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Clearing a Language Barrier: Speaking her Heart and Soul

2009-07-24T19:03:00.000-07:00

“Tina,” a petite woman in her early 60s, is community college counselor. Tina wanted to feel more confident speaking Spanish. She told me that, from birth, she grew up hearing Spanish. She was very close with both of her grandmothers who only spoke Spanish with her. When Tina was less than two years old, her parents decided they would only speak English with her. They thought it would make life easier for her in Los Angeles if they stopped speaking Spanish to her.

Even though Tina had taken lots of Spanish classes in school, and had counseling on her Spanish language issues, she still felt as though there was something blocking her from speaking more fluent Spanish.
I decided to use Lindsay Kinney’s Ultimate Truth Statement (UTS) process, in which I had Tina come up with a concise statement in the present tense describing how she would feel when she reached her goal. Her Ultimate Truth Statement was, “I feel empowered and confident when I speak the language of my heart and soul.”, The rating system for the UTS process is a complete reversal from EFT. 0 represents-“no way in hell” and 10 equals “yes!” Tina rated her UTS at a “5.”

We then looked for whatever was in the way of her experiencing her Ultimate Truth Statement. She shared with me stories about her Uncle Jorge, who was like Archie Bunker. He teased Tina unmercifully from birth until she was in college. Whenever she spoke in Spanish, he would make fun of her. He tried to convince her that she was adopted. I asked her to imagine her life with her uncle as a TV sitcom, and to come up with a title that would make her laugh. The title was, “El Cabronsito con dos Lenguas”—just coming up with the title made her crack up and we decided to use this for a reminder phrase.

We went back to her Ultimate Truth Statement, because I felt she had shifted her energy. It went from a 5 to a 7, and we hadn’t tapped yet. So, she was already feeling stronger about her positive phrase.

Then I had her focus on her Uncle Jorge. I asked her to think about why he would have picked on her. She related that he was a very short man, and he had probably been picked on himself. When I asked what the intensity (EFT rating) felt like for how he had treated her, it was only a two. She had begun to feel compassion for him. I had her tap, and while tapping I included phrases for psychological reversals that included how weird EFT was; how there was a part of her that wasn’t quite ready to give up her story; and forgiving that part of her that “believed” her Uncle Jorge for all of those years. I also included Dr. Carrington’s method of arguing with herself: “I choose to let this go; no, I don’t; yes, I do.”

After two rounds of tapping and I asked Tina what the intensity level when she thought about her uncle. It had dropped almost to a zero. There was a tiny bit of resistance left, and she asked, “Can I really do it?” I asked where the resistance was and she said in her throat. Softly, I asked, “If the resistance in your throat could speak, what would it say?” She replied, “I’m afraid to make mistakes.”

We went back to her Ultimate Truth Statement, and I asked her to read it and rate it. Though it was now a 9.8, she still felt a tiny bit of resistance.

Then I asked who in her childhood would have pointed out her mistakes. She immediately replied, “Uncle Jorge’s wife, “Maria,” as she raised up her shoulders. Aunt Maria made fun of everyone in her family, and Tina was terrified of her. She was afraid to speak Spanish in front of her aunt, because she didn’t want her bad-mouth her. I asked about the intensity of the fear and tension that she was feeling when she thought of her aunt. It was between a three and four. We did two rounds of tapping on the fear she felt about her aunt, and how Tina had still been carrying around her aunt and uncle’s voices in her head, even though they were long dead. The intensity dropped to a zero and the whole thing felt humorous to her.

I asked her to read her Ultimate Truth Statement, and to tell me what the intensity was now. It was a 10. I then asked her to write and say it in Spanish, which she did with confident joy. She shared that she felt that something major had shifted within herself about her Spanish issue. She wasn’t feeling afraid of making a mistake anymore.

Bringing a Man into her Life

2009-04-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

"Martha" is the same person I worked with over 3 months ago and helped her clear her mother issues. The other day we worked on clearing her stuff that keeps the perfect guy away from her.

We spent an hour tapping away old stories and beliefs about men. I also used Lindsay Kinney's "Ultimate Truth Statement" which is incredibly powerful. With the UTS, you make a compact statement of what you want. You state it in the present tense and you include words about how you will feel when you get what you want, but you say it in the present tense.

You say your UTS and see what the intensity of it is in this moment. The rating system is the opposite of what we use with EFT. A 10 would mean that it feels really true. A zero means that it feels absolutely impossible. If your intensity with the UTS is less than a 10. you work on letting go of the beliefs, stories and experiences that get in the way of you vibrationally experiencing what you want in your life.

Then you you EFT to clear the resistance to what you want.

Marth's UTS was:

I am happily in relationship with a man in my area. Our relationship is based on mutual respect and love . We have lots of fun playing together.

We cleared all of the stuff that came up, such as:

I had crappy programming when I was a child
My mother said "I should never get married"
I'm a runner
I'm afraid of being left and made to feel stupid
I'm never good enough
There isn't a good guy in my town
Fear of not being accepted
Not feeling safe

We cleared everything that came up. The anxiety that she had been feeling in her stomach disappeared. She could say her UTS with absolute conviction.

I am happily in relationship with a man in my area. Our relationship is based on mutual respect and love . We have lots of fun playing together.

I suggested that she tape it on her mirror so she could see it.

I'd also like to say, that Martha is on disability, and I have not met her face-to-face. We did this work over the phone. I don't even have a clue as to what she looks like. The truth is, it doesn't matter.

At the end of our hour together, she told me that EFT is her cup of tea, and that I am her teapot. She thought that was kind of funny because she doesn't drink tea... I felt honored that she trusts me so much.

I got an email from Martha today. Here is the essence of what she said to me:

wow, here we are again, I may have met the neat man that I can play with, he lives here in xxxxxx and is into all the way out spiritual stuff that I have a strong interest in, he has been on the internet and we have winked at each other for more than a year, and he finally gave me a way to contact him and I got gutsy and did, we talked for 5 hours last night.....he is what I like in the way of looks, a nice bad boy type that has learned, his life has followed similiar ways as mine.....will keep you posted you miracle worker... I did a back up treatment to take place with "cindy" on monday and I do not need it now.......and there are a few more men writing to me in this direct area.....one in xxxx which I love that valley???? thank you....."martha"

Clearing Mother Issues with EFT

2009-04-04T13:51:00.000-07:00

A woman called me this morning, her voice sounding vaguely familiar. It turns out that I had worked with “Martha,” a middle-aged woman with diabetes, about pain she was having with her hip replacement. It had been over three months since we did that phone session. Martha explained that I had helped her to clear her "mother issues" in the span of a single one-hour session. She told me that she had spent years working with a number of therapists trying to release her "charge" around her mother, and that I was the one who had finally been able to help her.

As a very empathetic woman, Martha took on pain from the people around her. I asked her, “Who was a thorn in your butt?”

She immediately blurted out, “My mother!”

Knowing that the left side of the body represents the feminine, I found it interesting that Martha carried more pain there. As many of you know, the first female relationship in most of our lives is almost always with our mother. Martha believed that all of her problems stemmed from her mother, a perfectionist who wanted Martha to be petite. As a child, Martha did not feel emotionally supported or accepted by her mother. Martha rebelled against her mother’s plans for her, and had become a large woman. Martha felt her mother’s mantra was, “Let's make Martha feel like sh*t.”

As we talked about how her mother had treated her, Martha's felt upset in her stomach. The anxiety and tenseness that she felt was at a 9-10 out of 10. She said she felt like she wanted to puke.

I asked Martha to recall an early traumatic event with her mother. She remembered something that happened when she was four or five years old. We did several rounds of tapping on that particular event and how Martha felt right in that moment about what her mother had said.

My style is to try to find the humor in the situation. One of the reminder phrases was, “Mom is a thorn in my butt.” It worked = Martha cracked up! When she thought back to what her mother had done it became laughable, and the intensity dropped to between one and two. After two more rounds of tapping the intensity totally disappeared. When Martha thought about what her mother had done 50 years ago, the charge was gone! Her stomach no longer felt upset, anxious or tense. Even the pain in the left side of her body had disappeared.

Martha had called to let me know that her mother issue was really healed. She was still amazed that the work we had done over three months ago was still holding for her. She wanted to make an appointment for the next big issue in her life – she now wants to clear her beliefs, stories and emotional charges related to traumatic events that have resulted in her pushing men away. To prepare for the session, I told her to list negative events that are related to her not having a man in her life, and to be sure to go back as far she can remember.

I'm looking forward to working with Martha and clearing whatever is in the way of her allowing a man into her life!

Releasing Resistance to Exercise

2009-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

Would you like to exercise more but just haven't been able to pull it off? Are you interested in some tips on motivating yourself to exercise? EFT is incredibly powerful in dealing with all kinds of conflicts. So, if part of you wants to exercise and another part doesn't -- that could be a conflict. There may be other excuses (I mean reasons :-) that you have for not exercising -- you want to make sure to tap on those, too.

Here's some setup phrases that you can try, Even though:

I know exercising is good for me, a part of me just doesn't want to do it, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself - even the lazy part.I know my body needs exercise, but I hate exercising ... and I deeply and completely love and accept myself
I don't have enough time to exercise … and I deeply and completely love and accept myselfI don't know when I would fit exercising in …
there's so many other things I would rather do than exercise …
exercise seems like a waste of time …
(Be sure to include all of your excuses and reasons why you haven't exercised)

When you save the setup phrases, you tap on your karate chop point (which is on the meaty part of your hand) with your fingertips or hit your karate chop points together.

Before you start tapping, remember to check the intensity of how much you do not want to exercise - with 10 being highest and zero for no resistance at all.

A reminder phrase helps you focus on your issue. “Exercise resistance,” and “hate to exercise,” are examples of simple reminder phrases. If you can come up with a reminder phrase that makes you chuckle, so much the better (I find humor to be incredibly powerful). Amusing reminder phrases are very particular to the individual, so what works for one person may not work for another. Some examples of funny reminder phrases could be ”lazy butt” or “couch potato.” Use the reminder phrase when you tap. Typically, you tap around seven times on each point.

When your intensity gets down to around three, you can start affirming the positive. Some examples:

I choose to fit exercise into my life
I choose to be aware of ways that I can be more energetic
I choose to use my body more often
I have fun using my body
I experience joy using my body
It's easy and fun for me to move my body
I find creative ways to infuse movement into my life
I love using my body

Exercise can have a bad rap. Find ways to sneak moving your body into your life. You can do things like:

Be more aware when you move your body
Park farther away and walk more
Do housework vigorously
Choose to put the remote control down and get your body up and about more often
Put a spring in your step
Walk with more vigorDo yard work

When I used EFT to motivate myself to exercise, I set my alarm clock 30 minutes early, and then before I got out of bed, I would tap on my resistance to exercising. After I cleared whatever was there for me, I would jump out of bed and start my exercise routine. I have great confidence that if you choose, you can find a way for EFT to work for you.

Letting Go of Sacrifice

2009-02-17T15:37:00.000-08:00

Today, I did a phone session with a woman from Europe. “Heidi” told me that she would love to be in relationship with a man. It had been 10 years since she had been in relationship. Heidi said that she must be ambivalent about being with a partner. She realized that part of her would rather be alone, and another part of her really would love to be in relationship.

Heidi recognized that the possibility does exist that there could be a man out there that would meet her criteria, but that the probability is low. Now that she is older, in her late sixties, there aren’t as many men available.

We examined what is the payoff for being single, and she told me that she could do what she wants whenever she wants. She doesn’t have to ask anyone about what she is going to do with a question like, “does that suit you, dear?”

Heidi feels that she is willing to pay the price to be in relationship. She feels lonely and doesn’t have someone to share her daily life. However, she was afraid of being dependent.
We looked at the relationship that she had with “James” 10 years ago, and she realized that she had lost her identity and had become the sacrificing wife. One of her stories was that she was supposed to be a really good wife, and that she was responsible for the man’s happiness. She was supposed to cook a nice meal, and get his clothes in order. Part of her felt good about being a good wife, and another part (her Inner Teenager) felt rebellious about being his maid, and not being equal. She realized that she liked being a caretaker, but didn’t like it when she wasn’t appreciated. Heidi felt like she had some bitterness towards James and that she did a lot of sacrificing. The intensity of her feelings of sacrificing with James was a 7/10.

I asked her if James was just a trigger for her unresolved feelings of sacrificing. She shared that her mother had gotten pregnant on her honeymoon. Heidi was born a small baby and felt unwanted in the womb. She felt that her sacrificing began in the womb. Her core wound was that everyone else's needs are more important than her own survival. I must sacrifice for others became a lifelong mantra.
The intensity that she felt about sacrificing in the womb was a 9, where the intensity of her experience of sacrificing for James 10 years ago was a 7. The experience with James was a trigger, so I had her tap on her in the womb experience of sacrificing. I asked her to come up with a reminder phrase that would make her laugh at the cosmic joke and make a crack in the cosmic egg. Her reminder phrase was “bunch of baloney”.

After one round using the reminder phrase “bunch of baloney”, we were able to collapse the intensity to a zero. Heidi said that it was totally gone. We were able to do all of this, in less than an hour. She then told me she hopes to invite me to her wedding in the future.

Here was her testimonial that she wrote for the internet:
I found JoAnn 'by chance' on the Emofree.com and booked three sessions with her. What an absolutely wonderful experience. JoAnn helped me find the deepest layers of my issues - and I find her use of combining the various feelings around an issue into one word, representing them all in a word a two, as the essence - and also seeing it as a 'cosmic joke' absolutely brilliant. I went from a 10, with an issue that started even prenatally, to a flat 0 within a few minutes!! the thorough finding phase clearly helped, too.

I also recommend her without hesitation, nay, whole heartedly.

By the way, if you would like to follow me go to: http://Twitter.com/MiraclesGoddess

Tailbone Pain Disappears After Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Using EFT

2009-01-22T20:42:00.000-08:00

Almost every Thursday, I take my three-year-old granddaughter to a toddler’s swimming class. The first thing I noticed when we got to the pool was that “Jenny”, the swimming instructor, was not in the pool like she usually was. She was standing out of the pool and she wasn’t wearing her swimming suit, which was really unusual. I've been taking my granddaughter to these classes for 2 1/2 years, and I have only seen Jenny not in the pool one other time (when she had a bad cold).

Jenny had fallen down five days ago hurting her tailbone and her left hand. She had taken some pain medication earlier in the day. I told her that I thought I could help her to feel better, and if she would like to try some EFT with me, after my granddaughter and I got out of the locker room.
We met Jenny in an activity room of the health club. Jenny wasn’t able to sit down because of her tailbone pain. So, we chatted while standing not paying much attention to the kids climbing under the tables and hopping about as 2 and 3 year olds do.

Jenny explained that the physical pain level right then was only about a 4/10. However, as she explained that she had fallen from a chair, and that her partner didn’t hear her calls, I could see how upset she was about how he treated her. She felt abandoned when he didn’t come, and upset that he scolded her like a child (she is almost 70 years old) when he found out that she had fallen off a chair while trying to reach something. She wanted to feel love from him instead of him acting like a “mean father”.

We tapped on the feelings that came up: anger, frustration, and resentment towards her husband. She asked for so little in life, and she was angry (the intensity was an 8) that he wasn’t able to give her empathy when she asked for it. I could see tears well up in the corners of her eyes, and we kept tapping to get it all out. When the intensity dropped to what I felt was around a 5 I had her argue with herself while tapping, and then affirm positive statements:

.....I want to let this go because this is no longer serving me
.....No, I don’t, I want to mad at him some more
.....Yes, I do want to let this go
.....No, I am not quite sure if I am ready to let this go
.....I choose to let all of this go
.....I am able to go to the calm place that is always within me
.....I am whole and complete
.....I experience the love that is always deep within me
.....I feel relaxed and calm
.....I am in balance

We had chatted and tapped for about 25 minutes oblivious to the kids running around us. She had never heard of EFT before our encounter and tapping. She sat down at the table. She hadn’t been able to sit down for days, and she did it with ease. We cleared the emotional pain, and to her surprise the ache that she had felt where she had fallen on her tailbone was gone.

