EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques Tips & Tricks

Global Oneness Day ~ October 24, 2011

2011-10-21T13:29:00.000-04:00

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Are You Sabotaging Your Success?

2011-10-16T13:22:00.001-04:00

Are You Sabotaging Your Success?

Does this sound like you?

“Every time I get ahead, I do something to sabotage my success.”

“I work really hard, I am busy all the time and I never get ahead.”

“I have great intentions and I never get started.”

Self-sabotage is an interesting occurrence. Why would you want to undermine your own success? Why wouldn’t you do the things that would bring success, happiness and abundance into your life?

Self-sabotage has nothing to do with skill, knowledge, desire or effort on your part.

Sabotaging your success is due to bumping up against self-imposed barriers that limit how much success you can comfortably allow into your life.

If something feels like it is too good to be true or success is coming too fast, or is beyond your comfort level, your subconscious mind kicks in and sabotages your success.

Your subconscious mind may want to keep you safe, keep you from getting hurt, and/or keep you from being disappointed. It may also want to prevent you from “getting too big for your britches”.

Take a moment and think about how Self-sabotage show up in your life.

Do you procrastinate and never get started?
Do you get started, but never finish?
Are you easily distracted and lack focus?
Do you experience excessive worry and fear?
Is there a constant steam of negative self-talk going on in your mind?
Do you need help in a particular area and you are not asking for it?
Do you find yourself destroying working relationships and you don’t even know why?
Do you eat poorly and avoid daily exercise?

Write down the self-sabotaging behaviors you are experiencing.

Now, explore why you would sabotage your success.

Are you afraid of success?
Are you afraid of failure?
Are you afraid to promote yourself?
Do you doubt your ability to succeed?
Do you feel unworthy and undeserving of success?
Are you afraid of change?
Are you afraid of “rocking the boat” in your relationships?

Write down why you believe you are sabotaging your success.

Being aware of your sabotaging behaviors and the reasons why you sabotage your success may be all you need to get over this pattern and get moving again. Your conscious mind can override your unconscious conditioned response with enough will-power and determination.

But, typically this pattern is so deeply engrained in your subconscious mind that once your will-power and your determination begins to wear off, you are back to sabotaging your success. That’s why dieters give up after a few days, weeks or months. Their will power wears off and their subconscious fears, doubts and limiting beliefs once again bubble up.

This is also why people who are determined to make more money often manifest ways to spend it or lose it once the level of income is beyond their subconscious comfort zone. Are you always manifesting ways to spend any extra money that comes your way? If so, you have some subconscious limiting beliefs that need to be changed.

You owe it to yourself to explore how and why you are sabotaging your success and begin to reprogram your subconscious mind for success. EFT meridian tapping is the best process I have found to address the subconscious programming that limits our ability to be successful in all areas of our lives.

If you need help wording your EFT sessions, I have a new EFT script and audio for Self-Sabotage on my web site as well as other EFT sessions that address the self-limiting subconscious programs you have running in your life.

I encourage you to use EFT meridian tapping on a daily basis to release or activate whatever will support your success. Here are links to some EFT sessions on my web site that will help you get started.

Self-Sabotage

Fear of Success

Fear of Failure

Fear of Self-Promotion

Worthy & Deserving

EFT for Constricted Breathing

2011-10-14T14:49:00.000-04:00

EFT for Constricted Breathingby Kathy Atkinson, EFTCert-I

Noticing if you have constricted breathing is one of the easiest ways to determine the level of stress and tension you are carrying in your body. Treating constricted breathing with EFT tapping is one of the easiest ways to release the stress and tension from your body.

Try out this tapping session and see how it works for you.

Here are the steps…
First, inhale 2 or 3 maximum deep breaths. Take your time and don't hyperventilate. This step will stretch out your lungs so that any EFT improvement in your breathing cannot be attributed to a normal "stretching effect" of your lungs.

*Use common sense here. Don’t do anything to hurt or damage yourself and don't use this session if you have serious lung issues.

Once you have stretched your lungs as far as they will go then take another deep breath.

This time assess the deepness of your breath on a 0-10 scale where 10 is your estimate of your maximum capacity. Numbers typically vary from 3 to 9 on this.

Take the first number that comes up for you. The occasional person who rates their breath at a 10 may find that after the tapping, they will go to a 12 or 15.

Before going through the tapping sequences you might want to ask yourself these questions:
What does this constricted breathing remind me of?
Who does this constricted breathing remind me of?
What in my life is constricting me right now?
When in the past have I felt constricted?If there was an emotion connected to my constricted breathing, what might it be?

Jot down any significant information that comes to mind.

The questions aren’t necessary, but can often lead to new awareness that you didn’t have access to previously. Certainly use the questions if you don’t experience a significant shift in the depth of your breathing.

Now go through the following rounds of the EFT tapping. If you new to tapping and need a visual of where the meridian tapping points are located visit http://www.eft-downloads.com/Tapping%20Points.asp.

First EFT sequence for Constricted Breathing

Begin tapping on the karate chop point and say out loud…

Even though I have this constricted breathing, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though I have this constricted breathing, I deeply and completely love and forgive myself for anything I am doing to contribute to this constricted breathing.

Even though I have this constricted breathing, I choose to relax my body and allow more air to flow into my lungs.

Even though something is limiting my breathing, I give my body permission to relax and let go of this constriction and limitation.

Eyebrow: This constricted breathing – I am ready to let it go.

Outside eye: This constriction that prevents me from breathing deeply. It is time to let it go.

Under eye: This limitation that prevents me from breathing deeply. I am letting it go now.

Under nose: I am ready to relax and release this constriction.

Chin: I am ready to relax and let more air to flow into my lungs.

Collarbone: It feels good to relax and breathe deeper now.

Under arm: It feels good to allow more life-giving oxygen to fill my lungs.

Top of head: From this moment on, I allow more air to flow into my body and into my lungs.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in, and release it out.

Access the depth of your next breathe again on a scale from 0-10. If you still feel some constriction, continue with the next tapping sequence.

Second EFT sequence for Constricted Breathing

Begin tapping on the karate chop point and say out loud…

Even though I still have some of this constricted breathing, I do feel myself relaxing and letting go of some of this constriction.

Even though I am still constricting my breathing, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.

Even though I am still feeling some tension and tightness in my chest and it’s constricting my breathing, I am willing to relax and allow my body to breathe deeply now.

Eyebrow: This remaining constricted breathing - I release it now.

Outside eye: I am probably limiting and constricting myself in other ways.

Under eye: I release any limits and restrictions I have placed on myself.

Under nose: I release any tension and tightness I feel in my chest and feel in my life.

Chin: Any remaining constricted breathing - I release it now.

Collarbone: It feels good to relax and allow more air to flow into my lungs.

Under arm: It feels good to breathe deeply and evenly now.

Top of head: I honor myself for taking the time to relax deeply so I can breathe deeply.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in, and release it out.

Access the depth of your next breathe on a scale from 0-10. If you still feel some constriction, see if you can identify any issues contributing to your constricted breathing. Tap on those issues specifically or just repeat the tapping sequences holding your focus on a specific issue.

The vast majority of people notice a significant difference in the depth of their breathing using EFT tapping to release the tension and tightness in their chest area.

Please share your experience using this EFT session.

EFT for Stress & Anxiety Relief - Success Story

2011-03-07T14:23:00.001-05:00

I asked permission to share the following success story I received from someone who downloaded the Stress & Anxiety Relief Session from my EFT-downloads.com web site. The message was so inspiring to me that I believed it will be helpful to others to read. I have removed the name and location of this individual as they wanted to remain anonymous due to the personal nature of their situation.

Hi Kathy,

Unfortunately this email won´t enhance your wealth but I owe you a real debt of gratitude and I felt it important to thank you.

Almost two years go I was diagnosed with Cancer having discovered a lump in my body. My first reaction was one of stark fear followed by absolutely “nothing”. It was as if I didn´t have Cancer at all, apart from a few aches and pains I was “fine”, just needed to work on a physical cure.

For my sins I have little regard for the conventional forms of treating Cancer so I began to research the internet, the research took several weeks and in the end I decided upon The Budwig Diet, it seemed right for me.

During my research I read much of the effects of illness on the mind and indeed the widely shared view that the mind itself might even be a major contributor to physical illnesses. (I believe conventional medicine is belatedly coming around to this way of thinking). I also came across EFT and thought little of it, particularly as my interpretation of the mental side of things was that everything was well under control.

The weeks passed as I stuck religiously with my new Budwig regimen, until that is one evening, I went to bed and was unable to sleep. This continued for a full week by the end of which I was a complete and utter wreck. I wasn´t thinking or worrying about the Cancer but my mouth was dry in the night, I got up to urinate maybe a dozen times each and every night. I could hear every sound in my body, I was exhausted but still I couldn´t sleep.

To add to my woes I began to develop phobias for the first time in my life. I couldn´t drink a glass of water without the onset of a panic attack, this exacerbated my dehydration, I felt I was losing my sanity.

I´d chosen to tell no-one of my Cancer (apart from my dear wife), you know, the strange looks, the wagging tongues, the morbid curiosity. I´d seen it with other people and I didn´t want any part of that. I didn´t speak to my family primarily because my Mum was 83 at the time and not in a good state of health, it may have lead to her decline.

I did however confide in a friend whom I knew to have a degenerative illness and I trusted to be discreet. Having expressed his sympathy for my condition, he then told me of his own situation and asked whether I had “accepted” my illness. At first I didn´t really understand what he meant by his question but after much talk and consideration it appeared that my “dealing” with my illness was a complete misconception and that my week of trauma was most likely due to my burying the problem.

Well there you are, I needed help and I needed it fast. Discovering the problem was one thing, dealing with it quite another.

At this point I revisited my research and turned towards the EFT more specifically your own “free” 14 minute Anxiety Relief Session. It literally brought me back from the brink Kathy and for that I´m truly grateful.

I´ve used it daily for over 18 months now. As a bi-product it has also resolved a 15 year Blood Pressure problem, my BP is now low if anything, all this as I contend with the difficulty of fighting the Cancer.

I´ve never slept well for as long as I can remember, however, your tape has also contributed to an enormous improvement there too, I now have 8 hours sleep, every night.

In the first 18 months my Cancer markers were steadily improving, that is until early November when there was a set back. Again I went into panic mode but this time my grief lasted only for a few hours. I bombarded myself with your tape and I slept well that very night and the following day I was positive once more and ready to do battle.

The Cancer is of course a worry but believe me, the way the mind deals with it is so important. When the mind fails, everything else collapses with it.

I have joined an EFT group and decided I will train so that I might help others. I attended the first part of my training on January 3rd, the energy I derived from the group was beyond belief, indeed upon my return home the following day whilst bouncing up and down on my trampoline (this oxygenates the cells and fights the cancer) I had what I would call a revelation.

It came to my mind that I had actually given myself Cancer as punishment for the awful financial decisions I´d made over the last few years. By this putting my wife and I in an awful predicament.

All this apart I felt positive about my discovery and through EFT I´m continuing with the recovery process both physical and mental.

Kathy, your tape has been a marvellous help, thank you sincerely.Name and location withheld by request

Please share this story with anyone that might benefit.

Needs vs Wants - New Year's Audio Presentation

2011-01-15T08:04:00.000-05:00

I always like to host a New Year's call, but I didn't have time to set it up this year, so I recorded a 35 minute audio on Needs vs Wants. It is fun to give you a different approach to goal setting and I believe this call will get you thinking about what you really need this year to be happy, healthy and prosperous.

During the first 20 minutes or so, I share some personal examples on how I have manifest things I needed not just wanted, and then I take you through a meridian tapping sequence to help create an energy shift on this topic.

I have included the written tapping sequence if you want to print off a copy. I had trouble uploading the full recording, so I split it into two parts. Part 1 is the discussion and examples and Part 2 is the tapping sequences.

Listen to the audio presentation:
Part 1: http://www.eft-downloads.com/2011/NeedsvsWantsPart1.mp3

Part 2: http://www.eft-downloads.com/2011/NeedsvsWantsPart2.mp3

Download a copy of the recordings to your computer by right-clicking and choose "save" or "save as".

New to EFT? See a visual of the meridian tapping points: http://www.eft-downloads.com/Tapping%20Points.asp

EFT Meridian Tapping Sequence from the Needs vs Wants Audio Presentation

Take a deep breath in and as you release it out begin tapping on the karate chop point and say out loud…

Even though I want lots of things, I am ready to identify exactly what I need to be happy, healthy and successful this year.

Even though I have a long list of things I want and I haven’t allowed them in yet, I recognize that I do have the things that I have decided I really need.

Even though I haven’t turned all my wants into needs yet, I am ready to decide on what I absolutely need in my life this year.

Eyebrow: I am ready to change my wants into needs.

Outside eye: I am ready to change how I create my life.

Under eye: I am ready to amp up my energy around the things I need to be happy and healthy.

Under nose: I am ready to identify exactly what I need in order to feel fulfilled and satisfied.

Chin: I am ready to listen to my inner guidance because it knows precisely what I need.

Collarbone: I intend to focus on what I absolutely need this year.

Under arm: I intend to manifest the means to fulfill all my needs.

Top of head: I intend to follow the path of health, happiness and success this year.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in, and release it out.

Continue tapping and anchor in some more affirmations.

Eyebrow: It is fun to be a deliberate creator.

Outside eye: It is fun to manifest what I need to be happy and healthy.

Under eye: I am excited to declare to myself and the Universe exactly what I need this year.

Under nose: My true path to success is now open to me.

Chin: I am ready to walk that path with ease and grace.

Collarbone: The time is now to fulfill all of my needs and desires.

Under arm: This is the year that I experience amazing personal success.

Top of head: This is the year that I experience optimal living in all areas of my life.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in, and release it out.

Check in with yourself and see if it feels more exciting now to identify what you truly need this year.

Repeat the tapping sequences as necessary. Feel free to change the wording to make the session more personal and appropriate for you.

I hope 2011 turns out to be your best year yet!

Kathy Atkinson

Holiday Stress Tip + EFT for Feeling Overwhelmed

2010-12-20T20:58:00.003-05:00

Holiday Stress Tip

The holidays can be stressful when you have to include all the extra holiday activities into your already busy schedule.

Here is a tip that I have been using to shift my energy when I start to feel overwhelmed. I change my words from “I have to” to “I get to”.

Instead of saying “I have to go shopping.” I immediately change the statement to “I get to go shopping. I get to pick out perfect presents for my family and friends.”

Instead of saying “I have to clean the house.” I switch the statement to “I get to clean, organize and de-clutter the house and create a welcoming and festive environment.”

Take a moment and say out loud, “I have to” and then say “I get to”. Notice how those words feel to you.

If you are like me, saying “I have to” feels heavy and drags down my energy. I catch my inner child wrinkling up her nose. Saying the words “I get to” makes me feel lighter and pulls my energy forward. I see my inner child clapping her hands and feeling excited.

Read over the following statements and notice how they feel to you.

I have to decorate the house. ~ I get to decorate the house and share the joy of the holidays with my family and fiends.

I have to bake cookies. ~ I get to bake cookies and infuse them with my love.

I have to go to that holiday party. ~ I get to dress up, go out, have some fun and enjoy the company of others.

I have to send out holiday cards. ~ I get to touch base with people I love and care about and let them know I am thinking about them.

A simple shift in wording can make all the difference. Try it out for yourself.

I hope this tip helps you to enjoy the holiday season. If you are really feeling overwhelmed and time challenged, here is an EFT tapping sequences you can use to process those feelings.

EFT Sequence for Feeling Overwhelmed

Begin tapping on the karate chop point and say out loud…
Even though I feel overwhelmed by all I have to do, just for right now I choose to feel calm and relaxed.

Even though I feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin, I choose to feel calm and relaxed.

Even though I feel overwhelmed and can’t seem to focus on anything, I allow my body and my mind to relax.

Even though I feel overwhelmed, I have the ability to relax and come back into a state of inner calm and harmony.

Eyebrow: I feel so overwhelmed.

Outside eye: I have so much to do.

Under eye: I don’t know where to begin.

Under nose: Just for right now I choose to feel calm.

Chin: Just for right now I choose to relax.

Collarbone: I am ready to release the feeling of being overwhelmed by all I have to do.

Under arm: I am ready to relax.

Top of head: I am ready to experience a state of inner calm and inner harmony.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in, and release it out.

Repeat the sequence a few times and use it as often as necessary.

Happy Holidays,
Kathy

You Have the Power!

2010-11-14T20:14:00.005-05:00

I attended Donna Eden's Energy Medicine for Your Life workshop in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is a picture of Donna and her husband David Feinstein.

Moving energy is so simple and easy that I wanted to share one of her techniques.

EFT meridian tapping is wonderful for shifting your energy and addressing minor aches and pains, but it is not the only way to move energy. Here is a quick and effected technique for breaking up the blocked or congested energy that shows up in your body as pain, stiffness or discomfort.

I have adapted the following instructions for sending energy to your body from pages 18-19 of Donna Eden's book, Energy Medicine for Women.

1. Locate an area on your body with some minor discomfort, tenderness, soreness, pain, tension or stiffness. Your shoulders are good place to start since most people carry some tension and tightness in this area. Just feel around or move your body around until you locate a specific area to work on. (For this initial exercise, don’t choose the biggest issue you have in your body. Pick something minor to work on.)

2. Put your attention on the area.

3. Give the discomfort a number from 0 to 10, where 0 is not feeling any discomfort and 10 is feeling extreme discomfort. You may need to poke around the area or move your body around in order to rate the level of discomfort. You can also check range of motion issues. Be gentle with yourself and don’t do anything to further irritate or damage the area.

4. Now, vigorously rub your hands together for a few seconds and shake them off. (I have found that I like to do this 3 times. It just happens to be my preference. Once is enough.)

5. Cup one of your hands about two inches above the area where you feel the discomfort. Use whichever hand best reaches the area you are addressing.

6. Begin to move your hand over the area in a slow, counterclockwise circle.

7. Make about a dozen rotations. As you are doing that notice any sensations that you are experiencing in your hand or in the area of discomfort.

8. Stop the rotations and hold your hand over the area for a few more seconds and then relax.

9. Check the area of discomfort and notice if there is any change. Give the discomfort a 0-10 rating again.

10. Repeat the process if you notice a change, but not complete elimination of the discomfort.

11. You may discover that the pain or discomfort has moved. Once again just repeat the process holding your hand over the new area of discomfort.

12. If you don’t notice any change in yourself, take a break and try it again at another time, or try out the technique on a friend or family member and see if they notice any change. Some people discover it is easier get results working on others rather than on themselves.

Energy is fun to play with. Amp up your curiosity about what is possible and how much power you have to facilitate change in your body. Empower yourself with this process and offer to help others by sending energy into their aches and pains.

Feel free to post your success stories using this technique.

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2010-11-01T15:11:00.004-04:00

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2010-10-29T09:41:00.004-04:00

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Fear of Change

2010-08-22T12:58:00.002-04:00

Fear of Change by Kathy Atkinson

“Don’t make me change!” I heard from the voice inside my head. “You won’t like it!” Don’t even go there!”

Wow, I hit a nerve inside myself that triggered a backlash of resistance on an issue that wasn’t even that big…so I thought.

What was it that unleashed this intense hostility?

I was merely exploring the statement “I am not a morning person.” I was curious to know if it was really my nature or just a limiting belief that I have adopted and perpetuated for years. No big deal, right?

Apparently a huge deal! Part of me has become accustomed to sleeping in. Part of me likes to be left alone in the morning. And that part of me was not interested in exploring whether it is just my nature or just a way I have learned to control my morning routine.

Guessing from my reaction, I apparently decided long ago to use this tactic to keep my parents off my case in the morning and I was still using it today with my husband! (He pops out of bed in the morning raring to go. I, on the contrary, like to ease into my day.) My intense reaction was triggered by my fear of change. Part of me wanted no part of changing.

It is always amazing to me what people will put up with because of their fear of change, and here I was irrationally afraid of possibly having to drop my limiting belief and become a “morning person”. Too funny!

Well, I did some EFT tapping on my fear of change and released a majority of the resistance, so I could at least explore the issue. Then I did a visualization where I imagined myself as my typical “not a morning person” self and created an image of what I would look like as an “all day person” (I didn’t want to limit myself to just a morning person).

