A Guided Tapping Session for the Days You Just Can’t Even

Summary

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Episode Overview

Episode Title: A Guided Tapping Session for the Days You Just Can’t Even
Podcast: Love Your Life Show: Personal Growth, Mindset, + Habits for Busy Moms
Host: Susie Pettit
Date: January 14, 2026

In this unique episode, host Susie Pettit departs from her usual format to guide listeners through a hands-on tapping (EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique) practice. Susie specifically designed this session to support listeners during times of overwhelming emotion, offering a tool to use when feelings like anxiety and stress peak, and when other strategies just aren’t working.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introducing Tapping as a Coping Mechanism

• [00:01 – 01:18]
  • Susie opens with a personal perspective, acknowledging difficult days and introducing tapping as her “go-to” tool when anxiety is at its highest.
  • She highlights tapping as “the thing I pull out of my toolbox when I feel like nothing else is working, when I feel like my anxiety is a 10 out of 10 and I just can’t even get a full breath, or when I go to a really dark place...”
  • Notable Quote:

    “Tell me I’m not alone there. Okay, but this, this is what I pull out and this is what I practice. It takes a very short period of time, and every single time I do it, it helps.” – Susie Pettit [01:11]

2. The Practice: How Tapping Works

• [02:19 – 03:07]

  • Susie explains the history and basics of tapping, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique):
    • It combines Chinese acupressure and modern psychology.
    • You tap on nine points on the body while repeating a grounding phrase.
    • It’s gentle, non-intimidating, and effective even when practiced briefly.

• She encourages listeners to follow along, using the phrase:

  “Even though I feel [your emotion], I love and accept myself.”

  • For the demonstration, the feeling is “anxious.”

3. Guided Tapping Session

• [03:07 – 05:53]

  • Susie leads step-by-step through the tapping points:

    1. Top of Head: Tap and say the phrase.
    2. Eyebrow (inner edge by nose)
    3. Side of Eye
    4. Under Eye
    5. Under Nose
    6. Chin
    7. Collarbone
    8. Under Arm (bra strap area)
    9. Side of Hand (pinky side)
    10. Back to Top of Head (to close the round)

  • Throughout, Susie reminds listeners to breathe deeply and check-in:

    “How big is that feeling for you right now? On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being unbelievable, almost unbearable. Rank it 1 to 10.” [02:40]

  • Susie weaves in affirming language:

    “Even though I feel anxious, I still love and accept myself.” [Repeated throughout session]

  • After the tapping, she prompts:

    “Take a deep breath in, deep breath out. Check in with that feeling. How does it feel now? On a scale of one to ten…” [05:53]

4. Encouragement and Additional Resources

• [01:24, 01:58, Throughout]

  • Susie’s warm, relatable tone reassures listeners and emphasizes the importance of self-compassion.
  • She notes that visual guides and resources are available on her website (show notes at smbwell.com/389), on YouTube, and via social media for additional support or to see the tapping points demonstrated.

• Notable Quote:

  “I hope this is an episode that you feel like you can save and come back to. I know it will bring you relief if you do it. Let’s go, dear one.” – Susie Pettit [01:58]

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On reaching out to listeners directly:

  “Let me help the warriors feel better out there. So I wanted to share this just in a track that you can pop in and listen to.” – Susie Pettit [01:24]

• Encouragement and Normalization:

  “Why is humaning so hard? That place. Tell me I’m not alone there.” – Susie Pettit [01:07]

• On checking in with yourself:

  “Check in with yourself using one word. What is the main feeling you’re feeling?... your tapping sentence is going to be, even though I feel (your emotion), I love and accept myself.” – Susie Pettit [02:37]

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Important Timestamps

• 00:01 – Introduction; why this episode is different
• 01:00 – Susie describes times when she needs tapping most
• 02:19 – Tapping practice explained (EFT & points overview)
• 02:40 – Self check-in (identifying emotion, intensity scale)
• 03:07 – 05:53 – Step-by-step guided tapping
• 05:53 – Final check-in & encouragement to use resources

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Final Thoughts

Susie’s episode stands out as an approachable, actionable guide for anyone experiencing overwhelming emotions. She normalizes the experience of “not being okay,” providing warmth and reassurance, as well as a concrete practice that can be returned to whenever needed. Listeners are invited to customize the session to their present emotions and refer to supplemental materials for deeper support.

