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Gary Craig Original EFT Tutorials 1-15

1. Intro
2. Being Specific
3. The Movie Technique
4. Aspects
5. Try it On Everything!
6. Daisy Chain
7. Finding Core Issues
8. Clients Feel Worse
9. When Physical Issues Resist Healing
10. Methods and Mindsets of Masters
11. Borrowing Benefits
12. Tell the Story
13. Personal Peace
14. Children
15. Guidelines for Serious Diseases

#1
Intro – This tutorial is dedicated to the dedicated.It is for newcomers who want to climb the
mastery ladder and enhance their skills with EFT. The world needs you and it is my personal
privilege to be a part of your education. Together, we can bring healing to our friends, our
neighbors, our families and our clients. Simply stated, we can Touch the World.

Anyone can learn the basics and, if applied to enough people, many impressive healings will
become obvious. You may be convinced of this already–even if you are a beginner. Whatever your
current skill level, however, there is always more to learn. There are more ways to do deep work….
more ways to approach difficult cases….more insightful questions to ask….more ailments to
address….more creative ways to deliver these procedures….and more….and more….and more.

I suggest you study each installment in this tutorial and print it out for future reference. You may
even wish to bind the whole series into a book.

For those of you who have The EFT Course, let me emphasize the importance of taking the course
in the proper order. I know it is tempting to look at the titles on the various DVDs and want to see
certain ones first. This is human nature. However, to do so is like reading chapters 4, 12 and 8 of a
book before you read chapters 1, 2 and 3. This asks for confusion. The proper order is given in the
first page of the EFT Manual, entitled “The Easy Way To Take This Course.”

#2
The Importance of Being Specific Tutorial

This tutorial should be read several times. It is that important.Why? Because it addresses one of
the most common errors made by newcomers to EFT. Once this is corrected, your results will have
much greater consistency and many of your “difficult cases” will melt away quite easily. The
problem is that most clients tend to see their issues through “global glasses.” That is, they describe
their issues using broad labels which, to them, seem very specific. Examples might be…

“I just don’t feel very good about myself.”

“My father always abused me.”

“My mother never gave me the love I should have had.”

“I don’t do very well with relationships.”

“I’m easily rejected.”

Each of these…and countless more like them…are like emotional forests made up of specific trees
(negative events) which contribute to the overall problem. Using EFT on the globally stated
problem is like trying to chop down an entire forest with one swing of the axe. If you address the
global problem in this way, you will probably make some progress each time you swing. However,
compared to the enormity of the forest, the progress is not likely to be noticed and thus the client
will probably claim “no result”…or…you might erroneously consider them hopelessly
Psychologically Reversed…or…you might erroneously conclude that they are beset with energy
toxins…or…you might give up and think EFT “doesn’twork” or…or…or.

Instead of using EFT on an issue like, “Even though I’m easily rejected…..” it is best to break down
the globally stated problem into specific events such as….

“Even though my 3rd grade teacher embarrassed me in front of the class…..”

“Even though I felt so left out when my father didn’t attend my high school graduation….”

“Even though my high school sweetheart said, ‘I’ve grown tired of you’….”

“Even though I was sent to my room for the whole day on Thanksgiving at age 8….”

“Even though Mom told me ‘you’ll never get married unless you are thin like your sister’….”

These are the TRUE CONTRIBUTORS to the “I’m easily rejected” issue. They represent the
FOUNDATION of the problem. The feeling of rejection is but the symptom of these underlying
specific causes. Stated differently, if we didn’t have these specific causes, how could we possibly feel
rejection? The answer is ‘we couldn’t’ because there would be no prior experience by which to
measure a current “rejection.”

So….we need to neutralize these causes by using EFT on individual trees. When we do, several
benefits occur….

1. The client can easily recognize whenever EFT has eliminated a negative tree from their forest.
They may start with an intensity of 7-10 for a given event and end with an intensity of 0. This is
clearly noticeable and thus substantially improves the client’s (and your) confidence in the method.

2. Each tree that is removed thins out the forest. This allows the client to walk through the forest
with more ease instead of consistently bumping into yet another “rejection tree.” The sting of
rejection becomes less and less.

3. An important GENERALIZATION EFFECT occurs. The various”rejection trees” tend to have
some common themes among them so that removing one tree has an effect on the remaining ones.
Often, we can remove 5 or10 trees and then watch the whole forest fall.

I cannot overemphasize the importance of being specific. It often spells the different between
dramatic success and apparent failure. Next time I will give you some specific tools for being
specific–very important.

#3
The Movie Technique -

In an earlier Tutorial I emphasized the importance of addressing specific events rather than global
issues. This can often spell the difference between apparent failure and dramatic success. Even
though the concept is easy to understand, some newcomers have difficulty putting it into practice.

Fortunately, there is a tool that greatly simplifies this important task. I call it the “Movie
Technique” and it is demonstrated many times in the EFT – Beyond the Basics DVD set
(previously called Steps Toward becoming the Ultimate Therapist).

Simply stated, if the client can make a mental movie of the event then it is automatically a specific
event. A movie has a specific beginning and a specific end in time. It has a specific plot and specific
characters. It has specific words & specific actions and generates specific feelings. In fact, if the
client can’t make a specific movie of their problem then the problem is too globally stated.

Here’s an example. Suppose the client states their problem as,”My father always abused me.” This is
too global, of course, because that abuse is likely comprised of numerous specific instances (events)
of abuse. If you ask the client to make a specific movie of this abuse, YOU FORCE THEM IN THE
DIRECTION OF A SPECIFIC EVENT. Once in awhile the client will make a vague generalization
of the issue instead of a specific movie. In such cases, you will need to guide them in the proper
direction.

To give you some guidelines for stepping through this Movie Technique, I submit the following
procedures that I have refined over time…..

