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Easily Relieve Your

STRESS PANIC

orFEARUsing EFT

the Emotional Freedom Techniques:The Simple, Fast, Effective Self-Help System

EFT Healing Stories by EFT Masters and Practitioners

Across the World BOOK I

Edited, Illustrated, Compiled by

Angela Treat Lyon

EFT for Stress, Panic and Fear

Published byOut Front Productions, LLC

Kailua, Hawaii 808-261-0941

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Thanks to all the

Contributing authors!This book would not have been possible without you!

EFT Practitioners: Gwenn Bonnell Abraham Bruck, EFT-Adv Paul Gray Blair Hornbuckle Karen Lewis Dr. Carol Look EFT Master Deborah Miller, PhD Tanisia Mooney Aileen Nobles Elizabeth Seifert Rehana Webster EFT Master

Quotes: Morton C. Orman, M.D. Steve Burns & Kimberley Burns Gary Craig, EFT Founder

You will find information about each chapters author (when I could find them and get it!) so that, if you feel resonant with them, you can see their sites, ask for sessions, get their books, etc.


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Introduction: Stress? Me?A Major AccidentNever Good Enough!Cant TalkDiscover EFTIllustrated PointsTalk with the Dead??Daddy Left Me!Panic AttackTrip AnxietySeptember 11 StressTemper TantrumsIm All AloneForeign TravelAbouts

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Introduction

Stress? Me?Do you sometimes feel so stressed you can hardly see straight?



Do you have any idea how serious a matter stress is? According to Morton C. Orman, M.D.*, Author of The 14 Day Stress Cure: Each year, millions of Americans die of stress-related illnesses. Heart disease, strokes, and even some forms of cancer may be caused by stress in certain individuals.

If we include the considerable damage done by smoking, overeating, alcohol, and drugs - all commonly used to cope with stress - we can see that we are in the midst of a major epidemic with serious, often fatal, consequences.

What is stress, anyway?Heres what stress experts, Steve Burns and Kimberley Burns of TeachHealth.com/index.html have to say about stress:

If you are used to thinking that stress is something that makes you worry, you have the wrong idea of stress. Stress is many different kinds of things: happy things, sad things, allergic things, physical things. Many people carry enormous stress loads and they do not even realize it!

We are all familiar with the word stress. Stress is when you are worried about getting laid off your job, or worried about having enough money to pay your bills, or worried about your mother when the doctor says she may need an operation.

In fact, to most of us, stress is synonymous with worry. If it is something that makes you worry, then it is stress. Your body, however, has a much broader definition of stress.

To your body, stress is synonymous with change.

* 1992-2007 M.C.Orman, MD, FLP www.stresscure.com/hrn/five.html

http://www.teachhealth.com/index.htmlhttp://www.stresscure.com/hrn/five.html



Anything that causes

a change in your life causes stress

It doesnt matter if it is a good change, or a bad change, they are both stress. When you find your dream apartment and get ready to move, that is stress. If you break your leg, that is stress. Good or bad, if it is a change in your life, it is stress as far as your body is concerned.

Even imagined change is stress. (Imagining changes is what we call worrying.)

If you fear that you will not have enough money to pay your rent, that is stress. If you worry that you may get fired, that is stress.

If you think that you may receive a promotion at work, that is also stress (even though this would be a good change).

Whether the event is good or bad, imagining changes in your life

is stressful.

Anything that causes change in your daily routine is stressful.Anything that causes change in your body health is stressful.Imagined changes are just as stressful as real changes.

Let us look at several types of stressones that are so common-place that you might not even realize that they are stressful.



Emotional StressWhen arguments, disagreements, and conflicts cause changes in your personal lifethat is stress.

IllnessCatching a cold, breaking an arm, a skin infection, a sore back, are all changes in your body condition.

Pushing Your Body Too HardA major source of stress is overdriving yourself. If you are working (or partying) 16 hours a day, you will have reducedyour available time for rest. Sooner or later, the energy drain on your system will cause the body to fall behind in its repair work. There will not be enough time or energy for the body to fix broken cells, or replace used up brain neurotransmitters.

Changes will occur in your bodys internal environment. You will hit the wall, run out of gas.

If you continue, permanent damage may be done. The bodys fight to stay healthy in the face of the increased energy that your are expending is major stress.

Environmental FactorsVery hot or very cold climates can be stressful. Very high altitude may be a stress. Toxins or poisons are a stress. Each of these factors threatens to cause changes in your bodys internal environment.

Environmental ToxinsThe Special Case of Tobacco UseTobacco is a powerful toxin!! Smoking destroys cells that clean your trachea, bronchi, and lungs. Smoking causes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which progress to slow suffocation. The carbon monoxide from cigarette smoking causes chronic carbon monoxide poisoning. Tobacco use damages the arteries



in your body, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, heart, and vital organs. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of cancer 50-fold.

Chewing tobacco or snuff is no safe haven. It also damages your arteries, and it carries the same cancer risk. (Cancers of the head and neck are particularly vicious, disfiguring, and deadly).

Poisoning the body with carbon monoxide, and causing the physical illnesses of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cancer, and arterial damage, tobacco is a powerful source of added stress to ones life.

Hormonal FactorsPubertyThe vast hormonal changes of puberty are severe stressors. A persons body actually changes shape, sexual organs begin to function, new hormones are released in large quantities. Puberty, as we all know, is very stressful.

Pre-menstrual syndromeOnce a woman passes puberty, her body is designed to function best in the presence of female hormones. For women who are past puberty, a lack of female hormones is a major stress on the body.

Once a month, just prior to menstruation, a womans hormone levels drop sharply. In many women, the stress of sharply falling hormones is enough to create a temporary overstress. This temporary overstress is popularly known as Pre Menstrual Syndrome (PMS).

Post-PartumFollowing a pregnancy, hormone levels change dramatically. After a normal childbirth, or a miscarriage, some women may be thrown into overstress by loss of the hormones of pregnancy.



MenopauseThere is another time in a womans life when hormone levels decline. This is the menopause. The decline in hormones during menopause is slow and steady. Nevertheless, this menopausal decline causes enough stress on the body to produce overstress in many women.

Taking Responsibility for Another Persons ActionsWhen you take responsibility for another persons actions, changes occur in your life over which you have little or no control.

Taking responsibility for another persons actions is a major stressor.

Allergic StressAllergic reactions are a part of your bodys natural defense mechanism.