Wow, the images were so different. My “I’m not a morning person” image looked tired, head down, slumped shoulders, bathrobe open and dragging, and carrying a look on her face that said, “don’t bother me”. My “all day person” looked energized, vibrant, alive, fit, trim, and raring to go with her head up and a smile on her face.

What a difference! I really wanted to be that energized person, so I decide to mentally send my “I am not a morning person” self to a spa where she could hang out and sleep in every day to her hearts content.

I then gave myself permission to try on being an “all day person”. I certainly was ready to feel more alive and energized in the morning. I was tired of pushing against my husband’s morning exuberance and giving him the “get out of my face” look. I still felt some resistance to changing, so I had to do some more tapping to release my fear of changing and open myself up to the possibility that I was limiting myself and it wasn’t just my nature.

So far, adopting the new belief that I am an “all day person” has worked out to my advantage. I am not as irritated in the morning when I encounter my husband and I do feel more energized.

When I feel my old “I am not a morning person” self pops up, I politely remind her she has been replaced and she can live at the spa, and just relax and sleep in as much as she wants. Very cool and very freeing!

I have discovered this tactic works well for other parts of me. Rather than push against a part of me or try to release it, I tap on the fear of change and I then give that part of me permission to do whatever it wants, but in a different realm.

Mentally, I have given the part of me that likes to eat sweets and treats permission to hang out at the bakery, donut shop and candy shop. I have given her permission to eat whatever she wants, whenever she wants it. Voila, no more cravings for sweets and treats. No more feeling deprived. Whenever I think about eating something sweet, I remind myself that I already have a part of me that is eating that stuff all day, everyday.

I was prompted to make this change because, as much as I like sweets, I tend to get a sugar hang-over, so the sweet might taste good in the moment, but then I would pay for it later on. I haven’t totally given up sweets. I still love fresh fruit pie, but I notice that when I eat something sweet now, it is no longer that appealing and I typically put it down after a few bits. Interesting!

Action Challenge

“The key to change... is to let go of fear.” Rosanne Cash

Whenever you are trying to change anything about yourself, always begin by doing some meridian tapping on your fear of change. We all have unconscious parts of us that like to preserve the status quo.

A few rounds of tapping may be all it takes, but typically the bigger the change, the more resistance you will encounter.

Identify your resistance by asking yourself: “I want this change, but….” Make a list of everything that comes up after the “but”. The longer the list, the more resistance you have to clear out.

Before you begin tapping for your fear of change, measure the intensity of the resistance you are experiencing on a scale from 0-10. This number will help you determine whether your level of fear is going up, down or staying the same. Re-check your intensity after each round of tapping.

Change should be easier for you once you address any fears you have around changing.

If you are not sure what to say during your tapping sessions, I have a new EFT script and audio available for the Fear of Change that will help you get started.

The Hypnosis World Summit

2010-04-21T10:43:00.003-04:00

I am excited to share a FREE 10 day virtual event that is receiving support from the world’s foremost hypnotists and hypnotherapists.

The Hypnosis World Summit begins on May 4th

This amazing experience includes 20 world-recognized hypnotists who will share their masterful teachings to help you create a new, better you.

Hypnosis can be used for things like…

* Managing pain
* Weight loss
* Reducing fear
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* Increasing self-confidence
* Clearing clutter
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To your success,
Kathy Atkinson

*Full disclosure notice - I am compensated affiliate of The Hypnosis World Summit...only recommending products and services I believe would be of value to you.

2010 Tapping World Summit

2010-02-01T15:30:00.004-05:00

Exciting news…the doors for the 2010 Tapping World Summit are officially open!

Last year's event had over 81,000 people in attendance.

Once again this year's event features some of the top EFT Meridian Tapping practitioners in the world such as Carol Look, Pat Carrington, Brad Yates, Carol Tuttle…in fact, there will be over 18 instructors in all with over 20 presentations.

If you're looking to create prosperity, clarity, energy, focus, better physical and emotional health and much, much more then you need to register for this free online event here.

You can listen to all of the presentations or just a few of them. Pick the topics that interest you.

When you register you'll also get immediate access to three powerful interviews with Jack Canfield and Joe Vitale who you may recognize from the hit movie "The Secret" and Bruce Lipton, the author of "The Biology of Belief".

Plus you'll get two more audios introducing you to the 2010 Tapping World Summit that will teach you thebasics of Tapping so you can immediately start to implement this powerful technique.

This a one of a kind event that you won't find anywhere else. You don't have to travel or book a room anywhere…you get to experience the entire event from the comfort of your own home.

Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering ~ Name Your Theme

2010-01-04T15:37:00.004-05:00

New Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering

Topic: Name Your Theme for 2010 - Listen to the recording

Now is the perfect time to choose an empowering theme for this New Year.

During this interactive teleclass we will be discussing “themes”…negative and positive themes, conscious and unconscious themes that are playing out in your life.

We’ll begin the process of selecting an empowering theme (or themes) for this year.

We will use EFT Meridian Tapping to disconnect from any negative themes playing out in your life and instill some positive energy around the new theme you want to create and experience in 2010.

Who should attend: This class is perfect for you if you are ready to disconnect from the negative themes you have running in your life and choose a theme for this year that is inspiring and pulls you forward.

Date: Friday, January 8, 2010

Time: 11:30 AM Eastern (10:30 central, 9:30 mountain, 8:30 pacific)

Duration: 52 minutes

Fee: No-Cost

Listen to the recording or right click and save to your computer.

The recording isn't the best quality so here is a summary of what we covered on the call.

Name Your Theme

Goals setting and making resolutions often feels heavy and can bring up lots of resistance. You can feel like a failure if you don't achieve your goals.

To lighten things up, I thought it would be fun and interesting to declare a theme for this year. I have been deliberately putting some focused time and attention on the theme I want running in my life and observing how the Universe has been manifesting experiences that match my theme. If you are a student of the Law of Attraction, you have heard that you just need to know what you want; you don’t need to know how it will happen. The how’s are up to the Universe to figure out.

What we put our attention on grows and expands, so why not choose a theme that you want playing in your life.

Perhaps you have had negative themes playing out in your life…no time, no money, no fun, or lots of drama and trauma. I hope you have also had times in your life where everything fell into place and your theme was success and fun.

It is important to choose a theme that really resonates with you and brings a smile to your face when you say it. Your want your entire body saying “Yes” when you think or talk about your theme. You must own it. It must something that propels you forward. I encourage you to spend some time thinking about the right word or words to describe your theme. Choose something that is perfect for you and will create an overriding intention for your year ahead.

Choose a Theme for this Year

Find a time when you can be alone or perhaps you might want to do this exercise with a friend. Read over the list of possible themes below and feel your response to the word or phrases. Try them on and see what fits. Jot down the ones that really speak to you and you hear or feel, “Yes, I want a year like that or full of that”.

Possible Themes
Prosperity – Abundance – Money – Wealth – Richness – Riches - Success
Love - Happiness – Joy - Laughter - Freedom
Peace – Serenity – Grace - Balance
Wisdom – Knowledge - Growth
Power – Inner Power - Independence
Magic - Miracles
Integrity – Honesty – Impact – Generosity
Partnership - Collaboration - Mastermind
Surprise – Adventure – Curiosity – Live boldly
Follow through – Simplify – Minimize
Health – Nutrition – Fitness - More Energy - Energetic
Taking action – Walk your talk
Act differently (doing the same thing over again this year and expecting different results is the definition of insanity)
Follow your bliss - Live in the moment
Communication – Open communication - Honest communication (most issues are do to the lack of effective communication)
Allowing – In the flow
Live life like no one is taking score (too many people hold back for fear of being judged)
Now is the time - Imperfection is ok
Fulfilled - Satisfied
Something else??

Once you have identified your theme this year, you want to keep it in the forefront of your mind. Write it down and place it where you will see it every day. What you focus on expands and grows.

Ways to Stay Focused on Your Theme

Fast – Low-tech Methods

Post it notes - Place reminders around your home, work environment or in your car…bathroom mirror, refrigerator, inside your cupboards, or on the bedroom ceiling so it is the first thing you see in the morning and last thing at night.

Set an alarm – At the top of every hour, take a few moments to focus on your theme.

Link to Other Activities - Link your intention to focus on your theme to other activities you are already doing…before you eat, every time you go to the bathroom, at stoplights, or during TV commercials.

Fun – Creative Methods

Computer Background - Add words or pictures that represent your theme to your computer background.

Phone – Take a picture of your theme, or something that represents your theme, with your phone camera and set it as your background.

Key Chain – Use a digital key chain and load some pictures on it that represent your theme. This is a great way to focus on your theme when you are out and about.

Picture Frame – Use regular picture frames to place pictures of your theme around your home or work environment.

Digital Picture Frame – Create a slide show of pictures that represent your theme and place it in your home or office.

Poem or Jingle – Create a poem or jingle that includes your theme. Write something that is fun to repeat throughout the day. Example: I have plenty of time, I get everything done, I have plenty of money, my life is all FUN.

Keep Track of your Manifestations

Journal – At the end of the day, make notes in your journal about what transpired that day related to your theme.

Dialog with a Friend – Partner with a friend and share success stories that manifest related to your theme.

Action Challenge

1) Decide on a theme for this year.
2) Post your theme in as many places as possible.
3) Track your successes.

EFT Meridian Tapping

Below is a an EFT meridian tapping sequence to help you disconnect from any negative themes playing out in your life and help instill some positive energy around the new theme you want to create and experience in 2010.

Begin tapping on the karate chop point and repeat…
Even though I may have had some negative themes going on in the past, this year I want begin a new empowering theme.

Even though I may not have been aware of my disempowering themes, I am more aware now and I am going to be more deliberate about creating a positive, empowering theme for this year.

Even though the theme I have decided to declare for this year may be new and different for me, I choose to feel completely comfortable with the theme I have chosen and see if manifest easily in my life.

Eyebrow: I am ready to release any old disempowering themes I have had in my life.

Outside eye: I choose to focus on my new empowering theme this year.

Under eye: I release anything and everything that would prevent me from joyfully living out my theme for this year.

Under nose: I release any doubt that I can have easily attract the people, circumstances and opportunities that fulfil my theme for this year.

Chin: I choose to find it easy to let go of the past and create a new exciting theme for myself this year.

Collarbone: I choose to find it fun and rewarding to focus on my new theme and watch it manifest in my life.

Under arm: Starting today, I will be very deliberate about documenting how my theme for this year manifests in my life.

Top of Head: I am excited to release any old disempowering themes and welcome in a new empowering theme for this year.

Stop tapping and take a deep breath in and release it out.
Continue with these affirmations…

Eyebrow: I am excited to live out my theme for this year.

Outside eye: I will find it easy to focus on my theme throughout the year.

Under eye: I will be amazed at everything that manifests for me around my theme.

Under nose: I expect this year to one of magic and miracles.

Chin: I expect this year to fun and interesting.

Collarbone: I deserve to be, do or have anything that is important to me.

Under arm: I give myself full permission to live out my theme for this year.

Top of head: I intend to move through this year feeling empowered and in charge of my life and my success.

Stop tapping and take a deep breath in and release it out.

Make 2010 your best year yet. Post any success stories related to your theme for this year.

To Your Success,
Kathy

Creative Life Coaching
Kathy Atkinson

Gary Craig Retires

2009-12-22T20:30:00.004-05:00

I learned of Gary Craig's retirement coming up on January 15, 2010. Everyone in the EFT community is shocked and surprised.

If you are not a subscriber to Gary's newsletter and would like to read his blog post go to this web page. http://eftcommunity.emofree.com/blogs/eft_blog/archive/2009/12/12/gary-is-retiring.aspx

Personally, I am so grateful to Gary for his willingness to share EFT with the world. I am disappointed that I won't be able to finish the certification program, but I understand that his health and well-being are more important.

Gary mentions that he will be selling his DVD programs until they are sold out, so if you have been on the fence about making the investment, you might want to get your copies before they are gone. http://www.emofree.com/a/?79/2

Sending out much love and light to Gary Craig as he moves forward.

Overcoming Infertility with EFT eBook

2009-11-30T20:45:00.004-05:00

When a couple are trying for a baby and it takes longer than they hoped, the stress can be overwhelming. Whether an actual cause for infertility can be found or not, they are often aware of their own psychological blocks and beliefs that may be hindering conception. Until now it has been difficult to find emotional support that is accessible, affordable and, most importantly, effective.

EFT is an amazingly effective and easy to use self-help technique for all emotional issues, including infertility so I am very pleased to tell you about an exciting new practical ebook Overcoming Infertility with EFT.

The author, Sarah Holland, is an EFT practitioner who writes from the heart. She has been through her own fertility journey that happily ended with the birth of her son, and she now wants to share how to use EFT to remain calm and in control through infertility.

Here's what is included in the ebook:

- What EFT is, how it works, and why it's ideal for fertility issues

- Detailed but simple EFT instructions - suitable for the complete beginner!

- Easy to use worksheets to eradicate emotions such as: demotivation, despair, grief, loss, jealousy, anger, fear and worry

- How to recognise and reverse negative beliefs and self talk surrounding trying for a baby

- Heal from traumas and damaging experiences that may be harming fertility

- How to work with specific fertility issues and related symptoms

- Unravelling the mystery of unexplained infertility

- Keeping relationships strong and loving through infertility

- Three amazing in-depth fertility boosting exercises

- And much much more..

Read more about Overcoming Infertility with EFT and get a free sneak preview of the first chapters here.

How to Help Your Child with Cancer - Free Tele-Seminar

2009-11-30T20:17:00.004-05:00

Attention: Parents, Relatives, Caregivers and Medical Support Staff

How To Help Your Child With Cancer! Special Free Tele-Seminar

My friend and colleague Deborah D Miller Ph.D. has been working with kids with cancer in a hospital setting since Sept 2007 using Energy Techniques like EFT.

The results have been remarkable, resulting in an improved quality of life for the children, the parents, relatives, nursing staff and medical support people involved.

Parents: Learn tools that empower and calm you so that you can better help your child.

Come join Deborah for this Tele-seminar series where she will help you address the issues that affect you as a parent with a child with cancer.

In this free teleseminar:

- Deborah explains how she got involved with the kids with cancer

- Results achieved for the kids, parents and staff

- Energy Techniques: What are they? What is Tapping? How to Tap.

- Where to begin helping your child

- Learn how to use these techniques to help your child

- Live tapping during the call

Call date: Dec. 2, 2009

Live Call Time: 2:00 pm ET 11:00 am Pacific

If you cannot make the live call or want to listen to it for a second time everyone who registers will also receive the link to the recording.

Click here to register for this Free Call

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE YOU FEEL MAY BENEFIT FROM THIS SPECIAL TELE-SEMINAR

The BodyTalk System - The Cortices Technique

2009-10-30T14:30:00.004-04:00

I attended an Access BodyTalk workshop last week and learned some new body balancing techniques. One of the techniques, Cortices, is demonstated by BodyTalk's creator, Dr. John Veltheim on YouTube.

Try out this simple tapping process for yourself and post your feedback.

Introduction

Demonstration

EFT for Strengthening Your Immune System

2009-10-30T08:45:00.005-04:00

The flu predictions for the next several months are scary. Recently, I have encountered a number of people that have already contracted the latest virus, so I want to share this EFT Meridian Tapping script for strengthening your immune system.

The job of our immune system is to fight off invaders that would compromise our health. If you get sick often, this is a sign that you immune system is not functioning at its peak. Diet and exercise play a strong role in the strength of our immune system and also the level of stress we deal with each and every day affects our immune system.

EFT is a great process for helping you relax and I also think it can be beneficial for specifically strengthening your immune system. There is no real way to tell how much benefit you receive from tapping on the energy points, but I have to say that since I have been using EFT, I have had only two minor colds. (I started using EFT is 2003.)

It certainly can’t hurt anything to specifically tap for strengthening your immune system, so I encourage you to use this EFT sequence every morning.

If you need a visual of the EFT Energy Meridian Points, visit http://www.eft-downloads.com/

EFT for Strengthening Immune System

First, set a clear intention to allow your immune system to become fully functioning and balanced at 100% for you. Before you begin tapping state out loud, "I intend to allow my immune system to strengthen and become fully functioning at 100% for me, in a way that feels easy, gentle, and natural."

Karate chop:
Even though my immune system may not be fully functioning at 100% for me, I choose to have my immune system fully functioning at 100% for me now.

Even though my immune system may not be balanced at 100% for me, my body knows how to come back into a balance and alignment and I allow that to happen now.

Even though my immune system may not be as healthy and strong as it can be, I allow my immune system to become stronger and more balanced in a way that feels easy, gentle, and natural.

Eyebrow: My immune system is not fully functioning.

Outside eye: I allow my immune system to become fully functioning now.

Under eye: My body has the ability to balance and strengthen my immune system in a way that feels easy, gentle, and natural.

Under nose: I release any resistance (worry, fear, stress, anger) I may have that is keeping my immune system weak.

Chin: I am ready for my immune system to become strong and balanced.

Collarbone: I allow my immune system to come back into balance and full function now.

Under arm: I feel my immune system becoming stronger and balanced at 100% for me now.

Top of head: It feels good to have my immune system coming into balance and full function now.

Stop tapping, take a deep breath in and release it out.

Repeat the sequence 2 or 3 times each morning and evening.

Printer friendly 1-page PDF file.

This post submitted to Prevention Not Prescriptions at The Kathleen Show...informing and inspiring others to better health.

Success Stories:

Kathy, I used your script for balancing the immune system. I just did three rounds. And it would appear that my immune system operating efficiency improved by 7% in just a short time. I tested that with kinesiology :)

I will be doing more Tapping on it and tracking it to see if it maintains and/or improves.

Stacey Mayo
http://www.balancedliving.com/
http://www.lifetransformationtools.com/
www.Balancedliving.com/stillness.html

Hi Kathy,
I have a very interesting story as a result of your EFT sessions. EFT is something I use with my coaching clients, but I have to admit that I sometimes get a little lazy about using it on myself. About 5 weeks ago I broke out in hives from head to toe, with insane itching. I did two rounds of prednisone (steroids) and they were about to start me on a third round last week.

I knew I didn't want to put anymore junk in my system, especially since it wasn't working anyway, but I was about to give in out of sheer desperation with the non-stop itching. The itching was so bad it had put a stop to my business and our homeschooling because I couldn't concentrate on anything else.

That's when it popped into my head that I remembered Stacey Mayo doing an interview with someone (you) on EFT and I remembered her saying something about using an EFT script to strengthen her immune system.

In an excited panic I waded through my, way too many, saved downloads and I found the interview and the EFT script. This also led me to your site. So I ordered the Anxiety EFT download and began using both it and the Immune System script, and within a couple of days the hives and itching began to clear, and now - about a week later - I can happily say I am hive and itch free, and celebrating as a result :)

I love your EFT downloads and scripts, you have a real talent for it and I love that you have kept the price so reasonable.

Thanks so much for all you do!

Viki Stanley-Hutchison
Certified Life & Business Coach
Life Transitions for Women
http://www.lifetransitionsforwomen.com/

Other tips to keep your immune system strong:

Wash your hands frequently
Drink plenty of water
Humidify your home
Eat a healthy diet
Supplement your diet with vitamins and minerals
Exercise
Get 7-8 hours of restful sleep
Deal with your stress in healthy ways
Avoid alcohol and cigarettes
Laugh a lot

Do You Want To Have Fun With Your Healing Work? by Carna Zacharias Miller

2009-10-25T20:48:00.002-04:00

Here is a great EFT tip from my friend and colleague Carna Zacharias Miller.

DO YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN WITH YOUR HEALING WORK?
by Carna Zacharias Miller

I can't stand making lists. It's the most boring thing in the world for me, and I just won't do it. So here is a variation of Gary Craig's Personal Peace Procedure that is fun.

Get two boxes/cups/bowls in different colors. (I have colorful ceramic cereal bowls, so I will say "bowls" from now on, but any suitable container will do).

In the first bowl, all the painful events of your life that need tapping are collected. The second bowl contains the events that have been treated sucessfully by you.