First, ask the client, “If it was a movie, how long would it last?” Typically, they give me an answer
that can be measured in minutes. This reflects, of course, a specific event. If they say, “several
hours” or “several days,” then you can usually assume they are still being too global.
Next, ask the client, “What would the title be?” This also tends to force specificity. In most cases,
they will give you a specific title such as, “Fight in the Kitchen” or “My accident in Mom’s car.” If
they give you a more general title, be sure to check out how specific they are being.
Next, ask them to run the movie in their mind and evaluate the intensity they are having NOW (as
they imagine it) on a scale of 0-10. Alternatively, you can ask them to GUESS what their intensity
would be IF they vividly imagined it. I usually find their guesses to be reasonably accurate AND
guessing tends to save the clients some emotional pain.
Next, do several rounds of EFT on “this ____________ movie.” At the end of each round check out
the 0-10 intensity. Typically, it will come down to low numbers or to zero. You may be done with
this specific movie at this stage but continue with the procedures below to thoroughly test the
completeness of your work.
Next, ask them to go through the movie in their mind, starting with a low-intensity segment, BUT
STOP WHENEVER THEY FEEL ANY INTENSITY. You will usually need to emphasize the
importance of stopping because most clients are conditioned to believe that, in order to be rid of
their problem, they must be brave and feel the pain while going through it. This is now ancient
thinking. With EFT, these stopping points provide opportunities for tapping.
Next, use EFT on each stopping point until there is no more intensity on that segment (aspect) of
the movie.
Have them run through the movie in their mind again, beginning to end, tapping on intense
aspects as they come up, until the movie no longer has a charge on it.
Finally, when the intensity seems to be resolved, ask the client to go through the movie one last
time, but exaggerate the sights, sounds, colors, etc and really TRY to get upset about it. If they find
some more intensity, then keep repeating the steps above until it is gone. When they can no longer
get upset, your work is done.
Properly done, this procedure should neatly remove a negative tree from the client’s emotional
forest. Then you can remove another tree…and then another…and then another…until 5 or 10 of
them have been thoroughly uprooted. Since most of these trees have some commonality among
them, there is usually a “generalization effect” that spreads throughout the whole forest, thereby
toppling the rest of the trees. Thus, the client’s problem of “My father always abused me,” even
though it may have several hundred specific events (trees) contributing to it, is often handled after
5 or 10 specific events have been neutralized.

The Movie Technique is similar to the Tell the Story Technique, and they are both fantastic tools
for being specific and thorough in your work. The Movie Technique has the added advantage of
helping you address events that the client can’t or would prefer not to discuss out loud. On the
other hand, the Tell the Story Technique will present opportunities for you to ask specific questions
to help your client get to the less obvious aspects. As you refine your skills, you may develop a
preference for one or the other, or you may choose to combine elements of each, depending on the
individual session.

#4
Aspects

On many occasions, you need only apply one or two rounds of EFT to a specific event in order for
its emotional intensity to vanish forever. These are our “one minute wonders” and, fortunately, they
occur with delightful frequency. Many lives have been instantly shifted in positive directions
because of this feature.

Sometimes, however, even after you have made professional efforts to tap on specific events, the
client still reports the problem as “no better.” Why would this be? Why does the process work so
easily in most cases but appear to bog down in others? There are a few possibilities here (the others
will be covered later) but one of the most common causes is that the client, without realizing it, is
“shifting to different aspects.”

Some issues, it turns out, have many pieces–or aspects–to them. These are actually separate issues.
However, clients don’t usually make this distinction unless you point it out to them. Suppose, for
example, a client wants help with their frightful memories regarding an automobile accident. You
can apply EFT, of course, to “this accident” and you are likely to make good progress. If you don’t,
however, you can ask for more specifics (aspects) with a question like…

“What about the accident bothers you the most?”Let’s suppose the client says, “Oh, the headlights,
the headlights, I can still see them coming at me!”You can then tap on “the headlights” or “my fear
of the headlights” or any other verbiage that seems to fit. After the client’s reaction to the
headlights has been EFT’d to zero, you can then ask…”What else about the accident bothers you?”

At this point the client may bring up other aspects such as, “The screams in the car” or “My anger
at the other driver” or “My anger at the doctors,” etc. The list can be quite long. Usually, though, it
contains only one or two aspects. Tap on these other aspects until the client can no longer find
anything bothersome about the accident.

As a test, ask them to “run the movie” of the accident in their mind in vivid detail. This will bring
up any trailing aspects for tapping. Eventually, the client should have no charge on the accident. It
will just be an unfortunate event in their life–and that’s all.

One mistake that is often made along the way, however, is to tap on “the headlights” and then ask
a much too global question such as, “How do you feel about the accident now?” That question
doesn’t ask for any new aspects. It just asks for an overall feeling. In fact, if there are any other
aspects (such as “the screams in the car”) the client will report “no progress” because they still have
intensity. Remember, the client doesn’t distinguish between the aspects. To them, it’s all one big
problem. You have to make the distinction by first recognizing that aspects exist (that’s just simply
experience) and, second, asking the right questions to bring them to the surface.

Aspects can happen with almost any emotional issue–examples might be….
A war trauma can have aspects such as the sight of blood, the look in a comrade’s eyes before they
die, the sound of a hand grenade, etc.
A rape experience can have aspects such as the smell of the assailant’s breath, the impact of a fist,
the penetration, etc.
A fear of public speaking can have aspects such as the sight of a microphone, the onlooking eyes of
the audience, a memory of being ridiculed as a child, etc.

Another thing to recognize is that an aspect can also be an emotion. Thus, some clients report that
the anger they had regarding a given event has shifted to sadness. Pick up on these clues. These
different emotional aspects are taking you deeper into the problem. They are opportunities for
greater healing and present you with great possibilities for mastering your craft.

Our DVD sets are loaded with live examples of aspects which you can replay over and over again. I
don’t think you will find better examples anywhere of how to address this important subject. Pay
particular attention to Dave and his fear of water in The EFT Course. This hour long, very
thorough session, is a classic example of aspects and how to address them.

#5
Try it on Everything!

Some of our beliefs need help–especially if we are to truly understand … and effectively use … the
wide reaching versatility of EFT.