A small miracle happened today in Ukiah. For Jenny, it wasn’t that small.

Dealing with a Colicky Baby

2009-01-18T13:29:00.000-08:00

This is in response to a mother of a 14 day old colicky baby. http://tiny.cc/BJojF

Hi,

Great article.

Babies are really sensitive beings. they pick up on everyone's vibrations around them.

If moms have tried the football hold; tried burping; and the other suggestions. You may want to try Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

I would start by tapping on how I am feeling about my baby crying. You want to get to your deepest feelings--and the negative things you say in your head.

You figure out the intensity of your own feelings and rate it with 10 being the highest.

Then you create a set-up phrase, for example,

....."Even though I have done everything I can think of, and my baby is still crying. I deeply and completely love and accept myself".

You tap the Karate chop point on the side of your hand while saying this or variations of it 3 times. You want to get down to your deepest feelings about this. It could be something like:

....."Even though I am not sure what to do about my baby crying his head off, and it is driving me crazy, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
.....Or "Even though I don't know if I can take any more crying, and I am at my wits end, I deeply and completely love and accept myself."

Then you tap on the points of the body--about 7 taps on each point saying your reminder phrase which could be "driving me crazy" or "crying baby". If you can come up with something that makes you laugh, that can move the energy within you.

You can also do surrogate tapping for your baby. While tapping on the Karate Point on the side of the hand say, "Even though I am ______(say the name of the child)".

Then you pretend/act as though you are the child. Then you use your imagination/intuition to guess what is up with your child.

While tapping on your Karate Chop point you could say,

....."Even though I am colicky and I have been crying for hours, I am an awesome baby, and my mommy loves me".
....."Even though I may have an air bubble or something else may be going on, I am an awesome baby."
....."Even though I am crying, and I can't tell my mom what is going on with words, I am an awesome baby."
.....Note: if you have a sense of what the problem is change the words.

Then you tap on the points on your body saying a reminder phrase like: "tummy ache" or "colicky pain" or "tired and wired".

Here is a chart of the points that I use to tap on.

Hope this helps,
JoAnn SkyWatcher
Follow me at: http://twitter.com/MiraclesGalore

Poison Oak Miracle

2009-01-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

Last month, I was visiting with my daughter, Christina, and her boyfriend, Liam, in Santa Cruz. My husband and I were there houseguests for several days. I was surprised, when Liam shared with a friend how he had witnessed me helping someone be relieved of their extreme poison oak rash symptoms. I had forgotten that Liam was there, and that he had actually seen what had happened. My mouth was hanging open when he described the poison oak rash disappearing before his eyes.

So here's the story. It was over three years ago that we were celebrating my birthday at my sister-in-law's next to the Smith River. It was the beginning of autumn, and the leaves were turning beautiful shades of yellow and gold. The poison oak was turning different shades of red. It was truly a wondrous sight.

Eileen, our hostess, had invited a good friend over. I wanted to demonstrate the power of EFT to both Eileen and her friend, ”Virginia”. I decided to use Borrowing Benefits and work with two people at once. I don't remember what Eileen’s issue was, but Virginia had a huge poison oak rash on the crease of her inner arm. It was bright red and it oozed fluids.

We did a couple of rounds of EFT with both Eileen and Virginia tapping along. To everyone's amazement Virginia’s poison oak rash:

.....shrunk in size
.....turned from bright red to pink
.....stopped oozing
.....didn't itch as much

You've probably heard, “Try it on everything”. What do you have to lose? Maybe a miracle will happen. Are you ready for a miracle? You won't know if you don’t tap.

Helping a Middle-Aged Student Pass a Biology Class

2008-12-28T14:28:00.000-08:00

As you may know, I am a co-moderator on the EFT Forum. Back a couple of months ago, a 57 year old man posted a request for help on passing a class. Biology was his last class to get his business degree. He had no interest in the class itself and he was having a hard time connecting with the style of his teacher. He wanted to be able to relax and get the best of a class that he had put off until the end. He also wanted to be able to learn and pass the test--even though he was an older guy.

Well, I recently found out that he successfully tapped away his fears/anxiety and he got a "B" on the test! Not only that, but he was able to use EFT to help with his carpel tunnel that he was experiencing from his desk and computer use.

If you are interested in the set-up phrases that I posted for him to use click here and scroll down to the second post.

EFT can work for many things. I don't see much evidence of people using EFT for clearing blocks for performance. EFT can work beautifully for test taking, as seen in this example. It is just a matter of remembering to use EFT for this application.

EFT can be used for performance in:

* test taking
* athletics
* sales performance
* writer's block
* artist's block
* giving birth
* range of motion in joints

Next time you think about wanting to do something better, think of clearing your blocks with EFT. If you have a block that you haven't been able to clear, you may want to contact me for a session.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn SkyWatcher

http://wayhealthy.us

Releasing the Pain of a Son's Suicide

2008-12-24T12:40:00.000-08:00

When I reach out to a friend who is in need, I don't always know whether what I have done has helped. Some time ago we were visiting with one of my husband's old high school friends. "George's" bi-polar teenage son had committed suicide eight years before. George's son, who had shot himself in the family room, died in his arms.

We were vacationing with George and his wife at Big Bear. Even though I didn't know George very well, I could tell that he was walking around with a heavy heart. After we were together for a couple of days, I got up my nerve to ask him if he wanted to talk about his feelings surrounding his son's death.

With a blank face, he started telling me what happened. He went into considerable detail, but it's not necessary to share all the gory particulars here. If it were a movie, I asked him, how long would it be, and what would be the title? He replied that the title was, "Shock and Horror," and that it lasted two to three minutes.

When he imagined the movie of his son dying, he felt terror, panic, and helplessness, and reported that the intensity of his emotions was between 3 and 4. He experienced these emotions manifesting as tightness in his chest.

After several rounds of tapping, I asked what was going on for him. He said he was experiencing the pain of losing his son, and the intensity was still between 3 and 4. We did another round, and the intensity went down to a 3, and he said he felt more relaxed. After two more rounds of tapping, he flashed back to turning his son over and seeing all the blood. He described the shock and panic he felt as completely overwhelming. He recalled telling his wife to call 911. Having been trained as a medic in the Navy, he could see that his son was dying. He felt as though a lightning bolt had struck him. He explained that ever since, at least once a day, he felt struck again by that lightning bolt, and it kept the memory alive. He said he feared forgetting the pain, that if he forgot the pain he might forget his son, and that the ongoing agony had become part of who he was. A few more rounds of tapping cleared the tightness in his chest, and brought the intensity down to a zero.

Tonight my husband got a phone call from George, wishing him a happy birthday. It had been months since they'd talked, and almost a year and a half since I had worked with George. He told my husband how much he appreciated me taking the time to work with him, and that after our session the lightning bolt never came back. As I sat quietly, meditating on the miracle of EFT, I felt tears of gratitude trickling down my cheeks. I only wish that everyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one could find the peace that George has.

Invitation to Interview on Tips to Avoid Stress Eating During the Holidays

2008-12-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

How are you doing with your stress eating around the holidays? Have you been sneaking candy or cookies? Have you been pigging out and want to stop? Want some tips on how to avoid gaining weight during the holiday season?

Michele Price of SuccessWithEFT.com will be interviewing me on her radio show about how to keep the pounds off during this potentially dangerous time. I would love for you to join us at 1 pm PT (4 pm EST) Tuesday, December 23.

Details: just click on this link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/michele-price. When you arrive on the page, there is a microphone symbol to click on with your mouse to listen. If you want to chat, get there a little early and register, so you can type in your questions. I would love to help you with specific set-up phrases for your situation. We will be doing some tapping, too.

By the way, my husband and I will be arriving at our hotel in Red Bluff, California about an hour before the interview. We will be visiting relatives for the holiday. Michele will be calling me from Texas. I continue to be amazed at how cool technology can be!

Hope to “see” you there.

Gratefully yours,
JoAnn

Angina Pain and Surrogate Tapping

2008-12-11T20:20:00.000-08:00

Last night someone posted this on the EFT Forum site (if you haven't been to this site it has lots of good information.

Hello all,

My mother-in-law has got severe angina pain and is admitted to hospital. She will be shifted tomorrow to another hospital for angiography. I have done my basic course on EFT and would like to help her. Please guide me how to proceed and what tapping sentences to use.

Regards,

VJ

Here is my response:

How are you doing with all of this? You want to take care of yourself.

PART 1: First, if I were you, I would tap for myself.

I would tap on my biggest fear, or strongest emotion. For example, Even though:

* I feel terrified that my mother-in-law may die, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself
* I am not quite certain what to do, and I want to make sure that whatever I do that I don't make a mistake...
* I want to help my mother-in-law so much, and I am feeling some uncertainty (use your own words)...

I am just imagining what you may be feeling... If these phrases don't work for you, tap on the emotions that are there for you. When the intensity gets down to around a 3, then start affirming the positive for yourself. Listen to the gifts that your intuition is giving you. Some phrases that you could use:

* I am whole and complete
* I am being guided as what to do and say
* I trust my inner knowing
* I am calm and at peace
* I listen to my heart
* (continue to say positive phrases that come from your heart)

Part 2: Tapping surrogately for your mother-in-law.

You don't need to wait. I think that you can do a better job after clearing whatever resistance/blocks that you personally have (like I described in Part 1). Something cool about this, is that you don't even have to with her for it to work. If you happen to be with her, and you can look into her eyes and send love her love. If that isn't possible, that is OK, too.

You may want to imagine what happened to cause your mother-in-laws angina pain. Was there a recent big trauma or loss? What has been upsetting to her? Another words, what strong negative emotions may she have experienced recently? Or has she been carrying around some deep sadness. If you don't know her stories, you may want to ask your partner or her partner...

Here is one way to do it. Say something like: Even though I am (say your mother-in-laws name) and I am doing this for my highest good. Now, you are going to be one with your mother-in-law energetically, and make stuff up.

Even though:

* something just happened that caused me severe agina pain (if you have an idea what it was or have a hunch--you can add it here), and I deeply and completely love and accept myself
* I have a deep pain in my heart...
* my heart is trying to give me a message... (if you hear it, you can tap on it)
* (as you are tapping on yourself (for your mother-in-law AS your mother-in-law), pause and listen deeply with your heart--if something comes into your mind/heart--tap on it AS your mother-in-law--in the first person)

Also, remember that we are All Spirit. Be in the moment with this process. Be grateful.

I hope that this helps in some way. VJ, know that you can't do it wrong--trust your own guidance...

Well Being is our Natural State

2008-12-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

Last night, while laying in bed, I picked up Money and the Law of Attraction and opened it to a page asking for guidance. I turned the page 112 and also read the line from the page before which read,

When you begin to look for and understand the vibrational causes for diseases rather than looking for cures, then you will come to the end title of diseases when you are able to deliberately accomplish the emotion of ease and its accompanying vibrational alignment, it is possible to live disease free.

The next couple of sentences, are powerful, too:

Most people spend very little time basking in appreciation for the wellness that they are currently experiencing... good feeling thoughts produce and sustain physical well-being.... Your natural state is one of wellness.

So, people who get caught in trying to figure out what is wrong with them, what is the name of the disease they have, it puts them in a Catch-22. I remember with Lyme disease, and there's a part of me that wants to say "my Lyme disease". I believe that is extremely bad because we are identifying with it on a whole other level. Ownership. The question is do we own it or does it own us. As long as we use that word "my" we are dragging this disease around.

It's not very often that we hear people say "my ease", but frequently we hear "my disease" (filling in the name of their disease). I have a friend, who's just a couple years older than me, the recently died. I remember her telling me a couple of years ago how old she was getting, and that she wouldn't be lasting much longer. Several months ago, she e-mailed her friends including me explaining her condition. It was rare and painful. The more she researched about it, the worse she felt. I called her and empathized. I tried to find a way to help her out of her condition, but she seemed more interested in believing what the specialists were telling her and what she read online about her condition.

My website is called WayHealthy... I've loved that name, but haven't known quite where to go with it. The "way to health" is within each of us. As Abraham says, wellness is our natural state. It is a matter of aligning with our essence. When we feel good, we are aligned. We don't, we're missing the mark. Our cells are intelligent. They do know what to do, but we need to get our negative beliefs out of the way."I get a cold every winter." "When it's cold outside I might catch a cold."

According to Abraham it is our thoughts and our thoughts alone that are causing the resistance that is preventing the wellness. On page 113 of $&LoA, Abraham asks,

can you direct your thoughts positively regardless of the condition?

That is where knowing how to be in the present moment and being able to align with essence pays off. No matter what is going on, we are just a twinkling of an eye from alignment/essence. It is about awareness and remembering who we really are no matter what is going on.

Page 116,

Practiced alignment -- brought about by consistently good feeling thoughts -- is the path to being pain free. Pain is only a more empathetic indicator of resistance.

In the 70s, for seven years I taught aerobics class for women through our local adult school. After about 45 minutes of working out, I would have the women lie down on the floor and then I would guide them through a progressive relaxation and then guided visualization using the golden healing light to focus on any area of the body that was feeling pain or tension. It was one way of letting go of resistance...

Something I learned when I was training myself for the birth of my children without the use of drugs, are some different techniques that alleviated pain. One, that comes to mind, is holding a small object, like a match, on the palm of your hand, and focusing on that object, and relaxing the body. It was a form of relaxation and distraction. It usually worked, and I can see adding focusing on the Well-Being is even more powerful.

Shifting the focus from disease to well-being is where it is at. Giving thanks for our health -- yay -- is the way to go. Focusing on what we want instead of what we don't want. Abraham repeats this theme over and over and over again. Why is it so hard for people to get? Our culture seems to thrive on bitching and complaining about how bad things are.

So, we need to stay in balance and harmony with our essence. Awareness is really important, too. If we notice that we are getting out of alignment, as when a negative emotion pops up, that is when we can improve our vibrational balance. If we don't, the vibration gets stronger and stronger until it gets our attention. If we are aware, and catch it early, it doesn't have to turn into something nasty. On page 124, second paragraph, Abraham talks about the secondary benefit of getting sick. We need to be honest with ourselves. If we had used sickness in the past for getting out of doing things, it's important to see that pattern. If we do, then we can be a choice, and choose what we want without having to get sick. EFT can be used to clear that old pattern.

Tap and Bitch

2008-11-23T11:16:00.000-08:00

Why carry around negative emotions? It simply isn't necessary. All you need to do is to remember to Tap 'n Bitch. If you take the time to use this process, you will not only have more energy, you'll feel great!

Tap 'n Bitch is a powerful technique. Any time you find yourself spinning your wheels about a certain situation, event, issue or circumstance, there is something dramatic you can do that is both easy and fun. We all know that negative emotions stored in our body often turn into dis-ease. So why wait and let it turn into something nasty, when you can get it out now?

The first step is to decide on the issue. In other words, you need to be specific. The next step is to come up with a number between 1 and 10 that represents the intensity of your feelings about this issue, with 10 being the highest. You want to write the number down so you can refer to it later. The third step is to come up with your setup phrase (you can use this formula as a template):

Even though___________________________________ I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Example: Even though I am angry at Darla for using my toothbrush again, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Step four is to repeat the setup phrase three times while tapping on your karate chop point on the side of your hand.

Your reminder phrase sums up what your issue is and you say it while you're tapping on your points. Though not strictly necessary, it's extremely helpful to come up with a reminder phrase that is humorous or clever. Using the above example, I might use “yucky toothbrush”.

Step five – While saying your reminder phrase, tap on each body point approximately seven times. Check in with yourself after the first round, and do a second round if necessary. For me, step six, where you Tap 'n Bitch, is where I have the most fun. Start with your first point, and while tapping, bitch about your issue. Go ahead! Whine, complain, make pathetic excuses – really go for it! Continue for about 10 seconds or so on each point, then take a breath and go to the next point, bitching all the way. Add lots of colorful words and cussing to spice up your bitching. This really helps move the energy, and that is the idea with EFT. You want to get the negative energy out of your system.

