just imagining them.

Most of the fear that I feel, most of the anxiety I experience, most of the things that I worry about aren’t even happening.

The threat is only in my mind. And to the extent that things are real, the extent to which there are things I could or should be afraid of, I choose to know.

I’m smart enough to take care of those things, to handle those things or avoid those things. Even without the pain of fear.

So, I’m clearing all this painful fear, clearing this painful anxiety, clearing this painful worry.

Releasing it at a cellular level. Releasing all the physical symptoms.

Allowing my heart to beat regularly. Allowing my breathing to be calm and relax. Allowing myself to feel calm and confident.

Calm and confident that I can handle life.

Clearing the fear all the way back to my past.

I acknowledge that part of me. 

It fills a need to feel the fear. It’s just trying to keep me safe because of the things that I’ve been told and things I’ve experienced. 

And I’m clearing all that past fear.

All the fear that I felt and decided that I needed to keep feeling.

And all the fear that I was told to feel.

I don’t need it.

I can make great decisions without the fear. I can take care of myself without the fear.

Releasing all the self-doubt. Releasing this need to feel afraid. And allowing myself to relax.

I’m allowing myself to relax. Allowing myself to feel good. Allowing myself to feel calm and confident. Allowing my body to feel calm and confident. Allowing myself to have faith in whatever I choose to have faith in. In whomever I choose to have faith in. Including myself.

I choose to feel calm and confident. 

I’m allowing myself to feel calm and confident.

Relaxing and breathing easy, knowing that I can handle life, knowing that I can take care of things, knowing that I can make really good decisions.

So, I’m feeling calm and confident in body, mind and spirit.

Brad Yates: Anxiety

This video is about 9 minutes’ long and will guide you through a tapping for anxiety routine that, based on personal experience is incredibly effective.

It’s a bit more generalised than the previous videos, which is great because you can tailor it to your specific needs.

What are you anxious about exactly?

Are you anxious about people in general or a certain person in particular?

Maybe it’s a specific outcome?

Or is it the uncertainty of life in general?

Whatever it may be, you can adapt this video to your particular concern and be certain that you’ll find some benefits or experience a certain relief.

Brad Yates’ tapping script against anxiety

Even though I feel anxious, I choose to love and accept myself. Even though I feel anxious, I choose to love and honour myself.

Even though I feel anxious, feel anxious around others, sometimes I feel anxious all by myself, I’d really rather feel good.

And even though I feel so anxious I choose to deeply and completely love, honour and accept myself. And anyone else who may contribute to my anxiety.

All this anxiety. All this anxiety. All this anxious feeling. All this nervousness. All these anxious behaviours. All this anxiousness.

I choose to clear it. As much as I can.

I choose to let go of this anxiety. I choose to let go of this nervousness. I choose to let go of all this discomfort.

I feel so uncomfortable at times. I feel so uncomfortable in different situations

I just want to escape. It feels like it’s too much for me.

I just can’t stand being there. 

I am so anxious. I am so uncomfortable. 

And I choose to release this feeling. I choose to release it at a cellular level. I choose to release it all the way back to my past. Back through all the times that I’ve been anxious. All those times when I just didn’t know what to do with myself.

And I appreciate that part of me that’s trying to take care of me by telling me to run away.

It’s just some part of me that doesn’t feel safe.

It feels that I’m in a threatening situation and I need to escape. 

So, what is it that I’m afraid of? What am I so afraid of?

Am I afraid of other people?

Am I afraid of what they think of me?

Am I afraid of what they’ll say and do to me?

And what am I basing my fear on?

I think maybe part of me says, “Oh, I’ve got very legitimate stuff to base it on. I have some real evidence that I am not safe.”

And I’m choosing to go through that evidence and clear whatever I can.

And it doesn’t mean I’ll become stupid. It doesn’t mean I’ll take stupid risks.
I’m just allowing myself to clear out any misunderstandings, maybe with some of these past events, it wasn’t nearly as threatening as I thought it was.

And maybe it was but I’m not in the same kind of danger anymore.

Part of me is just making certain and that’s okay.

I’m not wrong or bad. I just choose to see if I’m unnecessarily depriving myself.

No one says I have to hang out with other people but maybe I choose to. I choose to connect with others.

So, I’m letting go of this anxiety. I’m letting go of this fear.

Letting go of this past embarrassment. Letting go of any guilt or shame. Letting go of this discomfort.

I deserve to be here. I have a right to be here. And I’m awesome. And I am a gift to others. I choose to feel confident sharing that gift.

I choose to have the freedom to share that gift.

It’s safe to share that gift.

I choose to feel comfortable and confident. I choose to feel calm and confident in body, mind and spirit.

Final thoughts on Brad Yates, tapping and anxiety

It goes without saying that while I personally have benefitted from doing the procedures shown in these videos, I cannot guarantee that you’ll get the exact same benefits.

Different people, different circumstances and all that.

I do know that I’ve experienced massive relief and so I share this with you.

Remember that there is no shame in experiencing fear, anxiety, worry, guilt and all these negative emotions. 

We all experience them in varying degrees.

There’s also no shame in asking for help.

If you feel that your emotions are getting out of hand and you need assistance in coping with them, then please do seek the advice of a medical professional.

Whatever strategy you choose to employ or however you choose to tackle anxiety (and all other emotions and physical symptoms that come with it), you won’t regret adding tapping with Brad Yates on to it.

I highly recommend it.

And if you’ve already tried them, then do let me know how you got on. I’d love to hear from you.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in June 2019 and has been completely revamped and updated for relevance and comprehensiveness.

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When you’re experiencing anxiety, tapping with Brad Yates (EFT Practitioner) is an excellent way to help you effectively cope with it.

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