We have been conditioned to believe that each of our ailments requires a specific remedy. Thus we
take aspirin for headaches and antihistamines for allergies. We also see specialists such as
podiatrists, psychiatrists, urologists and gynecologists. Further, in emotional healing we consider
fear, guilt, grief and trauma to be separate problems requiring separate techniques.

The list goes on.

These aren’t “bad beliefs,” by the way. To the contrary, some of these specific remedies have been
quite useful in our quest to obtain healing relief. However, with the emergence of EFT, our belief
systems now have a new challenge, namely, that there has never before been such a…”one-approach-
addresses-everything-technique.”

To most, it is a completely foreign idea to use the same technique for a headache that you use for a
height phobia. Yet, that is precisely what we do with EFT. As you know from our various training
DVDs we TRY IT ON EVERYTHING.

And we usually get results.

We use the same approach for trauma of every description. We use it for the fear of public speaking
and for grief over the loss of a loved one. We use it for stress, anxiety, addictive cravings, stuttering
and depression. We’ve had success with almost every physical ailment including pain, lactose
intolerance, allergies, and everything from serious diseases to TMJ to infertility to PMS. We use it
to enhance sports & music performance as well as relationships. We use it to give educational
freedom to those with learning disabilities as well as to relieve nightmares and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder for victims of rape, accidents, abuse and war.

And, again, the list goes on.

Unfortunately, many people use EFT to relieve just one ailment and completely miss its use for all
the others. This tutorial urges an opening of the mind in this regard. Why limit EFT to 1% of its
capabilities?

There is, of course, an “art of delivery” that separates the beginning EFT’er from the master.
However, even the novice can apply the basics and achieve high percentage results. Mastery,
fortunately, is a choice and is achievable by anyone. You need only pursue it.

P.S. Try it on everything also assumes common sense. It would be inappropriate, for example, to
drink a gallon of gasoline to see if you can “tap it away.” Similarly, untrained people should not go
where they don’t belong and thus try EFT on severely emotionally disturbed people.

#6
The Daisy Chain Opportunity

EFT often works so rapidly and efficiently that the client shifts, in a daisy chain fashion, from
issue….to issue….to issue. It’s as if each resolution of a problem reminds them of another problem,
thereby leading us through a sizable list of healing opportunities.

An example might be someone who starts with a snake phobia and, after the problem has been
EFT’d away, they are reminded of their fear of heights. After that is resolved they keep daisy
chaining to new issues such as a bicycle accident, rejection in school by a teacher, being dumped by
a lover and so on.

These are superb opportunities for dramatic healing because, in one session, multiple issues can be
effectively neutralized. When you are on a roll, keep rolling!

There is an outstanding live example of a daisy chain in the full session conducted with Marlys on
Video #4 of Part II of The EFT Course. She starts with “love pain” and moves to problems with
different lovers and eventually comes to the issue that her mother didn’t love her. This session is
worth your detailed study and is a classic teaching example.

This phenomenon is obvious when the client initiates it by telling you of these new issues. However,
the client doesn’t always know to tell you and so, far too often, this marvelous opportunity goes
unattended. This need not be because one simple question can trigger the client to remember these
new issues. After you have finished with an issue ask the client….

“What does that remind you of?”Probe a little and chances are you will launch into a very effective
daisy chain. Keep asking the question after each issue is resolved. Sometimes you can perform a
long list of healing miracles in a single session.

#7
Finding core Issues

When EFT “doesn’t work,” it is usually NOT because it doesn’t work.
Instead, the real reason for not seeing results is because the practitioner has not applied EFT
properly. Perhaps the practitioner has not been specific enough or maybe emerging aspects are
masking otherwise valid healing work. We have covered these possibilities earlier in this tutorial.

There is another important element of sophistication that we need to explore … namely … the
discovery of Core Issues. Sometimes a client’s “presenting problem” is nothing more than a
symptom of a Core Issue–a much deeper, much more important underlying problem. Once the Core
Issue is discovered, it can usually be broken down into specific events and handled routinely.

There are many live examples of Core Issues throughout the various EFT training tapes. Study, for
example, the case of Nate’s “fear of heights” on the From EFT to the Palace of Possibilities DVD
set. Nate comes up on stage with other height phobics and makes only modest headway. After some
detective work, however, it was discovered that the real Core Issue was the sense of ridicule he felt
when he was teased and prodded to make a parachute jump from a helicopter (while in the armed
services). Once we took care of that Core Issue, his fear of heights vanished. In addition, his
eyesight improved and his elevated blood pressure dropped dramatically (without taking his
medication).

Other live examples abound within our EFT – Beyond the Basics DVD set. Pay particular attention
to the sessions with Craig (Bashful Bladder), David (Fear of Public Speaking), Martha (Being
Reserved) and Jane (Accident).

Finding Core Issues is an art and it requires experience to do it expertly. Fortunately, there are
some common sense questions that can help you get to Core Issues quickly. Here are some of them….
•”What does this issue remind you of?”

•”When was the first time you can remember feeling the same kind of feeling?”

•”If there was a deeper emotion underlying this problem, what might it be?”

•”If you could live your life over again, what person or event would you prefer to skip?”

Please be aware, however, that a favorite answer clients like to give to these questions is, “I don’t
know.” When you hear this, be persistent. You can say, “Well, just guess for me.” Their guesses are
usually right on target.

#8
When the client reports “feeling worse.”
Clients usually experience positive effects through EFT. Once in a while, however, a client reports
“feeling worse.” Given the consistent reports that EFT usually makes people feel better, are these
clients really “feeling worse”–or is something else going on? This tutorial explores this question by
examining an actual case that was reported in our EFT Insights Newsletter. “Feeling worse,” as it
turns out, usually points to deep healing opportunities.

Glenn Turner writes of a case where a client appears to make quality progress but, later on, reports
“feeling worse.” This doesn’t happen very often but, when it does, it is often misunderstood. It
appears to be a problem whereas, in reality, it offers an OPPORTUNITY for both the client and
the healing practitioner. Read on.