Also, have a bunch of small pieces of papers or blank cards available (I cut index cards in half). To get started, take a card, think of a specific event/memory that has a negative emotional charge and jot down a short title for it. For example: "The day my father left us", "Halloween when I was 6". Prepare several cards and put them into the first bowl.

Now, whenever you have the time and inclination, take a card out of the first bowl and do EFT until the emotional intensity has dropped way down. If you got an important insight in the process, note it on the backside of the card. Then place the card into the second bowl.

This is really fun! It is visual and kinesthetic because you can see and touch your progress.

And there is another advantage to it: EFT becomes a part of your life in a very effective yet unobtrusive way. All the old and new emotional "stuff" that pops up during the day that we usually suppress because we can't or don't want to deal with it - well, just jot it down and put it into your first bowl for now.

Carna Zacharias Miller is a certified EFT practitioner in Tallahassee, Florida. She specializes in healing the "Missing Mother Syndrome". Her websites are: www.missingmother.com
and www.magicaleft.com

Did you have an emotionally "missing mother"? Check out Carna's Missing Mother Handbook - How to heal childhood abandonment and rejection with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Anxiety Relief Success Story

2009-08-31T12:51:00.003-04:00

Just the other day I received this success story from Estelle in South Africa. It is always fun to hear how powerful and effective EFT is for people.

Hi Kathy,

My name is Estelle. I have had the third edition of EFT - The manual by Gary Graig. I downloaded it a couple of years back already.

The first time I downloaded it, I read through it and thought it was interesting, tried it a couple of times....and forgot about it.

I've been in bed for the past 4 weeks with the most terrible pain in my back anyone can imagine. I broke 4 ribs in 1994. About 2 years ago it started to bother me again. The doctor said two of the ribs did not heal properly and there's nothing they can do about it now.

Ok...so there I was…not allowed to move or pick up anything, otherwise I'd have to pay the price. But 4 weeks back this injury REALLY came back to haunt me in a proper way. I am in constant pain. It must be something to do with a nerve because painkillers don't work for it.

As I was lying here in bed this morning ...... in pain ....I browsed through some old files, and came across the EFT manual pdf file. I thought it was a bit "old" and Googled for more info. That's how I came across your site.

I downloaded the free Anxiety & Stress Relief Session and immediately went through the tapping session...twice.

While I was doing it, I had the worst pain in my back ever...with a funny tingling sensation all over my body as well, but I pushed through! The pain was almost unbearable. At times it felt as if I couldn't breath....but afterwards...the pain faded gradually...and stopped! I was totally amazed!

I know I have a lot of stress in my body that I need to get rid of ...... and this is the way I'm going to do it as well. I truly believe that this is the way forward for me. This is life-changing!

Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work you're doing!

Best regards,
Estelle (South Africa)

Download Gary Craig's Free EFT Manual

Download the Free Anxiety Relief Session

Tapping Insiders Club - Grand Opening

2009-08-12T12:57:00.003-04:00

Tapping Insiders Club - Grand Opening

I offer a lot of topic specific EFT sessions on my web site www.eft-downloads.com, but Nick and Jessica Ortner, creators of the movie, Try It On Everything have done an amazing job of taking the best of the best, EFT Meridian Tapping experts and developed an incredible resource designed to bring you information on a huge variety of topics regarding tapping.

There is a TON of content in the club, in both video and audio format. It ranges from in-depth hour long interviews, to shorter 20-30 minute interview, to 5-7 minute tap along videos.

They’ve lowered the regular price for their grand opening celebration, so you'll want to check this information out today!

Whatever challenges or obstacles you’re facing, I know the answer is in one of the resources inside the club. And if it’s not, you can have your questions answered in the “Ask the Experts” section or you can request an interview topic or video tap along topic!

There’s so many exciting features - take a look for yourself.

Beginners Corner Intro – Learn the Basics and get Tapping Right Away!
Common Beginner Mistakes
How to Know What To Say The Power of Questions

Understanding the Choices Method
Clearing Your Resistance to Tapping
Simple vs. Complex
Speaking Your Truth
Using Tapping

The Most Effective Strategies for Weight Loss and Tapping
Quickly Eliminate Cravings Tap Along
Eye-popping case studies on Tapping and TMJ Disorder
Tapping for Cancer Support – A Healing Journey
Back Pain Tapping - Find Relief Fast

Using Tapping For Cold Hands and Feet
Tapping for Muscle Cramps – Sleep at Last!
Find Relief from Arthritis Pain with Tapping Now

Click her to learn more now

Here’s More!

An Inside Look at Using Tapping To Quit Smoking
Quick Tips for Using Tapping to Improve Your Vision
Knee Pain and Tapping – Understanding the Messages from your body

Overcoming Insomnia Video Tap Along
OCD symptoms and Tapping
Using Tapping for PTSD – A Hopeful Look at the Possibilitie
Tapping for Parents with children with ADD/ADHD

Tapping for Insomnia – A Fresh Start
Using Tapping To Control Panic Attacks – Finding Peace Within
Your child with ADD/ADHD and Tapping

Tapping for Spouses of Veterans – A Forgotten Group Gets Help
Working with Developmentally Delayed Adults – Creative Solutions
Healing the Addicted Heart
Simple Energy Techniques for Addictions

Click her to learn more now

Even More!

Healing Mother Issues with Tapping – An Emotional Journey Of Healing
The Vital Importance of Healing Mother Abandonment Issues
Tapping for Expecting Mothers – A New Paradigm Shift
Using Tapping With Children

Instantly Improve Challenges Faced by Step-Parents
Using Tapping To Help Your Child Fall Asleep – Peace At Last!
The Importance of Clearing Previous Birth Traumas

Using Tapping for Anger – Gaining Emotional Control
The Good Side of Anger Tap Along
Tapping for Gratitude

Using Tapping for Holiday Stress
Using Tapping to Attract Abundance

Click her to learn more now

Find a topic that would help you yet? :)

The Power of Using Tapping To End Procrastination
Raise your Self-Esteem with EFT
How Your Identity Impacts Your Life

Using Tapping to Quickly Clear Clutter
Feeling Safe To Change
Personal Peace Procedure

Attracting Money Tap Along
Release the Fear of Failure Tap Along
The Easiest Way to Tap Away Marketing Fears
Overcome your Fear of Success with Tapping

Click her to learn more now

Last bit!

Tapping and Corporate Success
Tapping to Find Peace While Changing Jobs
Tapping for More Clients In Your Business

Clearing Blocks Around Money – Tap Along Session
Understanding the Money Blocks Holding You Back
Reaching Your Goals Tap A Long – Find a Clear Path To Your Dreams

And there’s footage never before seen footage from the film “Try It On Everything”, Ask the Expert interviews, teleclasses and much more!

Check it out now!

Ending Procrastination Forever - Lindsay Kenny Interview

2009-08-07T19:20:00.004-04:00

I just finished watching and listening to two really cool things from the creators of the movie Try It On Everything, Nick and Jessica Ortner.

1st cool thing - A spectacular interview with Lindsay Kenny about procrastination. It's amazing how stuck we can get sometimes - but how easy the solution always is.

Here are just three of the many things she talked about in the interview:
-The most common causes for procrastination and how to figure out if any of these are effecting you
-The two emotions that are typically behind procrastination
-Tapping statements that you can use immediately to get results

The interview is definitely worth listening to. It's one of those "kick in the butt" things we all need to listen to from time to time.

You can listen to the interview here.

2nd cool thing - A "Tap Along" video that you can watch right on your computer. Apparently the Tapping Insiders Club is going to have a ton of great Tap Along Videos for it's members to watch whenever they want and they're going to be creating new ones all the time.

The one that I saw with Margaret Lynch on how to attract more clients into your business (applies to any business) was great!

Check it out here

In case you've missed any of the other giveaways - this is now the fourth time in about a week that they have given away audios, videos and more at no cost.

If you missed any of their giveaways you'll get all of them when you sign up to get the current giveaway.

I love what they're doing with this "pre-opening" time. They're just giving everyone free stuff to show them what the club is all about!

Attracting More Money - Tapping Insiders Club Giveaway

2009-08-04T19:26:00.002-04:00

Attracting More Money - Powerful Tapping Insiders Club Giveaway

Nick and Jessica Ortner of Try It On Everything movie have a giveaway that I wanted to share.

It's an audio interview about attracting more money into your life (who couldn't use that!).

Jessica makes a great point... if so many people know about the law of attraction then why do so many people still struggle to make more money.

They go into the answer to this question and others in the interview with tapping expert Margaret Lynch.

In the interview, Margaret shares the 4 specific areas where people develop negative beliefs and traumas around money. You can get access to the interview here.

Margaret makes a great point in the interview about the BIG difference between using the word "abundance" when you're tapping and using the word "money."

Do you have any hesitation in saying "I can easily make more money in my life"? What comes up for you when you say that? Listen to the interview and see where you are blocking money.

Listen now.

Music as a Science? It's True! by Mark Romero

2009-07-16T17:51:00.002-04:00

Over the past year, I have been attracting a lot of information about the positive benefits of certain types of music. A few months ago, I was introduced to Mark Romero and his music on a teleconference. I was so impressed with Mark that I purchased several of his CD's and have really been enjoying them.

Recently, I had a personal conversation with Mark and expressed how much I loved his music. During our conversation, I asked Mark if I could share one of his articles and he said, "Absolutely!". The article I wanted to share includes an exercise testing your energy system's response to music.

Mark also gave me permission to share a teleconference recording that he conducted with his wife, Dr. Lara. You get a chance to hear their story and listen to some of the songs and a guided imagery that they have produced. Listen to the recording now.

Music as a Science? It's True!
By Mark Romero

Music is a healing modality - and just because more people don't know it, doesn't mean it isn't true! Can you imagine healing areas of your life and creating vast improvements in problem areas by simply listening to music?

Let's explore what it all means and how it works.

According to scientists our bodies are made of energy. Energy is within us and all around us in the universe. We talk about environmental pollution all the time but one source of pollution that isn't getting much attention is the energy pollution we are creating with all our new technologies. We have filled the energy space in the universe with radio waves, microwaves, cell phones, computers and artificial light. All of these electronics produce electro magnetic fields known as EMFs.

Studies have shown that EMFs are linked to cancer and various other diseases. They weaken us - mentally and physically.

In depth muscle testing has been run on people exposed to these EMFs and it shows that their energy weakens with continued exposure. However, if music is played while they are being exposed to EMFs their energy strengthens.

The music is able to not only balance out the negative energies but actually strengthen people. Let me explain... The EMFs actually interrupt the energy in our body resulting in this weakened stated, but the music creates a vibration that actually shields the body, in other words makes the energy interrupters null and void.

Through muscle testing scientists are able to demonstrate the impact of the music.

Muscle testing may sound foreign to you, but it is really a simple concept. It is used to test the muscle response to stimulus. Scientists have demonstrated that muscles respond to both physical and mental stimuli. Your mind/body connection has such a powerful survival mechanism that your muscles react instantly to what is good for and what is not good for you. So what is good for you strengthens you and what is bad for you causes the weakened state.

It's really easy to test this yourself, just follow these instructions:

Stand on one foot with both arms out to the side, and someone else tries to push down on your arm and knock you off balance. In order to create your baseline you need to do this without music. Then you turn the music on and do the same thing. Tests have shown that people are stronger and it is much harder to knock people off balance while they are being exposed to the music.

Now imagine all the different possibilities for music that does all this? When you are dealing with stressful situations you could listen to the music to build strength. This musical healing and strengthening can literally be used anywhere from your home to hospitals, the workplace, schools, wellness centers. Imagine the benefits in places like shopping malls or airports - where people are often running around stressed and agitated. Imagine what balancing our energies could do.

Music has long been a part of every day life and now it can be part of a healing and transformational process!

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How Does EFT Help Learning?

2009-06-29T08:00:00.003-04:00

Here is a quote from Dawson Church on how EFT possibly helps in learning.

"I hypothesize that EFT helps learning in 2 ways: 1, that it works psychologically by removing the uneasiness and emotional resistance that sometimes accompany novel experiences, and 2, that it works physically by facilitating the acquisition of new neural pathways in the brain, a process known as neurogenesis."

Dawson Church, Ph.D.

Read the entire article on how Dawson used EFT to learn foreign languages: http://www.emofree.com/Articles2/learn-language-dawson.htm

WHEE - Whole Health - Easily and Effectively

2009-06-28T20:22:00.003-04:00

I have been reading Dawson Church's book The Genie in Your Genes and he mentioned something very exciting... Gary Craig's Free EFT manual has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times! He also mentioned another energy shifting process created by Daniel J Benor called WHEE (Whole Health - Easily and Effectively)

Dr. Benor calls his technique a Wholistic Hybrid derived from EFT and EMDR. I am always looking for quick and effective energy shifting processes, and this looks like it fits into that category. I haven't had a chance to try out this technique very often yet, but it looks like it would be really effective when out in public. Please post any success stories you have using this process.

WHEE - Whole Health - Easily and Effectively

Here are some highlights about the WHEE process that I extracted and edited from an article on Dr. Benor's web site. For more information visit the web site.

WHEE has been hugely successful for several reasons.

- WHEE takes a fraction of the time that EFT and other Meridian Based Techniques require.

- WHEE allows for much greater flexibility in working on target problems within a session because it is so rapid.

- WHEE is gentle and does not cause intense emotional releases, although it does thoroughly and permanently clear the emotions associated with old hurts.

- WHEE is better accepted and the compliance outside the therapy room is much higher because of this simplicity.

- WHEE works marvelously well and rapidly on problems that may have been present for a long time and may not have responded to other therapies, such as pains, cravings and allergies, though it may take several days to be effective for the latter.

- WHEE is tremendously empowering, as it is so simple and so rapidly effective in self-healing.

Process

The practice of WHEE involves three steps:

1. Identifying a feeling or thought we would like to change

We focus on a single incident that has left a negative residue of feeling. We assess how strong this is, on a scale from '0' = This doesn't bother me at all, to '10' = This is the worst I could possibly feel. This is called the SUDS (Subjective Units of Distress Scale).

2. Alternating stimulating the right and left side of the body

This can be done...
by moving the eyes rhythmically, repeatedly, back and forth from right to left and back;
by alternately tapping the right and left eyebrow at the point nearest the nose;
by patting the biceps of each arm (a butterfly hug);
or, by any other rhythmic, right and left stimulation.

3. While tapping or patting the body, we recite an affirmation

'Even though I have this [thing I'm afraid of; bad feeling; hurt; pain; anger; etc.] I still love myself a lot.' If comfortable with this, we can add a further strong positive statement, 'and God loves and accepts me.'

A generic affirmation adapted from EFT: "Even though I have this [anxiety, panic, fear, etc. - be specific when filling in the blank], I wholly and completely love and accept myself, and God loves and accepts me wholly and completely and unconditionally. If any of this does not feel comfortable, we use whatever strong positive statement suits us best at the time we need it.

Fine-tuning the process

Most people will find that this is an effective way of reducing the negative feelings and thoughts. After tapping for a few minutes, we check the SUDS again. It will usually go down. We repeat the assessing and tapping until it is zero.

Next, we can build up a positive affirmation to replace the negative, by stating the positive statement as we tap; followed by the same strong positive part of the affirmation ('I love and accept, etc.').

If the numbers don't shift after we tap, we can give ourselves a gentle massage on the releasing spot, located just below the collar bone at its midpoint. No affirmation is needed here. Then we return to tapping.

Teenagers would often refuse to use any of these tapping approaches outside of the therapy room. Their typical comment was, "Sure, Dad! Like I'm going to tap my forehead or pat my arms in front of my friends! They'll think I'm some sort of nut case!" I speculated to myself that if they alternated tapping with their tongue on their teeth on the left and then on the teeth on the right this should work just as well, and found that indeed it does. This has been received much better by those who are shy or uncomfortable with tapping in public.

Holding our free hand over our heart center (heart chakra) while we tap or touch our eyebrow points deepens the effects. A deep breath following the affirmation also facilitates releases.

Try out this simplified energy shifting and rebalancing technique and post a note to let me know how it works for you. I will definitely be experimenting with it myself.

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It's Supposed to be EASY!

2009-06-28T13:03:00.003-04:00

I am subscribed to Mike Dooley's Notes From the Universe and I wanted to share this recent note...

Friends, it's supposed to be easy. Everything is supposed to be easy. Everything is easy.

You live in a dream world. You're surrounded by illusions. And the illusions change when you change your thinking!

Tell yourself it's easy. Tell yourself often. Make it a mantra. Eat, sleep, and breathe it. And your life shall be transformed.

It's supposed to be easy,
The Universe

Thoughts become things...choose the good ones! tut.com

If you not receiving Notes from the Universe, I highly recommend them...great way to start your day.

To Your Success,
Kathy

Tappy Bear Video

2009-06-22T08:47:00.005-04:00

Till Schilling, creator of Tappy Bear, is very passionate to let everyone know about the tools that have significantly contributed to peace and harmony in his home!

If you are a parent, grandparent, teacher, or anyone else dealing with children, you owe it to yourself and your children to check out the Tap Along with Tappy video!

Click here to watch a short video by Till.

What's Your Intention

2009-05-19T19:55:00.002-04:00

What’s Your Intention?
By Kathy Atkinson

Do you decide on a daily basis, or even better, on a moment-by-moment basis, what you want to experience? Or, do you just let life happen to you and hope for the best?

Too many people are just letting life happen and then complaining about the results that they receive. Setting intentions at the beginning of your day helps you get clear and focused about what you want to experience.

Your list of intentions goes beyond a to-do list (which is also good to have). Your intentions are about what you want to experience and how you want to show up that day. It's about setting the tone for the kind of day you want to unfold.

Rather than going into a detailed explanation about how to set intentions, I have included my list of intentions that I set for myself on a daily basis. I have also included some examples of specific intentions I set for the activities that vary from day-to-day and moment-to-moment.

Here is my list of daily intentions:

I intend to have fun today. (My number one - main intention for every single day)
I intend to laugh out loud and make others laugh out loud.
I intend to be acknowledged and appreciated and I intend to find others to acknowledge and appreciate today.
I intend to value and respect myself today. I intend have others value and respect me. I intend to value and respect others today.
I intend to be open to giving and receiving today. Giving and receiving love, joy, happiness, abundance, prosperity, and gratitude.

If I am giving a talk or a presentation:

I intend to show up confident, self-assured, clear, focused, energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic, vibrant, memorable, impressive, dazzling, etc.

If I am spending the day writing:

I intend to be creative and brilliant today.
I intend to be open and receptive to receiving the right and perfect words that are inspiring, uplifting, and transforming.

If I am doing something out of my comfort zone:

I intend to be fearless today.
I intend to be bold.
I intend to step forward with confidence.

If I am going out to eat:

I intend to be seated at a table that is comfortable and has a wonderful view.
I intend to be served by the best (meaning knowledgeable, efficient, pleasant, lighthearted, and fun) waiter or waitress in the restaurant.
I intend to enjoy a delicious meal.

Before going to bed, I review my day and write down all of the intentions that manifested. It is important to notice the results and the successes that you are manifesting.

Action Challenge

Don't let another day go by without setting clear and focused intentions.
Take charge of your life and decide upfront the kind of day it you expect to have.
Treat this as a fun activity that helps set the tone for your day.
Keep track of how your intentions are manifesting.

If some of your intentions aren't manifesting, see if you can get even clearer and more focused about what you want to experience. Notice if you have any resistance to your intentions that is preventing them manifesting. (EFT is perfect for releasing the resistance.)

You are the creator of your reality. Activate the Law of Attraction in your favor by deciding what you want to experience.

EFT World Summit Update - Bonus Sessions

2009-05-04T19:19:00.003-04:00

Wasn’t it just amazing? For ten days, we were been able to experience the amazing work and guidance from some of the top experts in the field of EFT “Tapping” through the EFT Tapping World Summit…it’s a shame that is now has to end…but it doesn’t have to end for you.

You still have a special opportunity to OWN the EFT Tapping World Summit sessions. But you will only have this opportunity through Friday, May 8 at Midnight, Pacific (US) time...

Here's where you go to secure your EFT World Summit Package

Whether in digital format (Gold) or audio CDs and printed workbooks in a beautifully bound package shipped to your door (Platinum VIP), you can take these sessions home with you and repeat them over and over, gaining more and more life-changing releases as you go through each session and discover new details with each new listening.