When confronted with a substance which your body considers toxic, your body will try to get rid of it, attack it, or somehow neutral-ize it. If it is something that lands in your nose, you might get a runny, sneezy nose. If it lands on your skin, you might get blistery skin. If you inhale it, youll get wheezy lungs. If you eat it, you may break out in itchy red hives all over your body.

Allergy is a definite stress, requiring large changes in energy expenditure on the part of your bodys defense system to fight off what the body perceives as a dangerous attack by an outside toxin.

Some common stress symptoms: Brain: Fatigue, aches, pains, crying, depression, panic/anxiety attacks, bad sleep



Gastrointestinal Tract: Ulcer, cramps and diarrhea, colitis, irritable bowel.

Glandular System: Thyroid gland malfunction.

Cardiovascular: High blood pressure, heart attack, abnormal heart beat, stroke.

Skin: Itchy skin rashes, breakouts, sensitive to touch, blotches.Immune System: Decreased resistance to infections.

We have known for a long time that overstress could cause physical damage to the gastrointestinal tract, glandular system, skin or cardiovascular system.

But only recently have we learned that overstress actually causes physical changes in the brain. One of the most exciting medical advances of our decade has been an understanding of how overstress physically affects your brain.

We now know that the fatigue, aches and pains, crying spells, depression, anxiety attacks and sleep disturbances of overstress are caused by brain chemical malfunction. (Thanks, Steve & Kim!)

Stress = Positive Change, too!

We commonly think of stress as anything caused by a bad situation or event happening with or to us. But in fact, any change can set off our bodily alarm systemeven those things



or events we think of as good: winning a prize, an award, a raise, a commendation: or completing a major achievementlike publishing a book, finishing a painting, creating a website, birthing a child, seeing your child off to college.

How do you know you are stressed?Seems like a silly question, I know. But if you were to teach me exactly how you feel in your body when you are experiencing stress, what would you say?



Now that we have seen some of the causes of stress and where it shows up in our bodies, its time to think about what our thoughts are about our lives, and the effects our thoughts have on our bodyies energy systems.

Why? Because EFT posits that it is not necessarily the actual cause of stress that hurts.

What hurts is the result of the disrupted energy in our bodies, as well as the results of the thoughts, beliefs and habits we form around the pain we feel because of that disruption.

In this simplistic illustration on the on the left is someone who has had a trauma or has stress of some kind that has disrupted his energy system.

His energy is now constricted and tangled. The constrictions cause backups of energy, resulting in pain and illness on all levels: physical, mental, and emotional.

An example of this would be a migraine headache: you just cannot function when you have one. The disrupted energy in your body makes it impossible to do anything but lie down and wait it out.

But as soon as the energy is free-flowing again, you can get up and function as if the migraine had never existed.

On the next page top, he has found EFT, a system he can use to relieve his stress! He is tapping on specific points on his body (that are actually Acupuncture points). Instead of a needle, he



uses his fingertips. As he taps, he says certain phrases (not affirmations) that help him calm down, address issues he never realized were there, and finally release any anger, hate, resentment, fear and grief that are holding him back.

Below to the right, he is done tapping and releasing.

He has let go of the disrupted energy from his system, made new choices,

even gained new perspectives. He feels a whole lot better. His energy is back, the color in his cheeks and skin is better, he can breathe fully, theres no more knot in his belly, and his heart feels full and content. His confidence and feelings of self-worth and well-being are increased and expanded.

Imagine what your life would be like if you didnt have to spend so much time and energy as you do now on stress and its side-effects!

I suffered from a deep depression for 35 years. The stress and worry absolutely crippled me more days than not. There wasnt a day that went by that I didnt have the desire to end it all in some waythe mental and emotional pain was simply too much, and I didnt know how to make it go away. I just wanted to give up.

Fortunately for me, I found EFT, the simple tool with which, in 6 short weeks, I resolved the depression. It hasnt reared its ugly



head now for years. I love the tool so much I teach it to others.Since youre not here with me, I wanted to make it possible for you to discover, explore and use this marvelous tool, too. Thats why I compiled this book.

Once you see how easy it can be to get through what used to be unsurmountable problems at impossible odds, your entire outlook on life will shift. what I realized I had

found such an important key, suddenly I had real hope. Not the, well, OK, I can live with this a little longer kind of hope, but Real Hopethat has now turned into confidence.

About the chapters It turns out that there were far too many stories to comprise only one book. Sothis is Book I, and Book II has 13 other stories.

Most of the following chapters have a brief intro by EFT Founder, Gary Craig (many of these articles can be found on his site, Emofree.com).

Youll see how each practitioner has his or her own styleI have used font styles to keep a bit of consistency. I used bold green to emphasize the tapping protocol in each story.

In the practice of EFT, there is an amazing phenomenon I want you to know about. Recognition of this phenomenon came about as Gary watched how participants in his workshops tapped on other peoples issues and got results, themsleveseven though they had not been specifically tapping on their own issue. He calls this Borrowing Benefits.

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You can read and tap along with each of the stories in this book and get benefits, yourselfeven if the issues are not the same as what yours are. Take full advantage of this aspect of EFT! By the end of reading each article, you just might have more relief from the stresses in your life than you have ever felt before!

What will you do with all the energy that has been backed up within you? Do you have a Dream of doing or being something you never thought was possible? I say to you, get going! Because you can do it now!

Aloha,

Angela Treat Lyon Hawaii, 2007



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Major Car Accident

EFT student uses tapping to immediately calm down after

a major car accident

Hi Everyone,Rajan Ramchandani from Singapore taught Tanisia Mooney how to do EFT and, shortly thereafter, Tanisia was involved in a major car accident. In her letter below she describes her panic and emotional difficulties (she was not physically injured) and how she achieved impressive calm with EFT.

Hugs, Gary

Dear Gary,

I just received the following story from Tanisia Mooney in her own words.

Warmest regards,Rajan Ramchandani

Dear Rajan:

Ive just had the most incredible demonstration with EFT recently. Yesterday I was driving on a 2-lane country road on my way to perform a Handfasting (Wedding) ceremony. The celebration was to take place at a private campground, and the entrance way to this campground is unmarked.



Though Ive been to this area many times, its still a tricky place to find and turn into because of the marked highway speed. Also, the stretch of highway where this campground is located is designated as a passing lanea driver is allowed to pass on the left of one car in order to get ahead of a slower-moving car.