Hugs, Gary

P.S. While this “feeling worse” discussion centers around emotional issues, the same concepts apply
for physical discomforts as well.

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Hi Gary,

Just had an experience with an old time family friend that I would appreciate some feedback on.
This person came to me last week suffering from extreme anxiety about many things too numerous
for him to even begin with. Eventually, he said he “felt worse.”

GC RESPONSE: There’s your first clue as to why your friend eventually “felt worse.” He came to
you with “extreme anxiety about many things too numerous for him to even begin with.” He walks
in your door with a whole forest full of negative trees. Typically these trees have serious roots and
many, many specific fears and traumas and guilts behind them. You are not likely to resolve them
all in one session. It is quite probable, however, that you will resolve some surface problems thereby
allowing more important issues to bubble up to the top.

GLENN CONTINUES: I did some very general tappings, one in particular for “this heavy, heavy
weight” and he left feeling very much better. He ate that night for the first time in a while. He was
eating, but not very much due to anxiety and associated gut feelings. He thought it was a miracle
and frankly so did I.

GC RESPONSE: This often happens with generalized anxiety. A few rounds of EFT and the
immediate issues subside. It often seems like a miracle. Someone comes in quite upset and, in short
order, they are calm and go about their business.

If the upset reappears (very likely with generalized anxiety) it’s not because EFT “didn’t work” or
was responsible for them “feeling worse.” Rather, it’s because EFT removed some surface issues
thereby allowing the more foundational issues to come out from hiding. The real villain (which was
always there) is now front and center. This is NOT A PROBLEM. It’s an OPPORTUNITY!!!
Finally, the real issue is showing up and begging for EFT. At this point it is easy to back off and
misinterpret what’s going on. A seasoned EFT’er, however, will do a little “yippee” inside because
the “big one” is now out in the open.

GLENN CONTINUES: However, several days later he calls me very agitated and needs to see me
again. I see him, and he seemed to be much worse. And the tapping seemed to make him worse. I
am speculating but what I feel was that he was suppressing the very real (highly likely) event that
would see him lose everything in financial terms that he had worked so hard for. And I don’t think
he saw that as a reality until some of his other trees were lopped. He was very upset when this hit
him and I tapped for it for quite awhile.

GC RESPONSE: Since you were speculating, we don’t really know where his thoughts were going.
However, your thought that he didn’t see the larger issue until other trees were lopped is very
consistent with this kind of case. The “truth” remains hidden under all forms of protective issues
and various rationalizations. By EFT’ing these covering issues we can finally deal with a core issue
that has been negatively affecting his life. Your example doesn’t bring up just what this issue is,
but a little artistry and some detective work ought to expose it in due time.

I’m reminded of a client who came to me a few years ago upset about an argument he had just had
with his girl friend. It was a simple argument, the anger for which was typically resolvable with one
or two rounds of EFT. However, the client’s immediate anger didn’t budge and he reported “feeling
worse.” Why? Because we eventually discovered that he was tuning in to times when his mother
belittled him through yelling. The real issue was his mother, not his girl friend. The argument with
the girl friend simply triggered the real issue and he “felt worse” until we resolved the mother issue
(a several session effort, by the way, because there were many aspects).

GLENN CONTINUES: I left it, with him feeling still upset but with him half smiling saying maybe
it’s all for the best.

GC RESPONSE: Perhaps you exposed a core issue here and resolved it. You won’t know, of course,
until you see the client again and assess his anxiety. If he does come back reporting anxiety the
chances are very high that he will NOT point to issues you have already tapped for as the cause. He
will bring up new issues (aspects). This is very typical of cases like this and, of course, glowing
evidence that EFT is working nicely.

Often, however, the client will not recognize his/her progress because ts/he still feels anxious. To
them, the problem is their generalized anxiety and not the individual parts of it. I suggest that
practitioners make it a routine with these types of issues to consistently remind the client of the
long string of EFT resolved events that have occurred along the way to taking care of the overall
anxiety. This helps immeasurably with client cooperation.

GLENN CONTINUES: Took me a while to get here but my question is, for anxiety about things in
the future that are potentially life changing “ending” and that are almost certain to happen, is it
better to “keep the lid on” these problems rather than have them run smack bang into something
that they are not prepared for (and quite frankly that I was not prepared for). Part of me feels that
it’s better to know what you’re up against and tackle those feelings that arise from this awareness.
Another part, after this episode, is now wondering. Sorry for rambling, but as always any help
would be very gratefully received.

GC RESPONSE: I suppose there are some situations where we should “leave well enough alone”
and let the clients bury their heads in the sand and not face the truth. I will leave that judgment to
the individuals involved. However, I rarely run into any situations where I’m willing to back off or
look the other way.

As stated before, I see this type of case as a major opportunity (1) for clients to finally rid
themselves of major limits and (2) for practitioners to expand their skills and go where they haven’t
gone before. The truth is the truth. It will have its effect whether we want it to or not. Night time
comes even if we don’t want it to. So does the rain, wind, death and taxes. These are all forms of
reality–the truth, if you will. Trying to postpone them or ignore them will not change them.

#9
When physical issues resist healing.

One of the most obvious conclusions you will get from consistent use of EFT is that there is an
undeniable link between physical ailments and unresolved emotional issues. Our EFT Insights
Newsletter is loaded with true case histories whereby physical pain fades while emotional issues are
being addressed.

Often, we can apply EFT to a physical problem (e.g. “this headache”) and watch it disappear in
moments. Sometimes, however, the physical problem doesn’t budge … or … it fades for a while and
“comes back.” This is usually evidence that there is an unresolved emotional issue behind it that
needs to be neutralized. Once this is done, the physical pain is likely to be relieved.

I have a favorite question for playing detective in this regard. Once I have isolated a physical
ailment that is resisting healing, I ask….

“If there was an emotional contributor to this pain, what would it be?”

If the client draws a blank then just ask them to guess. Their guess will usually take you in useful
directions.