Imagine for just a moment how your life will look a year from now as you look back on this decision to take control with this simple and wildly effective tapping technique.

Secure your package now.

*** And there’s more…TWO SPECIAL 4-WEEK LIVE TELESEMINARS

We’ve just learned that the team that brought you the event has negotiated an arrangement so that EVERYONE WHO purchases a Gold or Platinum Package will received not just one, but TWO extra 4-week teleseminars with two of the experts from the Summit.

Dr. Carol Look will be doing a 4-week training and tapping teleseminar on Creating Abundance, and Lindsay Kinney will be providing another special 4-week session called “I’m Stuck” designed to help you get out from under whatever is holding you back, break through repeating patterns and take complete control of your life, health and emotions. How cool is that?

But remember, it’s only for those who choose to upgrade now to one of the Gold or Platinum packages. There are also tons of other bonuses that come along with your upgrade…

You can check it all out right here.

The experience of this historic EFT Tapping World Summit has been life-changing for so many people…whether they’re just been introduced to EFT Tapping or are seasoned “veteran tappers.”

To keep the EFT Tapping World Summit experience forever, click here.

You will be part of something that has never taken place before and will likely never occur again with this combination of experts.

Be sure to reserve your package now.

EFT World Summit

2009-04-02T17:32:00.003-04:00

My friends at Try It On Everything have created a very exciting event that is the first of it's kind.

And here's the REALLY great news...
You can gain access to this event, for F.R.E.E. thanks in part to the support of Dr. Joseph Mercola and his team at Mercola.com, the most visited alternative health web site on the Internet.

But what's even better is that you won't have to travel, or book a hotel, or sit in a meeting room...you can experience the entire event from the comfort of your own home!

The event is called the EFT World Summit and features some of the top minds and practitioners in the world of Emotional Freedom Techniques, such as Carol Look, Dr. Patricia Carrington, Brad Yates, Bob Doyle, Carol Tuttle.

In fact, there will be over 16 instructors in all.
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All these experts will gather together their combined knowledge to immerse you in the world of EFT, to help you create better emotional and physical health, prosperity, clarity, energy focus and much, much more...

Never before has a panel like this been assembled...and it may never happen again, so I'd like to encourage you to get registered right away.

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Expect the best,
Kathy

Clearing Clutter with EFT

2009-03-28T13:01:00.003-04:00

6 MP3 Audio Recordings + 148 page PDF Transcript - Download

Whether you have clutter filling your home, office, mind or social life, you will enjoy listening to these audios and tapping along with the transcripts to clear the clutter in your life.

This incredibly thorough audio series and 148 pages of transcripts are authored by EFT Master Carol Look and Emotional Freedom Coach Rick Wilkes. They address the topic of clutter from every possible angle—emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual.

Listening and tapping along will change the way you deal with any kind of clutter and help release the reasons you have this challenge.

Cluttered mind? - Tap away the reasons you can’t stay present to your life.

Cluttered home? - Tap for trying to “fill” the void left by a feeling of lack in your life.

Cluttered relationships? - Tap with us to let go of those relationships that are no longer a vibrational match with your energy.

Cluttered office? - Delve into the deep emotional reasons you feel compelled to “hold onto” your “stuff.”

Cluttered life blocking your abundance? - Tap yourself free of the clutter and allow your life to unfold the way you wish.

Enjoy over 5 hours of discussion, theory, and tap along files for you to listen to over and over again while you make use of the 148 pages of transcripts for easy reference.

Enjoy being Clutter Free with EFT!

All 6 MP3 Recordings and 148-page PDF Transcript for only $47

EFT Tapping Song by Steve Manire, D.C.

2009-03-18T11:52:00.003-04:00

My EFT friend Nancy Gnecco sent me a copy of this song and I wanted to share it.

Energy Psychology Song
Arkansas state representative, Steve Manire, D.C. delighted the Regional Coordinators at their January meeting with the following song that he re-wrote.

"Tap" - sung to the tune of Charlie Chaplin's song "Smile".

Tap when your heart is aching,
Tap 'til your story's breaking,
'Til there's no charge to the lies
You've lived by.
You can tap out your fears and sorrows,
Tap and before tomorrow,
You'll feel your light come shining through.
It's true!

Light up your face with gladness.
Erase every trace of sadness.
You'll find the tears leave your heart
Feeling clear.
Look inside and just keep exploring.
Tap! Spread your wings, start soaring!
You'll find your life is so worthwhile.
So, tap and smile.

New Grand Baby

2009-03-14T15:00:00.004-04:00

It seems like just yesterday I was announcing the birth of my first grand child, Tyler and now Megan has arrived 2 years later.

Megan Ann

Saturday, March 7 at 3:46 AM.

(no sleep that night)

5 lbs 8 oz - 19 inches

Here is big brother Tyler

Too Many Negative People in Your Life?

2009-02-15T14:54:00.003-05:00

Too Many Negative People in Your Life? - Six Tips to Manage Your Energy
by Kathy Atkinson, EFT Cert-1

Right now in America, and I understand in other countries, the struggling economy is a frequent topic of conversation. It can be difficult to manage your energy, and stay positive and optimistic with so many negative conversations swirling around you.

Here are suggestions on how to manage your energy, so you can stay centered, balanced and grounded in these challenging times.

1) Limit your exposure to negative people - It is not about not caring, it is about managing your energy. Stop talking to these people and stop watching the news if it triggers you.

2) Use the EFT for Anxiety Relief session whenever you are triggered by the conversations that others are having about the economy or their jobs. This is a great way to clear and balance your energy system. Use this EFT session regularly and encourage your family, friends and co-workers to get their own copy.

3) Start your day out right. As part of you morning routine, tap on all the EFT energy meridian points while repeating:

I am immune to the fear and negative talk. It passes right through me.

Use your imagination and visualize yourself transparent to any and all negative talk. See any fear, worry or anger coming from the other person just passing through you.

(View the EFT tapping points here: http://www.eft-downloads.com/Tapping%20Points.asp )

4) On a daily basis, set a clear intention to have the ability to guide conversations to a positive and uplifting place. Post this intention on your bathroom mirror and repeat it every morning:

I intend to be positive and uplifting, and I intend to guide all conversations in that direction.

5) Use the Zip Up everyday to seal your energy system. Place your hand at the end of the Central Meridian, which is located at your pubic bone on the front of your body. Take in a deep breath as you simultaneously move your hand straight up the center of your body to your lower lip. (It may help to visualize a zipper coming together.) Repeat 3 times.

This process is great to do before you go out into public places, malls, meetings or when you need to speak with a boss, a difficult parent, angry child, or when talking to that negative person.

You can add this affirmation while you are zipping up to make it more powerful:

I am centered, balanced and grounded.

You may also want to visualize locking the zipper after you zip up and hiding the key in order to prolong the technique’s effects.

If you forget to do this process before a negative conversation, you can just imagine Zipping Up in your mind's eye while the conversation is taking place.

Watch this video on the Zip Up by Donna Eden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOPwk8_TGw

6) EFT is a great process to use if your negative conversations are taking place over the phone. While you are talking and/or listening, continually tap on the EFT energy meridian points. This continual tapping will help you process the feelings and emotions that are triggered during the conversation.

There is no right or wrong way to use EFT this way. It doesn't matter which EFT points you use. You don’t have to use a specific sequence or tap for a specific length of time. Just continue to tap on the energy points in whatever way feels comfortable for you.

Don’t get caught up in other people’s drama and trauma. It is up to you to manage your energy. Incorporate these simple techniques into your daily routine, so you feel empowered, and in charge of your mood and attitude.

The Missing Mother Tribe

2009-01-25T16:44:00.003-05:00

You can heal your childhood pain. My good friend and colleague Carna Zacharias-Miller has created a community for people that experienced a missing mother growing up, either physically or emotional.

The MISSING MOTHER Tribe - Healing the "Missing Mother Syndrome" by tuning in to higher vibrations - is a new Ning community offered by certified EFT practitioner Carna Zacharias-Miller.

Visit Carna's web site for more information about her work: www.missingmother.com and e-mail Carna if you would like to receive an invitation to join this community.

New Hope - EFT Tap Fest 2009

2009-01-16T13:33:00.007-05:00

New Hope - EFT Tap Fest 2009

I invite you to participate in an amazing global event on the U.S.’s Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2009. Beginning at 12 noon, I'll be joining EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) practitioners and individuals all over the world to tap for positive global change.

This means tapping will occur throughout the world for a continuous 24-hour period...... It's the biggest "borrowing benefits" tap session in history!

The goal is to mobilize as many people as possible to create a wave of positive, meaningful change by inviting family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, colleagues and even strangers to join this historic, FREE event.

It's a simple yet powerful idea: we can't change these times of challenge, but we can change how we will meet them. And by changing ourselves, we change the world around us.

There will be many live events on January 20, but I have recorded a 16-minute EFT session titled “New Hope” that you can use and share with your friends and family. You can download or listen to the recording here: http://www.eft-downloads.com/Audio/NewHope.mp3 (Right click and "save" to download to your computer)

I created this EFT session to help people shift their energy. I created this recording to help people release their fear, and feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. My intention is to help active one’s inner power and inner strength, so they can be a catalyst on a personal level for the changes that this country needs to make as a whole.

(The EFT session comes from the perspective of being an American, but anyone from another country can surrogate tap for the US and it’s citizens or adjust the wording to their particular situation.)

The world site of this global event is http://efttapfest2009.ning.com/. On this site, you will find a list of live events, and other easy to use sample scripts and videos. You can also find information on YouTube (search EFT TapFest 2009).

We can be the change in the world we wish to see.

I hope you will join me in creating New Hope.

EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques, was founded by Gary Craig. Please note that neither he, nor his organization, http://www.emofree.com, is sponsoring the EFT World TapFest, and all who participate in TapFest do so with appreciation to Gary's tireless efforts to spread EFT's message of hope and healing throughout the world.

Here is some feedback I received on my EFT session - New Hope.

Kathy,

I just listened to your 16 minute EFT session on NEW HOPE. You are just incredible - I am speechless! The session was just super wonderful and awesomely terrific - the feelings it brought out was just incredible.

Thank you ever so much for sharing this with all of us. YOU ARE TRULY AMAZING!

Thank you ever so much for your generosity and willingness to share.

Yours very sincerely,

John

Stop Blocking Your Success on BlogTalkRadio

2009-01-10T13:38:00.005-05:00

Recently, I was interviewed by Eleanore Duyndam, on The EFT Class on BlogTalkRadio.

You can listen to the recording or download the show as MP3, RSS Subscription, or iTunes

Topic: Stop Blocking Your Success - Overcome the Fear of Success with EFT

Listen to this informational and experiential teleclass during which I discuss the signs and symptoms of the fear of success. I talk about the behaviors that manifest related to the fear of success. I then guide you through the EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) process for Fear of Success.

The EFT session will help you release and shift the most common fears, doubts and limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck and sabotaging your success. We finish the call with two sequences of affirmations that help solidify the energy shift.

During this call you will....
Discover your personal blocks to success
Experience an energy shift with EFT
Come away from the call feeling more empowered to achieve success

Visit: www.blogtalkradio.com/EFTclass - Look for the link - Stop Blocking Your Success.

While you are there, check out the other great radio shows that are archived.

Please share this information with anyone who might benefit from clearing their blocks to success.

Feel free to post your comments or share your success stories.

Also, check out the EFT scripts and audio sessions for Fear of Success and Fear of Failure.

EFT Help for PTSD

2008-12-30T21:44:00.005-05:00

Almost everyone is touched to some degree by the current war in Iraq. PTSD is affecting the health and well-being of so many of our veterans from this war and past conflicts. If you know someone that could benefit from using EFT to alleviate the stress from their wartime trauma, please refer them to this web site where they can view a 19-minute video created by Gary Craig.

EFT for PTSD Video

Here is a vet's honest response after first watching the video:

"I sat and watched the video and was crying to think that those guys had the same symptoms that I have. The VA doesn't tell you, won't admit that others suffer all those same things. They just put you on drugs and therapy which is useless. They locked me up several times and it did no good. I have a PhD in psychology and I thought it was all crap. It did no good for me or for my clients. It didn't do anything except make me angrier.

EFT is the first thing I've seen that could even give me any hope of actually having a life, after nearly 40 yrs. of torment. I've tried all kinds of healing modalities, natural medicine both for the physical and emotional. This is the first thing I've come across that looks viable. Seeing the response of the vets in the video gave me some hope. I'm a show-me kind of person; I don't believe anything until I see it. This is the first thing that I've seen that really looked like it could make a difference." Name withheld for privacy reasons

Tappy Bear - EFT Made Easy for Kids

2008-11-24T20:02:00.003-05:00

The "Tap Along With Tappy DVD/CD Album" is finally out!

A first of its kind for children. This Album introduces EFT to the child in a heartwarming playful way.

Created by EFT Master, Dr. Patricia Carrington, it gives you a unique opportunity to share the EFT Tapping process with your child and get them started using EFT enthusiastically right away.

This Album is composed of a DVD, a CD, and a full Instruction Booklet, that together skillfully:

· Introduce the child to EFT and its concepts.

· Explain the process playfully.

· Show the tapping points to the child with the help of our lovable stuffed bear role model Tappy.

· Use songs and lyrics to get the child to tap along.

· Provide adults with helpful resources and instructions on using the album for children.

"Tap Along with Tappy " is a natural, fun way to teach the EFT process to children and get across its essentially meaning – the message of mutual help and healing that characterizes this method.

It becomes a permanent tool in your child's life with which they handle the myriads of negative emotions that they are exposed to every day.

Get a Tappy Bear and Album today and put a smile on a child's face.

Try It On Everything Movie - Makes a Great Gift

2008-11-24T19:54:00.003-05:00

Try It On Everything

With the holiday season fast approaching, you’ve probably already started running around looking for the perfect gifts.

This year, instead of a sweater or a tie, a necklace or some earrings, why don’t you give the gift of health and happiness?

You probably already know the power of EFT to transform lives, and you’ve probably tried to convince the people you care about to use it.

Sometimes, that’s as difficult as keeping all the relatives happy during dinner, but with the new documentary film, “Try It On Everything”, that is all made much easier.

If you haven’t seen the film yet, you’re in for a treat. Whether for yourself or for friends and family, this could be the “perfect” holiday gift.

When you order by November 27, you’ll get the DVD PLUS a ton of bonuses on EFT to take your experience to the next level.

Get your copy today.

Watch a segment from the movie on fibromyalgia.

Top Health Blogger Award - Wellsphere.com

2008-10-29T20:07:00.003-04:00

Recently, I was invited by Dr. Geoff Rutledge to become a featured blogger in the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Community on the new Wellsphere site. (Dr. Rutledge has created a network of over 1400 leading health and healthy living bloggers.)

I also received a Top Health Blogger Award.

Here is the note I received:

Congratulations! Based on our review of your EFT blog, Wellsphere has awarded you the Top Health Blogger status to recognize your contribution to helping people live healthier lives.

Check out my listing: http://www.wellsphere.com/kathy-a-profile/96399

Wellsphere's has a new YES, WE CARE! Campaign honoring the everyday heroes on their site, who put themselves on the front lines in the quest for a healthier, happier world by spending their time and putting their hearts and souls into helping others in need.

Watch the Yes We Care! video - highlighting some of the wonderful people that share their expertise on Wellsphere.com. (My snippet comes up about 6:06.)

Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering - Playing Bigger

2008-10-24T20:40:00.005-04:00

Playing Bigger Teleclass

Is the fear of success or fear of failure preventing you from moving out of your comfort zone and playing bigger? Are you tired of thinking small and being afraid to go for the big prize?

On this call I discussed the signs and symptoms of the fear of success and fear of failure. I then guided the group through the EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) sessions for Fear of Success and Fear of Failure. The two EFT sessions help you release and shift the most common fears, doubts and limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck and afraid to play bigger.

In this Teleclass you:
* Discover your blocks to success
* Experience an energy shift with EFT
* Come away from the call empowered to "Play Bigger"Teleclass

Listen to the call

Order the EFT sessions for Fear of Success or Fear of Failure.

Try EFT on Everything - Balance Your Energy with People

2008-10-24T19:04:00.001-04:00

Try EFT on Everything – Balance Your Energy with the People in Your Life

Have you ever met someone that seemed nice enough on the surface, but the two of you just didn’t make a connection? Or, perhaps the opposite. You met someone that was completely different from you and you felt an instant connection?

Our reactions to others are based on many different aspects. We react to others based on our current mood and attitude, the time of day, the environment we are in and our past experiences. We respond to others based on their appearance, their body language, the tone and sound of their voice. And, we also have an energetic response to others that can be conscious or unconscious. Based on our reactions, we feel compatible or incompatible to the people in our lives.

I know for myself, I have friends that others typically don’t like. They tend to rub people the wrong way, but for whatever reasons their behaviors, actions and conversations don’t affect me like they do others. I always find it interesting that I don’t experience their behaviors as annoying. For whatever reason, our energy systems are compatible on some level.

I also remember when I was dating, I would meet men that had everything going for them. They would be smart, good-looking, funny and have a great personality, but there just wasn’t that connection.

Back then, it was fine if I didn’t make a connection with someone because there were lots of guys to date, but what happens when you have to interact with people with whom the energy feels off? Since Gary Craig’s motto is “Try EFT on Everything”, why not try correcting the energetic mismatch with EFT.

Balancing your energy system with a person is certainly an interesting way to use EFT. In order to notice any dramatic or subtle changes, you have to be paying attention. I suggest you keep a journal and make some notes about your relationship with the people with whom you are going to balance your energy before you begin and then keep track of any changes that you notice after you have balanced the energy.

If you try this process out, you will want to treat each person separately. Then, if you have a group of people, say at work with co-workers and a boss, or a family unit of parents and children or siblings, you can go through the same process while visualizing all of them as you go through a few rounds of EFT.

Here are the steps for balancing your energy with an individual:

Imagine the person you want to balance your energy with in your mind’s eye or get a picture of them to look at while you are tapping.

Set a clear intention to balance, harmonize and align your energy with “this person”.

(Replace “this person” with their name.)

Repeat aloud this intention:

I intend to balance my energy with “this person” today. I intend to feel in alignment and in harmony with “this person”.

Begin the EFT sequence by taking in a deep breath in and as you release it out, tap on the Karate Chop point and say:

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this person”, I intend to balance my energy with “this person” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this person”, I intend to come into harmony with “this person” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this person”, I intend to come into alignment with “this person” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Now, move to the Eyebrow point and tap and say…

Eyebrow: I choose to balance my energy with “this person”.

Out side eye: I choose to be in alignment with “this person”.

Under eye: I release any imbalance I have with “this person”.

Under nose: I allow my energy system to come into balance with “this person”.

Chin: It feels good to balance my energy with “this person”.

Collarbone: It feels good to make an energetic connection with “this person”.

Under arm: Any remaining imbalance with “this person”– I release it now.

Top of head: I allow my energy system to come into complete balance and alignment with “this person”.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in and release it out.

One round of tapping is all that should be necessary, but if your intuition let you know that you should repeat the sequence, certainly trust that voice.

This process only takes a couple of minutes to run through, so make it a practice to balance your energy system with anyone that you interact with whether you notice any energetic imbalance or not. It certainly can’t hurt.

Here are the steps for balancing your energy with a group of people:

After you balance your energy with each person separately, imagine the group of people in your mind’s eye or if possible get a picture of them to focus on while you are tapping.

Set clear intention to balance, harmonize and align your energy with “this group of people”. (Replace “this group of people” with “my family”, “my co-workers”, “my parents”, “my siblings”, etc.)

Repeat aloud this intention:

I intend to balance my energy with “this group of people” today. I intend to feel in complete alignment and in harmony with “this group”.

Begin the EFT sequence by taking in a deep breath in and as you release it out, tap on the Karate Chop point and say:

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this group”, I intend to balance my energy with “this group” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this group”, I intend to come into harmony with “this group” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with “this group”, I intend to come into alignment with “this group” so we can bring out the best in each other.

Now, move to the Eyebrow point and tap and say…

Eyebrow: I choose to balance my energy with “this group”.

Out side eye: I choose to be in complete alignment with “this group”.

Under eye: I release any imbalance I have with “this group”.

