When I tap I find that I have so many emotions and memories coming up all at once that I feel overwhelmed. It is like they are queuing up to be fixed! Yes, I’m glad this stuff comes up and I deal with it as it comes, but issues are tumbling out so fast they are landing on top of each other. I can’t spend all day in the bathroom at work, how do I deal with all these emotions without feeling overwhelmed? photo by Ashley Pollak I have heard of this experience from a number of my ...
Understanding The Healing Process With EFT – Keeping the Long View
photo by Wally Gobetz I have started using EFT on a big issue. Some days it is really easy for me to tap. Other days I feels so hard to tap because I feel a million miles away from my goal. Am I doing something wrong? Should I be doing something differently? I hear this all the time from clients. They find it hard to stay focused on an issue when it takes more than one session. It is easy to feel frustrated with tapping when we hear stories of one minute or one session miracles all ...
5 Things You Must Know Before Doing EFT With Children and Teens
photo by Fine Shots Tapping with children can be a very rewarding experience. In many cases children take to tapping much faster than adults because they are more willing to try new things and aren’t hung up on why something is working. They just want to feel better. Here are five things to keep in mind when teaching kids to tap. (Note: All five lessons below are hard won. I know them to be true because I have done the opposite of all five at one point.) 1) They Are Smarter Than You ...
How To Use EFT When A Problem Feels Too Big Or Too Painful To Tackle
I want to use EFT to work on a major issue in my life, but somehow I always find an excuse not to do it. I know it will help me. I do want to get over this, but it just doesn’t happen. What can I do? photo by (Erik) I’ve noticed an interesting pattern when it comes to tapping on big issues. Certain people learn to use EFT, see the benefit of it in their lives, and yet still decide it’s not for them. I was given new insight into this type of avoidance when I was tapping with ...
Why Didn’t Surrogate EFT Stop The Cancer?
In the newsletter a few weeks ago I shared the story of visiting my much too young friend as her body was losing its battle with cancer. (You can read the full story: With A Heavy Heart) In addition to many heartfelt responses of concern to my note, I received a number of questions about what I did while she was sick tapping-wise, and how I felt after the fact. For clarity I have summarized the questions (with answers) below. I would love to hear your thoughts on these questions in the ...
Pod #94: How To Get The Most Out Of Self Directed Self Help And Self Directed EFT w/ Maggie Adkins
I bet you are like me. Somewhere in your home or office there is a large pile of self-help books, cds, and dvds. In addition to this physical pile of resources there is a folder on your hard drive full of ebooks, pdfs, audios and interviews, also filled with amazing information...and you have never looked at over 90% of these resources They looked enticing. They looked valuable. They looked like they would improve your life. Somehow we never get around to using to them. This is a common ...
Pod #93: Getting EFT Into Schools w/ Till Schilling
When it comes to teaching tapping children are one of my favorite groups. They take to tapping right away because they don’t have many of the hang-ups adults do of needing to understand everything or concerns about looking foolish when they tap. Like adults, when kids tap they become happier and healthier. One of the bonuses of teaching them to tap is we help them to clear issues whilst they are small, preventing them from growing into life-long issues. In this interview I talk to Till ...
Will Saying Negative Phrases While Doing EFT Manifest Bad Things In My Life?
Q: I am worried that if I say negative phrases I will bring negative things into my life. How can I use EFT without having to use negative phrases? I receive this question a lot. To answer it we need to look at what is happening when we are tapping and how the words we say impact our success while tapping. It is important to remember that what we are saying is much less important than what we are feeling when we tap. The words we say while tapping are not magic. What is important ...
Self Sabotage: The Number One Issue I Use EFT For (And How I Get Past It)
Good morning! Don't you hate it when you get in your own way? You know what you want, you know the right steps to take, and you just don't take action. (And to make matters worse, you then beat yourself up for not doing what you need to do.) I use EFT first and foremost for self sabotage. Not only do I tap on self sabotage every day, it is the one thing that has made the most profound impact in my life. I want to teach you how I deal with self sabotage. I have created a 10 ...
What To Do When You Feel Like You Have Stopped Moving Forward With An Issue
My client was so frustrated! We had been working on an issue for a number of sessions and he felt like we were dealing with the same issues, with the same complaints, with the same outcomes. The truth was that he had made a lot of progress AND he was getting the same outcome. When this happens it can be so frustrating because we have put in the work, we know we have healed many issues, but it doesn’t feel like it is bearing any fruit. I’m Stuck In Quicksand! Sometimes making ...