There is a classic example of this on our From EFT to the Palace of Possibilities DVD set. It
involves a lady who had constricted breathing in one nostril due to an accident. Regular tapping
for “this breathing problem” did nothing for her. However, after I got to the emotional
contributors, the whole thing cleared up–and her eyesight improved as well. While this case is best
studied on the DVD, it was also written up on our EFT email support list. That write up is given
below. Please consult physicians on all medical issues.

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LORI LASKOWSKI’S BROKEN NOSE

Hi Everyone,

Accolades to Lori Laskowski for bringing her nose to my recent Cleveland training.

With apologies to Shakespeare, a nose is a nose is a nose. So why accolades to Lori for bringing
hers? To the outside observer, it was just a regular nose pleasantly affixed to a smiling face and a
bubbling personality. But to Lori it was a source of constant discomfort. She fell and broke it 7 or 8
years ago and has had several surgeries on it since. Despite many efforts at correcting it, one of her
nasal passageways remained partially blocked. She ranked the discomfort at a 7.

During the EFT training I asked each person in the audience to identify a physical discomfort. One
person chose a hip pain while others chose shoulder pains, headaches and the like. Lori, of course,
chose her nose. After the first round of EFT, I went around the room asking people to rank their
discomforts before and after the tapping. While many reported noticeable relief, Lori reported
none. The 7 was still a 7.

After another round more people reported relief–but not Lori.The 7 was still a 7. At this point,
newcomers to EFT might conclude, “Oh, it doesn’t work in this case.” That’s easy to assume, of
course, because she was at a standstill while almost everyone else was reporting good results.
Further, there was physical damage to her nose that not even surgery could correct. So, why not just
leave it be and go on to other things?

Well, I’ve been here many times and, if I had given up, many people would have never achieved
their eventual relief. There are countless examples of how persistence with EFT and playing
detective provide results where other techniques completely failed. For a dramatic example, please
review the discussion with Cathy on The EFT Course audiotape 1B. In Cathy’s case, major relief
was achieved by using EFT for constant back pain from an accident of 18 years ago.

So, since tapping directly on Lori’s nose problem “wasn’t working,” I asked her about emotional
issues that might be contributing to her breathing discomfort. One of my favorite questions here
is….

“If there was an emotional contributor to this issue, what would it be?”

She said there was some anger surrounding the original accident so we tapped on that anger as well
as forgiveness. She then reported noticeable relief–but only by a point or two.

Now please notice something. Even though we didn’t get one of our “one minute wonders” and even
though EFT for her nose issue was not as rapidly effective as for other people, SOMETHING
IMPORTANT HAD HAPPENED. Please recall that the problem was still there despite her
previous surgeries. Nor did tapping directly for the physical issue bring any relief. But when we
addressed possible emotional drivers to the problem, we made noticeable headway. We pried open
the lid with this approach. It was never that EFT “didn’t work.” It was that we hadn’t found the
proper avenue yet.

Lori’s relief at this stage was noticeable, but not dramatic. This is obvious evidence that more
progress is possible and that persistence is called for. But sometimes we are too quick to dismiss
such “minor” results as “not very good” and conclude, “that’s all we can do.”

No, nix, nay. Bad conclusion.

Instead, we are just getting started–the gates have opened and it’s time to roll up our sleeves. There
is more to do. More avenues to pursue. As it turns out, I knew I was going to have the whole
audience do a few rounds on “constricted breathing” as the next demonstration, so I let Lori be for
the moment. Shortly, though, the session commenced on constricted breathing and, after a couple
of rounds, I asked Lori to take a deep breath. The change was obvious to everyone as she reported a
clearing of the nose passage and a sense of “draining.” The original 7 had dropped to a 2 AND she
was delighted to report that HER EYESIGHT HAD GAINED NOTICEABLE CLARITY.

On each of the next two mornings she reported that her breathing improvement was holding and
she continued to point out the improvement in her eyesight. There was more to do, of course,
because we were not down to a zero. However, my purpose at these trainings is to demonstrate EFT
and teach its fine points. I don’t usually have time to carry every issue through to completion. She
said there was still some minor pressure on the wall of the right side of her nose, so I suggested to
Lori that, after the training, she be very specific with the remaining physical discomfort. A good
candidate for this specificity would be….

“Even though I still have some of this minor pressure on the wall of the right side of my nose……”

Yesterday (3 weeks later) I called Lori for a follow-up. I thought we might clean up any left over
aspects and bring the nose issue to zero. As it turns out, she went to zero on her own.

Complete relief.

She consented to having the conversation recorded and, after some recounting about how our
original sessions went, the conversation unfolded as follows (revised for readability)…..

Lori: ….and then after we did the tapping I kept noticing more release and more release so that I
could breathe easier and easier and easier. In fact, I even mentioned to you then that my eyesight…
I see much better for some reason.

GC: It’s still better?

Lori: Yeah, it’s still better. In fact I used to have problems with my contact lenses and I just don’t
have those problems any more,which just amazes me.

GC: Well, me too. I’ve been doing this for a long time, Lori, and my jaw still drops from time to
time and I’m not sure if I even know the reason why…we just have our theories. But what I want to
ask you is….how do you know your eyesight is better? What tells you that?

Lori: Well, the clarity in which I see things. I think before, when I would look out through my
contacts, things would be clear but not “sharp clear.” And it would always be a bothersome thing. I
think contact wearers would commonly describe it as if you had makeup or something in your eye.
And, after we did the tapping, it was just as if I would blink and I would see everything clear. I
don’t know if it was related to my breathing and my nose–because your ears, nose and throat are all
attached–but with breathing more clearly my vision just seemed sharper–much more comfortable.
I could just tell immediately the difference.

GC: Well, it could also be that as you breathe better you get more oxygen in your system.

Lori: Yeah, that could explain it, too.

GC: By what percentage would you say your eyesight is improved? 5%, 10% 30%? What would you
say?

Lori: I would say the “comfortability” is improved by about 75%.

GC: Comfortability?

Lori: Yeah, feeling more comfortable with my contacts. On clarity of vision I would say it’s
improved by 30% at least.

GC: Oh really. OK. And that has held with you throughout this?