Under nose: I allow my energy system to come into balance with “this group”.

Chin: It feels good to balance my energy with “this group”.

Collarbone: It feels good to make an energetic connection with “this group”.

Under arm: Any remaining imbalance with “this group”– I release it now.

Top of head: I allow my energy system to come into complete balance and alignment with “this group”.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in and release it out.

Once again, one round of tapping is all that should be necessary, but trust your intuition to let you know if you should repeat the EFT sequence several time or perhaps repeat the sequence several days in a row.

Pay attention to your relationships after you go through this process and make any notes about your observations in your journal. It is fun to see how much power of influence you have over your relationships with others.

You can also try this process out with people you don’t know, but have the ability to push your buttons…bad drivers, politicians, entertainers, etc. Before you do any tapping, write down what bothers you the most about these people and then notice if you have a different reaction to them after you balance your energy system.

Bonus energy tip:

“If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them. Negative people can sap your energy so fast, and they can take your dreams from you, too.” Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Try It On Everything - New EFT Movie Trailer & Companion Book

2008-10-11T08:24:00.006-04:00

The Try It On Everything EFT Movie has a new companion book written by Dr. Patricia Carrington and has a new trailer.

Here is what Nicola Ortner, Creator/Producer of the film, has to say about Pat Carrington.

"When we looked for an author for this book, we were thrilled to find that a major figure in the EFT world, stress management expert and leading psychologist, Dr. Patricia Carrington, was not only willing to take it on, but was so excited about doing it that she couldn’t wait to get started.

We knew that Pat had written several well-known books in the stress management field, but were delighted to see the enthusiasm with which she undertook this assignment. EFT is one of her great loves. In fact she is a pioneer in this technique, having practiced a form of tapping method with her clients for over twenty years. She has also created important innovations in EFT, such as the EFT Choices Method, now used by thousands of people worldwide. Pat sees EFT as “the people’s method... there for all of us, and literally at our fingertips.”

Watch the new Try It On Everything trailer now.

Try EFT on Everything - Electronics & Electrical Appliances

2008-08-18T12:57:00.004-04:00

Try EFT on Everything - Balance Your Energy with Electronics & Electrical Appliances

by Kathy Atkinson

I first used EFT to balance my energy system with electronics while reviewing the material on energy toxins and substance sensitivities on the EFT Video's The demonstration on the videos showed how a person's energy system can be weakened by exposure to, or use of electrical devises in your normal environment.

Feeling drained or out of sorts can be due to an energetic misalignment with your cell phone, landline phone, computer, printer, TV, iPod, etc. I heard Donna Eden, author of Energy Medicine, mention on a video presentation that she was energetically a mismatch to her landline phone, but energetically fine with her cell phone. I found that very interesting.

Appliances, such as your refrigerator, electric stove, microwave, toaster, washer, dryer, etc, can also drain your energy. I certainly don't understand everything there is to know about how our energy systems work and why we are a mismatch to some things and energetically fine with others, but I still find it beneficial to treat myself with EFT for any item that I think could be draining my energy. It definitely doesn't hurt and can help.

Look around your environment and notice how many items are plugged into an electrical outlet or run on batteries. If you are like me, you probably have multiple surge protectors strips, and a drawer full of batteries and battery chargers that are necessary for all the electronics you own.

Balancing your energy system with electronics or electrical appliances is a simple process with EFT. I encourage you to systematically go through your home and work environment, and treat yourself for each item separately.

Here are the steps:
Look at, or touch if possible, the item with which you want to balance your energy.

Set a clear and focused intention to balance, harmonize and align your energy with "this item". (Replace "this item" with cell phone, computer, TV, refrigerator, etc.) Mentally or aloud, state this intention: I intend to balance my energy with "this item" today.

Now, with your free hand, tap on the karate chop point and say:
Even though I may not be an energetic match with "this item", I intend to balance my energy with "this item" today.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with "this item", I intend to balance my energy with "this item" today.

Even though I may not be an energetic match with "this item", I intend to balance my energy with "this item" today.

Now, move to the eyebrow point and tap and repeat...
Eyebrow: I balance my energy with "this item".
Outside eye: I intend for my body to be energetically aligned with "this item".
Under eye: I release any imbalance I have with "this item".
Under nose: I allow my energy system to come into balance with "this item".
Chin: It feels good to balance my energy with "this item".
Collarbone: My energy system is coming into balance with "this item".
Under arm: Any remaining imbalance I have with "this item" - I release it now.
Top of head: I allow my energy system to come into complete balance and alignment with "this item".

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in and release it out.

One round of tapping is all that should be necessary, but if your intuition lets you know that you should repeat the sequence, certainly trust that voice. You can also energy check to see how many rounds of tapping are necessary for you. I explained how to energy check in the article Try EFT on Everything - Balance Your Energy with Money. Read it here.

This process only takes a couple of minutes for each item in your home or work environment, so use this EFT sequence to balance your energy with a few items everyday. I would suggest that you start with the items in your bedroom and then notice if balancing your energy with them makes a difference in how well you sleep and how refreshed you feel in the morning.

Here is a checklist to get you started:

Bedroom - Clock radio, Electric blanket, TV

Kitchen - Microwave, Refrigerator, Toaster, Stove/Oven, Any small appliances

Living Room - TV, VCR, DVD, Stereo, Lights, Remotes

Bathroom - Electric razor, Hair dryer, Curling iron, Electric toothbrush

Electronics - Cell phone, Cordless phone, MP3 player, CD player, Hand held games

Office - Landline phone, Computer, Laptop, Printer, Copier, FAX

Individually, these items may only drain your energy system to a small degree, but collectively they may have large impact on your mood and energy level if you are an energetic mismatch to several items. You owe it to yourself to go through your home and work environment, and balance your energy with the electronics and electrical items that surround you.

Feel free to post your questions, comments or success stories using this process.

Copyright 2008, Creative Life Coaching

New "Official" EFT Certification

2008-08-18T12:30:00.003-04:00

In June, Gary Craig announced a new "Official" EFT Certification Program based on all the videos he offers on his web site. There are 3 levels of certification and currently the Foundational Level is ready.

Great News, I passed the EFT Foundational Certification Exam on Sunday, August 17. I am very pleased to have achieved this accomplishment as it took hours of viewing the video's, much note taking and several hours of reviewing and studying the material.

I am ready for a break from studying, at least until he announces the intermediate level certification exam is ready to take.

I'll keep you posted on the blog and in my newsletter.

The Body Has Information About Our Issues by Gene Monterastelli

2008-08-11T17:08:00.002-04:00

Recently I read a great article by fellow EFT expert Gene Monterastelli. In the article, Gene talks about how to ask a troubled body part what it is trying to tell you. He gives detailed instructions on how to tune into useful information that can be address with EFT.

I encourage you to read this article if you have any chronic physical issues or emotional issues that trigger physical responses.

Read it here: http://blog.eftqanda.com/2008/05/07/the-body-has-information-about-our-issues.aspx

New EFT Workshop & Teleclass Directory

2008-07-28T12:10:00.006-04:00

New EFT Workshop and Teleclass Directory

Gary Craig will discontinue listing EFT classes and workshops on emofree.com on October 1st.

My friend and EFT colleague, Stefan Gonick has created a new web site to serve as a central resource for EFT and Energy Psychology workshops, trainings and teleclasses in the US and around the world. You can find workshops by location, topic and presenter.

Please check out the new site for classes in your area: http://www.eftbyworkshop.cc/

If you are an EFT or Energy Psychology practitioner, it is free to create an account so you can list your workshops, classes or teleclasses.

Stop Settling for Less Teleclass

2008-07-26T08:14:00.003-04:00

Stop Settling for Less

Allow Yourself to Be, Do or Have Anything that is Important to You

8-8-08

I am not an expert in numerology, but I have been reading up on the significance and power of the 8-8-08 date and want to take advantage of any energy shift that will take place that day.

In order to help you take advantage of the energy shift, I am offering a teleclass to clear any pattern of behavior you have around setting for less.

If 888 represents three times the prosperity, you can’t let that in if you have this old pattern running. (see the information below regarding the power of 8 and 888)

On the call, we will be using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to address four different areas where people typically settle for less than they need and want.

Relationships
Career
Health
Money

We will instill a new mindset allowing you to comfortably be, do or have anything and everything that is important to you in these areas or any others. (To me, prosperity stands for abundance in all areas of my life.)

Who should attend: The teleclass is perfect for you if you are tired of seeing the same old pattern of settling for less than you need and desire playing out time after time.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with EFT – I will not be giving an overview of EFT. Please familiarize yourself with EFT by visiting the FAQ page on http://www.eft-downloads.com/ and downloading the free EFT for Anxiety Relief session.

Date: Friday, August 8, 2008

Time: 12 noon eastern (11 am central, 10 am mountain, 9 am pacific)

Duration: 80 minutes (more or less)

Fee: $35

Bonus material included:

EFT script for Settling for Less - $7 value
Recording of the call

Thanks to all that attended this fun and interactive class.

Here is some of the information I have gathered
regarding the significance of the number 8 and 888.

From Doreen Virtue
888 - A phase of your life is about to end, and this is a sign to give you forewarning to prepare. This number sequence may mean you are winding up an emotional, career, or relationship phase. It also means there is light at the end of the tunnel. In addition, it means, "The crops are ripe. Don't wait to pick and enjoy them." In other words, don't procrastinate making your move or enjoying fruits of your labor.

From Spiritual-path.com
Number 8 - Achievement, abundance, executive, strength, self-disciplined, power, success, authority, psychology, entrepreneur, intensity, supervisor, provider, grandeur, material manifestor.

From Wikipedia
888 -- Three times the prosperity.

From Commwire.com
Even the United States Government recognizes the power and significance and the luck and fortune that the number 8 can bring. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing -- the government agency that prints our paper money -- has set aside various $1 and $5 and even $20 bills that contain numerous eights in the serial numbers. These have been sold to collectors by the BEP as "prosperity notes" or "lucky notes."

Who and What Do You Resonate With?

2008-06-27T16:03:00.009-04:00

Who and What Do You Resonate With?

I recently received this email from an EFT downloads customer.

Wow! Kathy!

I have been doing EFT here and there for about 4 years now - and I have never felt shifts like I have experienced with just one 'listen' of your audios!

Is it possible that a person can feel more of a shift with a certain issue by listening to one person vs. another?

You are the solution I have been looking for forever! Thank you!

You are the best!!!!
Raleigh :)

I decided it would be beneficial to discuss Raliegh's question.

Is it possible that a person can feel more of a shift with a certain issue by listening to one person vs. another?

The short answer is Yes, Absolutely. Over the years, I have worked with many energy shifting practitioners. I resonated with many, but some I didn't. It doesn't mean that the ones I didn't feel a connection with were not great practitioners, it just means for me that our energies didn't match up as well as it does with others.

Who Do You Resonate With?

You can resonate with a person voice, their pace of talking, the words they use or their overall personality. I always begin a coaching relationship by first having a conversation with the potential client. I want to know if we are a good match to work together. I once talked with someone who described their situation and then announced they would be quiet so "I could work my magic". Definitely not my ideal client. I am not in this business to fix anyone or "work magic". I don't resonate with that type of client.

Methods of Delivery

If you are familiar with the Law of Attraction, you probable have heard of Ester Hicks who channels Abraham. I love their audio presentations. I have been exposed to many Law of Attraction teachers over the years that have shared similar information, but I really resonate with Abraham's message. Personally, I prefer the audio's. I have several of the books Esther and Jerry Hicks have written, but I have barely opened them. So, besides resonating with a person, you also resonate with different methods of delivery.

I heard from someone just beginning to explore EFT and I directed her to my free Anxiety Relief download to try out. She wrote back and said, "since I am a 'visual' person, I found a bunch of info on YouTube and followed along w/one of those." This person preferred to see someone demonstrating EFT rather than just listening to an audio recording or reading the written script. There is no right or wrong in that, just a different preference and a different learning style.

Learning Styles

I used to love to attend live workshops and experience the energy of being with a group of like-minded people and experience the energy of the speaker first-hand. Now, if I have the option of purchasing the videos of the workshop, I go that route. I find it distracting to be in a room of people who are moving around, coughing and whispering. If I have the video's, I can watch them in the privacy of my home and go over the material several times if there is something that I really want to absorb.

Carol Tuttle put together an Energy Healing Conference last November and she offered the option to attend the live event or pre-purchase the videos. I chose to get the video's and have been enjoying them throughout the winter. They offered so much information that one viewing just isn't enough. If I had attended the live workshop, I am sure I would have been on overload and missed a lot of the information. (By the way, I highly recommend this workshop. Lots of great material, presented by great energy practitioners...Carol Tuttle, Carol Look, Donna Eden, David Feinstein, etc. Check it out here.)

Everyone has a different energy and a different vibration. You owe it to yourself to find people that you resonate with and find material that speaks to you. You need to recognize how you best learn information. Do you like to hear the message, read the message or view the message? Do you prefer to have face-to-face meetings? Are you comfortable talking and learning over the phone? Do you prefer to learn in a group setting or have personal attention?

Action Challenge

Make a list of the most enjoyable experiences you have had related to working with people. Were the experiences in person or at a distance? Did you prefer groups or one-on-one interaction?

Make a list of the material you have learned over the years. How did you learn that material?Was it hands-on? Was it through a book, audio or a visual?

In the future, choose people and experiences based on your energy and vibration, and your learning style. Don't waste time, energy and money on material that was recommended to you that you don't resonate with.

Try EFT on Everything - Medications

2008-06-27T15:27:00.003-04:00

Try EFT on Everything - Get the Most from Your Medications

Last week I was working with a client requiring long-term antibiotic medication. She mentioned that the medication had some unpleasant side effects. I suggested we balance her energy system with the medication.

You too can balance your energy with any medications or supplements that you are taking. Just because a medication is necessary or supplement is supposed to be good for you, doesn't mean it is an energetic match for your system. Unpleasant side effects or even extreme allergic reactions give you clues that there is an energetic imbalance.

Balancing your energy system with a supplement or medication is a simple process with EFT. You will want to treat each medication or supplement separately. Then, if you take several pills at a time, go through the same process while holding all the pills in your hand.

Here are the steps:

Hold the pill or supplement in your hand.

Set the intention to balance, harmonize and align your energy with "this substance".

(Replace "this substance" with this antibiotic, blood pressure medication, vitamin, etc.)

With your other hand, tap on the karate chop point and say:
Even though I may not be an energetic match with this medication, I intend to balance my energy with "this substance" so I receive all the benefits it has to offer.

Repeat that statement 2 more times while tapping on the karate chop point, then move to the eyebrow point and tap and repeat...

Eyebrow: I balance my energy with this substance.

Outside eye: I intend for my body to benefit fully from this substance.

Under eye: I release any imbalance I have with this substance.

Under nose: I allow my energy system to come into balance with this substance.

Chin: It feels good to balance my energy with this substance.

Collarbone: It feels good to benefit fully from this substance.

Under arm: Any remaining imbalance with this substance - I release it now.

Top of head: I allow my energy system to come into complete balance and alignment with this substance.

Stop tapping. Take a deep breath in and release it out.

One round of tapping is all that should be necessary, but if your intuition lets you know that you should repeat the sequence, certainly trust that voice.

This process only takes a couple of minutes to run through, so make it a practice to balance your energy system with any pills or supplements that you ingest. You don't need to do this every day, but I would suggest you make it a habit to balance your energy system once a week or at least once a month, so you receive all the benefits the medication has to offer.

Copyright 2008 - Kathy Atkinson

EFT Success Story - I lost almost 50 pounds!

2008-05-30T12:59:00.004-04:00

EFT Success Story - Lost almost 50 pounds!

Recently, I received this success story from an EFT downloads.com customer. Sometimes it takes patience and persistence to address an issue and then sometimes...

Kathy,

Well here is some good news for you that is directly attributed to the products that I purchased from the EFT downloads site last year.

I have lost almost 50 lbs!!!!!

I tapped for my food addictions and some other weight related issues while I was at the (EFT) level 1 and 2 training that I went to last year, but I used your magnificent Resistance to Exercise script to get me going and keep me focused and motivated in the gym.

I did the tapping script just a couple of times and what I noticed is that I developed a continuous and steady momentum. It wasn't like I wanted to run out and go to the gym it was much more subtle and it lasted for over a year. Since I reached my goalweight.. I think I need to tap again and make some adjustments with words, but it was your script that got me going!

Thanks, Tecca from Ohio

If you are ready to get into shape this summer, check out the EFT script and audio recording for Exercise Resistance

Try EFT on Everything - Balance Your Energy with Money

2008-05-21T10:43:00.004-04:00

Try EFT on Everything - Balance Your Energy with Money

Since everything is energy, we need to recognize that we have an energetic response to every person, place, situation and item we encounter. Not sure that is true?

Consider these questions.

Haven't you looked at a person and known exactly what they are thinking or feeling?
Haven't you walked into a room and felt tension in the air?
Haven't you felt sluggish after eating a certain food or after being in a particular environment?
Haven't you ever wondered why some people can take a certain medication and get better and others take the same medication and have no response or even worse have an allergic reaction?
Haven't you ever wondered why you never wear some of the clothing hanging in your closet?

You are responding on an energetic level, at all times, whether you recognize it as that or not. If you are an energetic match to the people, places and items in your life, you feel wonderful. When your energy system is not balanced with particular people, places or items, you feel off, irritated, agitated, angry or physically drained, just to name a few. EFT is a very powerful process for shifting energetic imbalances.

Since most people can use more money, let's discuss some unusual ways to use EFT to balance your energy with money. If you live in a country that uses coins as a means of monetary exchange, gather together the different denominations of coins. Take the lowest denomination coin, hold it in your hand and see if you detect any uneasiness or negative self-talk as you gaze at the coin. Ask yourself, "how do I feel about this coin?"

If you are familiar with kinesiology, muscle testing or energy testing, you can use this method to check if you are an energetic match or mismatch. (I use a simple O-ring test. Read the directions at the end of this article.) If you do not know how to energetically check this way, trust your intuitive feedback or just assume you are a mismatch and use EFT to balance your energy system.

Here is the process:

Hold the coin in one hand, and tap on the EFT meridian points with the other hand. On each point tap and say, "I balance my energy with this coin."

As you are tapping on the different points, notice if you feel your energy shifting. If you don't notice anything, that is fine. Go through as many rounds of tapping as feels necessary for you or until you energetically test strong. One to three tapping sequences should create the shift.

When you are ready, move to the next coin and repeat the same process. Continue on until you have balanced your energy system with all the coins individually and then go through a few rounds of tapping while holding all the coins in your hand.

Next, gather the different denominations of paper money together and go through the same process. We have only addressed two forms of money and you can already see how many different energetic mismatches you can have. In the states, we have six common coins and six paper denominations.

Money is represented in many other forms that can cause energetic disruptions. Gather the following items together and use EFT to correct any energetic imbalances you might have with them.

Checkbook - Checks - Statement
Debit cards - Credit cards - treat separately and as a group
Bills - treat separately
Receipts
Investments - treat each investment separately and as a group
Insurance
Mortgage

Balance your energy with any other items that represent money in your life. After you have finished this process, be on the alert and notice any shifts that take place in your physical reality related to the money in your life.

How to Energy Check Using Kinesiology

Form an O-ring or circle by bringing your thumb and index finger of one hand together. Insert the index finger on your other hand into the circle and try to pull through the connection where your index finger and thumb come together. If your energy system is strong, you should not be able to break through this connection easily. If your energy system is weaken when you give your attention to a particular person, place or item, you should be able to easily break through the connection.

It takes some practice with this process in order to trust the results that you are getting. It is easier just to assume that you may have an energy block or energy drain and use EFT to correct the imbalance and strengthen your energy system.

Post any questions, comments or success stories you have using the suggestions for balancing your energy with money.

EFT for Self Esteem - eBook & Audio Program

2008-05-12T13:55:00.006-04:00

10 Weeks to a Whole New You

EFT for Strengthening Your Self-Image & Self-Esteem

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a magic potion that would instantly make you feel confident, worthy, valued and loved?

Unfortunately, I don’t have a magic potion, but I can offer you ten of my best EFT sessions that will help you to strengthen and improve your self-image and self-esteem.

