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Tapping Script for Releasing the Fear of Success

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In my many years as a mindset coach, I've yet to come across an entrepreneur who DIDN'T have a fear of success. ⁣

And most of them had NO IDEA they had this fear until we uncovered it in our work together.⁣

Identifying and releasing fear of success is crucial in helping you make the income and impact that you're truly capable of. 

The shocking truth is that fear of success is just as common as fear of failure.

It can show up in a hundred different ways, and often sounds something like this:

"I can't step into my full power as a business owner because people won't like me." 
 

"If I achieve my goal of making $20,000 a month with my business, my husband will feel threatened by my success."

"I'm not supposed to be more successful than my parents were." 


Identifying and releasing your fear of success will quickly help you move the needle in your business (and bank account!).⁣

Here's why: 

 

  • Fear of success makes you play small.⁣
     

  • Fear of success makes you feel paralyzed when you have a great idea for your business.⁣
     

  • Fear of success keeps you from seeing opportunities that are literally right in front of your face.
     

  • Fear of success causes you to unconsciously self-sabotage (to protect yourself from the success you're secretly afraid of).


But if you know how to uncover, unpack, and remove it, fear of success does not have to keep you stuck any longer!⁣

In this tapping script, I've unpacked a lot of the most common aspects of the the fear of success, so that all you have to do is tap them out. 

So let's get tapping!

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HOW TO USE THIS TAPPING SCRIPT

As with all of my tapping scripts, these statements can be used as is, or modified in any way that makes them resonate more fully with your experience.

 

Some of them will fit for you, and some will not. Just use the ones that fit your experience and have an emotional charge.

 

You may notice that when you start tapping on these statements, thoughts and feelings will arise that you can then turn into new tapping statements, which will then give rise to still more thoughts and feelings, which you can use to create additional tapping statements, and so on.

 

I call this following the thread, and it’s a very efficient way to heal and release a lot of painful feelings in a short amount of time.

 

Before you start tapping on a statement, give it a number between 0 and 10 which indicates the level of fear, stress, or concern that the statement brings up for you.

 

Then, do your best to tap on the statement until it is a 0, which means all of the emotional charge is gone.

 

There is a lot of material here! I recommend spending anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes on this, but not more than that.

 

That means you’ll only have time to tap out a small number of the statements on this script in one session.

 

If you’re thorough, and tap things down to 0, you’ll likely feel MUCH better after tapping out just a few of them. You can attend to other ones at another time.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE

When doing EFT tapping on your own, if you aren't able to completely heal the issue you're working on, so that when you think about it, it no longer causes any stress, emotional pain, anger, or fear, I recommend working with a professional EFT practitioner. If you decide that this is the best course of action for you, and you'd like to work with me, click here to schedule a session or free consultation.

THE TAPPING STATEMENTS

 

 

Part of me is afraid of success, and I don’t know why.

Sometimes I self-sabotage because I’m afraid of success.

I’m afraid of success because _____________.

I’m afraid that if I achieve my goals, something bad will happen.

I’m afraid that if I become successful, I won’t be a nice person anymore.

I’m afraid that if I become successful, something will happen to take it all away from me.

I’m afraid that if I become very successful, certain people will resent me for it.

I’m afraid that if I achieve my financial goals, my _______ will resent me for it.

I’m afraid that if I achieve my professional goals, it will put a strain on my marriage.

I’m afraid that if I achieve my professional goals, my _________ will resent me for it.

I’ve had to struggle my whole life, so I’m afraid that if I achieve my financial goals, I won’t know who I am anymore.

I’m afraid that if I become very successful, it will drive a wedge between me and my friends.

I’m afraid that if I achieve my professional goals, my family will think I’m getting too big for my britches.

Sometimes I feel like I’m paralyzed and can’t take any steps toward achieving my goals.

If I become more succesful than my dad, I’ll feel guilty about it.

If I become more succesful than my mom, I’ll feel guilty about it.

If I become more succesful than my partner, I’ll feel guilty about it.

I’m afraid that if I become really successful, it will make my partner feel bad.

I’m afraid that if I become very successful, I won’t be the same person anymore.

I’m afraid that if I make my professional dreams come true, I won’t be a down to earth person anymore.

I’m afraid that if I become a very successful person, I’ll lose sight of what’s really important.

I’m afraid that if I become really successful, I’ll have to spend all of my time and energy maintaining it.

I’m afraid that if I really go after my professional goals, I won’t be able to spend enough time with my partner. 

I’m afraid that if I really go after my professional goals, I won’t be able to spend enough time with my family.

I’m afraid that if I really go after my professional goals, I won’t be able to spend enough time with my child(ren).

My dad/mom was never able to achieve his/her business goals, and that makes me feel really sad.

My parents’ struggled all their lives; it wouldn’t feel right for me to become more successful than they were.

I’m afraid to become successful because than I’ll have to be a grownup.

Part of me doesn’t want to be a real grownup because then I won’t be the baby anymore.

Part of me doesn’t want to be a real grownup because then life will become boring and oppressive.

Part of me doesn’t want to become a successful person because then I won’t need anyone to rescue me.

Part of me wants someone to rescue me.

When I think about becoming a very successful person, it scares me because then I would have something to lose.

At least when I’m struggling all the time, I don’t have anything to lose.

If I become very successful, I’m afraid that people will use me for my money.

If I become very successful, I’ll feel guilty about all of the people who still have to struggle.

Part of me doesn’t want to become successful because then I’d be leaving my past behind me. 

Part of me doesn’t want to become successful because I’d lose my identity as someone who has a really hard life.

If I become successful and have a lot, I’ll feel really sad for my _____, who had so little.

Part of me believes that becoming very successful corrupts people.

NEXT STEPS

When doing EFT on your own, if you aren't able to completely heal the issue you're working on, so that when you think about it, it no longer causes any stress, emotional pain, anger, or fear, I recommend working with a professional EFT practitioner. If you decide that this is the best course of action for you, and you'd like to work with me, click here to learn more and schedule an EFT session or free consultation.

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Heather Ambler is an EFT practitioner and mindset coach in California. Through her private practice and online programs, she’s helped over 14,000 people in 81 countries heal the pain of losing a loved one, recover from trauma, release fears, erase limiting beliefs, increase confidence, and achieve goals. If you could use some help with any of these things, click here to learn more and schedule an EFT session or free consultation.

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