Lori: Yes. Since that day I went for the training. Yes.

GC: Getting back to your nose for a moment. You said that at the end of the workshop you were left
with a “2″ and, if I recall it right, you said it had to do with one side of your nose impinging upon
the rest….

Lori: Yes. It was like my right nostril seemed to be restricting the air flowing. Every time I
breathed I could feel that happening. But since the tapping I don’t even have an awareness of it
because it’s not happening any more.

GC: Well, you went from a 7 to a 2 and the 2 was the side of your nose impinging on things?

Lori: Right.

GC: Are you now to a zero or are you still a 2?

Lori: I’m now to a zero.

GC: You’re to a zero? So, it totally cleared up?

Lori: Yes.

GC: To me, this whole thing is remarkable.

Lori: Oh, it is!

GC: As you can imagine, I’ve been on the other end of the telephone for lots of these stories.

Lori: Oh, I would bet.

GC: They still amaze me. Now, getting back to your nose,when did it go to zero and, question #2
did you do more tapping to get it to zero?

Lori: Yes, I did more tapping to get it to zero. I probably didn’t apply the tapping again for a week
after the training. And then I just started to tap again for anything having to do with my nose. I
think what you showed me was to get more finely detailed as I was working to improve it. So I
would get even more descriptive and more descriptive.

GC: Such as?

Lori: Instead of just saying, “I accept myself fully and completely even though my nose is blocked
up….”, I went down to, “my right nostril which is closest to my air opening that’s on the right wall
that seems to be difficult–the top side inside my nose, not the bottom…”, you know, like that. And
then, a week after that–probably a total of two weeks since the training–it went down to a zero and
I haven’t had to tap on that particular thing since.

GC: Did you notice as you were zeroing in on very specific things that you were getting relief at the
moment or was it sort of a delayed reaction?

Lori: It was delayed. It was almost like at the time I wasn’t too sure how it was going to come out.
But then I noticed that–probably a day or two after tapping–that I wasn’t feeling it again.

Hugs to all, Gary

#10
Steve Wells on the Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters.
Steve Wells, a psychologist from Australia, wrote a 4 part series for the EFT Insights Newsletter
that deserves a prominent place in this tutorial. It emphasizes many important features of EFT as
well as ways to maximize your use of it.

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The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters–Part I
(Seeking Complete Freedom: Settle for Nothing Less)
If there is one thing that concerns me, it is that many people approach EFT with a limited
understanding of its potential and therefore limit the benefits they can achieve from using it. In
this post and the posts to follow I’d like to consider this issue … and encourage you to expand your
vision of the freedom you can achieve using these wonderful techniques.

I believe we should settle for nothing less than complete freedom. I mean this not only in terms of
how we progress through each problem we work on but also the number and type of problems we
choose to address AND the goals we set for ourselves in life.

I believe we limit our freedom when:

1. We don’t consider using EFT on every problem we have.

2. We don’t continue with the process until absolutely all of the remaining intensity is completely
cleared.

3. We don’t test our changes out in the real world … or ensure that we have tested all possible
provocations for the problem returning.

4. We only use EFT in a remedial fashion to eradicate existing problems rather than using it to
help us create new futures and achieve our ultimate goals.

Some people assume that, because they have seen EFT used to cure fears and phobias, that fears
and phobias are all it can be applied to. Others gain relief using EFT on one problem but don’t
realise they could apply it to other problems.

I once worked with a client who managed to clear up a phobia using EFT. This same client
contacted me 3 months later about another problem she wanted help with. Did you consider using
the EFT on that?” I asked her. Oh!” she replied, I suppose I could have. I just didn’t think of it”.
OK”, I said, Why don’t you go and do that and then ring me back and let me know how you get
on?” Guess what? She found she could fix that problem herself. I’ve since given the same good
advice to other clients with similar results.

How often do we have other issues in our life to which we could apply EFT but we just don’t think”
to do it. Let’s do as Gary recommends and Try it on Everything.” When you do you may be
surprised just how much you can achieve.

How many problems do we wallow in when we really could be treating them? And how often do we
work on a problem for a time and get some success, but then allow the issue to build up again in
our lives?

I found this happened with my hay fever. The first year I learned EFT I applied it … and several
other energy techniques – diligently to my hay fever symptoms (e.g. Even though I have this
congestion / Even though I have these sore eyes / etc) and my symptoms reduced by over 90%.

In each of the next two years I started the process too late and was not consistent or persistent with
my tapping – and therefore the tapping had little or no effect on my symptoms (Except the sore eyes
which always responded). This past year I decided to get in early and begin tapping even before the
traditional hay fever season began. Also, at the first sign of symptoms and throughout the pollen
season I applied EFT on a regular (daily) basis. As a result I managed to go through the entire
season … which was reportedly one of the worst on record pollen-wise … virtually symptom free.

I have learned from this experience the value of persistence for problems such as this. Given
sufficient applications the symptoms can disappear completely, never to reappear. I have witnessed
this with numerous clients who have diligently applied the technique to their physical issues over
time. Their example now inspires me to continue until I too am symptom free.

In the next 3 posts I will consider other issues we need to address in our quest for greater freedom.
In the next post I will explore the need to address all aspects of a problem until we are completely
free of all remaining intensity. Following this, I’ll consider the blocking beliefs that can prevent us
from achieving total freedom. The last post in this series will outline how moving from a problem-
elimination framework to a vision-creation framework may allow us to unlock more of the full
power of these techniques.

Steve Wells

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The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters–Part II
(Continue Until You Achieve Complete Freedom)
When we work on a particular problem, let’s continue until we are completely free. Let’s not assume
that just because we can think about it in one way and it doesn’t affect us that the treatment is
complete. Let’s test it in as many ways as we can … and especially, where possible, in the real world.

I have learned to become more cautious about assuming problems are fully resolved, and I now test
extensively the changes that I, and my clients, have made using EFT. It is important to test
completely … to see if there is any way of thinking about the problem or any manifestation or part
of the problem that CAN upset us. If so, there is more to treat.