The ten EFT sessions included in the eBook and on the audio’s are designed to help you release any negative perceptions you have about yourself. This series helps you truly honor and appreciate who you are and what you have to offer the world. It instills the belief that you are worthy and valuable. By the time you finish going through this 10-week program you will recognize how unique and special you are.

Included in this program are EFT sessions for:

Self-Love & Self-Appreciation
I Am Enough - I Am Good Enough
Special & Unique
Beautiful
Worthy & Deserving
Valued & Appreciated
Confidence
Bold & Courageous
Inner Power
Being a Star
Energy of Love Guided Imagery - Free Bonus

The 10 Weeks to a Whole New You eBook is available to purchase separately. Or, purchase the EFT for Self-Esteem Audio Program and the eBook is included at no extra cost.

With either purchase, you will receive a weekly email check-ins to keep you motivated and on-track. As an added bonus you also receive the 16-minute Energy of Love Guided Imagery to support the healing, balancing and aligning that takes place using this material.

Download one of the Self-Esteem Programs today and in 10 weeks there will be a Whole New You. Click here to learn more.

Chakra Clearing with EFT - eBook & Audio Program

2008-05-12T13:20:00.010-04:00

I am thrilled to announce that the Chakra Clearing with EFT eBook and Audio Program are now available.

When I first began working with EFT, I experimented with using the process to clear and balance my chakras. Every time I went through this series of EFT sessions, I was left feeling lighter, freer, and more balanced. I have used this series of Chakra Clearing sessions with one-on-one clients and in groups with wonderful results.

"The chakras reveal how you history plays into current symptoms. By clearing chakras that are still locked into the energies of your past, you can give your entire energy system a boost,..." Donna Eden, Energy Medicine

This series is great to use once a month or once every season to keep yourself balanced. You can also use each individual session to help you address the specific issues associated with each chakra.

This series includes chakra clearing sessions for:

• Root chakra - safety, security, foundation, feeling grounded
• Sacral chakra - emotional identity, creativity, relationships
• Solar plexus - personal identity, personal power, self-esteem, influence, authority
• Heart chakra - love, unconditional love, caring, compassion, sharing
• Throat chakra - self-expression, communication, confidence, speaking up, speaking your truth
• Third eye - inner vision, intuition, insight, imagination
• Crown chakra - unity, understanding, divine wisdom, universal consciousness, enlightenment

The Chakra Clearing with EFT program is available as 36-page eBook or you may choose the audio program and receive the eBook as a bonus.

~The Chakra Clearing with EFT audio program includes nine MP3 recordings.

~The recordings range from 11 to 21 minutes.

~A 15-minute introduction is included with tips and suggestions to enhance your experience with this program.

~A bonus 21-minute chakra affirmations recording helps sustain the shift you achieve with this clearing and balancing program.

"Chakra work leaves people feeling more centered and grounded, revs up their energies, and aligns them with a deep part of themselves." Donna Eden
Purchase the eBook or Audio Program. Click Here

Try It On Everything - New EFT Movie

2008-04-25T09:42:00.004-04:00

Try It On Everything

Deep down, you know that there's more to life than what you're living. You crave a sense of freedom, of peace, of joy that you know is your innate birthright. But how do you find your way there? In this topsy-turvy world, with all of its demands, responsibilities and pressure.... it sometimes feels like the pain, hurt and drama will never end.

But there is a way out.

There is a way to reclaim the joy you know you're meant to be living. There is a way to feel free of old hurts. There is a way to let go of things you never dreamed you could....

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a startling new discovery based on Ancient Chinese Medicine. Some call it "Emotional Acupressure." Other people have named it "Energy Psychology" Whatever you call it, one fact stands out:

IT WORKS

This feature-length film explores EFT in a way that's never been done before. It combines the wisdom and experience of world famous teachers, speakers and motivators with an element that's usually missing: REAL LIFE CASES, unfolding before your eyes.

Ten people spent four days working with EFT practitioners to see if they could turn their lives around. The results are real and documented, and the ride is one you'll never forget.

Check out the experts featured in the film:

Jack Canfield - Co-Creator of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" Best-selling Series
Cheryl Richardson - Personal Coaching Pioneer
Bob Proctor - Author and Success Mentor
Dr. Patricia Carrington - Author, Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Founder Optimal Wellness Center
Carol Look - EFT and Attracting Abundance Expert
Bruce Lipton - Cellular Biologist and Author
Joe Vitale - Bestselling Author and Founder of the Hypnotic Marketing Institute
Dr. Norman Shealy - Pain Specialist and Holistic Physician
Rick Wilkes - Founder of Thriving Now and EFT Practitioner
Brad Yates - Peak Performance and EFT Coach
Fred Gallo, Ph.D. - Author, Clinical Psychologist
Dawson Church , Ph.D. - Author, Publisher and Energy Medicine Expert
Carol Tuttle - Author, Abundance Expert
David Rourke - EFT Addictions Specialist
Donna Eden - Author, "Energy Medicine"

Order your copy of the life-changing movie today.

Who and What do You Resonate With?

2008-04-16T13:59:00.004-04:00

Who and What Do You Resonate With?

I recently received this email from an EFT downloads customer.

Wow! Kathy!

I have been doing EFT here and there for about 4 years now - and I have never felt shifts like I have experienced with just one 'listen' of your audios!

Is it possible that a person can feel more of a shift with a certain issue by listening to one person vs. another?

You are the solution I have been looking for forever!

Thank you!
You are the best!!!!
Raleigh :)

I decided it would be beneficial to discuss Raliegh's question.

Is it possible that a person can feel more of a shift with a certain issue by listening to one person vs. another?

The short answer is Yes, Absolutely. Over the years, I have worked with many energy shifting practitioners. I resonated with many, but some I didn’t. It doesn’t mean that the ones I didn’t feel a connection with were not great practitioners, it just means for me that our energies didn’t match up as well as it does with others.

Who Do You Resonate With?

You can resonate with a person voice, their pace of talking, the words they use or their overall personality. I always begin a coaching relationship by first having a conversation with the potential client. I want to know if we are a good match to work together. I once talked with someone who described their situation and then announced they would be quiet so “I could work my magic”. Definitely not my ideal client. I am not in this business to fix anyone or “work magic”. I don’t resonate with that type of client.

Methods of Delivery

If you are familiar with the Law of Attraction, you probable have heard of Ester Hicks who channels Abraham. I love their audio presentations. I have been exposed to many Law of Attraction teachers over the years that have shared similar information, but I really resonate with Abraham's message. Personally, I prefer the audio’s. I have several of the books Esther and Jerry Hicks have written, but I have barely opened them. So, besides resonating with a person, you also resonate with different methods of delivery.

I heard from someone just beginning to explore EFT and I directed her to my free Anxiety Relief download to try out. She wrote back and said, “since I am a 'visual' person, I found a bunch of info on YouTube and followed along w/one of those.” This person preferred to see someone demonstrating EFT rather than just listening to an audio recording or reading the written script. There is no right or wrong in that, just a different preference and a different learning style.

Learning Styles

I used to love to attend live workshops and experience the energy of being with a group of like-minded people and experience the energy of the speaker first-hand. Now, if I have the option of purchasing the videos of the workshop, I go that route. I find it distracting to be in a room of people who are moving around, coughing and whispering. If I have the videos, I can watch them in the privacy of my home and go over the material several times if there is something that I really want to absorb.

Carol Tuttle put together an Energy Healing Conference last November and she offered the option to attend the live event or pre-purchase the videos. I chose to get the video’s and have been enjoying them throughout the winter. They offered so much information that one viewing just isn’t enough. If I had attended the live workshop, I am sure I would have been on overload and missed a lot of the information. (By the way, I highly recommend this workshop. Lots of great material, presented by great energy practitioners…Carol Tuttle, Carol Look, Donna Eden, David Feinstein, etc. Check it out here.)

Everyone has a different energy and a different vibration. You owe it to yourself to find people that you resonate with and find material that speaks to you. You need to recognize how you best learn information. Do you like to hear the message, read the message or view the message? Do you prefer to have face-to-face meetings? Are you comfortable talking and learning over the phone? Do you prefer to learn in a group setting or have personal attention?

Action Challenge

Make a list of the most enjoyable experiences you have had related to working with people. Were the experiences in person or at a distance? Did you prefer groups or one-on-one interaction?

Make a list of the material you have learned over the years. How did you learn that material? Was it hands-on? Was it through a book, audio or a visual?

In the future, choose people and experiences based on your energy and vibration, and your learning style. Don’t waste time, energy and money on material that was recommended to you that you don’t resonate with.

What Decisions Did You Make?

2008-02-23T11:07:00.002-05:00

What Decisions Did You Make?

"Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." Keri Russell

Gary Craig, creator of EFT, suggests in his Personal Peace Process that people make a list of all the situations and experiences that they wished would not have happen in their life and use EFT to clear, release or neutralize the emotional residue. As I have gone through my past, I remember situations I wished would not have happened, but I don't necessarily have any emotional intensity anymore. In order to explore whether that particular situation is still affecting me, I ask myself this question.

"What decision about myself or the world would I have made at the time?"

Here are some examples of situations and the decisions that might be made:

Mom slaps me - I am not good enough. I am not lovable.

Dad said I was stupid - I am not smart enough. I am stupid.

Your house was robbed - The world is not a safe place.

You were caught cheating on a test - I am a bad person. I am a cheater.

You were punished for not sharing your toys - Others are more important than I am.

The decisions you made as a child or young adult can subconsciously become your identity and keep you from achieving financial success, finding a loving relationship or experiencing health and happiness.

Go back through your history and see if you can identify the decisions you made about your self-worth or safety that may be preventing you from living the life you desire. A client I had made a "decision" that she had to do all her schoolwork by herself. Somewhere along the way, the school system stressed that getting help was cheating. Now as a business owner, she has trouble asking for help writing copy for her sales letters because she feels like it is cheating or deceitful if she doesn't do this herself even though this is not a task that she likes or is good at.

I worked with another client that was not able to find a loving relationship because she experienced an abusive relationship early on and "decided" that she was not good enough to be in a loving relationship. After working together and changing her decision from "I am not good enough" to "I am good enough", she manifested a mutually rewarding relationship that led to marriage.

What decisions have you made that are limiting your success? Dig deep and write down anything you can remember. After you have created your list, use EFT to release the decisions you made that do not support who you are now.

EFT Sequence Suggestion:

Karate Chop: Even though I made a decision that I am not smart enough (good enough, safe, important, deserving, worthy, etc.) because of this incident, I am willing to release this decision and believe that I am smart enough (good enough, safe, important, deserving, worthy, etc.)
Repeat this statement 3 times while tapping on the karate chop point.

On each of the remaining EFT meridian points, repeat the statement that represents the new decision you have made about yourself.

I am smart enough.
I am good enough.
I am safe.
I am important.
I am worthy and deserving.

If you need a visual of the tapping points visit EFT Meridian Points

You owe it to yourself to release any decisions that are no longer valid and are limiting your success. You owe it to yourself to make new decisions that empower you and lead you to success.

"Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision." Anthony Robbins

EFT for Anxiety Relief Success Story

2008-02-20T20:36:00.002-05:00

Here is a success story that Stacey shared with me after using the EFT for Anxiety Relief session she downloaded from my web site and following some of the suggested uses for the session.

Hi Kathy,

I'm glad you wrote when you did with the suggestions. I did exactly that! I found great relief, I was truly delighted and relieved to know EFT really & truly works!

I still do it daily, I find myself becoming more and more calm than I ever knew possible - which is great. I can not express enough how much discovering EFT means to me.

I am 50 years old, I've dealt with stress, anxieties, fears, difficulties as a wife of a truck driver gone alot, and a divorcee with 4 children down to one at home...I've been on my own for 22 years including the years I was married to a trucker.

I used to despair wondering whether I'd ever know inner bliss and peace with an ease I used to know. EFT showed me what is possible, I encourage anyone reaching out to do these exercises daily, they won't be disappointed!

Thank you! Blessings!~ Stacey

Get your FREE Anxiety Relief Session today.

Success Story - EFT for Test Anxiety

2008-02-09T21:11:00.001-05:00

A few months ago I worked with a college student on her test anxiety. We used EFT to clear her anxiety, fears and doubts. Here is an update from her mother.

Kathy,

Just an update.

You worked with Jacquie several months back when she was nervous about taking her GRE. She was crazy nervous because she wanted to get high scores so that she would be able to get into Veterinary School.

Well, Jacquie got a telephone call this past Tuesday saying she was accepted into Ohio State's Veterinary Medicine program!

Thanks for all your help!

Karen (Jacquie's mom)

I have two EFT sessions for Test Anxiety on my EFT-Downloads.com web site.

EFT for Test Anxiety - General Fear & Nervousness

EFT for Test Anxiety - Physical Symptoms

Playing Bigger Teleclass

2008-02-01T18:02:00.000-05:00

My good friend and fellow coach Hueina Su is hosting a teleclass I am facilitating. Here are the details.

Playing Bigger Teleclass

Is fear of failure, or fear of success, one of your major roadblocks to achieving your goals? Are you tired of thinking small and being afraid to go for the big prize?

If this sounds like you, then you wouldn't want to miss this FREE Teleclass that I'm hosting on Friday, February 8th.

My good friend & colleague Kathy Atkinson, Professional Life Coach & EFT-ADV Practitioner, will present this experiential Teleclass "Playing Bigger ~ Is the fear of success or fear of failure preventing you from moving out of your comfort zone and playing bigger?"

Kathy Atkinson is the owner of Creative Life Coaching, a Personal Growth and Self Development Company offering products and services to help you to be more successful in your personal and professional life.

Come and join us for this interactive and experiential teleclass.

Kathy will discuss the signs and symptoms of the fear of success and fear of failure. She will then be guiding you through the EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) process for Fear of Success and Fear of Failure. These two EFT sessions will help you release and shift the most common fears, doubts and limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck and afraid to play bigger.

In this Teleclass you will:
* Discover your blocks to success
* Experience an energy shift with EFT
* Come away from the call empowered to "Play Bigger"Teleclass

Details:

Title: Playing Bigger ~ Is the fear of success or fear of failure preventing you from moving out of your comfort zone and playing bigger?

Date: Friday, February 8, 2008

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Eastern time (To convert to your local time, visit here)

Cost: FREE, but you must register to receive the conference call number & Access Code

Recording will be available for those who register for this Teleclass. If you are interested but cannot attend the live class, please sign up anyway.

Register for this FREE Teleclass: http://www.beyondhorizoncoaching.com/playingbigger.html

Hueina Su, MS, BSN, CEC
Certified Empowerment Coach, President Beyond Horizon Coaching
** Intensive Care for Women Nurturers **
Rx for Work-Life Balance, Stress Management

Web: http://www.beyondhorizoncoaching.com/
Blog: http://blog.beyondhorizoncoaching.com/

Manifesting Mentors ~ Law of Attraction - the easy way!

2008-01-04T20:44:00.000-05:00

Manifesting Mentors

I am so privileged to announce that the Law of Attraction eBook I was asked to contribute to is finally available.

Are You Trying To Use The Law Of Attraction, Deliberate Manifestation, Conscious Creation, Or Quantum Physics To Attract Your Desires...Only To Have Limited Or NO Results?

There is definitely a learning curve to all of this manifestation business!

Tom Murasso, author of Born to Manifest, invited the finest “Manifestation Mentors” to help him put together an instruction manual to help with the manifestation learning curve and speed up what usually takes years of practice and time.

You’ve heard that two heads are better than one.

Well, 10 heads can create magic!

Carol Look - LCSW, DCH, EFT Master
Jack Canfield - America's Success Coach, Star of the Secret
Dov Baron - Leadership Specialist
Eva Gregory - CPCC, Author, Coach
Kathy Atkinson - EFT Practitioner & Life Coach
Ilya Alexi - Self-Help Author
Heather Vale - Radio Personality, Author
Leslie Fieger - Meme Therapist & Wealth Mentor
David Cameron - Wealth Specialist, Author
Tom Murasso - Certified Hypnotherapist, Author

These people are MASTERS in the Art of Conscious Creation. They have trained their minds to create their reality and teach you EXACTLY how to do the same thing!

Now, in one instantly downloadable book, all of the puzzle pieces to using the Law of Attraction to your advantage have been assembled to accelerate your learning and HELP YOU climb that manifestation mountain!

It's really simple! If you want to be successful, learn from the people that ARE successful. If you want to manifest great things in your life, learn from the very people that are manifesting great things in their lives everyday!

There are 28 chapters and over 120 pages in the book. Personally, I share six of my favorite success tips (plus one bonus tip) to help you activate the Law of Attraction in your favor.

And, how about the 7 Free eBooks and the Subconscious Creating audio? Talk about an incredible value!

Get your copy of Manifesting Mentors today!

You deserve this,
Kathy Atkinson

Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering - Personal Goals

2007-12-29T10:13:00.001-05:00

Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering

Topic: Live With No Regrets

Is this the year you start living with no regrets? Is this the year you are ready to focus on what is really important for you to experience in this lifetime?

This Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering is the first of a series of teleclasses focused on helping you to clearly identify what you need to experience in order to get to the end of your life having no regrets.

During each of the telegatherings we will be using the Goal Questions on my web site at http://www.8keystosuccess.com/questions.htm. We will work through the 13 different areas I have identified.This first session focuses on the Personal Goals you have for yourself.

Here are the questions from my web site:

What do you want to be, do and have?
What emotions would you like to experience more often?
What traits would you like to adopt?
What contributions do you want to make?
What personal comforts would you like to have? massages, maid?
How would you like to simplify your life?
How much personal time would you like to have each day?

After we identify what is important for you to experience, we use EFT to release any resistance (fears, doubts, or limiting beliefs) you have to achieving your personal goals.

If this is the year you are ready to live with no regrets, I invite you to listen to this telegathering.

Replay Fee: No Cost

Duration: 58 minutes

Listen to the call

Here are the affirmations we used during the EFT session:

Eyebrow: If I can imagine it, it is possible for me.

Outside eye: Everything I desire is achievable.

Under eye: I know what I want and I am ready for it to manifest.

Under nose: The personal goals I have are attainable.

Chin: I believe in myself 100%.

Collarbone: I deserve to be, do or have anything that is important to me.

Under arm: I give myself full permission to realize my personal goals.

Top of head: I intend to live my life with no regrets.

Dear Kathy,

Thank you so much for sending the replay link for last night's telegathering and for the written affirmations. I was on the call and found it to be a very powerful experience for me and I have lots of ideas now on how to focus in on a couple of areas which are important for me in 2008.

You have a great presence and knack for leading such a telegathering and such a lovely voice to listen to. A wonderful experience all around.

Kindest regards,
Carol

Why Are Different Meridian Points Used?

2007-11-30T15:52:00.000-05:00

I received an email question about why the EFT meridian points I use are different from Gary Craig's original protocol. I thought it would be beneficial to share my response on the blog. (You can see a picture of the EFT points I use with clients and in my EFT downloadable sessions here.)

Gary Craig originally used 14 meridian points and has them listed in his EFT manual (a free download). As Gary gained experience with EFT, he experimented with eliminating some of the points and still got great results. As time went on, he began to regularly use his "shortcut" version of 8 meridian points.

Here is my understanding of why some of the points were dropped. Gary eliminated the liver point under the breast because it was socially uncomfortable for women to tap this point. He discovered that eliminating this point didn't make much difference in his success.

The finger points were dropped because individuals are tapping with their fingertips on the other points, so they are automatically being stimulated. Once again, it didn't make much difference in the success of a session.

The top of the head point is a new point that has been widely used by EFT practitioners since Michael Gandy, an acupuncturist, did a presentation on Gary's Ultimate Therapist's series. Just about every practitioner I know, including Gary, is now using this point. I like to use the top of the head point at the end of an EFT sequence, but several people start with this point. Just personal preference.

At the EFT Master Showcase in Boston this year, many of the practitioners used the same points as I do and others used some different points....wrist, heart center. I read a recent article by EFT Master, Lindsay Kennedy where she shared that she uses more of the original points because she gets better results.

In reality, there are meridian points all over the body. Gary settled on the EFT points he uses because they are easy to access and easy to remember, and they get results. They are certainly not the only points that will work.

Experiement with yourself and see if you discover any points that work better for you.

