Tag Archives: How To

Getting What We Want (Part 1 of 4) – Know what we don’t want?

July 17, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I know that I can use EFT to help me get what I want in my life, but I don’t know how. Do you have any suggestions? [Note: This is article number one in a four-part series on how to get what you do want. In this article we will look at the first of ...

When A Client Is Too Much

July 9, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I’m wondering how to approach a new client. She is interested in EFT, but says that she is only willing to give her issue two sessions, maybe three, tops, since she has been in therapy for years. She says she doesn’t want to start any long-term ...

Using Poetry with EFT (in this case for forgiveness)

June 10, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

In a recent newsletter you talked about using a forgiveness poem as a tapping tool. I’m not sure what I am supposed to do. Can you give me more instruction? photo by Pankaj One of the reasons I love Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) ...

The Body Has Information About Our Issues

May 26, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I remember reading a suggestion about “asking” a troubled body part what it’s trying to tell you. What exactly does that mean? And how does the answer get conveyed? Would it be a thought or words popping into your head? If so, would it be immediately ...

Feedback – What We Can Learn From Each Round of Tapping

May 1, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I read all these stories about how people get amazing results with EFT right away. It’s just not happening for me. What am I doing wrong? photo by dave_mcmt Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is easy to use, it can be used on many ...

Being Open to Blessings

April 21, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I am trying to bring abundance into my life. Can I use EFT to help this process? photo by d ha rm e sh Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a great tool to help you create more of what you would like in all areas of your life (job ...

When Things Go Wrong

April 15, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

Today was a bad day. All the plans I had blew up in my face. It sent me into an emotional tailspin. I know EFT would have been useful, but I didn’t know where to begin. How can I use EFT when thing don’t go as planned? photo by ...

When thinking of the problem is too much

April 10, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I want to do EFT for a major issue in my life, but somehow I always find an excuse not to do EFT. 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 have been teaching ...

Hope for the Future

April 4, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

For some reason I have very little hope for the future. I just can see anything working out. I think EFT can be helpful, but there is so much going on I can't seem to find the core issues. Do you have any suggests on where to start? Emotional ...

EFT Losing Its Effectiveness

March 30, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

When I first learned EFT it worked really quickly on everything. Now it isn’t working as well. Do we build up a resistance to EFT? Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a wonderful and powerful tool, but just we knowing how to do EFT doesn’t mean we ...

Future Choices

March 7, 2008 by Gene Monterastelli

I need to make some very important choices about my future. Is there anything I can do with EFT to help me make the "right" decisions? photo by Paul Hocksenar I love this question because often we only think of Emotional Freedom ...

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 ...

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 ...