After you've finished a round or two, check your intensity level and see how it compares with where you started. Repeat steps 4-6 until you get it all out. If you still feel a charge about this issue and you can't think of new things to say – repeat yourself. The goal is to get the intensity level as close to zero as possible.

Please do not try my Tap 'n Bitch technique while driving or operating heavy equipment. If you're shy or care what strangers think about you, consider not doing this in your local coffee shop.

Here is a link to the points I recommend using.

How I Eliminated the Pain of a Minor Burn

2008-11-18T18:59:00.000-08:00

Today, it was a beautiful day in my garden. I noticed a pile of debris that I had stacked during the summer. There were dried artichoke flowers, sunflower heads and stems, burdock stalks and seeds in the pile, Blackberry vines and various other things I didn't want to put in my compost pile were also stacked in this pile of debris. There was just a slight breeze so I decided it would be a good day to burn it.

After I started burning the debris, and I used a pitchfork to toss pieces back onto the fire. The end of the pitchfork fell off, and there were some small pieces that I picked up with my bare hands and threw back on to the center of the fire. Can you guess what I did? I burnt my hand. One of the pieces was red-hot where I grabbed it with the palm of my hand. So, I decided to use EFT. The palm of my hand hurt. I didn't bother giving a number for the intensity of the pain. I just started tapping on the karate chop point immediately saying Even though:

.....it was really stupid for me to pick up that burning branch with my bare hand, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
.....it really hurt where I got burnt on my palm...
.....I wish I would've been so stupid to pick up that burning branch with my bare hands...

Tapping on my body, my first round, I enthusiastically used "really stupid" as my reminder phrase. My second, third and fourth round, included ranting about how stupid I felt for picking up a hot branch with my bare hand.

Two hours after the burning of my palm, I could still see a red mark on my hand and the intensity of the pain was down to about a "one". Five hours after the incident, the intensity was less than a "half "and the red mark was barely visible.

So, how can you use this information? Let's say you hurt yourself. You can ask yourself "how do I feel about what just happened?" Many times, when we hurt ourselves we feel stupid or embarrassed. Get in touch with how you feel and start tapping. You start with your setup phrase which is this formula:

Even though_____________________( include how you feel) I deeply and completely love and accept myself. You repeat your set-up phrase three times while tapping on your karate chop point (which is on the side of your hand).

Then, start tapping on the points on your body. You can use a reminder phrase, so you remember why you are tapping. After a round of tapping, continue tapping and rant about how you feel about what just happened. If you feel embarrassed, because people are watching you tap, you may choose to get somewhere private: a bathroom stall, your bedroom, or your car. The important thing is to tap and release any emotions you may be feeling so you can speed up the healing process.

Excuses for keeping weight on-- and what you can do about it

2008-11-13T17:28:00.000-08:00

I was really surprised to find how easy it was to lose weight with EFT, and to keep the weight off. I've spent the majority of my life around 20 to 30 pounds more than I weigh now.

I think the first step in losing weight with EFT is readiness. Am I ready to do what it takes to lose weight and keep it off. If you're just thinking about it, that is start, but it's not the same as being ready, I mean really ready to deal with the emotions that are underneath the fat. That is why diets don't work, because you really don't get to the issues that cause you to overeat eat when you diet. Typically, you lose weight, then you gain it back and then some.

A powerful question to ask yourself is what is the benefit of keeping this extra weight on? What would be harder for me if I were thinner? When you come up with the answer to this question you can use EFT to clear whatever is there.

What are some of the reasons you may be keeping weight on:
.....I can't afford a new wardrobe
.....my fat girlfriends would be mad at me
.....men would come on to me
.....women would come, on to me
.....I would draw too much attention
.....I might have an affair with someone
.....I am too lazy
.....I am too old to lose weight

After you come up with a reason or pay off for keeping extra weight on, you can use EFT so it is no longer an issue.

Let's say your issue for keeping weight on is that you feel you can't afford a new wardrobe. Your setup phrase could be Even though:
.....I can't afford a new wardrobe, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself
.....I'm afraid if I lost weight all of my clothes would be too big...
.....I might feel embarrassed wearing clothes that just hang on me...
You tap on your karate chop point on the side of your hand while saying the above setup phrases. Here's a chart of all the tapping points I'd like to use.

For tapping on the body, you could use this script (and feel free to make any changes in the wording it works for you). By the way, I like to tap on both sides of the body whenever possible.

First round: tap on each point around 7 times:

.....inside the eyebrow: can't afford a new wardrobe
.....outside the eyebrow: my clothes won't fit
.....under the eyes: I don't have money for a new wardrobe
.....under the nose: can't afford new clothes
.....under the bottom lip: don't have any extra money
.....collarbone: can't afford new clothes
.....under the arms (on the bra strap area): no money for clothes
.....liver point (on the ribs under the breast): no clothes money
.....wrist points (on the wrist crease below the palm of your hand) no extra money
.....top of head (or the crown chakra): no clothes money

Second round

.....inside the eyebrow: I don't think I can afford a new wardrobe
.....outside the eyebrow: but I want to lose weight
.....under the eyes: I am tired to being overweight
.....under the nose: but what if I lose weight and don't have the right clothes
.....under the bottom lip: I don't know what I will do
.....collarbone: I can look in my closet and find something that would work for when I lose 10 pounds
.....under the arms (on the bra strap area): maybe I can start losing weight and figure out what to do after I lose the weight
.....liver point (on the ribs under the breast): I think I can work it out
.....wrist points (on the wrist crease below the palm of your hand) I'm not sure how to work it out yet
.....top of head (or the crown chakra): I'm not let this old story stop me from losing weight

Third round

.....inside the eyebrow: my old story was an excuse
.....outside the eyebrow: I choose to let go of this old story about not being able .....to afford a wardrobe
.....under the eyes: I choose to let go of this extra weight
.....under the nose: I choose to be aware of my feelings around food
.....under the bottom lip: I will remember to tap if I am eating unconsciously
.....collarbone: I know I can do this
.....under the arms: I remember to tap when I feel anxious around food
.....liver point: I choose to be at my ideal weight and size
.....wrist points: I'll figure out what to do about clothes when I get there
.....top of head: this is easy

I am available to do phone sessions if you get stuck. I have great success at helping people get unstuck. Why wait? My website: http://wayhealthy.us. Looking forward to helping you become your ideal size.

Down to size 10 pants--first time in almost 50 years

2008-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

If you have tried EFT in dealing with getting to the weight that is your ideal, and you are still larger than what you would really like to be--then you probably haven't got down to the core issues--yet... I am walking proof that when you clear the stuff that is driving one to overeat AND are willing to be aware of feelings/thoughts around food/body that the weight can come off and stay off.

From 13 years old to 62 years old, I have carried extra weight--even as an athlete--when I was working out basically all day long--I was overweight (I was a PE major in during the 1960s and got a teaching credential in PE. When I taught aerobics, I was 20 pounds overweight and buff at the same time and I couldn't lose the weight--because I wasn't getting down to the core issues).

The other day I went shopping for clothes. I picked out a bunch of size 12 pants--they were all too big--YAY!!! I ended up getting size 10 pants. I haven't been able to wear size 10 pants all of my adult years. I think I might have been able to wear size 10 when I was 13 years old. This to me is a small miracle that I can wear a size 10 pants now!

Ladies, don't give up on your body, and having it at a size that reflects Who You really Are--a powerful Goddess! If you are interested in getting to the size that is your ideal for your frame, find someone who knows how to assist you at getting to the stories/patterns/beliefs that you need to unblock. By the way, I am available to do sessions via phone. You can contact me email or phone. Or take my FREE How to Stop Pigging Out During the National Eating Season Teleseminar on November 13. Email me to sign up.

FREE TELESEMINAR: Just Say No to Pigging Out--Nov. 13

2008-10-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

You are invited to my first teleseminar Just Say No to Pigging Out During the National Eating Season--November 13.

Are you a little piggy during this time of the year? Do you want to be more in control of what you eat? Is there a part of you that doesn’t want to miss out on anything? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this teleseminar is for you!

You are invited to join me on Wednesday, November 13 at 6 pm pacific time. The call will be recorded for those of you who won’t be able to be there LIVE.

Here is the link to the points we will be tapping on.

Our Price: FREE
Regular Price: $26
Value: Priceless

Note: I am feeling a little nervous (tap, tap, tap,). I am jumping off the cliff of my fears, YOW!!! I am remembering that fear is excitement without breath. I am breathing into and imagining a POWERFUL teleseminar that will help many, many people—hopefully you! I am and will be using EFT to help me through my fears about not doing it right, and learning the technology (and having fun through the process).

If you really knew me, you would know that I usually gain around 10 pounds during the holidays. So, besides doing this workshop for you, I am doing it for me, too.

Insider Secrets--for being a more successful EFT practitioner

2008-09-22T17:31:00.000-07:00

I was recently introduced to Insider Secrets--it is for people WHO are interested in HAVING a more successful EFT BUSINESS. I know that I am interested in being more successful.

I would like to share one tip that I have learned from the following individuals (through audio interviews by Angela Treat Lyon. THEY are also transcribed--so, I listen to them and then read along while I take notes). Each interview is more or less than an hour.

Lindsay KINNY is one of best EFT teachers around. I actually love assisting at her workshops. One point that she makes is not to take on clients if they are suicidal or if they are on 4-5 mood altering drugs. THEY OFTEN NEED MORE SPECIALIZED HELP--I'M A COACH, NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST.

Carol Tuttle: She has made mucho dollars with EFT, and she started out doing FREE speaking engagements and created audios from those.

Stacey Vornbrock: Tells her amazing story of how she switched from a therapeutic career to working with athletes (and she didn't know anything about athletics) and started out FREE until she felt confident about golfing and then started charging $100/hour.

Angela Treat Lyon: She shares some of the major mistakes she made when she first started out doing EFT and what she would have done instead, RIGHT FROM THE START, AND HOW SHE WOULD market herself as an EFT practitioner--this is INVALUABLE for EFT practitioners WHO want more business.

Ann Ross: She sounds so elegant with her beautiful British accent. At 56 years old, while looking for another job was told that she was too old. While studying to be a therapist she discovered EFT. One of the things she talks about is branding. She emphasizes how important it is to speak the language of the people you talk to.

Rebecca Marina: She is a Texan live wire!!! Her story is fascinating. I am using one of the ways that she shares on how to be more intuitive. Intuition is vital for doing great EFT sessions.

I am trying to listen to one interview a day. I am impressed with what I have listened to so far. I haven't yet listened to: Brad Yates on abundance, Samantha Hartley on branding, Colleen Fanagan, Dr. Joe Rubino, Gwyneth Moss, Pat Carrington, and Rue Hass to name a few. There is a lot more GREAT STUFF.

If you are interested, you can go to this link. There is a half price sale going on right now. Check it out!!!

This is like going to a workshop, but you don't have to waste gas, pay for a hotel, and you can listen to it in your bath robe and bedroom slippers (if you wish).

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

How to stop pigging out

2008-09-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

Recently I heard that from now through the rest of the year a large part of the population gains 10 pounds. WOW!!! The days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting longer. Then there is Halloween... then Thanksgiving and all of the stuffing. And if that wasn't enough--then comes the Christmas season. Finally there's, the New Year's celebrations. With all of these events comes celebrating with our friends and family with lots of food and sometimes alcohol. Shew, just thinking about it gives me a stomachache.

But wait, there is something that you can do! Tada--EFT. If you haven't used EFT to eat less, then you are missing out on an extra powerful use of this valuable tool.

How would you start? With EFT this is no one cookie cutter answer for every single person. However, one way would be to first tap on your unwillingness to miss out on any of the goodies that may be coming your way through the rest of the year.

You could tap on your karate chop point, saying:

Even though:

* my inner child doesn't want to give up any goodies--ever, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
* there is a part of me that feels like I deserve all of the goodies that are offered to me, and I don't want to say "no" to any of them...
* no one can make me not eat any of the goodies that I have been looking forward to all year...
* there is a part of me that feels that I don't want to control myself around any of the treats that are going to be available the rest of the year...

If your inner child is anything like mine, she feels like she deserves it ALL. Oh yeah, you might want to add at the end of one or more of the above statements:

* I forgive myself for pigging out in the past
* I forgive myself for being out of control with goodies and treats--I really was doing the best I could at that time

I would love for you to make comments. Sometimes I feel like no one is out there (and I know that you are).

With love and respect for where you are on your path to respecting your body and how you are with food.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

Toddler's fear of water shifts to excitement in less than 5 minutes

2008-09-11T18:10:00.000-07:00

Kamala is a sweet little three-year-old girl who happens to be my goddaughter. She has beautiful blue eyes just like her mother, Kristin. Last week, I took my granddaughter, Tessa, and met up with Kristin and Kamala at a toddler's swim class. After the class, we went into the hot tub, and then Kristin suggested that we all go play in the outside pool.

It was a gorgeous day and the outdoor pool water felt deliciously warm. We happily shared the pool with a senior water exercise class, women rhythmically moving their bodies across the pool. Kristin and our little ones hung out near the steps in the shallow water. Tessa and I played together, counting to three, before I threw her as high in the air as I could. When she splashed down, I followed her under water. With our eyes open and huge grins, we swam up to the surface. Kristen tried to coax Kamala out into the deeper water. Kamala, who was whining, didn't want to move off the step. Her mother kept saying, "Don't worry, Kamala, you will be safe."

I asked Kristin if it would be OK to do EFT on Kamala and she nodded. Deciding that getting Kamala to tap probably wouldn't work, I chose to do some surrogate tapping. Looking into Kamala's eyes, I said, "Even though I am Kamala and I don't want to get all wet, I am an OK kid," and "Even though I am afraid of the water, I am an OK kid."

Kamala told me that she didn't want to get her face wet. I added that to the set-up phrase (while tapping on my karate chop points on the sides of my hands), Even though I don't want to get my face wet, I am an OK kid. Then I started tapping the points on my body while I was saying reminder phrases such as: afraid of the water and don't want to get my face wet. It only took one round and Kamala changed her stance. She started laughing. Then all four of us were counting to three as Kristin and I tossed our little ones into the air. Kamala went under water and got her hair wet, doing so without any fear!!! Kamala and Tessa kept screaming at the top of their lungs, "Again, again!!!"

In a few moments, my goddaughter had gone from terrified and whiny to delighted and excited. Once again, EFT came through.

A diabetic's swelling of his legs disappears in 10 minutes

2008-09-09T20:52:00.000-07:00

Bill is part of my extended family. Though 89, he has remained quite active. He loves taking care of the exotic tropical plants in his yard. They remind him of the years he and his wife lived in Hawaii. He also enjoys getting out and walking their two little dogs in the park.

My mother told me that Bill had recently fallen and fractured his pelvis. This came after back surgery. Confined to crutches and a walker for two months, Bill needed a lot of help from his wife, Bettie. As a result, my mom and Bettie hadn't been able to play the penny slots at the casinos. Besides taking care of Bill, Bettie had to do all the chores as well as the grocery shopping—which she hated.

During my recent trip to visit my mother, we were able to spend some time with Bettie and Bill. We enjoyed the shade from their tropical plants as we chatted in their courtyard. After catching up, I told them about EFT and how I thought it could benefit them. My mother didn't want to stay long, so I explained how EFT worked as quickly as I could. Bettie mentioned a chronic pain in her knee with an intensity level of "4". Bill was on painkillers, so reported no pain. He showed us his swollen leg, a result of his diabetes, which I didn't even know he had. He told us that he had a doctor's appointment the next morning because of his concern with his leg.

Pressed for time, we were still able to squeeze in one round of EFT. Though somewhat skeptical, both Bettie and Bill tapped with me for the first time. After we finished, Bettie was astonished to find that the pain in her knee had disappeared. Bill commented that his ankle felt less stiff.

The next morning, as I packed my suitcase to come home, my mother walked in and handed me the phone. It was Bill. He said, "I think you are really on to something." He went on to tell me that the swelling had decreased in his legs. They were so much better that he had just canceled his doctor's appointment.

I spoke with him again several days later the swelling had not returned. He said that he is sold on the tapping and has done some by himself, too. How cool that is, I thought; another success for EFT.