EFT Tip: How Fast to Tap

2007-11-16T13:36:00.000-05:00

A question that comes up on occasion is, "how fast should I tap?" I tend to tap at a fairly quick pace, but it is really up to the individual. You can experiment with different speeds and see if you notice a difference in your results.

Here are a couple of suggestions:

You can slow down your tapping to match the beat of your heart. This speed may be good for helping you relax.

Tap slowly and repeat at each EFT meridian point, "I choose to relax" or "I choose to feel calm."

You can speed up the tapping to a very quick pace. This speed may be good for instilling a new behavior or belief or for energizing the body.

Tap quicky and repeat at each EFT meridian point, "I choose to feel energized" or " I choose to feel confident."

There is no right or wrong way to use EFT. Experiment with the speed of your tapping and post your results on the blog.

EFT Success Story - Creative Approach for Social Anxiety

2007-10-29T13:11:00.000-04:00

Here is a great example of how to be creative when using EFT for long-standing issues.

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Manuel S. asking how to work on social anxiety. I suggested using EFT to tap on specific scenarios that caused anxiety in the past, and had him ask himself some questions to help dig down into the issue. (Was the anxiety a long-standing problem? When did it begin? What situations caused the anxiety? Etc.)

Two weeks later, I received this follow-up email from Manuel, sharing how he cleared up his anxiety by using EFT for every person and situation from his past.

Hi Kathy,
I am so pleased with EFT. It works indeed. As I had mentioned to you, I was desperate about my chronic social anxiety that would not go away. It was intensified when it came to public speaking, and I was very self-conscious about talking to anybody. I was hyper-alert to my surroundings and not able to concentrate.

Well, I began to tap on past experiences in my life of being ridiculed by my siblings and peers at school. I role-played, pretending I was standing up, with them in front of me sitting and looking up at me listening attentively. I spoke with each of them with a powerful voice about how they made me feel in the past. I did all of this while rubbing my sore spot and tapping Craig’s meridian points.

"Even though you treated me...this way...I deeply and completely accept myself. I am an adult now and I am powerful and self-confident.”

I did this statement with each member of my family from whom I took physical and emotional abuse, including my parents.

As a result all of this tapping, with a powerful voice and standing up tall and strong, my anxiety is now gone 100%. I cannot believe it - that in 2 hours of continuous tapping on multiple aspects of my present and past stressors, all of it left me permanently.

I've had perhaps the most peaceful week, that I can recall, in my entire life. I had tried many other approaches with thousands of dollars wasted. EFT simply worked for me where no other approach came even close.

Thank you.
Manuel S.

EFT Master Showcases Update

2007-10-01T08:39:00.000-04:00

I just returned from the EFT Master Showcases in Boston. Here I am with Dr. Pat Carrington and Gary Craig.

Some of my take-aways from the event.

Personal Resource States

EFT Master Dr. Pat Carrington presented an entire session on using Personal Resource States which "is a concept used in neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to refer to a memory or our own or someone elses's successful handing of a difficult situation". A very interesting way of empowering ourselves.

Bundling Baggage

EFT Master Lindsay Kenny presented a session on "Bundling Baggage". As EFT practitioners we are trained to break down client's global issues into very specific memories and incidents. During this session, Lindsay discussed how it is possible to "erase an entire childhood of these negative messages, traumas or abuses in on fell swoop".

Cute

EFT Master Jan Luther described fear in your stomach as being butterflies that had eaten firecrackers.

If EFT Isn't Working

Explore what the secondary benefits may be to keeping your issue...you get attention, you have time for yourself, you don't have to put yourself out there, etc.

Something to Think About

EFT Master Andy Brice shared this thought related to what we resists persists...If it is not OK, it is here to stay. We need to make peace with everything and everyone that creates any resistance or discord withing us.

Perfection

During EFT Master Carol Look's Abundance Session, we worked on any issues we had around perfectionism. She prompted us to use the statement "I have to be perfect or...". Try this out for yourself and see what "tail enders" you uncover. Participants shared:

I'll be judged.
I'll feel inadequate.
I'll embarrass myself.
No one will take me seriously.
My family won't love me.
I'll be in serious trouble.
I'll die or something worse.

That's it for now. I will share more as time permits.

EFT Success Story - Fear of Bridges

2007-09-02T09:08:00.000-04:00

I just came across one of my earliest EFT success stories that is posted on Gary Craig's web site. I worked for 20 minutes with a woman that had a fear of driving on bridges over water.

Read this success story here: Fear of Bridges

EFT Tip - Does EFT Work Without the Tapping?

2007-08-30T20:03:00.000-04:00

Recently my cousin contacted me about using EFT for her husband's cigarette cravings. I thought EFT might be out of his comfort zone, but I sent the EFT Session for Cigarette Cravings for him to try out.

I waited about a week and emailed my cousin to see if her husband had used the EFT session or if it was too weird for him.

Here is her reply:

Hi Kathy,

Yes, he thought it was goofy at first, but says he listens to the CD in his car, but doesn't do the movements and it still helps relax him enough to forget about wanting his smoke break.

Thanks a Million!
Tami

So, is it necessary to do the actual tapping on the EFT Meridian Points? Apparently not.

I frequently just imagine the tapping points if I am in bed working on an issue and achieve success.

Try imagining the tapping points or just listening to an EFT recorded session and see if you achieve an energy shift.

Post your experiences or questions.

Teaching Kids EFT - Video

2007-08-27T08:55:00.000-04:00

My EFT colleague, Cindy Shannon-Lee, just created a video to teach kids EFT.

Check it out: http://www.lillysadventures.com/EFT/EFT.htm

Here is what Cindy has to say about her path to EFT and the creation of this video.

I tell people these days that I am a "recovering" engineer. I spent 20 years being an engineer and working in a highly stressful environment. Then, because I didn't know how to deal with stress and emotional issues, I got very sick and had to give up that profession to research how to cure myself.

It took some time for me to find EFT and I have not ever been tempted to go back to the profession that I gave up so reluctantly because I am more interested in teaching EFT to people.

I often think about how much easier life would be if we just taught our children EFT as soon as they could speak! That is why I have created a website and a new video as a teaching tool for children (and really any newcomer to EFT).

It is a story told by Lilly, a magic donkey! She tells how she taught her human friend, Ryan, how to use EFT for an anxiety that he had about taking tests.

The video illustrates how Ryan taps each of the points as Lilly sings "The Tapping Song". It will help children to memorize the tapping points and make the process playful and fun for them!

You can see the video at http://www.lillysadventures.com/EFT/EFT.htm

Activate Your Personal Power with EFT - Teleclass

2007-08-18T11:30:00.000-04:00

Activate Your Personal Power with EFT Teleclass

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are more powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us…” Marianne Williamson

Intellectually we know that we are more powerful than we give ourselves permission to be. This is not power over others or always demanding things go your way. This is that inner power and inner strength that we all possess and often resist.

During this interactive teleclass, we will be using EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique, to release any fear that prevents you from activating all of your personal power. We will instill the belief that this power comes from Source Energy and is normal and natural. We will also activate your curiosity about how powerful you can be.

Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007

Time: 8:00 PM eastern (7 central, 6 mountain, 5 pacific)

Duration: 60 minutes

Cost: $25

As Marianne says, “And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”

~You will receive the MP3 recording of the call and also the EFT script for Activating Personal Power.~

EFT for Revving Up Your Metabolism

2007-08-14T11:21:00.001-04:00

Rev Up Your Metabolism

Metabolism is the process by which our bodies turn calories from the food we eat into energy. Age, exercise, diet/dieting and genetics affect how proficient our bodies are at burning calories. The faster your metabolism, the more calories you burn.

Gary Craig, creator of EFT, says “try EFT on everything”, so I thought I would share this EFT script for Revving Up Metabolism that I created for a client. Typically, when I work with clients on specific emotional issues, it is easy to tell when there is a shift. Most issues related to the physical body (diabetes, hypertension, immune disorders, hormone imbalances, etc.) are more difficult to tell if/when a shift occurs.

I thought it would be fun to share this EFT script, let you experiment with it and see if you notice any physical changes or shifts in your energy. The first time I used this sequence before my daily run, I felt more comfortable running and ran longer than usual. Was that change due to the EFT tapping? Who knows for sure, but I would love to hear your feedback if you use this EFT sequence to rev up your metabolism. Post your feedback on the blog.

Feel free to change the wording of this script to make it more personal and appropriate for you.

If you need a visual of the EFT meridian points, visit http://www.eft-downloads.com/Tapping%20Points.asp

Use this script daily for a week or two.

EFT for Revving Up Metabolism

Before you begin the EFT sequence, set a clear intention to rev up your metabolism.
State aloud: I intend to rev up my metabolism today. I intend to increase my capacity to burn calories in a way that feels easy and natural to me.

Karate chop:
Even though my metabolism is too slow to burn up all the calories that I take in, I intend to increase my metabolism today.

Even though my metabolism is sluggish, I intend to rev it up and have it fully functioning at 100% for me.

Even though my metabolism is slower than I would like, I am ready to rev it up and burn more calories.

Eyebrow: My metabolism is too slow.

Outside eye: My metabolism is too sluggish.

Under eye: My body is conserving energy.

Under nose: I am ready to rev up my metabolism today.

Chin: I am ready to burn up more calories.

Collarbone: I am ready to have my metabolism fully functioning at 100% for me.

Under arm: I allow my metabolism to rev up and burn more calories.

Top of head: I allow my metabolism to rev up and give me more energy.

Stop tapping, take a deep breath in and release it out.

Use any or all of these affirmations. Tap one round of EFT using the same affirmation at each meridian point or mix them up. Feel free to make up your own affirmations.

My metabolism is revving up.

I am ready for more energy.

I feel more energy flowing through my body now.

I see all my systems, organs and tissues revving up and becoming fully functioning at 100% for me.

I love being a lean, mean, revved up metabolism machine.

It feels good to have more energy flowing through my body.

My metabolism is revving up now.

It feels good to have my metabolism revved up and fully functioning for me.

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Tips

If you want to accelerate the affects of EFT, adopt these physical action steps.

Eat breakfast.
Eat hot meals rather than cold. Your metabolism speeds up very slightly when you eat and again if the food is hot.
Do at least thirty minutes of cardiovascular exercise, five days a week. This will condition your body to burn fat more efficiently.
Eat high-quality carbohydrates (whole grains such as oats and brown rice). No matter what you have read, you need carbs for energy and typically feel terrible without moderate amounts of them.
Make sure you take 1,000 steps every day. Get a pedometer and monitor your activity.
If you have a sit-down job, get up every hour and walk around for at least five minutes.
Dedicate two hours a week to weight training.

Here are a couple tips that Tecca from Ohio shared with me after this article went out in my newsletter.... "Other tips that you may add- is in order to increase metabolism EAT! Dieting or cutting too many calories causes the body to reserve energy and fat and and also slows the metabolism. So eating more smaller meals (5- 6) in a day actually helps to regulate and increase health metabolism."

Be sure to post your tips, feedback or success stories.

Have You Backed Up Your Computer Lately?

2007-07-31T06:26:00.000-04:00

One of my best EFT downloads customers wrote to me last week and said that his computer had crashed and he had lost all of his EFT scripts and audio recordings (24 in all). He asked if I could send him the download links again, which of course I was happy to do. I am sure he needed to some tapping around that issue.

Why am I sharing this with you, you ask?

Have you backed up you computer lately?

What information is on you computer that you would hate to lose?

Zip drives are inexpensive these days and easy to use. You can use an external hard drive, or you can use a remote service to backup your data.

Mozy.com offers 2 GB of backup space for free and unlimited for only $4.95/month.

What do you have to lose? Back it up today.

Clearing Vows of Poverty Teleclass

2007-06-25T19:57:00.001-04:00

Clearing Vows of Poverty Teleclass

Do you have money goals that never manifest?

You may have consciously or unconsciously made vows, promises, declarations, contacts, oaths or commitments that are secretly sabotaging your financial success.

During this interactive teleclass we will be using guided imagery to disconnect from any of these strong negative beliefs that you have established or adopted.

We will use the Emotional Freedom Technique to release any feelings of lack and limitations around money and instill a mind set of success, abundance and prosperity.

Isn’t it time to change your financial blueprint from struggle to thriving?

Who should attend: This class is perfect for you if you are ready to experience a shift in your financial situation.

Date: Sunday, July 15, 2007

Time: 8:00 PM (7 central, 6 mountain, 5 pacific)

Duration: 60 minutes

Fee: $25

Facilitator: Kathy Atkinson

Each participant will receive the MP3 recording of the call.

Energy Wands - See how you are flowing your energy

2007-06-15T11:30:00.000-04:00

Energy Wands by Kathy Atkinson

See How You Are Flowing Your Energy!

Our bodies are surrounded by an energy field of electromagnetic bands. Depending on how we are feeling from moment to moment, these bands expand or constrict.

Since our energy field is magnetic, when we feel down, negative or unhappy we tend to attract more of the same. When we feel positive, excited or joyful we tend to attract more of those kinds experiences.

Energy wands are a simple, yet effective way to see how your energy is flowing.

How to make energy wands:

Get two wire coat hangers and cut an “L” out of each one, about 12 inches long for the main part and about 5 inches for the handle.

Cut a plastic straw to fit the handle so that it swings easily.

Once the straw is in place bend the bottom of the handle up to hold the straw in place.

To protect yourself from the sharp ends, dip the tips of the hangers in candle wax several time to coat the ends. Be sure to supervise any use of the wands by children.

How to use the energy wands:

Hold the wands loosely out in front of your chest about 10 inches apart and 10 inches from your body.

With your eyes straight ahead, recall with feeling a sad or unpleasant event from your past. Depending on the intensity of your emotion, the wands will stay straight ahead or will point inward, tip to tip.

Now, focus on something wonderful, loving or joyous that you have experienced. Watch as the wands now expand outward as your energy field expands in response to your positive energy flow.

Suggested uses:

Hold them when you are talking on the phone to see if you are in a positive or negative frame of mind.

Use them when you are repeating affirmations.

Use them before you go to bed, to make sure you are open to experience a restful night’s sleep.

Use them before and after an EFT session to see how your energy has shifted.

Give them to your negative friends, so they can see how they are flowing their energy.

By paying attention to how you are flowing your energy, you can attract more rendezvous with positive people and situations.

Energy wand information is adapted from “Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting” by Lynn Grabhorn.

Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering Recording - Are You Happy? Really??

2007-06-05T06:32:00.001-04:00

I co-presented this Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering with my friend and colleague Becky Waters.

Are You Happy? Really??

We talked about the definition of happiness. We went through a happiness quiz that Becky has created. Becky then took everyone through a process on "How to Immediately Begin Creating More Happiness". We finished up with a short EFT session to release any resistance to creating more happiness in your life.

Take the Happiness Quiz before you listen to the recording by visiting http://spiritualcoachingcenter.com/happyquiz.html

Listen the call

Becky Waters is a certified life coach whose passion is to help her clients move past their fears, discover their true selves, and get on with the passionate pursuit of their dreams.

She is the author/editor of “Create a Happy ‘Tude,” a semi-monthly ezine that gives tips and resources for keeping a healthy, happy, prosperous attitude.

Her first co-authored book, Success and Happiness: Leading Experts Reveal Their Secrets, was published this spring and is now available at www.shop.beckywaters.com

Becky is also an active composer and performer. Her works have been awarded, honored and performed across the United States and in Europe. She won first place in the Twin Cities, MN Organ Concert Series Composition Competition, where she performed the winning piece. She also won first place in the Choral Division of the Second International Musical Composition in Tournai, Belgium. Her compositions have also been selected for performance at the Society of Composers National Conference, and by the International Alliance of Women in Music. She also has new CD out, “This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine” – Piano Hymn Improvisations.

In addition, she writes original wedding music for brides through www.WeddingMusicMadeForYou.com and short motivational songs and meditation music through www.AffirmationSongs.com.

Her music, CD, and book can be purchased through www.beckywaters.com

Feel free to post any questions, comments or success stories about this telegathering.

Much $uccess,
Kathy & Becky

Kathy Atkinson, EFT-ADV
Creative Life Coaching

Becky Waters
Spiritual Coaching Center

Release Resistance to Manifesting Your Goals Teleclass

2007-05-07T09:15:00.000-04:00

I invite you to join me on May 14 for a 90-minute teleclass on releasing your resistance to manifesting your goals. Here are the details:

Release Resistance to Manifesting Your Goals

During this interactive teleclass, I will lead a discussion about the signs and symptoms of the fear of success and fear of failure. I will then be guiding you through the EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) process for Fear of Success and Fear of Failure. These two EFT sessions will help you release and shift the most common fears, doubts and limiting beliefs that are keeping you from manifesting your goals.

Date: Monday, May 14, 2007

Time: 8:00 PM eastern (7:00 PM central, 6:00 PM mountain, 5:00 PM pacific)

Duration: 90 minutes

Cost: $29

Register: http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/javanof.asp?MerchantID=60990&ProductID=3461497

Facilitator: Kathy Atkinson, EFT-ADV - www.eftdownloads.com

Recording: MP3 Download

Bonus Materials: EFT scripts for Fear of Success and Fear of Failure ($14 value)

Creative Life Coaching
Kathy Atkinson, EFT-ADV
http://www.8keystosuccess.com/

EFT Tip ~ How Many Taps - How Hard to Tap

2007-04-29T12:03:00.000-04:00

Occasionally, I am asked about how many taps a person should be making on each EFT point. I typically don't worry too much about this and just go with what feels right. I also tap on a point as long as it takes to repeat the reminder statement. In the EFT Manual by Gary Craig, tapping at least 7 times on each point is suggested.

People also ask how hard to tap. As a general rule, you want to be tapping with enough pressure to stimulate the point and be sending a strong vibration, but not so hard as to be painful.

Sometimes the points will be painful or uncomfortable to tap. This can be due to the energy being block or disrupted in that particular meridian. It can be due to a sore muscle. It can also be due to a congested lymph gland in the area. When this occurs, keep tapping that meridian point, but lighten up a little bit on how hard you are tapping or switch to massaging the meridian point in a circular motion instead of tapping and see if you can work out the disruption.

EFT is a very forgiving process. Use your best judgment and experiment with different finger pressure and the number of taps. The best advice I can give is to just use the process and trust yourself to find a rhythm and a flow to your EFT sessions.

New EFT Movie by Gary Craig

2007-04-22T12:14:00.000-04:00

Wow, I just finished viewing a new 7 minute EFT movie created by Gary Craig. It is really awesome and a great way to introduce someone to EFT.

View it on Gary's web site Emofree.com.

Enjoy, Kathy

EFT for Physical Issues

2007-03-28T11:18:00.000-04:00

EFT for Physical Problems

There are many ways to address physical pain, discomfort and dis-ease with EFT. Obviously, you can just begin with the issue and tap on it directly. If that doesn’t seem to work, here are some questions to help you go in some different “doors” and address your physical problems from different angles.

As you tune into the pain, discomfort, problem or dis-ease, ask yourself:

What does this pain, discomfort or dis-ease look like?

How does this part of me feel?

What is the size, shape and color of this discomfort?

What does this remind me of?

Who does this remind me of?

What is the emotion attached to this dis-ease? Irritation, annoyance, irritability, sadness, hurt?

If this part of me had a message for me, what would it be?

Use EFT to address any information that you uncover and see if that is enough to help you shift your energy and eliminate or reduce your physical problem.

Chakra Clearing Teleclass

2007-03-11T21:18:00.000-04:00

Chakra Clearing Teleclass

Spring is the perfect time to clear and balance your chakra system. Check out the two new teleclasses I am offering using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to clear and balance the 7 major chakras on the body.

We will be addressing:

Root Chakra - Safety, security
Sacral Chakra - Creativity, personal desires
Solar Plexus - Personal power, strength
Heart Chakra - Giving and receiving divine love
Throat Chakra - Speaking your truth
Third Eye - Seeing clearly
Crown Chakra - Divine connection

Who should attend: This class is perfect for you if you feel like you need to do some internal clearing out and rebalancing as we move into this new spring season.

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Evening Spring Chakra Clearing Teleclass

Date: Monday, March 19, 2007

Time: 7:30 PM eastern (6:30 PM central, 5:30 PM mountain, 4:30 pacific)

Duration: 75 minutes

Fee: $25

Register: Closed

This call will be recorded and available as an MP3 download.