Pod #91: The Most Forgotten & Most Powerful EFT Point – Gamut Point w/ Karin Davidson
Did you know that healing from a tapping session can be spontaneously reversed? It doesn’t happen all the time, but it happens more often than you would think. In this interview with Karin Davidson we explore the two factors which can bring about a total and instantaneous reversal of a tapping session, and how in three minutes this can be prevented. We discuss the gamut point, which I think is one of the most powerful, but most forgotten tapping points, and its key role in preventing ...
Tapping Ninja Video – Is Working With An EFT Practitioner Right For You?
I recently received an email from Kevin in Ireland asking a number of really good questions about reaching out for help with an issue. Not everyone needs to be working with a practitioner. Have you ever considered working with a practitioner? Here are my thoughts on working with someone. For a longer article on the topic check out: Working With An EFT Practitioner Is Not Right For Everyone. Is It Right For You? ...
Working With An EFT Practitioner Is Not Right For Everyone. Is It Right For You?
photo by geek calendar I recently received an email from Kevin in Ireland asking a number of really good questions about reaching out for help with an issue. Not everyone needs to be working with a practitioner. Have you ever considered working with a practitioner? Here are my thoughts on working with someone. If tapping is such a ‘do it yourself’ protocol, why would I bother working with a practitioner? There are a number of issues that tapping is great for where you can use ...
Tapping Ninja Video – EFT for Physical Pain
EFT For Stress That Leads To Overeating
photo by zigazou76 I was recently working with a client on the issue of mindless eating. When I use the term “mindless eating” I mean any eating that we are doing without thinking “I would like to eat this right now”. This can include eating prompted by cravings, emotional eating, unconscious habitual eating, eating when we are not hungry and eating more than we intended. Over the course of a one hour session we touched on lots of smaller issues which were all connected to what was ...
Pod #90: EFT To Quiet The Inner Critic w/ Judy Byrne
Do you have a good relationship with your inner critic? Very few people answer that question in a positive way because to most of us it is nothing more than a “critic”. It is always there waiting to pounce, waiting to point out everything we have done wrong, everything we have missed, and everything we will do wrong in the future. Did you know that this inner voice exists to be helpful? No, really, it is! Our inner voice is always on guard, looking out for danger and things that will get in ...
9 Websites, Newsletters And Podcasts That I Always Read AND You Should Too!
While writing the first draft of this article I typed "EFT" into Google and it returned 49,600,000 results. When there is that much information it is really hard to find what is useful. I read everything I can get my hands on because I am always trying to learn and always on the lookout for guest posts and podcast guests. Even with this desire to read it all, there are times that I have too much on my plate and can’t get through everything. When this happens I need to make choices about ...
Pod #89: EFT For Shyness (Which Isn’t About Shyness) w/ Tania A. Prince
Sometimes when I prepare for an interview I have a really good idea about what we are going to talk about. I am very familiar with the topic, the guest’s work, or both. Other times I am caught off-guard (in a good way). This is one of those interviews. In the first minute Tania Prince took my idea of shyness and turned it on its head. This set up an awesome conversation about what can be changed and what isn’t really an issue at all. Often we confuse being uncomfortable around others which ...
EFT Beyond The Basic Tapping Points
photo by Dawn Endico I have a feeling that your experience with tapping has gone something like this... You learned the basic tapping points. You’ve had some small successes when tapping with a teacher, a practitioner, or a friend. You know tapping works because you have experienced it firsthand, but now you are not sure what to do next. You have the picture of someone with the tapping points marked on their body staring up at you. But now what? What issue to start with? What ...
Pod #88: I Am Better At Teaching EFT Because Of My Time In Jail
Since Feb of 2011 I have had the opportunity to be part of teaching an advanced anger management class to inmates in a local jail. I consistently describe the experience as “the coolest thing in my life.” It has been a really amazing experience and I have learned a lot from it. I was lucky enough to be Jondi Whitis’ guest for the June episode of “eftTapFest” which is part of EFT Radio On-Line. In the conversation we talk about: What I have learned about teaching EFT by teaching it in a Jail ...