A Novel Approach to EFT

2008-08-31T20:03:00.000-07:00

I received an email about Dangerous Aspects, an exciting novel that includes EFT in the plot. I copied the entire email for you to read. If you decide that you want to purchase it, do it on September 12 via amazon.com--to help it get on a best sellers list. In the email below there is a review by Tam Llewellyn-Edwards, EFT Master.--JoAnn

Dear All,

Dangerous Aspects
EFT needs a story. And now it has one!

I am writing to you with the encouragement of members of the AAMET Yahoo posting group Meridian-Energy@yahoogroups.com to tell you of plans afoot to promote, for our mutual advantage, the world’s first thriller novel that has Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and Energy Psychology (EP) entwined throughout the story lines. The title is “Dangerous Aspects”.

Let me first give you a small amount of background information concerning the content of my email to you.

"Dangerous Aspects" “looks to the world” and so gives a glimpse to the future of EFT and the lives of everyday people!

Is my mail to you worthy?

My answer to you is this. I am an EFT therapist and trainer. I believe in the goodness of my work and I am pleased to have been inspired to write my debut novel that embraces in the story lines the topic of EFT/EP.

The aim of my work is to spread the healing messages of Energy Psychology and EFT in particular to the wider audience being those most likely to be readers of fiction and not self help books.

A recent incident is worth mentioning here. On the 27th August 2008 in my capacity of therapist I gave a talk and a practical demonstration of EFT to clients of the Pain Clinic at a local hospital. Within a minute or two of starting I asked the capacity audience; “Who has heard of EFT?” How excellent it would have been if just a few hands had raised in response! None did!

I feel it is time to act cohesively to overcome the general public's lack of awareness about the healing offered by the EFT/EP community. Pain sufferers are one such group of people we trained and committed ourselves to offer healing to, wouldn't it be good if we had an outreach mechanism to the popular 'fiction' readers market place?

Do we need to tell the world of our healing mission?
Or should we remain guardians of one of the best kept secrets ever?

I and many other members of Meridian-Energy group believe we should take the opportunity, using my work “Dangerous Aspects” as the lever, to tell the world by making a collective effort to put the book into the best sellers list. By being in the best seller lists the book will start to attract the attention of the wider market at a faster rate than could be hoped for in the self help genre.

Will you join us?

Metaphor and story telling has always been the most successful way of transferring wisdom from one to another. “Dangerous Aspects” has been inspired and written to do just that - to tell the world the EFT story and transfer the story into a reality for many who seek healing.

EFT/EP credentials: First thing to mention is that Tam Llewellyn, Mair Llewellyn and Gwyneth Moss have all contributed to the book and are named on the cover.

Of “Dangerous Aspects” Rue Hass wrote “I hope that the book finds its audience, and that it is a good vehicle for spreading the word about EFT.”

The publication of “Dangerous Aspects” is intended as a turning point in the growth of EFT: no longer “weird tapping stuff” but the stuff of a fast paced modern story with strong healing messages. Many more will follow:

Ann Adams wrote “I wish you well in your project. I hope to see many such novels using EFT as an option in the problem solving in the future.”

“Dangerous Aspects” is Milton language targeted at the mass market - a market that self help books may never reach. Story telling and metaphor have carried wisdom to the masses since time immemorial and this work is exactly that. With a little help from my friends and Godspeed it will soon reach its target audience by the millions.

The healing messages carried in "Dangerous Aspects" are targeted towards those who buy or read fiction and not necessarily self help books, yet all Mankind deserves to find healing. The concluding pages of the book have within them a large EFT/EP resources section to lead the readers to EFT/EP practitioners, books and AV material.

Tam Llewellyn has written the foreword to the book as well as the first review.

Gwyneth Moss has donated the penultimate page, an ‘EFT on a Page’ illustration.

Mair Llewellyn has created the cover of the book and as you can now see it is a wonderful and beautiful piece of Spirit-inspired art.

Mair said of the book “This is the first ever novel that has captivated me from cover to cover”

The plan is this:

Devised by British EFT Trainer Moira Buchanan, we buy as many copies of “Dangerous Aspects” as we can all on the same date.

Mair Llewellyn has suggested buying multiple copies and using them as gifts (or giveaways to clients also).

The suggested date for the multiple purchase has been set at the 12th September 2008.
What to do:
To maximize the chances of success would you please take it upon yourselves to forward this message to your lists? That would be: family, friends, co-workers, students and of course clients.

This mass buy-in will allow the book to rise through the sales audits. The objective is to try and make the top 100 best selling books in the shortest possible time. Once we have achieved this "Dangerous Aspects" will be able to be seen by those who purchase works of fiction which will therefore take the book – and its healing messages – into the mainstream market place. This will lead mass market readers to EFT/EP.

Can you help do this?

The selected retailer for the ‘buy in’ of “Dangerous Aspects” are either
www.amazon.co.uk

or

www.amazon.com

The thought of God/the Universe is in everything. So if you are undecided whether to help this project let me ask you to test yourself in the following way. Muscle test the following two statements:
Holding the thought of the book “Dangerous Aspects” ask “ is it for my higher and greater good to support the objectives of the work “Dangerous Aspects” and its healing objectives? You will stay strong and please remember this book contains violence, murder, kidnapping and drug running. With that combination you would expect to go weak; however the book is beautifully intentioned and you will stay strong.

Now ask a second question whilst being muscle tested. “Is it for the greater and higher good of the Universe and this World to support “Dangerous Aspects” and its healing objectives? You will stay strong!

So what will you do NOW with the two strong responses from your muscle test?

I do welcome your contribution to bring this work and its wisdom to those who need it with this fabulous plan. To be honest we can only bring more healing to the world than we are bringing now, so what’s not to do!
I am passionate to do all I can to bring healing and so peace to our World, and this is the purpose of my contacting you.

I thank those members of Meridian-Energy group who have encouraged me to make this outreach.
Your support would be fantastic!
Many thanks for your time and attention.

Many Blessings and Best Wishes,

And of course big hugs,

Colin Winston Aldridge
Author of "Dangerous Aspects"
and EFT Trainer.
www.colinaldridge.com

“Dangerous Aspects” by Colin Winston Aldridge

A review by Prof. Tam Llewellyn-Edwards, EFT Master.

See the review on the EFT web site here

Here we have a very exciting book – two books in one in reality.

Firstly it is a novel about a woman’s difficult divorce and a ‘good read’ it is too. You can read it simply as a novel with its twists and turns, its murders and intrigues. It is an entertaining novel you will not want to put down and it is worth reading.

The central character, Sondra Ackerman, finds her world turned upside down by the discovery of her husband’s involvement in drug racketeering. She did not realize that her decision to leave him and cooperate with the US Federal Authorities would result in the brutal murders of people she cared about and would put her precious children at dire risk. Sondra turns to her best friend, Connie, who is an alternative therapist, and eventually into the world of alternative health therapies when more traditional routes to help maintain her sanity collapse before her.

Sondra is forced to flee with her children, from her husband’s world of danger to the US Government’s Witness Protection Program, where she struggles to stay alive.

The story follows a web of rage, murder and deceit from Philadelphia to Mexico recounting her evermore desperate attempts to avoid her husband’s increasingly more vicious attempts to uncover her whereabouts and to silence her. When her children are involved the stakes become higher and Sondra must trust the local and federal authorities to save her family and a caring alternative therapy community to save her mind.

The second thread is a life coaching manual. The woman’s difficult situation produced almost intolerable stress causing her to seek therapy. Her journey to successful therapy is cleverly entwined into the story of the novel. You hardly notice it within the intricacy of the story, but the thread runs through the plot leading to a success which could stand as a lesson to us all when she tries Energy Psychology and is led to teach others Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT).

You can read the novel first, but do not overlook the coaching manual. Everyone deserves to read both aspects of this book.

Anyone can Lose Weight--Keeping it Off is the Problem

2008-08-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

Anyone can lose weight! Some are more radical than others. Here are a few ways of getting rid of weight (there are literally thousands):

drinking diet drinks
stuffing yourself and then sticking your finger down your throat
practicing being a breatharian
eating only "rabbit food"
stapling the stomach
liposuction
following almost any diet

Why these methods often don't work (or if weight is lost, it almost always come back) is that they don't address the core issue with weight control. They don't get to what is under the fat. However, EFT can. If you don't get to your core issue(s)--then your weight comes back.

I have focused on physical pain on the EFT Pain Forum for a year, and found that when a person deals with the emotional issues under the pain, the pain itself can frequently be lessened or even eliminated.

The same is true with weight loss. By releasing the hidden issues, you can let go of the reasons you are fat. Andrea Amador inspired me with the posts that she made on the EFT Weight Loss Forum. Her frank sharing about her struggles and triumphs with losing weight helped me get to my core weight issues. I was scared to say anything on the weight loss forum because I was afraid that I was going to slip back into my old bingeing behavior. I guess eating a half pound of See's Candy could be considered a binge.

So, the same principles apply with diet as with anything else and EFT--getting to the core issue, and Tapping into Universal Energy.

FYI: I have lost 27 pounds and counting.

EFT Helps Relieve Ganja Craving

2008-08-15T15:33:00.000-07:00

“John” came to me because he wanted to drastically cut back on his marijuana use. He views marijuana as a medicine and has been using it for much of his life. I asked him what he would like in terms of his marijuana use, and he said that he would like to smoke it only on weekends and for creative endeavors.

He confessed that he felt that he was addicted to pot. John said that he smoked it several times every day. He used marijuana to get in touch with his body. He smoked it before he works (he is a handyman); he uses it before he writes poetry; he smokes before he spins fire and works out.

After talking with John for a while, it seemed clear that he felt marijuana helped him connect with his spirit, to meditate and to breathe. He liked the feeling of being a cool dude, and his inner teenager wasn’t sure if he would be cool without pot.

He seemed to enjoy it so much I asked him why he would want to cut back. He replied that he would soon be starting an inside job, and he wanted to be clean when he goes to work. He also complained that his lungs hurt and in the morning he sometimes wheezed. John also complained about his penchant for getting speedy on strong coffee and then mellowing out with a joint, then repeating the cycle again and again.

I asked him if he had any marijuana on him, and he pulled out a small stash. I asked him to smell it and get his get his craving to spike. The intensity was only a 3 or 4 out of 10. Since I hadn’t known what the session would be about, I hadn’t been able to ask him from refraining for the day, at least until after our session.
Because he had smoked some pot a couple of hours before his session, I realized I had my work cut out for me.

His first set phrases were Even though:
.....I have been smoking marijuana most of my life, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
.....Marijuana helps me drop into my body…
.....I don’t know if I can go without marijuana for a day…

He tapped for several rounds and when he stopped I had him smell the pot and his craving went up to a 5-6. I asked if he had any insights and he said that he really identified with marijuana.

The next set of rounds we used “being cool” as a reminder phrase. After tapping, he smelled the marijuana again, and I had him imagine inhaling the smoke into his lungs, then watch the smoke curl up, and then the immediate gratification of dropping into his self (these were all things he had told me). His intensity had gone up to an 8. Had I gone too far? Was it getting close to the time in which he was going to smoke his evening joint? When I asked him about it, he answered truthfully that it was….

Some of the final set-phrases we used were, Even though:
.....My inner teenager wants to smoke pot whenever I want, there is another part of me that wants to be in control of this situation, and I deeply and completely love and accept myself, and I forgive myself for letting marijuana be in control of me
.....I am the Ganja King…
.....I am not sure of who I will be without marijuana controlling me…

His reminder phrase was Ganja King. After a couple of rounds I had him tap and bitch about his fears of life without marijuana.

After an hour and a half session, his intensity was a 6. He needed to be on his way. I told him that it looks like we would have more to work on.

The next morning he called to tell me that he had gone dancing and he did not smoke marijuana! He assured me that he felt in his body without marijuana. Today, when I went to the market I saw John again (two days after our session). He still had not used any marijuana since our session. He smiled from ear to ear as he thanked me profusely for my help.

Tapping Back into Exercise

2008-08-10T08:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday a client asked me how to use EFT to help her start to exercise. "Ellen" works at home on her computer for long hours, sometimes 12-15 hours a day. Her resistance to doing exercise was a 10 out of 10.

Here are some of the set-up phrases we used, Even though:
.....I hate to exercise, I deeply and completely love and accept myself, and I forgive myself for not exercising very much these last couple of years
.....I am physically lazy…
.....I am not a physica athlete, but I am a mental athlete, and I wish that I could think about exercising…
.....my exercise has been to walk from the studio to the kitchen to the bedroom…
.....there are not quite enough hours in the day…
.....I have other things that I would rather do and need to do than exercise…
.....there needs to be another one of me to do all of the things that I need to do...

Her reminder phrase was Resistance to Exercise.

Doing four rounds of tapping brought the intensity of her resistance to exercise down to a 5.

She told me that she would rather exercise than tap. So, you can probably guess what her next set-up phrase was, Even though I'd rather exercise than tap…; and Even though a part of me doesn't feel like exercising...

When I sensed that the intensity had lessened I had her affirm the positive:
.....Exercising makes me feel wonderful
.....I love the endorphins that come about when I exercise
.....I love moving my body
.....I love the way that exercise clears my mind
.....exercising makes me feel more energetic
.....I feel calm and centered
.....I have more than enough time to exercise

This brought her resistance to exercising down to a 1-1.5. As she shared with me that she felt like getting up and exercising right then instead of waiting until the next morning like we had talked about, I suggested that she do just that.

During our latest session she shared that she had gone for a walk right away, and that she had followed my advice about taking it easy. Ellen reported that she'd had a wonderful walk. She fell asleep at 10—which was unusual, and then went for another walk this morning.

Ellen wanted to know if she needed to continue to tap about exercising. My suggestion was if she didn't feel like exercising, tap. If there was no resistance—then she wouldn't need to tap, but just to get out and walk.

A Freedom without Men

2008-07-22T13:12:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! If you really knew me, you would know that in the seventies and eighties one of my biggest joys was teaching classes to women: exercise classes, relaxation classes, exercise classes for pregnant women; and self-image classes to name a few. Even though, most of the EFT classes that I have been teaching have been primarily women, there is a big difference for me if a class is for women only. What happens is that women can communicate in a way that is much freer than if men are present.

In Mendocino, I have just about completed three of four classes in a series of I Love My Body with a focus on losing weight. It was so much fun for me to be able to say whatever came into my mind. I said things that I would have not allowed myself to say if men had been in the room. There was a freedom to speak the unspeakable that was available for all women in the room. If men would have been there I know that I would have censored my words. However, since it was all women, I found my censoring device was turned off. I felt totally alive, and one with spirit.

I imagine that I will be teaching many more classes that a just for women.

How I Cleared a Food Aversion in 5 Minutes

2008-07-07T15:14:00.000-07:00

On a recent hot summer morning, my husband, Steve, offered me some ripe, ice-cold, cantaloupe. He said, "Too bad you don't like cantaloupe. It doesn't get any better than this one." I remembered hearing about people clearing a food issue with EFT, so I thought I might as well try it. I had detested eating cantaloupe for as long as I could remember. My sister didn't like it either, which made me think that "something" happened while we were eating cantaloupe when we were girls.

The set-up phrases I used(while tapping on my karate chop point) were, Even though: I don't like the taste of cantaloupe, and I don't know why, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. I don't ever remember liking the taste of cantaloupe... my sister and I don't like the taste of cantaloupe... something may of happened while we were eating cantaloupe, and I don't remember what it was....

Then I did a round of tapping. For the reminder phrases I used: don't like cantaloupe, doesn't taste good; don't like the taste; don't ever remember liking the taste.

Then I took a taste of cantaloupe. It was cold, somewhat crisp, and felt good in my mouth. It didn't taste quite as bad as I thought it would, but I couldn't say that I liked it. So, I did some more set-up phrases while tapping on my karate chop point. Even though: cantaloupe has always tasted yucky to me... something happened to make it so I don't like the taste of cantaloupe, and I don't remember what it was... there is something about the aftertaste of cantaloupe I don't like....