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Daytime Spring Chakra Clearing Teleclass

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Time: 1:00 PM eastern (12:00 noon central, 11:00 AM mountain, 10:00 AM pacific)Duration: 75 minutes

Fee: $25

Register: Closed

This call will be recorded and available as an MP3 download.

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Energy Medicine on Oprah

2007-02-13T19:21:00.000-05:00

Wow, I just saw Dr. Oz on Oprah taking about Energy Medicine being the new frontier in medicine. Very exciting!

Here is a quote from Oprah's web site:

Alternative medicines, Dr. Oz says, deal with the body's energy—something that traditional Western medicine generally does not. "We're beginning now to understand things that we know in our hearts are true but we could never measure," he says. "As we get better at understanding how little we know about the body, we begin to realize that the next big frontier … in medicine is energy medicine. It's not the mechanistic part of the joints moving. It's not the chemistry of our body. It's understanding for the first time how energy influences how we feel."

Beyond Goal Setting - Teleclass Recording

2007-02-04T19:49:00.001-05:00

I invite you to listen to this Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering...

Beyond Goal Setting...What Do You Want to Experience?

Goals setting can feel heavy and bring up lots of resistance. It can also leave you feeling like a failure if you don't achieve your goals. So, to lighten things up, we discuss creating a list of experiences you want to have. We start with the top 4 categories...relationships, career, money and health.

Check out the other 9 categories I have on my web site at http://www.8keystosuccess.com/questions.htm

I also take you the EFT process for releasing resistance to having the experiences you desire and EFT for instilling some fun, new experiences we all want to have.

Listen to the recording - Click here

When you click on the link, you will be taken to a page where you can listen to the call by clicking on the Download button or you can save a copy to your computer by right clicking on the Download button.

Who's On Your Pedestal? - Teleclass Recording

2007-02-04T19:04:00.001-05:00

I invite you to listen to this Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering...

Who's On Your Pedestal?

Are you intimidated by others?

Too often we put people up on a pedestal because they are well-known, well-educated, good looking, etc. We feel these people are out of reach or unapproachable due to the perceptions we have about them and their accomplishments. We often end up feeling intimidated and less than others who appear to be more successful.

It is alright to admire and appreciate what other have accomplished, but during this call, we discuss how worthy and deserving you are of having your own pedestal to stand on.

I also take you though the EFT process to close the gap between you and those that intimidate you.

Listen to the recording.

Energy Shifting Technique - Zipping Up

2007-01-29T15:35:00.000-05:00

Here is an energy shifting tip from Donna Eden's book Energy Medicine.

Zipping Up

Place your hand at the end of the Central Meridian, which is located at your pubic bone on the front of your body. Take in a deep breath as you simultaneously move your hand straight up the center of your body to your lower lip. (It may help to visualize a zipper coming together.) Repeat 3 times.

Benefits of the Zipping Up Process:

Feel more confident and positive about yourself and your world
Think more clearly
Tap into your inner strengths
Protect yourself from negative energies that may be around you

This process is great to do before you go out into public places, malls, meetings or when you need to speak with a boss, a difficult parent, angry child, etc.

You can add this affirmation while you are zipping up to make it more powerful "I am clear, centered and balanced".

You may also want to visualize locking the zipper after you zip up and hiding the key in order to prolong the technique’s effects.

If you play with this process, please post a comment about your experience.

EFT Tip - Is Your Energy Blocked?

2007-01-15T16:34:00.000-05:00

I have been watching Gary Craig's video's on Serious Diseases. On one of the video's, Gary offered an interesting tip about blocked energy that I had not given much consideration since I am not a big jewelry person.

On the video, Gary was working with a participant wearing a lot of jewelry. Gary suggested that if you are not experiencing success with EFT perhaps you should look at what you are wearing in the way of jewelry.

Just about anything you wear, ingest, inhale or come into close proximity to can block your energy if you are energetically out of alignment with the substance. This explains why some people can take a specific medication and experience a positive benefit and someone else can have a serious allergic reaction.

If you are not experiencing success with EFT, play detective and see if you can identify anything that might be blocking your energy system. Take a look at what you are wearing, what you are breathing in or what you are putting on your body. Take a look at your environment and see if there are places that leave you feeling energized and other areas that drain your energy. Personally, I do not go to shopping malls very often because I find the energy in them very disruptive to my energy system.

Everyone has substance sensitivities. You can even be out of energetic alignment with the people you interact with. Take a moment and see if you can remember a time when you felt uncomfortable around someone without knowing why.

Once you know what might be blocking your energy system, you have a few choices. You can eliminate substances from your diet or home. You can stay away from places and environments that block your energy. Or, you can use EFT to balance your energy system.

If you need help identifying what may be blocking energy, I encourage you to consult with a trained professional.

Until next time, Kathy

What Do You Do When Your Energy is Drained?

2006-12-29T14:03:00.000-05:00

What do you do when your energy is drained? Do you keep going and going until you collapse or explode at someone?

By Christmas morning, I was feeling the stress of the holiday season. I was out of my usual routine. I was not taking time to exercise, meditate or use EFT on a regular basis, so my energy system was slowly being depleted by all the activities and interactions that come with the holiday season.

By 10 AM Christmas morning, I could tell that if I did not stop and take time to recharge my battery, I was not going to be able to enjoy the day with family and friends. I stopped what I was doing, put on my coat and hat, grabbed the dog and I headed outside for some fresh air and a brisk walk. While I was walking, I did some EFT with the intention of energizing my body and mind, thus giving myself a chance to come back into balance and harmony.

After about 20 minutes of being out in nature, moving my body and getting my energy flowing with EFT, I was feeling like my cheery self again. The rest of the day went smoothly and I truly enjoyed all the holiday hoopla. I know that would not have been the case if I had not stopped and taken the time to re-energize myself.

So, what do you do when you recognize that you are depleted and in need of an energy boost? Do you stop and take time to recharge your battery? What do you routinely do to keep yourself in balance?

EFT is the quickest and easiest way to release the tension and stress that drains our energy systems. The technique can also be use to energize your body and your mind when you need it most.

I have an EFT for Energy script and audio download on my web site EFT Downloads.com that is great for shifting your energy fast.

Check it out at: http://www.eftdownloads.com/Health.htm#Energy

EFT Tip - Daily Tapping

2006-11-24T18:49:00.000-05:00

Daily Tapping

EFT is an amazing process that gets results fast. I personally love the process so much that I have no trouble using EFT on a daily basis. I always have something I need/want to release or something I want to instill…confidence, creativity or feeling bold. EFT has become part of my lifestyle. I just naturally turn to it when I need to shift my energy.

When I first began using EFT, I did have to make a point of using the process on a regular basis until it just became part of my day. If you have trouble incorporating EFT into your daily routine, here are some suggestions.

Tap before you get out of bed in the morning.
Tap before or after your shower.
Tap before or after you brush your teeth.
Tap each time you use the rest room.
Set a timer and tap at the top of each hour.
Tap before each meal.
Tap during the commercials on TV.
Tap before bed.

After a few days of linking these daily activities to EFT, you should no trouble incorporating this process into your day. You can tap on specific things throughout the day or just tap on the EFT meridian points with the intention of keeping your energy high and your immune system strong.

A client recently shared her EFT reminder solutions. "I had a fun time with some girlfriends last weekend. Ate way too much...arghhh why didn't I apply EFT to keep things in line!! I have now put the letters, EFT, in my luggage, on my frig, microwave, bathroom mirror. My watch beeps on the hour ~~ When I hear the beep, it is my cue to be aware and think EFT."

If you need help with what to tap on or what words to use, visit www.EFTdownloads.com for plenty of scripts and audio recordings to get you started.

Keep tapping!

Crown Pull - Energy Shifting Technique

2006-11-20T15:28:00.000-05:00

Here is quick energy shifting technique from Donna Eden's book "Energy Medicine".

Crown Pull

This process is very quick, easy and effective for clearing the cobwebs from your mind and releasing mental congestion. It opens up the energy flow to your head and refreshes the mind.

Use this process whenever you feel overwhelmed, groggy or just need a pick-me-up.

Before you try the process, take a moment and notice how open and clear minded you feel right now. Do the Crown Pull process. Check in again and notice if your head feels more open and expansive.

Instructions:

1. Place your thumbs at your temples on the side of your head. Curl your fingers and rest your fingertips on the center of your forehead above the nose. Your little fingers will be resting on your eyebrows.

2. Slowly, and with some pressure, pull your fingers across your forehead toward your thumbs so that you stretch the skin on your forehead. Repeat that movement.

3. The idea is to do this stretching all over your head. Next move your thumbs up from your temples to your hairline. This time curl your fingers and rest your fingertips on the center of the front part of your head (in the hair). Repeat the movement.

4. Move your fingers to the top of your head and repeat the movement.

5. Continue the process until you have stretched and pulled the skin over your entire head.

Three Thumps Energy Exercise

2006-11-14T15:58:00.000-05:00

Here is a great energy shifting exercise Donna Eden shares in her book "Energy Medicine".

Three Thumps

This process consists of tapping on three different meridian points. Tapping on these points will restore your energy when you are tired, increase your vitality and keep your immune system strong. Use this process each morning and anytime during the day that you need a pick-me-up.

1) Collar Bone Points

Benefits of tapping Collar Bone points:

Increased energy
Feel more alert
Focus and perform more effectively

Make fists and tap both right and left collar bones at the same time for about 20 seconds. Be sure to breath deeply in and out.

Variation: in order to assist the energy to cross over from right to left and left to right... cross your arms and tap the left collar bone with the right fist and the right collar bone with the left fist.

2) Thymus Gland

Benefits of tapping the Thymus Gland:

Stimulate your energy system
Boost your immune system
Increase your strength and vitality

Make a fist and tap on the center of your sternum (center of chest on breast bone) for about 20 seconds while breathing deeply in and out.

3) Spleen Points

Benefits of tapping Spleen Points:

Lift your energy level
Balance your blood chemistry
Strengthen your immune system

The spleen points are located directly below each breast. Make fists and tap both points for about 20 seconds while breathing deeply in and out.

Variation: Cross your arms and tap the left side of your body with your right fist, and tap the right side of your body with the left fist. This helps cross the energies.

EFT for Money Issues Program

2006-11-01T11:54:00.001-05:00

I have a new EFT for Money Issues Program posted on my web site.

When I work with individual clients on their money issues, we typically begin with releasing any resistance they have to getting over their money issues.

I have witnessed over and over again that many people say they want to get over their money issues, but they don't believe they can. They don't always feel safe releasing their money issues and many people don't feel worthy and deserving of thriving financially. Perhaps you feel the same way.

Try out this statement, "I want to thrive financially but...." What comes after that but? What resistance do you feel or hear?

Whatever resistance you have is preventing you from thriving financially or at least slowing you down.

Now you can use the same EFT for Money Issues Program I use with my clients to release your resistance to getting over your money issues.

There are five EFT sessions included in the EFT for Money Issues eBook and on the Audio Recordings. Each EFT session is designed to assist you in beginning to clear your energy blocks and limiting beliefs around money, prosperity and abundance. This program helps you release any negative thoughts and behaviors you have in regard to money, so you can thrive financially.

Check out all the details of this life-changing program here.

I also have created a 28-minute audio recording of Money Affirmations in order to help you shift your money consciousness from the inside out. You receive this as a bonus when you purchase the EFT for Money Issues Audio Program.

EFT Tip - Using EFT in Public

2006-11-01T11:28:00.000-05:00

Clients often ask me how they can use EFT when they are out in public. Since it is not a common occurrence to see people walking around tapping on the bodies, I can understand why clients would not be comfortable doing this.

Here are a few suggestions:

First, it is very common for people to be touching their bodies, so you can use the Touch & Breath Technique. Instead of tapping on the various meridian points, just touch or rub each point and take in a deep breath. Slowly move from point to point at a speed that does not attract attention.

Next, you can just imagine the tapping points. Once you are familiar with the EFT tapping points, you can activate the energy shifting process automatically in your mind.

If you need to make a significant shift in your energy system, excuse yourself and find a private place to do a couple rounds of tapping. Bathroom stalls are a great place for this and it is easy to excuse yourself for this purpose.

Finally, go ahead and tap in public. If anyone asks, just inform them that you have discovered a way to relax yourself by tapping on some Major Stress Relief Points on your body.

EFT Success Story - Anxiety Relief

2006-10-31T08:54:00.001-05:00

Here is a great testimonial that reminds us to use EFT in the moment.

Dear Kathy,

Thank you so much for taking me through the EFT process to relieve my neck & back pain. It was very helpful and I truly appreciate your compassion and support.

I also want to share with you a wonderful experience I had recently with EFT. I was driving to a business meeting in a city more than an hour away one evening, and got stuck in rush hour traffic on NJ Turnpike. As I sat in traffic, and it was getting dark, I got more and more anxious about being late for my meeting and getting lost in a city I was not familiar with. My heart started to beat fast and I couldn't breathe right. I was listening to some audio book on my iPod that was plugged into my car at that time, and suddenly recalled that I had downloaded your EFT Anxiety Relief recording to my iPod a while ago.

In a desperate attempt to relieve my anxiety, I found the EFT recording on my iPod, and started to follow along your instructions. Your voice is very comforting and I love the affirmations. After a few rounds of tapping, my mind and body relaxed (actually, my whole body was buzzing), and I made it to my meeting. I was a little late, but feeling energized and relaxed. Thank you for such a wonderful gift!!!

Warmest Regards,
Hueina Su
Professional Life Coach
Beyond Horizon Coaching
www.BeyondHorizonCoaching.com
"Intensive Care for Women Who Nuture Everyone but Themselves"

EFT for Focus & Concentration

2006-10-18T13:18:00.001-04:00

I have a new EFT script and audio recording posted on my web site. www.EFTdownloads.com

EFT for Focus & Concentration

There may be times in your life when you do not feel as clear and as focused as you need or want to be. You may be working on a big project that requires you to focus. You may be attending a class, workshop or seminar where you want to focus and absorb the material. You may be experiencing an event or situation in your life that is distracting you and preventing you from staying focused.

Whatever your reason for wanting to be more focused, this EFT session gives you a boost and activates the part of you who knows how to get focused and stay focused.

Visit: http://www.eft-downloads.com/Focus.asp

EFT for Feeling Beautiful

2006-10-18T12:56:00.000-04:00

I have a new EFT script and audio recording posted on my web site. www.EFTdownloads.com

Check it out if you need to activate the part of you that knows deep down how truly beautiful you are.

EFT for Feeling Beautiful

Are you one of those people who focus on all their defects?

Your mother was right - beauty does radiate from the inside out. I know plenty of average and less than average-looking folks who truly radiate their inner beauty. I also know some good-looking people who do not have the inner beauty to match their outer good looks.

This EFT session helps activate the part of you that feels beautiful on the inside, so you can radiate beauty on the outside regardless of your physical appearance.

Visit www.EFTdownloads.com

EFT Tip - Use Emphasis & Emotion

2006-09-24T20:06:00.000-04:00

If you are not achieving a significant shift using EFT, try using more emphasis and more emotion while going through the tapping sequences.

shout out the words
scream out the words
stand up
add body gestures
shake your fists
stomp your feet

Really get into the experience and let the negative emotions come up, so they can be acknowledged and released.

Emotions are energy in motion, so shake things up and get some energy moving.

Intensive Self-Care Strategies - Teleclass

2006-09-24T20:04:00.000-04:00

Free Law of Attraction - EFT Telegathering

In order to assist others in activating the Law of Attraction in their lives and also allow them to gain experience with the Emotional Freedom Technique, I offer occasional free interactive telegatherings.

Tap into the power of group energy to amplify your intentions and desires. Also use this time to share your successes and manifestations with a group of like-minded individuals.

On the calls, we use creative visualizations and affirmations to engage the mind and EFT energy work and deep breathing to engage the body.

Telegatherings are group phone calls where everyone dials into the same phone number, at the same time and are connected on a telephone bridge line. It's a great way to gather like-minded people together without the hassle of traveling and weather concerns. The only cost is the long distance phone charges.

Schedule for the 60-minute Telegatherings:

Date: Friday, October 6 - Topic - Intensive Self-Care Strategies

I will be co-presenting with Life Coach Hueina Su of Beyond Horizon Coaching. http://beyondhorizoncoaching.com

Are you a nurturer...giving and giving to everyone else and ignoring your own physical, emotional and spiritual needs?

If you don't take care of yourself and make yourself a priority, eventually you can/will burn out and experience dis-ease. Hueina and I will share tips and techniques on how to support yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually so you have more to give to others.

Time: 11:00 am eastern (10 central, 9 mountain, 8 pacific)

Duration: 60 minutes

Fee: No Cost

Register for the call and receive the bridge number by sending an email to register@8keystosuccess.com Please include your name and location.

EFT for Serious Diseases

2006-08-28T11:20:00.000-04:00

Gary Craig has just released 2 new DVD sets for Using EFT for Serious Illnesses. I was fortunate enough to get my sets at the EFT Master Boot Camp this month and have viewed the presentations on CFS so far. These are a must have for serious students of EFT. Excellent material! Here is a brief summary.

USING EFT FOR SERIOUS DISEASES:

Now available on DVD: 26 full length sessions on 2 DVD sets (40 hours total). Issues covered include: CFIDS, Cancer Pain, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Diabetes, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Keratakonis, Premature Birth, Parkinson's Disease, Neurogenic Bladder, Cystic Fibrosis, Breast Cancer, Blood Pooling, War Trauma, Breathing, Head Injury, Pituitary Gland Tumor, Hepatitis C, Severe Vaginal Problems, Asthma, Neuropathy, PTSD, Prostate Cancer and Hypermobility.

These DVD sets are ideal for professionals, motivated EFT students and those with serious ailments. Further, since EFT is a Universal Healing Aid, the approaches used in these sessions can be used for just about any ailment you can name ... whether or not it is listed above. Details and Ordering

Gary Craig's EFT Site - Emofree

Where In The World Are My EFT Downloads Going?

2006-08-27T17:18:00.000-04:00

Where In The World Are My EFT Downloads Going?

I was looking up some information I needed from some of the orders placed on my EFT Downloads web site. It wasn’t too long before I got caught up in looking at how close to home and how far away the downloads have traveled.

Wow! It is so amazing to realize how easily people from all over the world can connect with this information and access it from the comfort of their home and the convenience of their computer. It is truly awesome to empower people this way!

I thought you might enjoy seeing where this EFT information has spread.

USA

Georgia
Minnesota
New York
Colorado
Oregon
Nevada
New Hampshire
Florida
Illinois
Arizona
North Carolina
Michigan
Ohio
Texas
New Jersey
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Illinois
California
Massachusetts
New Mexico
Okalahoma
Connecticut
Washington
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Rhode Island
Indiana
Arkansas
Virginia
Utah
West Virginia
Vermont
Tennessee

Vancouver, BC Canada
Oakville, Ontario Canada
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Sidney, BC Canada
Brampton, Ontario Canada
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Lasalle, Ontario Canada

Nambour, Australia
Brisbane, Australia
Thornbury, Australia
Buderim, Australia
Doncaster, Victoria, Australia
Geebung, Queensland Australia
Salisbury Heights, South Australia Australia

Nottingham, Notts United Kingdom
Bristol, United Kingdom
London, England United Kingdom
Blackburn, Lancashire United Kingdom
Cheshire, United Kingdom
Londonderry, Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Epsom, Surrey United Kingdom
Angmering, Sussex United Kingdom

Karmiel, Israel
Kochav Yaakov, Israel

Lomas del Creston, Oaxaca Mexico
Mazatlan, Sinaloa Mexico

Stockholm, Sweden

Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil

Auckland, NZ New Zealand

Tamarin, Black River Mauritius

Wicklow, Bray Ireland

New Delhi, Delhi India

Goppingen, Baden Wurttenberg Gibraltar

Marine Parade, Singapore

Istanbul, Turkey

Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia

Pietermaritzbug, KZN South Africa

Thanks to all who are spreading the word about the benefits of EFT and the downloads on my web site. www.EFTdownloads.com

(I apologize in advance if I have misspelled any of the information or posted it incorrectly.)