After looking for the landmarks that indicated I was close to the campground, I adjusted my speed and signaled my intent to turn.

When I made my turn, several things happened at once. One, I realized that I had turned into the wrong entrance way (I was 1/4 mile short of the campground); two, my car was hit, then spun around, then was hit again head-on.

As soon as I registered that I was in another accident (I was involved in two minor collisions within the past two years) and that both cars were seriously damaged, I immediately burst into panicked sobs.

I was terrified that the other person was injured (the other drivers airbags had deployed), and a million

dire scenarios ran through my head.

It took a couple of minutes for a good samaritan to get me to confirm that I was uninjured and to get me to crawl out of my car. (My drivers side door was seriously damaged, and I couldnt get it to open).

My friends at the campsite were called, and they came to my rescue while I was still in a full-on panic attack.

Emergency personnel came onto the scene, and my friend was trying to get me to calm down enough to give the policeman my drivers license, car registration, and insurance information.



In the middle of all of this chaos, almost by instinct I got myself to begin tapping on major accident. (Thats the way it looked in my head.)

After a couple of rounds on the [setup technique], I was able to calm down enough to give my statement to the police officer, to make sure the other driver was okay (he was), and to remove my belongings and wedding supplies to my friends van.

Several minutes after we arrived at the campground, I felt shaken but calm. About 30 minutes after that, as I was telling my friends about the accident I was just involved in, they remarked at how calm I was.

Throughout the day, that was the main thing that the other guests (also friends) had said about my experience. I was able to perform the handfasting ceremony beautifully, helped with decorating and guest control, and was able to enjoy myself at the celebrationall this through tapping after surviving a major car accident!

Since learning and practicing EFT for only two weeks, Ive had several emotional energy shifts and healings, but none as dramatic as this. If I havent said it before, thank you, thank you, thank you many times for introducing me to EFT!

Bright Blessings,Tanisia Mooney

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Tapping tips from the editor:

>> How-to-do EFT is described in Chapter 4 > Illustrated tapping points are found in Chapter 5



Even though:several things happened at onceI turned into the wrong entrancewayI was 1/4 mile short of the campgroundI still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:my car was hitthen spun aroundthen was hit again head-onI still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:here I was in another accidentI was even involved in 2 minor collisions within the past 2 yearsboth cars were seriously damagedI immediately burst into panicked sobsI still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:I was terrified that the other person was injuredthe other drivers airbags had deployeda million dire scenarios ran through my headI still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:I was uninjured and I had to crawl out of my car My friends at the campsite were calledthey came to my rescueI was still in a full-on panic attack(and any other feelings about that)I still deeply and completely love and accept myself.



Even though:Emergency personnel came onto the scenemy friend was trying to get me to calm down enough to give the policeman my informationI still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

And I acknowledge and am grateful that:In the middle of this chaos, I began tapping on major accident I was able to calm down to give my statement to the police officerand make sure the other driver was okay (he was)and remove my belongings and supplies Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself

And I acknowledge and am grateful that:I felt shaken but calmmy friends they remarked at how calm I was Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself

And I acknowledge and am grateful that: I was able to perform the handfasting ceremony beautifully, helped with decorating and guest controlwas able to enjoy myself at the celebrationI survived and tapped through a major car accident!Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself

And Im choosing to remain empowered, calm, and enthusiastic about life!



I have gone through a couple more chapters and taken apart the story to get setups. By the time you have read through and tapped along, you ought to have a good feel for whats going on in an EFT session, so I didnt do every chapter. Youll develop your own style, anyway, once you get going, and wont need more coaching.

I wish you the best, may your tapping always be fruitful, and may you create a life of happiness, satisfaction, joy and fulfillment for yourself and everyone around you. This is surely the way to world peace, wouldnt you say?

Aloha, Angela

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Not Good Enough The Brick Wall Technique

Hi Everyone,

In this well written article, EFT Master Rehana Webster from New Zealand takes us step by step through her process of finding a core issue with a clientvery helpful. Then she gives us the details of her very insightful Brick Wall Technique. This allows clients to see the big picture and gives an overall concept to the whole process. Serious EFT students will likely find this idea helpful.

Hugs, Gary

In early January I received a call from Jackie (not her real name) wanting an appointment as soon as possible. She had to be taken to the hospital on New Years day suffering from acute chest pains. She said it was an angina attack because of the stress she was under from entertaining her family at their traditional New Years gathering.

At the beginning of the session I asked Jackie to tell me what had lead up to the angina attack (information gathering).

She recounted that the whole family was at her place and she felt under immense stress having to produce a big festive meal. The stress built up as she felt she couldnt cope and resulted in chest pains. The ambulance whisked her away to hospital. The doctor



who examined her said there was nothing the matter with her heart and there was no physical reason for her chest pain.

I asked Jackie if there were other times in her life she had felt under stress (getting the client to do a chronological search of events that are related - at this point I introduced the BRICK WALL exercise - see below). Yes, she said that she had felt unduly stressed all her life (generalized state). I asked her if here was any emotional reason for her feeling that way (identify the feelings).

No, she replied, I always felt stressed and it is a feeling of not good enough (NGE). So I asked if there were any special circumstances she felt stressed under (looking for triggers, imprints and specific events). No, she replied, I always feel NGE, and this is the prevailing feeling in my relationships, first marriage, second marriage, and third marriage! And with my parents! (getting closer to the core - going back into childhood events).

What about your parents, I asked (steering in the direction of an early trauma). Thats when she vehemently spat it out and surprised both of us. Ive never felt good enough since I was four years old and Ill never forgive my parents for that! (we had the SPECIFIC EVENT).

Do you want to tell me about it Jackie (doing the movie technique), as it seems quite significant? What would you rate it at out of 10? (get the client to rate the intensity of feelings about the event) 10! she replied.

Jackie said that when she was 4, she fell out of her Grandmothers apple tree and broke her arm. The hospital was a 2-hour drive away and since her parents didnt have a car, the



neighbors drove them all to the hospital. At the hospital Jackies parents told her that they would return in a few hours and take her home with them.

Her parents never showed up that day and to add insult to injury, sent another friend to pick her up from the hospital the following day. She had cried when the nurses told her that her parents were not coming to get her that day.

Jackie was very upset and angry with her parents for lying to her. She never forgave them for it and since then always felt that she was never good enough.