I first saw the true importance of aspects when I did a public demonstration of EFT soon after
learning these techniques. A woman who had a phobia of birds was able to go from a position of
absolute fear to thinking about a bird without a shred of fear. For some reason, the image of a flock
of birds came into my mind while talking with her so I asked her What if it was a whole flock of
birds?” She instantly jumped back and her fear rose to an even higher level than before. Once we
treated this aspect her fear was fully resolved and she was able to go outside looking for birds (she
counted 24). I saw her some months later and she informed me she had gone for a walk through the
aviary at the zoo without any problems at all.

In our group treatments for phobia sufferers, we worked with people who had small animal
phobias, and everyone in the group did rounds of EFT in unison whilst focusing on their particular
problem. During this process I was astounded by how often the scene in the following paragraph
would unfold.

I would do a round of EFT and then check how intense people felt when they thought about their
feared animal. As we went around the group there would be someone who would say for example, It
doesn’t affect me at all now. I think I’m cured!” My response was to test this and ask them to search
for any aspect of the problem that was still upsetting to them. In a number of instances the person
would reply that they weren’t able to find anything else, and they were unable to bring up any
intensity at all. However, as we proceeded around the group there would be another person who
would say something like I was feeling OK but then I started to think about a spider being on me
and now I feel worse!” At this point the previous person would anxiously exclaim, Oh yeah!” as they
were put in touch with another aspect of their fear.

We had examples of this with such issues as the spiders’ furry legs, the mouse’s tail, and the way the
mouse moves, darting around rapidly. In each case a person in the group who thought they had
either partly or fully resolved their problem was put in touch with another aspect which truly
bothered them when these issues were raised by someone else in the group. I saw the value of group
treatment in helping people to have a more complete healing by revealing specific aspects to work
on.

Since that time I have also conducted more extensive testing with clients to ensure that all aspects
of the problem that we can possibly think of together have been treated. I also like, where possible,
to have proof in the real world that the change will stand up – And even then I’m not fully
convinced. When they are in the problem place, I like to get the person to manipulate the situation
in as many ways as possible to try to find something that provokes them. If nothing does I am more
convinced. However, I believe it is always important to realise that additional aspects may come to
light. This is not a failure in the technique … just another part of the problem which requires
treatment. Treat it and increase the range of your freedom even further.

I have formed the opinion that many of the treatments I conducted in the first few years of using
these techniques were perhaps not the complete cures” that I thought they were. And now I
encourage my clients … as I encourage you now – to go for the complete change. Diligently search
for things that upset you and treat them all. Go for complete freedom. Settle for nothing less.

Steve Wells

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The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters–Part III
(In Search of Total Emotional Freedom)
An issue that concerns me is the assumption that it is good enough to bring the intensity of a
problem down to a manageable level. It might seem very freeing to have an intense problem that we
previously experienced as a 10 to drop to a 2. However, a little bondage can be just as troublesome
in the long term as a lot of bondage. Once we have achieved a low level, let’s not limit what we can
achieve. Let’s settle for nothing less than complete freedom.

I once worked with an agoraphobic client who could not go into grocery stores. We worked in the
office to bring her fear down to zero and then went to a shopping centre in her car. Along the way I
kept checking how she felt and she kept telling me she felt fine. In the shopping centre car park I
asked one more time. Again she said she felt fine. Being cautious I challenged her. She reported
that the fear was only about a level 2 or 3 on a 10-point scale. She felt this was fine … a very
manageable level.

I said to her If your fear is at a level 2 or 3 when you enter the shops and, if something happens in
there which brings up your fear by say 5 points, you will then be at a level 7 or 8–which is quite
unmanageable. If, on the other hand, you are at a level zero when you enter the shops and
something comes up, it is unlikely your fear will rise to the same level … and if it did rise 5 points
then this is still a much more manageable level from which to make decisions than a level 7 or 8.

We sat in the car and continued to work on aspects until her fear came down to a level zero. Then
she was able to go into the store on her own. In fact, she spent so long in there that I became
concerned and went searching for her, only to find that she was enjoying being completely free of
her fear.

There can be a tendency to assume that we need to retain some of our intense feelings for a variety
of reasons. Typical examples are guilt feelings, safety fears, and feelings of non-deservingness,
among others. For example, many people believe that they need to keep some of their fear in order
to stay safe … that without it they will lose their ability to be cautious. This is a false belief that
can leave us with unnecessary suffering. Others have an underlying belief that they do not deserve
to get over this problem completely, or that to do so would be bad for them in some way.

The way to treat blocks such as these is to first identify any beliefs you have that cause you to feel
like you need … or deserve – to keep some (or all) of your problem. Then insert these negative belief
statements into the set-up statement. For example:

Even though I think I need to keep some of this problem in order to stay safe, I fully and
completely accept myself.

Even though I don’t deserve to get over this problem Then, Even though I do not deserve to get
completely over this problem

There are many more examples of blocking beliefs which can be responsible for our failure to
achieve a more complete result. Many authors (including myself and Dr David Lake in our book
New Energy Therapies, and Fred Gallo in his book Energy Psychology) provide examples of the
typical blocking beliefs for you to work on. However, the simplest way forward is to ask yourself
what are the reasons why you can’t get over your problem completely … or why it might not be good
to do so. The answers to these questions will usually reveal your underlying beliefs and you can
then apply the EFT process to these. Having done so, you may find that your continued tapping on
the problem” now bears more fruit.

Steve Wells

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The Methods and Mindsets of the EFT Masters–Part IV
(Beyond remedial uses … Using EFT to create new futures and new ways of being.)
I believe we have come to this list not just to solve problems. Rather, I think we need to consider
what we are ultimately aiming to produce in our lives … and then look at how we can use these
techniques to facilitate bringing ourselves into more positive ways of being.

I am interested in the concept of generative change rather than remedial change. This is about
creating small changes that build on each other exponentially until our whole life is turned around.