I did a round of tapping using the following reminder phrases: yucky taste; yucky cantaloupe aftertaste. For the testing, I took a big bite of cantaloupe. "Yum, not bad," as I continued eating a giant piece of a fresh, juicy, cantaloupe.

In about five minutes, I cleared a food aversion that I have had for over 50 years. Even though I had a sense that something may have happened in my past while I was eating cantaloupe, and even though I couldn't remember exactly what it was, I was still able to clear my resistance to the taste. Now, I can finally enjoy a food that I had eliminated from my diet when I was a child.

California is on Fire

2008-07-04T00:18:00.000-07:00

Staying Calm During Catastrophes Using EFT

2008-07-04T00:13:00.000-07:00

We have been living under the stress of several large forest fires that, for the past couple of weeks, have been raging within a couple of miles of our home. The above photo was taken from our front yard. I felt totally helpless, even terrified as I saw the giant plume of smoke billowing up. Though we were put under a Mandatory Evacuation Order on Saturday, we chose to stay and get our homestead more fire ready. While the Mandatory Order was lifted on Sunday afternoon (back to a warning), Mendocino County, where we live, is still under a national state of emergency.

My biggest fear was of losing our home. One of the many calls I received was from another land owner just up the way. He is currently living out of the area, He talked about how helpless he felt not being here. I wrote this article hoping to help people in a similar situation.

If you are terrified of a wild fire - for yourself or others - here is something you can do that will help you function more effectively, freeing your emotions so you can think and act more clearly.

First, get in touch with the emotion you are experiencing. For example, fear of the fire. You can change the words to work for you.

For the set-up phrase, you would say something like the sentence below three times while tapping on your Karate Chop point, which is on the meaty side of the hand (use either hand - it doesn;t matter):

Even though I am terrified of the fire and what it may do, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Then you would tap on the different points (I have attached a chart to help you see where to tap).
Top of Head:I am really terrified about the fire (Repeat phrase while tapping on the following points)

Inside Eyebrow:
Under Eye:
Under Nose:
Chin:
Collarbone:
Under Arm:

Keep repeating until you feel less fear. Then you can tap on the positive.

Top of Head: I choose to feel less fear
Inside Eyebrow: I am feeling calmer
Outside Eye: I release my fear now
Under Eye: I choose to feel calm so I can think better
Under Nose: I choose to release any remaining fear
Chin: I release remaining fear now
Collarbone: My mind is calm and I can think clearly
Under Arm I appreciate how clearly I can think

Also, if the emergency is triggering emotions from past events, you can use EFT to clear the emotions around those particular events. Releasing those emotions will make it much easier to deal with the present moment without all of the garbage from your past.

If the catastrophe that you are coping with is something other than a fire
(perhaps flooding or tornados), it doesn't matter. Just get in touch with the major emotion that you are feeling, and use the set-up phrase:

Even though I feel terrified about ___________, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

To learn more about EFT, go to www.wayhealthy.us or www.emofree.com. If you are interested in a phone session, you can call me at (707)-462-2501.

Let's Send Our Light

2007-07-28T02:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Cat and Friends (I just posted this message on Cat's blog, Finding Well-Being in Cancerland.)

How about at Sunday, July 29, at 1 pm pacific standard time everyone send energy to Cat? Everyone please forward this message to your frends. Let's join in spirit.

Tappers can tap. Prayers, pray. Lightworkers everywhere, send healing light to Cat--similar to what was done a few weeks ago for "fire the grid." This activity is portable and can be repeated again and again. Let's join this Sunday at 1 pm pacific time, and send healing energy to Cat.

Tappers: Tap on anything that is getting in the way of Cat experiencing peace (including our limiting beliefs and stories). Be in the present moment, and use your intuition.

"There is a Power, and this Power always has been. I know that it is here right now, and that this power is in Cat, and is Cat. "(If any tailenders come up--tap). Surrogate tapping clears away physical pain, and what is under it.

"Cat is making the right choices for the moment. We know that Cat is whole and complete. We know this is true, and we give great thanks for it. And so it is."

Pass it on to kindred souls.
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Finding Well-being in Cancerland

A Day of Healing and Love

2007-07-17T23:37:00.000-07:00

Last month Gary Craig asked me if I wanted to gather together a group of ten people to do some surrogate EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) work. He requested I invite people who were already into EFT – not beginners or skeptics, so there wouldn't be any need to explain or defend EFT. By the way, surrogate tapping is when you tap on behalf of someone else, instead of the most common of way tapping for yourself.

After putting word out to my own network, I found a group of interested people that I stayed in contact with about the event. Then I called around to some hotels in the Mendocino area to see about a place for the event However, my friend, Eileen Broderick, offered her home, which is north of the town of Mendocino. We ended up taking her generous offer and wound up meeting in her living room. Saturday, July 14 was the day of the event. Everyone who said that they would show up did. Shoshi Morginn drove all the way from close to the border of Canada, and Donna Bach traveled from Sonora near Yosemite. Everyone brought food to share at lunch (which was delicious). There was a large variety of people in our group of EFTers, including a lawyer, a couple of nurses, a naturopathic doctor, a couple of administrators, a grief counselor, and a life coach. Everyone was on time and there was a sense of excitement in the air before our day of EFTing together began. Outside it was a beautiful foggy day at the coast.

Gary gave some groundwork for what we would be doing. Then, as a group, we started tapping for someone while they were sitting with us in the room. We would begin with saying, "Even though I am (the person's name)". The person who was being worked on would receive the tapping. Gary would lead us in a round or more of tapping and then ask the person who was being worked on what their SUDS level was. Sometimes we wouldn't actually tap, we would imagine all of the tapping points pulsing simultaneously with our own heartbeat. Another method that we used was for a person to walk around outside for 15 minutes while we tapped for them.

After our group session with the first person, Donna Bach, N.M.D., brought in a machine that could tune into the different frequencies of the brain. We were eager to see how the brain waves coordinated with what we were doing with EFT. Donna showed how our alpha and beta brain waves increased as we thought about an emotionally painful situation from the past. As a person had EFT done for them, Donna watched the feedback from the machine, then drew little graphs showing the different patterns.

By the end of the day, not only had a great deal of old emotional trauma been healed, a number of friendships were kindled as well. It was a beautiful experience working together as a group for the benefit of someone. It reminded me of a prayer circle with the added bonus of tapping or sometimes "virtual "tapping. It was a social and spiritual experience for me. Not only that, as Gary Craig might say, "it is portable." It is amazing how miracles can happen when a group of people get together with a common goal. For me, it was a day of healing and love.

Former UHS teacher works to empower individuals

2007-07-12T23:36:00.000-07:00

When I came home from a week visiting my daughter, Christina, and friends
in Santa Cruz, and also visiting Santa Maria and putting on a mini-EFT class there was a message from a reporter saying that he had seen an ad that I had put in an advertiser (about getting rid of phobias with EFT) that was intriging to him and he would like to interview me. He came up the next day with a photographer to interview me. I suggested that I actually do an EFT session with him.

We had a great time getting rid of his phobia of bees (there were bees and other insects flying around us outside and he was quite anxious). Here is a link to the article that Zack Sampsel wrote. It made the front page of the Ukiah Daily Journal today. I ran into three people at the market and the post office who told me they had seen the article.

Dealing with Stress

2007-06-16T11:31:00.000-07:00

Stress is common in our lives today. Sometimes we get so busy with our lives, we lose touch with just how stressed we are. Loretta Sparks in her article Stress and Me and EFT, shares the Stress Level Rating Scale. The scale can be useful to identify and to be able to rate yourself before you get totally stressed out. By becoming aware that you are actually stressed, then you can used EFT to reduce your stress level. I am including the SLRS to show you how stress may be a part of your life and you may not know it.

In the second part of her article, she shows how you can use EFT when you become aware that you are stressed. So, one key is awareness, and another key is to use EFT to tap away away the stress.

STRESS LEVEL RATING SCALE

10 OUT OF CONTROL
Engaging in excessive or addictive behaviors such as alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, sex, spending, obsessive relationship or work; violence (verbal or physical).

9 OVER REACTIVE
Jumping to conclusion, not willing to listen, frequently disagreeing, threatening, sarcastic, glaring; feeling overwhelming loneliness, frustration, rage, resentment, and self-pity; saying always and never when hurt or angry.

8 DEFENSIVE
Notice others not “taking care of business.” Heavy use of denial, anger, bargaining, silence, withdrawal, blame, criticism, excuses, intellectualizing, rationalizing, evading, minimizing, moralizing, pleading or apologizing.

7 SPACED OUT
Not being present to situation at hand; can’t hear what is being said to you because of your own “self-talk”’ zoning out, getting lost in daydreams, etc.; do not notice stress is building in you.

6 BARELY MANAGING OKAY
Barely getting everything done, need help, but don't ask for it, tell yourself to “try harder, plan your time better”; start to let go of self-care activities; having a hard time saying “no”; do not notice stress building.

5 MANAGING OKAY
Life’s demands and your energy (physically, mentally and spiritually) are mostly in sync.

4 MANAGING OKAY PLUS
Your physical, mental, and spiritual energy nicely in sync with life's demands.

3 MANAGING EASILY
Your physical, mental and spiritual energy exceeds life's demands.

2 MANAGING EASILY PLUS
Abundant physical, mental, and spiritual energy.

1 VACATIONING
Total and complete sense of relaxation.

The Cutting Edge of Emotional Healing

2007-06-07T16:13:00.000-07:00

What would you think if I told you that there is a powerful way to alleviate even end, suffering? That there was an easily learnable way for people to lessen long-term chronic pain, even if it's been hanging around for decades? Does it sound too good to be true? Would you believe me if I told you that you can even learn how to do it for free? Well, it's true. I invite you to check it out for yourself. There really is a host of excellent material that can be downloaded for free, as well as an extensive series of articles that tell people in great detail how to use this process. These articles are also available for no charge except the time to read and apply them.

What I am speaking of is Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as EFT. Gary Craig is the person who has made EFT popular. He was trained as an engineer at Stanford, and is also a minister. He has been interested in alternative healing methods for most of his life. Gary discovered these techniques and has made it his life's work, after retiring, to let the whole world know about EFT. He has done an excellent job of getting the word out. His international newsletter, EFT Insights Newsletter, is published twice a week and is sent to 300,000 subscribers all over the world.

So, what is EFT? Well, it is much harder for me to describe than it is for me to show you. Perhaps that's because I am a kinesthetic kind of person. Are you familiar with acupuncture - the ancient Chinese medical practice of gently inserting fine needles into the energy meridians of the body? The needles are used to break up energy blockages, which are thought to cause physical as well as emotional dis-ease. EFT is a form of acupressure, and also uses touch on the meridians. In the case of EFT you tap with your fingertips on the meridians. So, in some ways, it really isn't so new. Acupuncture has been practiced in China for thousands of years. However, EFT is different than acupressure in that emotions are part of the equation. While a person taps on specific points, which are easy to learn, they say words that are accepting of the emotions that they, on some level, may have been avoiding. They work on moving the energy that has been stuck in their body's energy system.

Gary Craig suggests trying EFT on everything. So, thousands of people all over the world are doing just that--trying it on everything. I have experienced amazing success using EFT with migraine headaches, prostate pain, chronic pain, stress, poison oak, and the pain from a hornet sting, to name just a few. EFT is especially good with post traumatic syndrome. There are health care workers who travel to places that have been devastated by tsunamis, hurricanes, and war, and who have used EFT to help countless people.

Besides working on pain and other issues that no longer serve us, EFT can also help us get what we do want. I used to write a newspaper column about using affirmations called Minders. I wish that I had known about EFT back in those days. I would have used it for those times when affirmations weren't enough, when the stories and conditioning that we have been lost in get in the way of creating what we want. That's right, you can tap away those old, limiting beliefs that keep you from creating what you want in life, whether it's to perform better get a better job or create the relationship of your dreams.

EFT can be used with the Law of Attaction to focus on what you want instead of what you don't want. When negative beliefs or feelings get in the way of you achieving what you want, you can tap them away with EFT.

So, if EFT is so great why isn't it more well known? That is a reason that I am writing this article--to help make it better known. It is easy to learn. It is portable. You can learn how to do it now.

Temporary change in my email address

2007-04-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

We are going through big changes here at our house. We are in the process of moving our websites to a different server. My old email address, joann@wayhealthy.us is out of order. So, if you want to email me, you can reach me at joann.skywatcher@gmail.com.
joann@wayhealthy.us is working!!!

This a picture of me working with a client.

2007-04-15T18:34:00.000-07:00

We can see each other--cool!

2007-04-11T14:39:00.000-07:00

I am really excited to share that I am using Skype Video for my EFT sessions. This will enable us to see each other while we are tapping. Since we live off the grid (we generate our electricity from solar), and our telephone lines are too slow to use for the Internet, we have satellite. The video is a little delayed, but it is still cool because we don't have to use our hands to hold the phone;-). You can download Skype if you don't have it. Also, if you want to talk with me about EFT for FREE for 15 minutes. If you don't have Skype, we can still have a FREE chat about your situation and how EFT can help you. We don't have the computer on all of the time (because we are off the grid), so if you want to try Skype with me, it would be best to email me first (joann@wayhealthy.us). Also, if you don't have Skype, we can talk via phone 707-462-2501.

Advantages of using Skype with EFT:

free
can use both hands
we can see each other's faces

I am also including links to the articles that I have written and that are published on Gary Craig's international EFT website:

Migraine vanishes in 10 minutes

EFT quickly eliminates any trace of a painful hornet sting

EFT helps with prostate pain and urinary problems

Years of shoulder pain disappears in one session

Using EFT to motivate exercise

Teacher helps students with non-academic issues--batting average and abscessed tooth

Emphatic language on a core issue paves the way for a natural birth

EFT succeeds with hand washing compulsion in minutes

The Taming of the Tongue

2007-04-10T11:38:00.000-07:00

I love teaching EFT classes, and I especially love using the Borrowing Benefits tool. Recently, in one of classes that I taught through the City of Ukiah, I asked one of the participants what she would like to work on. "Carol" didn't think that she had anything to focus on. After a closer examination, she admitted that there was a behavior that was absolutely driving her crazy. About six months ago, she had had some dental work, and ever since her tongue discovered the changes in her mouth, her tongue couldn't let it be. As our conversation continued, she admitted that her tongue was constantly probing the "new" area in her mouth. As a masseuse, Carol spends her work days silently massaging people's bodies. However, her tongue wasn't letting her truly be still. It just kept on moving as though it was in over-drive.

Her SUDS level was an "8". Some of the Set-up phrases that we started out with included, "Even though:

my tongue is driving me crazy, I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
my tongue just wants to keep exploring the same old place over and over and over again..."
my tongue almost rubs itself raw."
my tongue doesn't ever let me relax..."

This dropped her SUDS level down a couple of notches. We continued on with: "Even though:

my tongue is doing the best it can do, and I deeply and completely love and accept my tongue for trying to help me out, and I forgive myself for getting upset with my tongue. I know that you have been doing the best you know how."
I know that you have been trying to help me out by exploring that place in my mouth that got worked on, it isn't actually working for me for you to keep exploring that spot anymore. I know that you must have felt like you still needed to explore that spot, but it is no longer necessary, and I want to thank you for exploring my mouth so well."

Her SUDS level dropped to a '"3". Then we started reprogramming how we wanted her tongue to behave. While tapping, we alternated thanking her tongue with making clear what her tongue's new job would now be. She said things like:

"you thought you were just doing your job exploring my dental work
now you don't have to do that any more
you can relax, and just let my dental work alone--we know what it's like there--really well!!! (laughing)
thank you for helping me out, I really appreciate all that you have done for me
now you can just relax
and do things like, tasting,
talking,
and kissing (laughing)"

I asked how her tongue was doing. Her tongue was finally relaxed for the first time in six months. I believe it felt appreciated, and realized that it could relax and do more interesting tasks than exploring her dental work. Now, Carol is able to do her work in a relaxed manner, all the way down to her tongue.