She was never good enough because she compared herself to her sister who had a life threatening disease and was hospitalized frequently. Her parents would always stay at the hospital with her sister and never leave her there on her own. From Jackies 4-year-old perspective she was obviously not good enough if her parents could abandon her at the hospital with her broken arm.

Jackie was so surprised at the intensity of her feelings as she remembered this event so vividly. After EFT was applied to that incident, she was amazed at how she now saw the incident with a new perspective and non-judgmental attitude towards her parents, sister and self.

The session ended with a round of tapping:

Even though my feelings were bruised and broken, I forgive my parents for not being able to keep their promise and leaving me at the hospital but they were doing the best they could under the circumstances and I didnt die because of my broken arm!



Brick Wall TechniqueI have clients who cannot find specific events to work on. They come in with a generalized feeling and cant seem to find any connection with actual events. No matter how hard they try, their specific experiences are not available to them or they cannot make the connection between how they feel and early traumatic events.

I use this very simple technique which provides a structure for the client to get involved in and follow through. I call it the Brick Wall.

Lets imagine that a client complains of a general state of feeling Not Good Enough (NGE).

I ask them to imagine their state as if it was a big brick wall. They are invited to view this wall and notice what feelings arise from it.

Next I draw a simple illustration of a brick wall. There are a number of rows in the wall, and each row has a number of bricks (like a spreadsheet).

I ask them to imagine that some bricks are representations of negative events in their lives that have contributed to their generalized negative state of NGE.

The bottom row in the wall is year one of life and the second row is year two and so on.

I ask them to label the bricks. The bricks at the bottom of the wall are obviously from earlier in life. Not all the bricks need to be labeled.

I also ask the client to notice how some bricks from the lower rows



are related to others in higher rows. It may be a chain of events going up the brick wall, starting from core events or early imprints from conditioning and upbringing.

What does the client need to knock down this NGE wall? The wall can be high, solid and unmovable.

I explain the logic of removing a couple of bricks from the bottom rows thereby weakening the wall considerably.

Each brick the client treats with EFT weakens the structure of the mental schema and uncouples learned responses. The client gets to reprogram the brain by changing the biochemistry associated with the learned pattern of NGE.

I ask the client to imagine the bricks as events, the wall as the generalized state and EFT as the pneumatic drill, which is going to knock out the bricks, thereby weakening the wall and collapsing it. This is usually done quite effortlessly!

By Rehana Webster

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Rehana Webster EFT MasterP.O.Box 408 Whitianga, NZ (64) 7 [email protected]

Rehanas ultimate goal is to empower people with knowledge and skills.

Staff development consultant specializing in assisting people and organizations to implement change and be more productive

Rehana has extensive communications and personal development skills, and very strong interpersonal skills and is enthusiastic and creative. She has developed and presented extensive training programs specifically designed for all levels of business people. She uses a high degree of initiative to ensure the best results.

Rehana uses result-oriented and solution-focused tools and technologies to gain desired outcomes, all desired outcomes are carefully defined and follow-ups scheduled to ensure achievement

BSc Anthropology Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Master Practitioner Design Human Engineering Ericksonian Communication Skills Train-the-Trainer EFT Certificate of Completion, (EFT-CC) EFT Master Practtioner (July 2005) Accelerated Learning, Brain Gym, EFT, BSFF Memberships: Australian Institute of NLP The Society of NLP, USA

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mailto:[email protected]://www.behaviourchanges.com



Tapping tips from the Editor:

>> How-to-do EFT is described in Chapter 4 > Illustrated tapping points are found in Chapter 5



Even though:Ive never felt good enough since I was four years old Ill never forgive my parents for that! I still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:I fell out of her Grandmothers apple tree and broke my armmy parents told me that they would return in a few hours and take me home with them. they never showed up that day I still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:and they sent another friend to pick her up from the hospital the following dayI cried when the nurses told me that my parents were not coming to get me that day. I still deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:I was very upset and angry with my parents for lying to me I never forgave them for it since then always felt that I was never good enough.I really deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though:I never good enough because I compared myself to my sister and my parents would always stay at the hospital with my sister and never leave her there on her ownto my 4-year olds eyes I was obviously not good enough if my parents could abandon me at the hospital with my broken arm.I still deeply and completely love and accept myself.



I am grateful to acknowledge that:I am so surprised at the intensity of my feelingsI now see the incident with a new perspective and non-judgmental attitude towards parents, sister and self.Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

I am grateful to acknowledge that even though: my feelings were bruised and brokenI forgive my parents for not being able to keep their promise and leaving me at the hospital they were doing the best they could under the circumstances and I didnt die because of my broken arm! Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself

And Im choosing to understand that: its not always about me!and that people really do do the best they canand as a kid I bet I made other misdirected decisions that still and that I can find and shift them.Because I deeply and completely love and accept myself



3

Diagnosed as SchizophrenicAnxiety, Stress and Insomnia

Hi Everyone,

Abraham Bruck takes us through three sessions wherein he makes impressive progress with a challenging client. At the end he says, The insomnia was no longer an issue; I tap at night and fall right asleep.

The hate and negative vibrations were no longer an issue; I experienced some phenomena while consciously/spiritually radiating love around mesuddenly I felt as if my thoughts and the space around me cleared up. Its hard to describe but it felt like I was in a new zone, I felt a sort of unfamiliar though protective energy around me...

Hugs, Gary

Session OneGregoire is a 27 year old single student who lives with his mother with whom he has no real verbal relationship.

His parents are originally from the Caribbean. He has the rare communication with his father. By his own admission he is a lot like him; shy, reserved and non-verbal.

Gregoire was diagnosed as schizophrenic, has been on and off



medications and in and out of hospitals for most of the past 5-6 years. Hence he is just starting college at 27.

He hears voices, hes OK, one on one, shuts down in a group and then gets depressed about bad interaction.

He stopped his meds at the end of June (two months before our first session), and is starting to feel the effects.

He complained of nausea: like I want to throw up after an upset or stress, tension around my face coming in at mepressurelike everyone is looking at me.

At this point, I thought I had enough to go on, so I explained the Table Top metaphor and asked for a specific incident, the Table Top being Anxiety and Stress.

[The Table top is the emotional issue. Knock any of the legs out from

under it, and everything starts to slide off. Editor]

The incident happened in 6th grade. There was a camera crew in the class. The topic under discussion was relationships. Everyone had a turn in front of the camera. By the time the camera and spotlight focused in on me, the pressure had built up so much that I went blind. The 0-10 intensity was a 9-10, the incident took maybe one minute. We tapped on:

Even though:I have an emotional charge of 9 or 10 on the spotlight incident, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

We tapped 2-3 rounds of that and the intensity went down to a 6-7.