This episode is an accessible mental health tool—perfect to bookmark for any day you “just can’t even.”

Transcript

[Susie Pettit]

Why?

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Hello, warriors.

[Susie Pettit]

This is a different type of episode today. So if this is the first episode of the love your life show for you, you're going to want to get the podcast roadmap to give you the foundational episodes that help with emotional regulation and feeling better in your everyday life. This episode is very different than what I usually do in that I want to lead you through an actual practice that will help you in the moment when you're feeling big emotions. Officially, they say this practice, which is called tapping, helps with everything from general anxiety, daily stress, depression, sleep problems, chronic pain, like, even specific anxieties like the fear of flying, public speaking. And yet, for me, this is the thing, and I've used it for those.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Things and it helps a lot.

[Susie Pettit]

But this is the thing I pull out of my toolbox when I feel like nothing else is working, when I feel like my anxiety is a 10.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Out of 10 and I just can't.

[Susie Pettit]

Even get a full breath, or when I go to a really dark place of, like, what the F is this all about?

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Like, why is humaning so hard that place?

[Susie Pettit]

Tell me I'm not alone there. Okay, but this, this is what I pull out and this is what practice. This is what I practice. It takes a very short period of.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Time, and every single time I do it, it helps.

[Susie Pettit]

And you know me, I'm like, let.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Me help the warriors feel better out there. So I wanted to share this just in a track that you can pop.

[Susie Pettit]

In and listen to. I also will have this on YouTube.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

So you'll be able to see, you.

[Susie Pettit]

Know, what I'm tapping on if that helps you and or go to the.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Show [e-mail]389 and I will have a.

[Susie Pettit]

Picture there for you of the tapping.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Points so you can have it on your phone until you get used to doing this in those big moments and run through it yourself. In the meantime, I hope this is an episode that you feel like you.

[Susie Pettit]

Can save and come back to.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

I know it will bring you relief if you do it. Let's go, dear one.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hi. This is the Love youe Life show with Susie Pettit, certified life and Wellness Coach. Join Susie as she helps you with your wellness and mindset so you can live a life you love. Let's go, warriors.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Welcome to your tapping practice.

[Susie Pettit]

This is a practice that combines Chinese acupressure and modern psychology, formerly called eft.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Where you say a phrase and tap on nine points of your body. You can tap on either side or both sides of your body at Once, use two to four fingers. Whatever's comfortable with you and your tapping should be gentle. That's it. Follow my voice, Repeat after me with what I say and let your body settle as we move through these points together. So first, let's take a deep breath in and exhale out of your mouth and check in with yourself using one word. What is the main feeling you're feeling? How big is that feeling for you right now? On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being unbelievable, almost unbearable. Rank it 1 to 10. And now your tapping sentence is going to be. Even though I feel. And you fill in the words that you're feeling right now. I love and accept myself. Okay, so playing along with Susie, what I feel often is anxiety. So we're going to the practice phrase for now is going to be, even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Okay, you can fill in your other word when you want it. Let's go. Taking two or three fingers, you're going to tap on the top of your head. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Tapping and breathing. Now we're going to tap on the far end of the eyebrow close to your nose. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. The whole time you're tapping when I'm silent.

[Susie Pettit]

Now we're going to tap on the.

[Podcast Host/Guide]

Side of our eye. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Let's move to tapping underneath our eye. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Tap under our nose. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Tap under our chin. Even though I feel anxious, I love and accept myself. Tap right underneath our collarbone in that holler place. Even though I feel anxious, I still love and accept myself. Tap underneath our arm where our bra strap might be. Even though I feel anxious, I still love and accept myself. Tap on the side of your hand by your pinky. Even though I love, I feel anxious, I still love and accept myself. And I like to round it out back at the top of my head. Even though I feel anxious, I still love and accept myself. Taking a deep breath in, deep breath out. Check in with that feeling. How does it feel now? On a scale of one to ten, that's tapping my warriors. I send you big hugs. Check out the Show Notes for more resources.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Thank you for listening to the Love youe Life Show. If you want to hear more from Susie and support the show, be sure to subscribe. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes. Also, leave a review and share this podcast with friends and family. Go get them, Warriors.