Letting Go of an Uptight Stomach

2007-03-23T12:52:00.000-07:00

The other day, after running errands in town, I called my daughter-in-love (some say daughter-in-law), Stacey on the telephone to see if I could take my granddaughter, Tessa, for a swim at the local health club. Stacey replied, "Why, sure." I hadn't taken Tessa, who is 14 months old, for a swim in almost 8 months, and I was looking forward to taking her again.

When I arrived at Stacey's, I noticed that Stacey was just returning from a walk with Tessa, and remembered when my husband and I had babysat Tessa a few days before that she was returning from a walk. There had been a group of teenagers on skateboards making a lot of noise until at least 10PM. The grinding of the skateboard wheels on the street seemed quite harsh. The noise had been so much for Stacey that she was going on lots of walks to get away from it.

Anyhow, we decided to sit out in front of Stacey's and have a little chat. I told Stacey about some of the wonderful healing results I'd been having using EFT, and asked how she was doing. Stacey told me that she was really having a hard time with the skaters across the street, part of family that had moved in five months ago. Their teenagers were into skateboarding. She was so upset about the noise that she pointed to a real estate magazine and said that they were thinking about finding another home. She also mentioned that the new owner was a lawyer.

I asked her if she would like to do EFT to see if we could help with how upset she felt. She asked, "What about Tessa? You came to have fun with Tessa." I said that if Tessa's mom felt better, I would also be giving a gift to Tessa. Stacey agreed to give it a try. I'll do my best to remember how we did the EFT because I didn't take any notes. Part of the time she was breastfeeding Tessa. Some of the time I was bouncing Tessa on my knee. Sometimes Tessa copied us by tapping on herself (very cute).

The main feeling that Stacey came up with was frustration. She said that her frustration level was a "10". Some of the set-up phrases we used were, "Even though:

I feel so frustrated that those kids skate for hours and hours on end. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
I feel frustrated and upset because I feel helpless about them skating all of the time. I deeply..."

I feel frustrated and helpless about the kids making noise. I deeply..."
I feel frustrated that my new neighbor is a lawyer and he doesn't seem to be reasonable. I deeply..."

This was not a quick fix. Her SUDS level stayed high. I probably worked with her for an hour and a half. We went for a ride in the "way-back machine" and found a time when she felt really frustrated and humiliated in high school and tapped on that. It brought her SUDS level down a little, though she reported that is was still a "9".

Then I remembered to ask her how she knew that her SUDS was a still a "9" and she said that she still felt very frustrated. I asked if she could feel it in her body. She said that she could, though the heaviness she'd talked about had moved from her chest. The pain had started to move, and so we followed it. I am so glad I remembered to ask that important question. I then taught her that since the heaviness was no longer in her chest it meant that she had healed one issue, and that it was time to move on to the next. Stacey reported a tightness in her stomach. I asked, "If your stomach could speak, what would it say?"

She contemplated for a few seconds with her eyes closed, and then almost shouted, "Stop the noise!" Her SUDS level fell to a "7". Then I talked vividly about the sound of the skateboards grinding on the street late at night, and brought it up to a "10". Just thinking about the sound of the skateboard wheels had touched a raw nerve.

Another feeling that Stacey recognized was how helpless and angry she felt with the situation. She loved coming home from work to the quietness of her home. This was the way that she recharged her batteries--being at home where it is quiet (she teaches high school during the day). Some of the set-up phrases we came up with included, "Even though:

I feel really angry that the kids across the street don't care for anybody except for themselves, I deeply..."
I feel angry that the skaters woke me up, and that they didn't even seem to care about anybody but themselves, I deeply..."
I feel pissed off that those "little immature kids" (this brought out a laugh) those "little brats" are totally unaware that they are keeping me up, I deeply and completely love and accept myself, and I forgive myself, and I forgive those little brats for being so immature."

We tapped on how helpless she felt. Even though she had been writing letters and joining together with members of her neighborhood, she felt that because the guy across the street was a lawyer they weren't going to be very successful. We tapped on her fear of having to sell her home that she loves so much. We tapped on her losing her "home." We also tapped that when she would hear the noise of the skateboard wheels she could turn the internal volume down so it wouldn't bother her in the same way that it had in the last five months. Also, we tapped on that she could stay centered even when the noise that grated on her nerves was there--that she could go to that peaceful place inside of herself that no one could touch--that no matter what was going on she could be at her center of peace.

We were able to get her SUDS level down to a "5". I asked how she knew it was a "5", and she said that she felt while she still felt it in her mind, the tightness in her stomach had disappeared. About an hour and a half had flown by since we started. She told me that, just like her husband (my son) I was very persistent. With a smile, I asked her "Where do you think he got it from?"

I called her the next day. She thanked me profusely. She felt as though she could finally eat because her stomach was relaxed and the tightness that had been there for months was gone. A few days later she added that the lawyer had sent a conciliatory letter, and that a workable compromise was finally within reach. Stacey's relief was palpable.

Lawyer's Severe Skin Condition Clears

2007-03-15T22:28:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I met a young man at a meeting. I heard him complain that he had had a skin condition for over four months, and that he had been to doctors and different kinds of specialists to no avail. I told him about my energy work, and that if he didn't see any results to give me a call. A couple of weeks later he made an appointment.

"Joe" told me that he wasn't exactly sure as to what had caused the skin eruptions on the backs of his hands. It seemed like poison oak, and that he may have gotten it from his cats. However, it didn't heal. The next month it spread to his face. One doctor prescribed steroids, and the condition seemed to go away, though after he stopped taking the steroids his condition came back, only worse. He had a full body rash, and his skin was extremely dry. According to him, his immune system was in overdrive.

I found out that he had recently become a lawyer, and that he had taken on too much responsibility. He shared that he had both work related and personal issues. He and his girlfriend had broken up a little over a year ago, and he missed the connection. He had an outbreak on his hands right before his girlfriend moved out. Since he was a new lawyer, he felt obligated to take on everything--even if he didn't like the case. He felt that he had been taken advantage of because he was the new guy, and he felt bombarded by pleas for help from all different directions. It was stressful for him to deal with all of the egos and agendas, too.

When I asked him how he liked being a lawyer, he answered that he was questioning the nature of the work that he was doing. I am always looking for the conflict that my client feels that they are in, and his conflict was that he felt trapped and confined. Though being a lawyer was the path that he had chosen, he felt locked into it. His SUDS level was a 9-10.

Here are some of the set-up phrases I had him use:

Even though I feel trapped and confined as a lawyer, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
Even though I spent all of this time and money on becoming a lawyer and my family expects me to follow through, I deeply...
Even though I feel like I am locked into a career where there are parts of it that I really hate, I...

After one round of tapping, his SUDS level dropped to a 6. He felt the muscles of his lower back relax; he felt a gentleness that he hadn't felt in a long while; and he confided that he wanted his parents to love him.

His next batch of set-up phrases included:

Even though I feel trapped because I am practicing law and I dislike I lot of what I see, and I feel uncomfortable in being in some of the situations that I have been in, I deeply and completely love and accept myself and forgive myself for putting myself in these situations and allowing myself to put up with what I find unacceptable.
Even though there is a part of me that hates being a lawyer and dealing with all of those asshole lawyers and unreasonable clients, I deeply...
Even though I have overextended myself and have been a patsy--and that has not felt good--my skin has been trying to tell me that it doesn't like how I have been handling these different situations, and I deeply and completely love and accept that my skin has been trying to tell me to say "no" to some of these arrangements, and I promise my system that I will pay attention to how I feel. I forgive myself for raging a war inside of my body.

These setup phrases and tapping on the points on his face and torso brought his SUDS level down to a 3. It was amazing to see how much more relaxed he looked, including the muscles in his jaw.

Then I started to balance positive and negative affirmations:

Even though I haven't known what to do, and my skin has been telling me that things aren't right inside of me, when I get in a situation where I feel uncomfortable, I remember to breathe and go to my center. Here I can make the right decisions. I deeply...
Even though I have been uncomfortable with taking on too much in my first year practicing law, I will now remember to be aware of how I am feeling. I remember to breathe and center. I am whole and complete.
Even though I have had a tough first year of being a lawyer, I have learned a lot. I know my limits and pay attention to how I feel. I breathe, let go and become present.

As he tapped, before he could get down his face with tapping, he started laughing at the absurdity of his situation. His SUDS level dropped to a 1. He said that he was enjoying the lightness that he felt, and that he was feeling love in his heart.

We did one more round of tapping in the positive:

Being in his heart
Being in the present moment
Knowing exactly what to do
Taking on the right amount of work for himself
Being an honest lawyer
Serving the people
Balancing work and play
Having fun

This brought his SUDS level down to zero. He was totally relaxed, yet vibrant. The swelling in his hands went down and they no longer itched.

I telephoned him few a days later to see how things were going. He said that his hands were even better, and he felt great!

Planetary Healing Light Ritual

2007-03-12T23:12:00.000-07:00

One morning last week, I woke from the most powerful dream I have had in decades. I actually sat up in bed with a huge grin on my face. The dream went something like this:

I was with a group of people (who seemed to be students of mine). We were standing together under the dark night sky somewhere very quiet. One of the students held a large light over his head. He then brought the light and love from his heart up through his body—so there was white light coming out of the top of his head. Everyone in the group simultaneously joined with him, silently sending their healing light up from their hearts. We sent our healing light out to all the beings on the planet, and then out to the universe.

I am having a few friends over on the equinox (March 20, 2007) to do a similar ritual. (I don’t think that actually holding a light is necessary)—I think it was a symbolic part of the dream. If you resonate with this idea, you can do it with your friends as well. You can join together physically and send your light together. Or you can do it in spirit wherever you are physically. You may choose to do it outside (the new moon is two days before the equinox this year, so it will be a relatively dark night) or if that doesn’t work for you, you could do it inside, too.

Our group will gather at 7 pm and actually do the planetary healing light ritual at around 8 pm Pacific Standard Time—if you are interested in joining with us in spirit, please do. Of course, this ceremony could be done at other times, also.

Feel free to share this everyone that you think might be interested.

Recognizing Who We Are

2007-02-13T16:51:00.000-08:00

Recognizing Who We Are

I have been focusing my energy in sharing EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) with as many people as I can. I believe that it is an incredible tool that helps people energetically dissolve issues that may have created stumbling blocks in their lives. I personally have worked with numerous people and have seen many miraculous results.

Recently, Blair Mansur approached me at A Center for Spiritual Awakening in Mendocino, where my husband, Steve and I go to be with our beloved spiritual community. I was the Practitioner of the Day and I was offering Spiritual Mind Treatment after the service. Blair, a charming, beloved elder came to me wanting to be able to put his face in the water when he swims. He had an old fear about not being able to breathe and he felt claustrophobic when he put his face in the water. He had had this fear since he was eight or nine years old when he had the whooping cough. He was curious about the work I do with EFT, and I briefly explained that I could help him let go of the stories that get in the way of him experiencing All of He Who Truly Is. I gave him a Treatment and told him that I saw him Whole and Complete.

A few days later, I emailed him to see if he still wanted to have an EFT session with me over the phone. He called me and said that he would prefer to be with me in person, and he scheduled an EFT appointment for today. He called me last night to cancel the appointment. Since we had seen each other a little over a week ago, he has gone swimming several times, and he can put his face in the water without any fear! He said that while he was in my Presence I truly saw Him—and in my Seeing he was instantly healed.

So, this brings me back to the core teaching--We Are All God. Emotional Freedom Technique can help erase the stories that keep us from experiencing the Truth of Who We Really Are. Sometimes, we may get the core issue mixed up with the Core Truth. I believe that if we don’t know that We Are One with God (or Spirit) then we may spend all of our time focusing on our core issues and never get to our True Essence. Even though we may not know it, We Are One with God. When I do EFT with people, I am seeing them as Whole and Complete. I know that their experiences of pain and suffering are real for them, and I help them energetically release that which no longer serves them. EFT is one of the best tools that I know to erase the “lies” (even though they seem real) and to get to the Truth of their Being.

Transforming Disappointment into Gratitude

2007-02-05T13:15:00.000-08:00

We heard that our friend Sunlight, a small vibrant woman in her eighties, fell and broke her arm last week. After church, my husband and I went to the hospital to visit her. The first thing she said to me was, "are you going to tap me?"

A steady stream of people from church came to visit and wish her well. There were seven or eight visitors and not enough places for people to sit. I didn't feel comfortable doing EFT with her as guests were entering and wishing her well. Then the tide turned, and people started leaving, and we got down to two guests besides Steve and I. So, I asked her if she still wanted me to tap with her.

She smiled and said "yes." This was her fourth day in the hospital, and she really wanted to go home ASAP. I discovered that she was harboring doubts about whether she'd actually be able to go home the next day. Her SUDS level was only a 3, and with one round of tapping the doubt dissolved.

As we were conversing, she started to complain about hospitals and the hugely wasteful way that they did business, pointing to the trash can filled with disposable products (she lives in the country by herself and is a passionate environmentalist.) This was the most animated that I saw her during the visit. I asked her if she would like to let go of the bad feelings she was holding about the hospital, and she agreed. With her strong disapproval of the way that the hospitals did things, she decided her SUDS level was a 9.

I asked her to rub a sore spot on her chest, as she repeated something like this three times:

"Even though I strongly disapprove of the way that this hospital wastes things and I know that I can't do anything about it, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. I forgive myself for having been upset about this, and I forgive the hospital for the way that they do things."

Then I asked her to tap the top of her head (her crown chakra) with her available hand (she had broken her left arm, and had laid helplessly on the floor for several hours before being found) and say:

"Releasing my disapproval of the way this hospital does things."

As she was tapping her crown chakra her energy instantly shifted, before she even finished the above statement. She was smiling and I could see more light coming out of her face.

Then I had her tap on the following points and say:

Eyebrow: "Remaining disappointment about the hospital."

Side of eye: "Gratitude for the hospital helping me."

Under eye: "Disappointment about the hospital."

Under nose: "Gratitude for the hospital helping me and other people that need it."

Chin:"Disappointment."

Collarbone: "Gratitude."

Under arm:"Gratitude."

By the time my husband and I left her, the sun had indeed returned to our friend Sunlight, who is indeed a light unto the world.

2007-02-02T13:25:00.000-08:00

Last evening, I saw "Laura" at class, and I asked if her migraine headache had stayed away, and it had not come back. It was one week ago that I did EFT with her for about 10 minutes and it still has not returned.

Recently, I passed the Advanced EFT test. I soon will add my name up on the Practitioner's Section of Gary Craig's site. I have been struggling to put together my website, and have decided to try a different host--one that it is easier to put a PayPal button. So, even though I don't have my website up yet, I want you to know that I am available to do EFT by telephone. This month I have a special offer for new clients.

INTRODUCTORY OFFER--for new clients only FIRST 45 MINUTE SESSION--HALF PRICE REGULAR PRICE--$80 INTRODUCTORY PRICE--$40/Offer ends February

Contact me at joann.skywatcher@gmail.com or call me at 707-462-2501.
I look forward to helping you.

Migraine Headache Vanishes in 10 Minutes!!!

2007-01-25T23:01:00.000-08:00

Last evening, during a class that I was participating in, "Laura" complained that she was having a hard time thinking because she had a migraine headache. During a fifteen minute break, I asked her if she still had the migraine, and she did. I asked her if she would be interested in getting rid of it and she said, "why, sure". I asked if it was OK to help her right there in the room with everybody milling around (there wasn't any privacy), and it was OK with her.

She described the pain as behind her right eye, and up the side of her neck. I asked if she had any idea what caused it. She said that she had missed her hair appointment, and she didn't like that. She said also she didn't like it that she had a migraine. I asked what the intensity of the pain was, and her SUDS level was 9 out of 10.

We didn't have much time. I was hoping that I would have a couple of minutes to eat a few of the snacks that were laid out on the table, and to do that, we would need to work quickly, effectively, and with intent. I asked her to rub her sore spot on her chest, while repeating after me:

"Even though I have a hard time thinking because I have a migraine headache and it really hurts. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I missed my hair appointment and I didn't like that. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I have a migraine headache and it hurts like hell. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."