When asked how he knew that, where in his body he felt it, he said that there was a tightness in his stomach. We tapped another few rounds:

Even though:I still have this 6-7 tightness in my stomach, I deeply and completely love and accept myselfand it went down to a 0.

The TrainThe next incident took place on a train with his mother when he was 4-5 years old. He was upset and making a lot of noise. His mother said Look, everyone is looking at you!

He said, I turned around and looked, and sure enough, a lot of faces were looking at me.

And although that did not have much of an emotional charge during the session (to his surprise), a recent incident did pop up, which did have an inensity of 8: As he was walking down the street a couple of days before the session, he walked by 2 people. He felt that they were looking at him and talking about him, and then another person in front of him turned around and looked at him as well. He felt it as a heavy weight mainly around his face.We tapped:

Even though:I feel this heavy weight when people are staring at me, I choose to feel calm relaxed and comfortable.We tapped on the negative, positive and alternating (Dr. Patricia Carrington style).

One sequence got it down to a 4 and the next to a 0.



Then he said that the person in front of me is still looking at me and shaking his headwhich, of course, is a new aspect of shaking his head. The intensity went up to a 4 again. Did a couple of rounds of:

Even though:he was shaking his head and it went down to a 0.

We went on to the most recent incident with a high charge: In July he was taking a course. One day the professor was late and a few students were hanging out in the waiting room: I was about to walk in and I noticed them sitting there, so I sat down some distance away; they were talking, sitting, I started to worry, I was just looking, saying to myself, look away if youre not going to say anything. Passing glances at the people, I got dizzy following the conversation; I stopped looking and went into my protective shell; zoned out.

Then one of the girls turned and said, Why are you sitting all the way over there? I smiled, nodded and turned away, I had this numb feeling in my head with an intensity of 6.

Even though: I have this 6 numbness in my head about the waiting room incident, I choose to feel calm, relaxed and confident.

The numbness went to a 0 and turned to a sadness of 5.

Time was running out; we got the sadness down to a 4 and I said that I would email some homework to him so he could practice tapping and get the sadness down to a 0.



At the very end he said that he also has terrible trouble getting to sleep. I told him that I would email some tapping instructions for that also.

I sent him 3 sheets of tapping instructions in my standard Homework Format:

1) Even though:I still have some of this sadness about the waiting room incident, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

2) Even thoughI have this anxiety when I am in public, I choose to feel calm, relaxed and confident.

3) Even though:I have trouble getting to sleep, I choose to surprise myself at how quickly and easily I can get to sleep.

Session TwoGregoire came in to the next session, much more relaxed.

By the way, I forgot to mention it, but Gregoire had gone to the Emofree.com site and downloaded the free EFT manual and had learnt to tap before he even called me. He found me in the EFT Practitioners List on the site.

So I asked him how the homework had gone: he said that the sleep issue was going really well; instead of getting to sleep at 3:30 or 4:00 a.m. with great difficulty, he was getting to sleep at 1:30 easily. So, as far as he was concerned, the insomnia was under control and getting even better.

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I tested the waiting room incident and then the sadness from the previous sesson, both of which were not longer issues: intensity level: 0, for both.

People hate meBut he now said that he feels that people hate me and are sending negative vibrations towards me. (Another Leg of the Anxiety/Stress Table Top.) I asked him how he knew this. And he said, from their facial expressions, and then he went on to say, Im pulling in the negative energy from them. So I wrote down:

Even though:I feel people hate me and are sending negative vibrations towards me and he kept right on talking, quite unlike the first session when I needed to really pull everything out of him.

He recalled an incident that still bothered him a lot: recently in school, one of the girls made a comment to himnot in a mean wayperhaps even as a complimentGregoire, himself had mentioned that he was noticing that he was walking with more confidence, that his posture was better.

The girl had said to him: You can walk but you still cant talk. So now he wants to be able to talk. His intensity level was low a 2-3.

InsomniaHe then went on about the insomnia: even though there was significant progress as mentioned earlier, he said that there now seems to be a new obstacle: The night pictures get stuck.

He explained that every time he tries to go to sleep, a picture pops into his head and it takes all his attention and he cant fall asleep for quite a while.



Shatter the glassI asked him to close his eyes and get a picture; he got one. Then I told him to pretend that it was made of glass and shatter it; he did. We repeated that a few times and then I asked him to get a picture and to hold it without shattering, and he couldnt. I told him that he now has a tool that will work on unwanted images. He was OK with that.

A Hateful Thoughts MagnetI asked him how he knew that people were directing hateful and negative vibrations toward him. I said most people just walk around, preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings, etc., and most, if not all of them, dont even know or care if he exists.

He admitted that that was true. I said, But thats logicemotionally you feel the hate and negativity. I told him that, in his own words, he said that he was pulling it in; so he was a Negative Vibration Magnet, a Hateful Thoughts Magnet.

I told him that all around us there were radio and television and cell phone waves, but we dont see or hear them. Why not? Because were not tuned in to the right frequencies. I told him that all around us there were also all manner of negative and hateful (and worse) thought vibrations, being sent out from all over the world.

Radiating loveI said, Try this: Close your eyes and feel love in your heart. Radiate that love out radiate out farther and farther more and more powerful feelings of Love And I just let him sit there for a few minutes.

I brought him back and told him that he should practice that several times a day.



As long as you are radiating out Love, you cannot be pulling in hate and negativity, real or imagined. As you were radiating Love, did you feel any hate or negativity?

He did not. I told him that the Love Radiation will create a protective shield

and that no negativity could penetrate it. He was very happy with that. His homework was:

Even though:Im pulling in / attracting negativity and hate like a magnet, I choose to replace that by radiating / shining Love outward (like the sun radiates / shines light)

...and just like nothing can touch the sun, as long as it is radiating light, in the same way, no negativity or hate (imagined or real) can reach me as long as I am radiating love.

Session ThreeThis was a phone session. The insomnia was no longer an issue: I tap at night and fall right asleep, he said.

The hate and negative vibrations were no longer an issue: I experienced some phenomena while consciously/spiritually radiating love around me suddenly I felt as if my thoughts and the space around me cleared up. Its hard to describe but it felt like I was in a new zone, I felt a sort of unfamiliar, though protective, energy around me...

