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Emotions and Physical Pain – AKA:Can Pain Be Our Friend?

March 6, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I have heard a lot of talk about how pain can have emotional issues. Is this true? If so can I use the pain to discover and work on the emotional issues tied to the pain? [Note from Gene: I asked Pennsylvania-based EFT practitioner Chip ...

I Feel Tired After Tapping

February 28, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Has anyone mentioned to you that they feel REALLY fatigued after an EFT session? I have had about three sessions with clients where some really amazing core issues moved. At the end of the session the clients felt quite tired after. Is this ...

Physical Therapy/Range of Motion

February 26, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

After an accident I have had physical therapy and I’m doing better. As part of my therapy I am supposed to do sit-ups/leg raises, but the strain on my lower back is too much and the next day I can barely stand up or bend over. I know as I do more ...

How long to tap, how many session to tap, getting 100% clear

February 23, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

How long should I use EFT on an issue? Is it important that I tap on an issue until it is 100% clear? How many sessions should I work on the same issue? There are a number of things to consider when approaching these questions. Let’s take these ...

Facts of the Situation v. Emotions We Feel – AKA – I don’t know what to say (Part 5)

February 21, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I’m very effective at using EFT for physical pain and small frustrations, but when it comes to the big emotional issues, I just don’t know where to start. I tap on all of the issues and emotions I can think of, but it doesn’t feel like I’m making ...

Why do I have to tap? (part 3 of 3)

February 12, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Why is it that fretting, stewing, or worrying about an issue consciously doesn’t dissolve the emotions, but tapping while expressing it does? photo by Mike In part one of this series we looked at how the human mind creates models of ...

Why do I have to tap? (part 2 of 3)

February 12, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Why is it that fretting, stewing, or worrying about an issue consciously doesn’t dissolve the emotions, but tapping while expressing it does? photo by Sacha Fernandez In part one of this series we looked at how models of information ...

Why do I have to tap? (part 1 of 3)

February 12, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Why is it that fretting, stewing, or worrying about an issue consciously doesn’t dissolve the emotions, but tapping while expressing it does? photo by Alessandro This thoughtful question is about many topics at once. Embedded in this ...

When Healing Has Consequences

February 9, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I am in talk therapy and I do my EFT. I think I have been not succeeding/just barely making it, because I am worried my mother is going to take credit for my success (just like she did when I was younger). I’m stuck, and I’m not sure that I want to ...

Permission to Heal

February 2, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Why do you use the phrase “I give myself permission” so much in your EFT phrases? photo by Matthew Fang I use this phrase because we don’t often feel like we deserve the things we actually do deserve. In that case, something in us is ...

How To Kill Craving

November 13, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

I have decided (once again) that I need to cut caffeine out of my diet. In the past I have given it up cold turkey but have ended up with withdrawal headaches. Is there a way that I can use EFT to help me kick the caffeine habit in a pain-free ...

I don’t know where to start.

November 1, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

What do I tap on when I don’t know what to tap on? I've heard the same story from many clients. "I've tried Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) a few times with someone who knows what they are doing. I have seen great results and I'm very excited, ...

Emotional Trigger (Part 3 of 3)

October 31, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? photo by ShimShamB In part 1 of this series we looked at emotional triggers after they have been set off. In part 2 we examined the emotional triggers we know we ...

Emotional Triggers (Part 2 of 3)

October 13, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? photo by Fergus Ray Murray In part 1 of this series we looked at what emotional triggers are and what we can do after one of these triggers has been set off. In ...

No Words At All – AKA: I don’t know what to say (part 4)

October 3, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

Is it really necessary to verbalize the issue and give a number rating when doing EFT? Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a very flexible tool. There are no hard and fast rules of how you must do things. However, it is important that you ...

Trouble on the phone

September 19, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

I have hesitancy (read as fear) when making phone calls. How can I use EFT on this issue? photo by Jason Nicholls When we are using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for any issue of fear there are two basic approaches I use with my ...

Emotional Triggers (Part 1 of 3)

September 13, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

Is there anything I can do with EFT to help with my emotional triggers? I can remember from my childhood a “conversation” between my mother and sister, the way only mothers and daughters can have a “conversation”). Mother: You are doing that on ...

What words and phrases do I use? AKA: I don’t know what to say! (part 3)

September 12, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

When I was working with the person who taught me EFT, it worked great. Now that I’m working on my own, I don’t know what phrases to use. Do you have any suggestions? Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is different from most protocols in its ...

It’s all better! Should I keep using EFT on it?

September 11, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

Should you keep tapping on the same issue day after day? If you’re doing okay without tapping, should you continue tapping on the same issue? For how long? photo by TeeJe That depends; all things with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) ...

I don’t believe the words I say while doing EFT!

September 9, 2007 by Gene Monterastelli

I don’t believe some of the things I say when I tap. Does that matter? For us to do work on any thought/emotion we need to bring it into our thought field (meaning we are feeling or thinking it) at the moment we are tapping. That might be a little ...