I had her begin with tapping her crown chakra (on the top of her head) with both hands saying, "releasing this migraine headache". The reminder phrase I asked her to use was "migraine headache", and I prompted her to say it as she tapped the spots on her head and face, collarbone, and under her arm. I noticed that the inner eye brow point seemed to be a "hot" one and had her tap it for an extra amount of time. I could see the tension relax in her face as she tapped that point. I was also working to get her laugh, and make noises with her breathing to help shift the energy.

After she finished tapping on the first round, I asked her to close her eyes to see how she felt. She said that she felt much better, and the pain had gone down to a 4. I then asked if any other information had come in, and she said that she had been worrying about money problems.

So, for the second round I instructed her to rub her sore spot and said:

"Even though I still have a migraine headache. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I am worrying about money problems. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."
"Even though I am worrying about money so much that it has made my head hurt. I deeply and completely love and accept myself."

Then I had her tap on her crown chakra saying, "remaining migraine headache pain". I then instructed her to tap on the other points on her head and face, collarbone, and under her arm. I had her alternate, "migraine headache" with "money problems" as her reminder phrase.

When she finished the second round she exclaimed, "The pain is gone!"

Did You Know That Probiotics Can Be Yummy?

2007-01-10T10:16:00.000-08:00

If you really knew me, you would know that I am passionate about making fermented foods. I love the fact that I can get probiotics from my foods instead of taking expensive pills. Not only that, that taste great!!

Some of my favorite fermented foods:

* Sauerkraut
* Kim Chi
* Mango Chutney
* Pineapple Chutney
* Ginger ale
* Pickled Cucumbers

So what is so hot about lacto-fermented foods?

* They taste yummy!
* Lactic acid is a natural preservative that inhibits putrefying bacteria
* Enhances their digestibility
* Increases vitamin levels
* These beneficial organisms produce numerous helpful enzymes
* The organisms also produce antibiotic and anticarcinogenic substances
* Also promote healthy flora throughout the intestine

So, if I have your interest up, you may be wondering where do you find out how to make these interesting dishes? Well, I learned from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. I have been preparing food for almost forty years, and I have gone through lots of different styles of cooking and used various cookbooks. However, since my encounter with Nourishing Traditions a couple of years ago, I hardly refer to any other cookbooks!

My friend Doug wanted to get Nourishing Traditions and he wanted to help me out by ordering from my old blog: Living my Passion , but the old link didn't work. So, here is the new link to buy Nourishing Traditions.

EFT Help with Prostate Pain and Urinary Problems

2006-12-28T13:51:00.000-08:00

My husband and I recently visited some old friends of his (I had never met them). We spent the night at their country home. “George” (who is 57 years old) went to bed early because he was having pain from his prostate problem. I told him that I did a technique that might be able to help, though I wasn’t sure because I had never worked on anyone with that issue before. We worked together for about an hour.

I told "George" that in my experience, several things help with EFT working better :

Rapport with the practitioner (we had established rapport during dinner)
Willingness--he was incredibly willing for the pain to not be there
Positive attitude
Persistence
Physical ways of changing energy: laughing, deeper breathing, crying, growling

PAIN:

I asked “George” where was the pain. He said that the tip of his penis hurt. Sometimes it gets up to an “8”. At times, the pain goes all the way to his prostate gland. Tonight, it was a “5”. He also said that his doctor had prescribed antibiotics and that he was trying to stay away from them as much as possible. He had been off antibiotics for a while.

Set-up phrases:

Even though my penis sometimes hurts like hell, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
Even though my penis has a burning sensation ...
Even though my penis really hurts ...

I had him yell the different phrases. Also, I had him tap certain points for a prolonged time. I worked hard to get him to laugh, and eventually he did. His pain dropped to zero in one round.

URINARY PROBLEMS:
The next issue that we worked on was difficulty emptying his bladder. On average, he had to get up five times during the night. He would have to stand there for a long time before anything would come out. When it would, it would really hurt, and he would anticipate the pain.

Set-up phrases:

Even though it has been hard for me to pee, I deeply and completely love and accept myself
Even though sometimes it only comes out in a dribble ...
Even though when the pee only dribbles out it makes me feel like an old man and I hate that ...
Even though sometimes I pee like an old man ...

Reminder phrases: (I had him alternate)

It only dribbles
Pee comes out slowly

Set-up phrases:

Even though in the last couple of years my pee has come out slowly, I deeply and completely love and accept myself and my penis
Even though my pee might come out slowly, I deeply and completely love and accept myself and my penis
I forgive myself and my penis for anything that I may have done

Reminder phrases: (I had him alternate and had him imagine the positive images)

Even though it may come out in a dribble
And then again it may come out like a race horse
And sometimes just a dribble
I relax and let it flow like Niagara Falls
And sometimes it's slow and I relax
And let it flow like a fire hydrant
I just let it flow and go easy on myself
If I feel angry because it isn't flowing, I just let the anger flow easily out of my penis

I told him when he got up to go to the bathroom to turn the faucet on (an auditory reminder) and tap, then consciously breathe and use one of the visualizations:

Peeing like a race horse
Let it flow like Niagara Falls
Flow like a fire hydrant

The next morning he reported:

He had gotten up fewer times
It was easier to pee
He wasn't feeling pain

ANTICIPATING PAIN AND TENSING MUSCLES

I noticed that before "George" would stand up that he would prepare for the pain by tensing up his facial muscles (and other muscles, too). I brought this up to him, and asked him to close his eyes and imagine himself being a vigorous 40 year old man, breathing and standing up easily. Then we tapped.

Set-up phrases:

Even though I have been tensing my body before I stand up, and that anticipation of the pain has helped intensify the pain, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
Even though by tensing my body before standing up has intensified the pain--I didn't know any better. I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
Now, before I stand up, I breathe slowly, relax and imagine that I am 40 years old, and then stand up easily.

Reminder phrases:

Releasing fear of penis pain
It's easy to stand
Go away penis pain
It's easy to stand up
Releasing penis pain
Go away penis pain
I am aware of my relaxed body
It is easy for me to stand up

He was able to stand up without clenching his muscles in anticipation of the pain.

Important note: While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it must still be considered to be in the experimental stage and thus practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it. Further, JoAnn SkyWatcher is not a licensed health professional and offers EFT as an ordained minister and as an energy coach.

How to Git Rid of the Holiday Blahs

2006-12-21T16:02:00.000-08:00

The Holiday Season can be one of great joy! It can also bring up uncomfortable feelings or issues. Here are a few:

You may feel anxious because of all that you have to do, and not enough time to do it all.
Maybe you don't have enough money to buy the gifts that you want to buy for your loved ones.
Maybe you are away from family and you would like to be with them and you can't be.
Maybe you are going to be with family and that brings up a lot of old patterns that you would rather not deal with.
Maybe you'll get gifts that you feel obligated to "act" like you like them even though you don't.
Maybe you are going to be alone this holiday season.
Maybe you want to be invited to an event that you haven't been invited to.
Maybe you are fighting with someone.
Maybe something happened during the Holiday Season in the past and it comes up for you during this time.
Maybe you just don't like the idea spending money on gifts to show people that you love them.
Maybe you hate how commercial Christmas is.

This is just a partial list of issues that come to mind. You can cross out the ones that don't resonate with you, and add ones that do. Not only that, there is something POSITIVE that you CAN DO that will make it so you have less stress during this season. You may have guessed it--EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).

For those of you who are not too familiar with how to do EFT, here is a way to make for less stress this holiday season. Start with one of uncomfortable feelings or issues. Make it into a Set-up Phrase, for example:

Even though I feel anxious because of all that I have to do, and I don't seem to have enough time, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Before tapping on it, you need to assess what level of distress you are feeling--on a level of zero to ten (zero being no stress, and ten being the max!) Take a note of the distress level.

Now, you either rub on your sore spot on your chest or the karate chop on the side of the hand while repeating your Set-up Phrase three times.

Then, tap on the different points while saying the Reminder Phrase, "Holiday Anxiety" at each point.

Eyebrow
Outer eyebrow
Under eye
Under nose
Under bottom lip
Collarbone
Underarm

Close your eyes and ask yourself what is the distress level now? Your working on bringing it down to zero.

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!!!

Important note: While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it must still be considered to be in the experimental stage and thus practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it. Further, JoAnn SkyWatcher is not a licensed health professional and offers EFT as an ordained minister and as an energy coach.

When You Can't Wash Your Hands

2006-12-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

Whether you love this time of year, or would rather crawl into a hole until it's over, one thing is sure and that is the fact that the cold and flu season goes hand in hand with the winter holidays.

And speaking of hands, did you know that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends frequent hand-washing as the best prevention against colds and flu? (See article below).

In fact, last week was "National Hand Washing Awareness Week". Please don't be dismayed if you didn't know about it, as you can celebrate at any time.

According to the CDC, you should you wash your hands:

* After coughing or sneezing (if you covered your nose or mouth
with your hand)
* Before, during, and after you prepare food
* Before you eat, and after you use the bathroom
* When your hands are dirty, and
* More frequently when someone you live with is sick.

That recommendation is all well and good, but not practical or even possible in many situations. Many public rest rooms do not have hot water or effective soap...and often there are no rest rooms available.

Young Living, however, has the secret weapon: Thieves Spray!

Thieves Spray is based on the renowned and proprietary Young Living Thieves essential oil blend which has been proven to be effective against a range of germs including airborne Micrococcus luteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, it has recently been shown to kill Stachybotrys black mold, which has been implicated in many common immune system illnesses and can even be life-threatening.

Whether you use Thieves Spray, or carry around a bottle of Thieves oil in your pocket or purse, you'll be assured of having the kind of protection you want and need...when you want and need it.

And, if you haven't tried the other Thieves products yet, you're in for a treat! They are: Thieves Household Cleaner (awesome product!), Thieves Hard and Soft Lozenges, Thieves Dentarome Toothpastes, Thieves Fresh Essence Plus, Thieves Wipes and Thieves Soap.

From The Tribune-Star

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Handwashing is the single most important means to prevent the spread of infection."

The CDC estimates that 36,000 people die from the flu or flu-like illness each year, 5,000 people die from foodborne illness each year, and between 78,000 and 90,000 patients die each year from Hospital Acquired Infections, for which a direct link to many of these deaths is poor handwashing.

Handwashing and hand awareness is important for infection prevention, food safety, school health, personal health and disease prevention. 164 million days are lost from school each year because of illness, of which 22 million are due to the common cold alone. Washing hands can prevent lost school and work days. There are many critical times to wash your hands. It is important to wash hands before eating, after the toilet, during food preparation, after handling animals, after changing diapers or using a tissue, leaving the hospital or physician's office and any time you think your hands are dirty. Use soap, running water, and scrub all surfaces of your hands and wrists for 20 seconds and dry with a paper towel.

National Handwashing Awareness Week promotes the importance of handwashing and hand awareness on television, radio, newspaper and the Internet to give everyone a head start to prevent illness this winter, according to a news release.

The first National Handwashing Awareness Week started in 1999 in Cincinnati because of the flu vaccine shortage by the collaboration of the Henry the Hand Foundation and the Greater Cincinnati Health Council Flu Vaccine Committee to educate the public about handwashing as the first line of defense against the flu or flu-like illness.

Hornet Sting Pain Vanishes with EFT

2006-12-06T10:04:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I was in a hurry to get to town for an appointment. As I reached into my country mailbox, I saw a hornet in the back, which is not unusual. The moment I picked up the mail I felt an “electric” shock on the side of my hand. One of those damn hornets must have stung me. I was running on a deadline to get to town, and needed to drive. I usually use essential oils for insect bites, but I had forgotten to carry my oils with me that day. Though my hand now throb with pain, I felt as though I had to keep driving on a twisty, curvy, country road. So, I thought of doing EFT! It wasn’t appropriate to use both hands and tap on my karate chop point because I had to pay attention to the road. I was able to drive with one hand on the steering wheel, and rub on my sore spot on my chest.

My set-up phrases included:

•Even though I got stung by a damn hornet, and it hurts like hell, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
•Even though I hate it that I got stung by a damn hornet, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
•Even though there is a feeling like an electric shock on the side of my hand, I deeply and completely love and accept myself!

Then I tapped on my different meridians, saying my reminder phrase, “damn hornet sting” (sometimes I said damn with emphasis). By the time I had tapped on my eyebrow point, and the side of the eye point, I could feel the sting lessening. By the tme I completed one round of tapping the pain had become barely noticeable.

Like Gary says, try EFT on everything. By the way, when we got to our destination, I couldn’t tell exactly where the hornet had stung me. There was no red spot, no swelling, nothing at all except a fading memory.

Hugs can Change your Life!

2006-12-05T14:16:00.000-08:00

Challenge Day founders Rich and Yvonne Dutra-St. John teach that we need at least three hugs a day just to get by. They go on to say that if we get six hugs a day we will feel even better. To thoroughly thrive, even in stressful circumstances, consider getting twelve hugs a day, or even more. I consider this to be the nirvana for hug getting (at least for me). Twelve hugs takes me to a blissful state.

I have been hearing this about hugs for years. My husband Steve and I live way out in the country, and we work at home. Many days we only see each other, so we are the only source for hugs. The other day I had an “aha.” Even though Steve and I are “alone” with each other, we can hug each other twelve times (or more!) a day.

We started our experiment last week. About every hour or so, I ask for a hug from my husband, Steve (or he grabs me for a hug). It’s such an easy thing to do, and with each hug, I feel warm and fuzzy. It’s a pleasant reminder that I am not alone. The first day of the experiment, we got at least twelve hugs, and we both felt that it added to our day. We wondered why we hadn’t taken advantage of doing this before, especially because we “know” about the power of hugs.

Our experiment continues. Most of the time I really want to give my beloved husband a hug. At one point, I got triggered, and I was pouting like a little girl. I didn’t feel like hugging Steve. So, I didn’t until I got out of my funk. I apologized to Steve for acting like a baby and we started back on the road to feeling better through hugging.

If you don’t have a person to hug, petting an animal can make a difference. That is one reason many people have pets—so they can pet them.

Remember, when you are out getting your healthy dose of hugs a day, to always ask permission first.

The "Dirty Dozen" Fruits and Vegetables

2006-11-28T10:31:00.000-08:00

I try to buy organic, and sometimes there isn't a choice. I also try to keep track of which commercial vegetables and fruits to steer clear from and which are the safest. The list has changed since the last list came out in 2003.

There have been some ratings revisions since the last Guide came out in October 2003.
For instance, carrots are off the "bad" list now but lettuce is on it. Cauliflower has fallen from grace but cabbage has made the cut and is now on the "good list."

The "Dirty Dozen" (starting with the worst)

* peaches
* apples
* sweet bell peppers
* celery
* nectarines
* strawberries
* cherries
* pears
* grapes (imported)
* spinach
* lettuce
* potatoes

The "Cleanest 12" (starting with the best)

* onions
* avocados
* sweet corn (frozen)
* pineapples
* mangoes
* asparagus
* sweet peas (frozen)
* kiwi fruit
* bananas
* cabbage
* broccoli
* papaya

For more information check out:
http://www.epicurious.com/features/news/dailydish/110606

Dismantling Procrastination—3 Action Steps

2006-11-27T10:44:00.000-08:00

My friend, Catherine Beham, wrote this article about breaking down procrastination. You might want to try it next time you find that you are spinning your wheels.

“I feel so lazy.”

“I lose so much time.”

“I feel so bad about myself.”

“I’m stuck.”

Procrastination eats away at our sense of Well Being more than any other self defeating habit.

By time many of us are ready to face procrastination and begin dealing with it, we are so buried with negative emotion and uncompleted projects we don’t know where to start.

There really is a way out of procrastination’s iron grip

Dealing with the negative thinking that goes with procrastination is a great way to turn this ship around. Dissolving frustration and anger we hold about our stacks of undone tasks creates momentum to create permanent change.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is ideal for this purpose. It allows you to acknowledge the current state of affairs and to build a foundation for joyful productivity.

Once emotional intensity around the shame, guilt and frustration is weakened, creative problem solving springs to life. There really is a way out of procrastination’s iron grip.

What To Put In The Tool Box

Here are three action steps you can put into practice immediately. It is a wonderful feeling to sense movement and to have a plan. Be your own best friend here, gently encourage and praise yourself for every baby step you take.