CommunicationHe wanted to be able to talk freely. He related 3-4 specific incidences



that happened that week where he felt that his communication was lacking.

We worked out 3 tapping statements, and he was to tap 3 rounds 3 times a day, whether he felt that he needed it or not: once upon waking in the morning, once before or after lunch and once before going to sleep at night.

I told him to pick one and use it until the intensity level went down to a least a 1, preferably 0, and then go on to the next, etc

Homework #1:Step 1Say 3 Times, Tap Continuously on the Karate Chop Point:

Even though: I find it hard to talk to other people and I dont know whats actually stopping me, I choose to deeply and completely love and accept myself.

I forgive myself and anyone else I may have blamed for this.

Step 2One Round of Reminder Phrase: I find it hard to talk to other people and I dont know whats actually stopping me

Step 3One Round of Choice Phrase: I deeply and completely love and accept myself.



Step 4One Round Alternating Reminder and Choice Phrases

Homework #2:Step 1Say 3 Times, Tap Continuously on the Karate Chop Point:

Even though:I have a hard time understanding what people are saying to me,I choose to feel calm, relaxed and confident. And I can say something like, Whoa, slow down, I cant keep up with you...

Step 2One Round of Reminder Phrase: have a hard time understanding what people are saying

Step 3 One Round of Choice Phrase: I choose to feel calm, relaxed and confident

Step 4 One Round Alternating Reminder and Choice Phrases

Homework #3:Step 1 Say 3 Times, Tap Continuously on the Karate Chop Point:

Even though:my mind usually locks up and I cant really give any output, and I feel stoned and spaced out, I choose to feel calm, relaxed and confident, and to surprise myself at how easily I can find appropriate things to say.



Step 2 One Round of Reminder Phrase: my mind locks up and I cant give any output, and I feel stoned and spaced out

Step 3 One Round of Choice Phrase: calm, relaxed and confident, surprise myself at how easily I can find appropriate things to say.

Step 4One Round Alternating Reminder and Choice Phrases

I had not heard from Gregoire for a while so I shot him an email just asking how hes doing, especially with the desire to be more talkative. This was his response:

hi Abraham,

I have to work some more at it. I tapped a bit on understanding people better, and it has helped. I noticed I was able to give some more feedback in a group setting, it also helped that I studied more for the class and understood certain concepts more clearly. But it seems I still havent got to the level that I consider to be up to par. I will say that I never felt as comfortable as far as being a part of the class group, this quickly into the semester. In any case, I have more free time for the rest of the week, so I will schedule more time in for EFT.

Gregoire

By Abraham Bruck, EFT-Adv

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Call for More Information or to Schedule a Session. I do sessions in person on the phone, by AIM video or by Skype video.

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Jump Right In!So how do you do EFT, anyway?

At this point, youve seen how some people have gotten some success using EFT. But youre probably wondering how the heck did they do it, and what order, and what do they mean, tapping?

So, I decided Id make this chapter an excerpt from my book, Change Your Mind! with EFT, the Basics, so you can get an idea of how to do what weve been talking about. -Editor.

Which would you preferto listen to me tell you about apples, or try one out for yourself?

Its obvious that youll know more about applesif you try them yourselfeven if you only take one little teensy bitethan if I spent the next ten years telling you about them.

I could tell you about EFT all night long, but until you experience it, you wont have a real idea about what it can do. Were going in running. Lets just get on with it!

An experiment Are you experiencing any small thing you would rather not have or be feeling in your life right now, this very minute? A physical pain, or a memory, maybe? Write down on a sheet of paper what it is.

It can be anything: a headache, a sore back, a knee pain, or a toothache. Or, you might be worrying about something, feeling



anxious, or feeling lazy! Maybe its 3:00 p.m., and youre in the midst of the afternoon slump. You might be drowsy, or foggy-headed. Or maybe its late at night and youre reading because you cant sleep, or your feet are cold. Maybe you want something but you dont know quite what, so youre inclined to reach for ice cream, cookies, or a candy bar. A cigarette, or a beer, maybe. The feeling of wantingcravingis enough to make you lose attention on whatever it is you were doing.

Maybe its not a pain at all but a longing. Or frustration because you cant do something you want to door maybe you have to give a speech tomorrow, and just thinking about the stage, never mind going up on it and giving a forty-five minute talk, makes you nauseous.

Or perhaps you have to take a test tomorrow. Youve studied and know the material, but are still freaked out by the idea of being tested.

Or you could be a world-class surfer who has never told anyone about your fear about falling off big waves. You brave it out, over-ride your fear every time you go out, but it sits in the pit of your stomach like a lead ball each time.

Find your own. Write it down on a piece of paper. Later you will be so familiar with the process you wont need to write anything down, but for now it will help you discover what to do, and when.

Feel the pain/emotion/sensation Remember: Its alright to feel like this!Its not a character fault! If we dont feel, chances are were dead or on our way. In order to find out how to resolve something, we have to identify it first. Feeling is OK: feeling it is how we find the problem.

Be with it as much as you can without hurting yourself. It is not



the point to traumatize yourself! Here are some questions that will help:

Where is the pain/feeling/sensation in your body? Or is it ouside of your body? In your head? In your thoughts only?

How would you describe it to me? Is it sharp, dull, an ache, just a feeling of being squashed? Is it intense, or light, or hot?

Does it come in waves, or is it erratic? Is it tiring, black, heavy, nauseating?

Does it have a sound or a shape? A color or texture? Someones voice? Describe itwhatever it isto yourself very well and write it down.

Rating the sensationLets say that you have a huge thermometer that measures intensity of feeling. Its marked with intervals from zero up to ten, with ten being the highest in intensity.

What rating would you give the intensity of your feeling or sensation (this is often called SUD, or Subjective Units of Distress)?

If its hard for you to imagine a number for the rating, guess. Your intuition will usually be right.

This number is a reference point so when youre done with this short process youll be able to see where you came from, and if you have made progress.

ISSUE:

I have a headache at the top of my head

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My tooth is throbbing*

orIm sad because...

orI feel sleepy

* Please! If you have a toothache, make sure to check it out with your dentist, too!



Again, write down the number you got.

Being able to noticeIf you have marked the intensity of your feeling at only a one or two, find another one that has at least a five rating, so you can notice a difference when youve finished the exercise.

If you cant find something that bothers you right now, go back to a time when you had a troubling pain, experience or emotion. Use that.

