Helping a Middle-Aged Student Pass a Biology Class

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

Staying Calm During Catastrophes Using EFT

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.