Action Step #1

Notice.

Become aware of how you feel when you look at the list of what has to be done. How quickly you identify your negative thought (frustration, guilt, shame, impatience, whatever is there) will give you a clue as to how soon you will notice progress.

You may notice that in the past, you felt lousy for the whole day thinking about that Grand Daddy of a project. A slight waste of your precious time and energy, don’t you think?

Now, when you notice your inner reaction, STOP. Say this:

“Even though I don’t know how I will ever get this done…I choose to believe my Inner Being will equip me.”

You have nothing to lose to try this technique, I can tell you…be prepared to be amazed.

Action Step #2

Own the Plan.

Rewrite your To Do List and rank the order of tasks by when you want them done. Put your most procrastinated item on the top of your list.

Good work. Now go to the third one down on the list. That’s right, the third one. Break that third task into bite sized chunks and attack the first step with gusto.

Why the third one down? It has far less emotional weight to it than your Grand Daddy project. You will be amazed how easy it is to accomplish a less emotionally loaded task.

Once you have begun work on this “easier” but still procrastinated task, the inspiration and encouragement you will gain will manifest itself in motivation.

As you attend to this lower priority task, you may have doubt or disbelief that this will work. I can almost hear you say….but this is not the task I need to focus on.

If this is you, say the following: “Even though I don’t see how working on this unrelated task has anything to do with the project that is critically neglected….I choose to allow ANY ACCOMPLISHMENT to inspire and motivate me.”

For extra oomph, say this while looking at yourself in the mirror.

Action Step #3

Whistle While You Work.

The Seven Dwarves had a great technique for achievement.

Music.

The more important the task is facing you, the more crucial it is to play music in the background. There are countless wonderful CDs available with inspiring music.

Itunes makes it possible to download your faverites right from your desk. Music changes the atmosphere. Music inspires. Music empowers.

It is widely known that the Baroque music style is particularly effective in creating an atmosphere of efficient mental processing.

For extra empowerment, add a couple of candles.

Now break down your Grand Daddy Task into bite sized pieces while listening to your choice of music. After the task has been broken down, find a mirror and say:

“Even though I am still feeling a bit overwhelmed by this task….I choose to see these steps as doable and I choose to feel hopeful and inspired.”

Getting Unstuck

For all you sharpies out there, you might have noticed that the three action steps are more than meet the eye. The first letters of each form the final tool.

N O W. The key to dismantling your procrastination lifestyle is to use one of these tools NOW. NOW is the moment of power. NOW is the moment of freedom.

Even if all you do is notice your negative thoughts and choose to transform them through the “Even though…” technique, that is plenty.

That action step alone will change your life.

I promise.

Want to use this article in your e-zine or website?

You're welcome to, as long as you include this complete blurb with it:

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Specialist and Peak Performance Coach Catherine Behan is an author, teacher, coach and master motivator. Catherine empowers people in transition to remove the obstacles blocking success and to find the inspiration and personal strength that attracts abundance and prosperity into their lives. Catherine creates innovative teleclass programs, workshops and seminars that bring together the Law of Attraction and EFT. To learn more about her work and sign up for more FREE tips like these, visit her site at http://www.catherinebehan.com

One Way of Installing Love

2006-11-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

My friend, Sue, sent this to me, and I thought that you might enjoy it.

Customer Service (CS) Rep.: "Yes, Ma'am, how may I help you today?"

Customer: "Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install LOVE.
Can you guide me through the process?"

CS Rep.: "Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?"

Customer: "Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready to install
now. What do I do first?"

CS Rep.: "The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART
ma'am?"

Customer: "Yes I have, but there are several other programs running right
now. Is it okay to install while they are running?"

CS Rep.: "What programs are running ma'am?"

Customer: "Let's see, I have PAST-HURT.EXE, LOW ESTEEM.EXE, GRUDGE.EXE, and
RESENTMENT.COM running right now."

CS Rep. : "No problem. LOVE will gradually erase PAST-HURT.EXE from your
current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it
will no longer disrupt other programs. LOVE will eventually overwrite
LOW-ESTEEM.EXE with a module of its own called HIGH-ESTEEM.EXE. However,
you have to completely turn off GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM. Those
programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off
ma'am?"

Customer: "I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?"

CS Rep.: "My pleasure. Go to your Start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. Do
this as many times as necessary until GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM have
been completely erased."

Customer: "Okay, done. LOVE has started installing itself automatically. Is
that normal?"

Cs Rep.: "Yes. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for
the life of your HEART. Do you see that message?"

Customer: "Yes I do. Is it completely installed?"

Cs Rep.: "Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need
to begin connecting to other HEARTS in order to get the upgrades."

Customer: "Oops. I have an error message already. What should I do?"

Cs Rep.: "What does the message say?"

Customer: "It says "ERROR 412 - PROGRAM NOT RUN ON INTERNAL COMPONENTS.
What does that mean?"

Cs Rep.: "Don't worry ma'am, that's a common problem. It means that the
LOVE program is set up to run on external HEARTS but has not yet been run
on your HEART. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in
non-technical terms it means you have to "LOVE" your own machine before it
can "LOVE" others."

Customer: "So what should I do?"

Cs Rep.: "Can you pull down the directory called "SELFACCEPTANCE"?"

Customer: "Yes, I have it."

Cs Rep.: "Excellent. You're getting good at this."

Customer: "Thank you."

Cs Rep.: "You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them
to the "MYHEART" directory: FORGIVE-SELF.DOC, REALIZE-WORTH.TXT, and
ACKNOWLEDGE-LIMITATIONS.DOC. The system will overwrite any conflicting
files and begin patching any faulty programming. Also, you need to delete
VERBOSE-SELF-CRITIC.EXE from all directories, and then empty your recycle
bin afterwards to make sure it is completely and permanently gone erased."

Customer: "Got it. Hey! My HEART is filling up with new files. SMILE.MPG is
playing on my monitor right now and it shows that PEACE.EXE, and
CONTENTMENT.COM are copying themselves all over my HEART. Is this normal?"

Cs Rep.: "Sometimes. For others it takes a while, but eventually everything
gets downloaded at the proper time. So, LOVE is installed and running. You
should be able to handle it from here. One more thing before I go."

Customer: "Yes?"

Cs Rep.: "LOVE is freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to
everybody you meet. They will share it with other people and then return
some similarly sacred modules back to you."

Customer: "I will. Thanks for your help. By the way, what's your name?"

Cs Rep.: " You may call me the Divine Cardiologist, also known as The Great
Physician, but most call me God. Many people feel all they need is an
annual checkup to stay heart-healthy, but the Manufacturer suggests a
schedule of daily maintenance for maximum efficiency. Put another way, keep
in touch.

Cheers!

Releasing my Shame

2006-11-03T11:53:00.000-08:00

This is an email that I sent to my friend and colleague, Catherine Behan, I have taken three of the four teleclasses, Being Diet Free. I certainly have curbed my cravings since taking her classes.

Dear Catherine,
While I was lying in bed this morning I decided to work on self-sabotage.

I used some Young Living essential oils:

I put Valor on the meaty parts of my thumbs (it helps me be courageous)
I put Three Wise Men on my crown chakra (to help it open)
I put Release on the meaty parts of my thumbs and on my sore spot (to help me release the tail-enders that no longer serve me

I wish that I would have had some kind of recording device going so that I could remember everything, but I will do my best to let you know what came up. It was
way beyond my craving for food and eating rapidly.

I sometimes rubbed on my sore spot and sometimes I tapped on my karate chop point--whatever I felt like in the moment.

Even though there is a part of me that knows my magnificence there isalso another part of me that is very shameful
Even though I know that I am a limitless being there is a part of me that gets in the way of my vastness
Even though I know that I am God/Goddess in form there is a part of me that is comfortable playing the victim role

I would rotate tapping:

I am a limitless being
And yet at times I am shamed filled
I am a light for others
And yet at times I feel shame for things that were done to me and that I have done
I am as vast as the universe
And I feel shame for things that my family members and ancestors have done
I am light filled and light is pouring out of me
And I have experienced my shadow deeply
I am whole and complete
And yet I have stagnated in self-pity
I am a limitless being
I am filled with light

I would use TAT (my thumb and ring resting close to my tear ducts, and
middle fingers resting on my third eye) to effortlessly come up with
other limiting beliefs to tap on.

Other limiting beliefs that came up:

Even though I know that I am filled with light I also know that I have been indoctrinated as a sinner
Even though I no longer participate in the religion that made me so wrong I still feel the sting of shame
Even though I no longer accept the teachings of that church I know that the scars of shame are deep

Then I alternated tapping:

I forgive myself for feeling shame
I forgive the church and its leaders for condemning me
I forgive myself for believing them
I know that I am a light
Even though I still feel shame
I am a limitless being
Even though I was taught that I was a sinner and that I was supposed to suffer
I am God/Goddess in form
I am a sinner
I am the light
I am the darkness
I am both the light and the dark
I am it All
And I know that I am at choice
To focus on the light
Or the darkness
I choose the Light
And let the darkness be
I am one with the Light
And I know it is so

Something else that came up for me when I did TAT:

Even though I don't have the time to do what needs to be done
Even though I am not good enough to do what I envision

Here is some of how I tapped:

Even though I come up with a lot of good ideas
I sometimes feel overwhelmed that I can't follow through with them
It is OK whatever I do
I am not wrong even though I sometimes feel wrong
Even though I say that I want to do more
It is OK to do what I do
I remember to be of love
And then the actions will follow
I am OK
Even though I feel not good enough
I am more than OK
I am a limitless being
I am a light that shines bright for others
I come back to this moment of perfection
I am One with the Light
I am One with All

This is part of what I remember.

Gratefully yours,

JoAnn

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No More Visits Needed

2006-11-01T09:13:00.000-08:00

Steve, my sweet husband, went in to the dentist for a scheduled cleaning on Monday, October 16. To his surprise, the dentist said that one of his wisdom teeth was cracked and that it needed to be extracted immediately. Maybe it wasn’t too much of a surprise to Steve because that tooth had become quite sensitive to heat and cold.

Steve was referred to a dentist who specializes in dental surgery. He had his tooth pulled the next day. That evening the area was still bleeding. It was then I remembered I had used Young Living’s Helichrysum Essential Oil to stop bleeding. Steve was willing to give it a try. It helped the bleeding slow down tremendously and eased the pain.

Steve mentioned that his mouth recovered much faster than he expected. Today, Steve went into the dentist for a follow-up visit. The dentist expressed surprise that it had already healed thoroughly, and that no more visits would be needed.

OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER: All information provided on this site is for educational and inspirational purposes only, and is not intended as diagnosis, treatment or prescription for any disease. The decision to use, or not to use, any of this information is the sole responsibility of the reader. We recommend that you consult your licensed health care practitioner if you are dealing with an illness.

I am Unplugging from my Food Cravings

2006-10-20T13:02:00.000-07:00

Catherine Behan’s class on Wednesday was great!

Some of issues that have surfaced for me since her class have been (and I tapped on all of these issues and others, too):

• Food=Love
• Rich homemade desserts=mother love (my mother showed her love that way--daily)
• Candies=grandma's love (she had an open bowl--we could take as much as we wanted)
• Chocolate=daddy's love (I was Daddy's good little girl--I felt like he loved me the most and that I deserved all of his love)

Something else that has come up has to do with being full:

• Fullness=contentment
• Food=the big tit that I never got and could never get enough of
• My mom fed me on a schedule and so when I would eat it would be like I was starving to death and I would eat as quickly and as much as I could

I have been positively tapping on:

• Love is more than food
• Love is here right now even if I am hungry
• I am OK even if I am not stuffed full of food
• There are many other ways to feel love and experience pleasure besides food

My appetite is much lighter than usual. I am also working on eating more consciously and more slowly. I feel that my chocolate addiction has been reduced incredibly. I have a piece of one of my favorite chocolate candy bars that I have shared with my husband (in the past I usually would hide it for myself and pig out on it, until it is all gone). I still have a piece of that candy bar that I haven’t eaten (that is hard to believe)!

I am flying to San Diego to be with my family tomorrow. My family has centered around delicious food. It will be interesting to see the triggers that will be coming up while I am there.

Exercise and Community Service?

2006-10-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

Even in these days of multi-tasking, it may seem strange to put exercise and community together in the same sentence. How we accomplish that is when my husband, Steve, and I take walks together. We are able to get out in nature; see beauty; get in touch with our muse; burn up some calories; have walking meditations; have delightful and insightful conversations; and clean-up the public road.

Now, Steve has been doing this for years. I have admired the way he consistently picks up trash—rain or shine. He always puts a plastic bag in his pocket before he starts his walk in preparation for his personally assigned civil mission. Neighbors recognize him year round picking up rubbish by the side of the road.

Besides getting a cardiovascular workout from the walking, we have to bend down to pick up the litter. The stooping and bending helps to maintain balance. Not only that, it keeps the roadside looking clean. It gives both Steve and I a sense of helping keep our environment unblemished. In essence, this exercise in litter removal is a form of worship.

Is there a way that you can get exercise and help your community or environment?

One of our favorite views on our walk. When the sun is just right, you can see it refecting off the ocean.

2006-10-19T15:05:00.000-07:00

Walking along the county road.

2006-10-19T15:02:00.000-07:00

Trash we picked up on one walk!

2006-10-19T15:00:00.000-07:00

The Power of Intention

2006-10-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Intention is paramount in healing. This is where miracles happen, or appear to come about.

Several months ago, I worked with a couple in my neighborhood, who were going to have a baby. It was there first, and they were both scared. Anyway, I helped them deal with their issues.

During the week before the birth, when their lives were extremely hectic, the father forgot where to tap, and it was his intention that helped him through the last week without having a meltdown. He could only remember one point, and so he tapped that one point with total conviction. It worked! To read more about their birth experience click here.

Only One Tiny Bite of Chocolate and That Was All

2006-10-17T19:12:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday, I took my first EFT tele-class called Unplug Food Cravings--
Turbo Charge The Journey To Your Ideal Weight by Catherine Behan. It was a free, introductory one-hour class. I liked it so much, that I decided to take Cat’s four one-hour tele-classes on dealing with food cravings for only $99. It starts, on Wednesday, October 18 from 5:30-6:30.

Now, if you knew me, you would know that I have struggled with being a chocoholic for as long as I can remember. I feel that in doing just one hour of EFT on my food cravings that I have got a start on getting in control of my extreme craving of chocolate. I will always love it, but it will no longer run me!

Below is what I wrote to Catherine, a couple of days after taking her class.

The chocolate bar that I had taken a tiny piece from during
your class on last Wednesday (and it was remarkable that
I could take about 1/8 of a teaspoon of it and put it in my
mouth and eat it--without eating any more!!!!)

Night before last, I shared as much as my husband wanted
of that same small candy bar. I had some, too. In fact, there
is still some left. Usually, I don't like to share my best
chocolate, and I have to eat it all. I am reframing that to
"it is easy for me to share what I love. There is more
available. I don't need to eat it all myself. And it is Ok
for me to eat it, too. However, I have control over my
life."

Last night, I bought a piece of chocolate cheesecake
from a gourmet market on the coast. I shared it with
my husband, and there is still some left over. Yahoo!!!

Cat, until the call with you the other night, I didn't
really get that when I was eating half a box of See's
candies that I was bingeing.

Also, I had a huge release yesterday, crying about
missing my grandma (who has crossed over a couple
of decades ago). I don't think that I had allowed myself
to cry of the loss of her in my life and how much
she meant to me. BTW, she gave me lots of candy...

It's Now or Never

2006-10-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

I have been talking about creating this blog for too long of a time. I have procrastinated long enough. This is the time. I am starting my Way Healthy Blog. Yipee!!!

What I plan on sharing in my blog are stories of how people have used energy to help heal their bodies, their minds, and to create their reality the way that they want. My main focus will be the use of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) that has been popularized by Gary Craig. I hope to share in a way that you will be able to use the information that I make available.

Another area that I will include the benefits of Young Living Essential Oils, and other Young Living products. I love their products and the way that they smell!