Sometimes I ask people if there is any experience or incident in their lives that they would erase or get rid of, if they only could. These work really well!

Please be kind to yourselfBe responsible for your well-beingwhether youre feeling a present sensation or one from the past.

For now, avoid choosing one that is really distressing (a nine or a ten)this is just an exercise! EFT is meant to be as pain/distress-free as we can make it.

Were making a point here, not trying to get you into extreme pain or paroxysms of raging emotion!

Here we goNow. You have a sensation that you have named and described on your sheet of paper. You have rated this sensation, and writ-ten down the rating.

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My tooth is throbbing

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I feel sleepy

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Refer to the illustrations in Chapter 5, Illustrations of the Tapping Points to find all the Tapping Points.

To the right is how to use what is called the Karate Chop Point, for obvious reasons.

Here are the steps of the process:1. The setupAs you tap the tips or the ends of the fingers of one hand against the Karate Chop Point (as in the diagram), you say the Setup Phrase. The setup phrase acknowledges the pain (speak it out loud). You say:

even though I have this pain/feeling/sensation(this anger, fear, craving, worry)

Still tapping the Karate Chop Point, you continue and say:I deeply and completely accept myself Altogether it will look and sound like this:

even though I have this pain/feeling/sensationI deeply and completely accept myself

Repeat these two phrases so that you have said them three times, as you simultaneously and continually strike the Karate Chop Point. Strike the Karate Chop point firmly, but without hurting your hands!

Important note: Dont worry that, by saying these things, you might be installing these negative things into your systemtheyre already there, or you wouldnt be thinking or feeling them! All youre doing is letting them come out as the truth about how you feel right now in this moment.



2. The tapping sequenceNext, with the tips of your first and second fingers, tap on each face point, moving down to the collarbone and underarm points.

Tap firmly about 5 to 7 times on each point as you repeat the words, this pain (feeling, sensation) as you go down the line of tapping points.

There are seven points. Make sure you find and tap each one.

Tap the same intensity you would as if you were drumming the table in impatienceits about that same firmness. Please, not so hard that you hurt or bruise yourself! If tapping hurts, you can gently rub the points with your fingertips.

3. Check your new ratingAt the end of the tapping sequence, check the intensity rating for your pain/emotion/sensation.

Is the rating the same? Lower? Higher? Write down your results, and any notes you might want to add.

One more timeIf the rating is the same or higher, repeat the process, saying, even though I still have this....

Write down your results, and any notes you might want to add.

ISSUE:


3! wow!

My tooth is throbbing

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I still feel sleepy

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AgainIf there is little or no movement or the rating is higher, try again. This time, try rubbing the Sore Spots for the Setup Statements.

Just for fun, add the Finger Points and the Gamut, also seen in Chapter 5. Do your best to get the rating down to zero, but if you remain at a livable one or two, its OK, too. Some people tap down to a 2 or 3 and by the end of the next hour or the morning of the next day its a zero.

Write down your results, and any notes you might want to add. (And if it is a toothache, please see your dentist, too!)

Good!You have now completed your first experience using EFT! By this time, you ought to have had some movement of the energy in your system.

Many people experience their pain disappearing, their emotions calming, or craving going away. Breathing often becomes deeper and fuller. Some people sigh or yawn. Some get shivers down the back or other part of the body.

In the interest of experimentation, testing like this is simply how to get a taste of the process of EFTI cant possibly forecast what might happen for you.

I hope you got relief from whatever pain or unwanted feeling you were experiencing, and that you feel better than you did before.

Your own sensations and your own notes are tangible (think of what the word tangible means: touchable, within reach!) evidence that you have just taught yourself the basics of a tool with which, if you choose, you can change the quality of your life.



A recap:Feel it. Be specific: the more carefully you notice what you feel, the more disrupted energy you can clear and heal.

Say, for example, you have a headache. The more specific you can be the better. Instead of saying, I have a headache, say, I have a headache in the top part of my head on the right side. Check creafully to see what something is, where it is, how it feels, and how much intensity it has. Identify it, what ever it is!

Rate it/Write it down: Give it a numberwhat intensity level is it at for you? If you cant see a thermometer or hear a num-ber, or feel a level of intensityguess! Write it down!

Setup and I Accept Statement: Tap on the Karate Chop point, or rub the Sore Spot, and repeat the Setup phrase three times:

Even though I have this ____________ ,I deeply and completely accept myself (or, I want to love and accept myself orI am willing to think about loving and accepting myself)

Examples of I accept phrases for kids:Im a great kid orMy Mom loves me

Tap the Sequence:Eyebrow pointSide EyeUnder eyeUnder noseChinCollarboneUnderarm



Rate/Write: What is your intensity rating now? Write it down.

Add anything you noticed as you went through the process. Try it again, or as many times as you need to get comfortable with the sequence and the setups.

You might want to write down anything you flashed on as you tapped: a memory, an insight, how your body feels. Maybe you feel generally brighter and happier all over.

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The sequence Part 1: The setupA. Say statements 1 & 2 in a complete set three times as

you gently strike the Karate Chop Point:

1. Even though I _______(insert your own phrase)

2. I deeply love and accept myself (or, if for a child: Im a great kid, or another appropriate phrase)

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The Sequence Part II: TappingB. Repeat a reminder phrase like, this headache (the gist

of the setup phrase) as you tap down all points

Repeat Step B 2 or 3 times. Repeat as many times as it takes to get relief or to get yourself comfortable.

When you have had a satisfying shift in thinking orfeeling about the issue you are tapping on, create a short,

positive phrase that would encapsulate how youdrather feel or be. Then do Step C.

C. Say & repeat the gist of an I choose phrase as you tap down through all the tapping points

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Starting at the side of the tip of the thumb, work towards the little finger, tapping with the index

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Skip the third finger.

End up with the Karate Chop Point.

Use these points for further emphasis in your process

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Rub the Gamut Spot (the V-shaped indentation on the back of the hand at the base of the knuckles of 3rd and 4th fingers) with the tips of the index and 2nd fingers of your other hand

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You can add this process after tapping the face and body, and/orFinger Points.

It helps put the body and brain back into balance.

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and keep your head still do these steps:

1. Close your eyes 2. Open your eyes 3. Look down (eyes move only!) to the hard left 4. Look down (eyes move only!) to the hard right 5. Still without moving your head, do a wide rotation of your eyes in one direction 360 degrees 6. Do a wide rotation of your eyes in the other direction 360 degrees 7. Hum a few notes of a tune (like happy birthday) 8. Count from one to five 9. Hum a few more notes



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Will EFT Let Me Talk to the

Dead? A very unusual EFT story

A few weeks after I (Karen Lewis) had completed my Foundation level EFT in September 2006, one of my herbal clients, Maria, approached me about learning Reiki.

She did however have a most unusual question to askwould it be likely to have the dead communicate with her once she had done the course?

I replied that Reiki often increases ones intuitive abilities but could not say if she was likely to become mediumistic or not.

I dont want this!Apparently both her parents have this ability, but it wasnt something she wanted for herself. She went away and a few days later rang me to say she wasnt sure if she wanted to do the Reiki after all, as a few testimonials in the manual do comment on increased psychic ability.

I could hear the fear in her voice down the telephone line. I asked her if she had heard of EFT. No, whats that? I explained that it is a way of dealing with fears and negative emotions and might be of help to her. I gave her Garys site details to download the manual, and said she could ring me back if she had any problems with it.



Three days later Maria rang again: could we have a session together. Id already explained I was a total beginner but we were both happy to approach it as a case study. When she arrived she told me she had been tapping away all week but didnt seem to have got very far.

What does this mean to you?We started by talking a little about what the dead communicating meant to her. It made her very frightened; just talking about it I could see that she was getting very emotional about it. When had this started? Since childhood, just starting school, in fact. I can remember my father talking about the dead people who spoke to him. It was very traumatic for me. In fact, my mother told me that I started sleepwalking at that time. She gave a Intensity value of 10/10 for the fear.

Fear of the dark!In actual fact, she continued, I know this sounds really silly, but Ive also had this terrible fear of the dark, probably since about that same time. This also rated a 10/10.

I was able to reassure her that quite a few people have a fear of the dark, including myself, or rather specifically of looking into a mirror in the dark (not something I would normally admit to) but that EFT might be able to help us both.

I digressed slightly to explain a little about Borrowing Benefits and then she finished by telling me she also had a stomach discomfort, which she rated as 8/10.

What would you like to start with? I asked Maria, and after a moments thought she decided the fear of the dark was her biggest problem, as she could only go to sleep at night with a light on.



She didnt need much reminding of how to perform the rounds so we started with:

Even though:I have this terrible fear of the darkI deeply and completely love and accept myself

Maria tapped on herself and I accompanied her. After the first round we were down to 9; the next round with this remaining fear of the dark brought Maria down to 7.

Another repeat brought the rating down to 6 and Maria reported feeling very happy. She certainly looked much brighter than when we started.

One more round got us down to 4/10.

Oh this feels very nice, said Maria. Its almost as if I cant be bothered to think about the problem any more. Is that normal for this?

I told her it often happened that way.

With the fifth round, Maria got down to a 3/10 and said she was feeling calmer than she had been for a week.

Between us we decided to get a little more adventurous for the next round and incorporate the technique of Choices as per Dr. Patricia Carrington.

I wasnt quite sure if I was doing it right but decided to go with the flow anyway.



Together we tapped on the following negatives:

EB fear of the darkSE traumatic school memoriesUE Dads talkUN seeing ghostsUC fear of the darkCB traumatic school memoriesUA Dads talkTH seeing ghosts

Then we alternated with the positive Choices. I choose

EB not to be afraid of the darkSE to remember the good memoriesUE not to believe Dads talkUN not to believe in ghostsUC not to be afraidCB to remember the good memoriesUA not to believe Dads talkTH not to believe in ghosts

Then a round with just the positive Choices.

This brought the intensity down from 3 to 2/10 and Maria said she felt much lighter and happier.

We did one more round in the same way, this time interspersed with a lot of giggles. Fancy me being afraid of ghosts? and why did I let my Dads words frighten me?

This got us down to 1/10. Maria said she felt quite happy with that.

So, your fear of the dead coming through, once youve done your Reiki course. I asked. What is the rating now, bearing in mind



you were previously 10/10? She looked absolutely amazed as she said, Do you know, it doesnt bother me in the slightest? Thats amazing!

What about your 8/10 for stomach discomfort? Also gone.

I said to her, Remember me talking about Borrowing Benefits earlier, and my mirror fear? Well, without me consciously working on it, it feels as if that has been helped as well.

An hour and a quarter had gone by, just like that. We were both quite giggly and light-hearted. This was a big change for Maria as she had looked a bit harried when she came in.

She went home and rang me the next day to say she had felt a bit of tension that night, but slept with a night light rather than the bedroom light onperhaps she was actually still at a 4/10, but that something else had come to mind and she had tapped on that and felt better afterwards. It was manageable now.

She came on her Reiki course and said all had been fine since the session with just the odd niggle, which she tapped on. And I can look into mirrors now in the dark with no hesitation at all. Good old EFT!

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About the Practitioner: The session in the article was actually my very first session with someone other than me. We were both so impressed by the efficacy of EFT that I decided I was definitely going to go to Practitioner level. Since then, I have had more EFT sessions with various people, all quite satisfactory and look for-ward to building my client base and helping others to enable and empower themselves by using EFT.



Karen Lewis: MAAMET (Member of the Association for the Advancement of Meridian Therapies), MCThA (Member of the Complementary Therapists Association)

I work in the Staffordshire/West Midlands area of England, U.K. I am happy to do telephone consultations with EFT.

Telephone: +44 (0) 1902 863466Email: [email protected]

Website: EFTReiki.com

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Daddy Left MeWill my boyfriend leave me, too?

Hi Everyone,

Tune in as Deborah Miller from Mexico assists a very anxious client whose issues over one event range from anxiety and grief to fear and abandonment.

Hugs, Gary

Gabriela came in the room with a palpable energy. She was filled with anxiety, was breathing very shallowly and could barely sit still. For the past month, she was feeling depressed. She was having trouble sleeping, didnt feel like eating; she didnt want to work or go out. She wanted to cry but couldnt. She felt a pressure on her chest. She was also feeling the presence of her father.

I first asked her if there was anything that happened about a month ago. She said no. Then I asked her about her father, thinking that possibly he died not so long ago. Her father died 16 years ago, but she said she still misses him a lot. The anniversary of his death was about a month ago. Was this a coincidence or part of the anxiety?

I started with the physical effects of her anxiety and her feelings of missing her father. We tapped on her anxiety, depression, not being able to sleep, or willingness to eat. I included being afraid


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