I believe when we consider questions such as the following, we tap into a whole new direction for
using these techniques:

What would be good to create in my life?
What would be worthwhile to do with the rest of my life?
What would I like to do? What would be fun to do?
What sort of person would I like to become ultimately?
The moment you ask these questions, there will be blocks. This is good and it is one of the reasons I
believe we have been given EFT … to help us move beyond the points at which we become stuck. If
we have used EFT to resolve some problems but have not extended our goals out even further (until
we feel some resistance) I believe we are not tapping into the full power of these techniques. EFT, in
this sense, can become a tool for personal evolution by getting us in touch with the possible human
and clearing the pathway to becoming.

What is one method of doing this?

I like to start by having people identify how they would like to be as a person. If we work on
changing our identity we can change our whole life. As Zig Ziglar says You will never perform
consistently in a manner that is inconsistent with how you define yourself.”

Recently, in a corporate group, I worked with a lady who said she did not really have any goals.
She said she was quite happy with her life and being the way she was. I am always on the lookout
to find a person who, when they say this, I can truly believe. That person I am sure will have
achieved true victory over self. Until I see total congruency in the person making these statements I
tend to see their words as a cover for fear and a limiting way of thinking about self.

We looked at the first statement she came up with, I’m just an ordinary person,” as a current belief.
Without objecting to this or passing judgment, I then had her consider the opposite belief I’m an
extraordinary person”.I had her say this alternative belief aloud, which to her felt totally untrue,
not even desirable. Then I had her do three rounds of EFT. The first round she focused on the
current belief (Even though I’m just an ordinary person). The second round she focused on the
alternative belief (Even though I am an extraordinary person). And the third round she focused on
each belief interchangeably (I’m an ordinary person/I’m an extraordinary person).

After these three rounds she brightened considerably (Previously when she described herself as an
ordinary person her jaw was set and her face was dark). She excitedly stated I guess I really AM an
extraordinary person.” Not only that, her previous way of thinking about herself and her life no
longer had any appeal … it was dull and unattractive to her now. Lifeless. It didn’t feel true at all.
And her goals had changed. She was now able to look in directions that she was previously unable
to consider … and felt optimistic towards changing her life.

If you want to really change your life, consider how you define yourself to yourself. Think of how
you would like to be. And then apply EFT to the internal objections which arise to the idea of
being that NOW. Continue until you get a real feeling of congruency (‘thou art that’). What usually
follows is a real feeling of excitement and unleashing of personal power and positive potential.

This is only one of the many ways we can use EFT to assist us in the process of building new futures.

Steve Wells

#11
Borrowing Benefits
Stay with me on this one. This procedure has the potential to….allow many people to achieve
substantial emotional freedom IN THEIR LIVING ROOMS without having to become an expert in
the fine points of EFT.Dramatically accelerate the deep (core issue) work that can be done in
groups.It’s not perfect. Not everyone will get dramatic results and oftentimes people will need
professional guidance to maximize the process. But, in my experience, most people should benefit
in a big way. It’s also easy … very easy … to do. In fact, many people can get solid results without
knowing a thing about EFT. I wish I had thought of this before.

While I will be developing the idea below with some personal experiences, let me state up front
that it involves tapping along while someone else is undergoing EFT. Interestingly, if you keep
your own issue “in the background” while tapping for someone, you will likely resolve your issue
EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE TAPPING FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S PROBLEM. You will, in effect,
be creating your own parallels and “Borrowing Benefits” from someone else.

Here’s how I came across the idea….

A few months ago I had the occasion to demonstrate EFT to a group of 15 newbies. I asked for a
volunteer to work with me in front of the group and “Laura” agreed to explore a highly personal,
very severe abusive issue from her childhood.

Interestingly, this diverse group had nothing in common with each other. They were strangers from
all over the U.S. who had gathered together as part of a large conference to explore personal
improvement. My demonstration was a small subset of this larger conference.

Since I didn’t have much time (about 30 minutes) and since I wanted to give them as much
personal exposure to the EFT procedures as possible, I thought I would try an experiment. I asked
each of the audience members to tune into a specific event in their past that was still bothersome to
them. I asked for the most intense one they could find and then had them rate the current intensity
on a 0-10 point scale. They ranged from 7 to 10.

I then had each of them make a mental movie of this event and write down titles to their movies as
well as their 0-10 intensity ratings. This whole process only took a few minutes and allowed
everyone to “tune in” to an issue they could tap on.

Then, while working with Laura, I asked the audience to tap along with us AS THOUGH THEY
WERE TAPPING FOR LAURA’S ISSUE. They were to say the exact same words and to tap in the
exact same places JUST AS THOUGH THEY WERE LAURA. My speculation was that each
person would make some headway on their own issue because I had primed them to have “in the
background” awareness of it. I was hoping their systems would draw useful parallels from my
session with Laura.

The results both puzzled and surprised me. After delving (for 20 minutes) into many aspects of
Laura’s issue THAT WERE SEEMINGLY PERSONAL AND UNIQUE TO HER, we finally
achieved emotional freedom on her specific event. As a test, I asked her to go outside the room
where she could be by herself and literally try to get upset. When she came back in, she was all
smiles and could not bring up any trace of her previous tears, anger, etc. We had successfully
collapsed the charge on her intense issue–including all the aspects.

Out of curiosity, I asked each audience member to tune back into their original specific events. To
my delight, all of them…and I mean ALL of them…reported 0′s and 1′s on their previously intense
issues (remember–they were originally ranked from 7 to 10).

How could this be? After all, THEY WERE PRESUMABLY TAPPING FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S
ISSUE. They weren’t digging into the nitty-gritty details of their own nasty event. Nor were they
using any customized language or specific detective work to uncover their own core issues. There
were no apparent tears or anxious moments, either. They just sat there tapping along. Nonetheless,
they all reported dramatic results. Their previous issues became non-events in minutes.

Hmmmmm.

Then, about a month ago, I was giving a two day workshop at the Toronto Energy Psychology
Conference where Marcia Platt agreed to work with me in front of 75 people on a business success
issue. As an experiment, I asked the entire audience to pick out a specific event of their own. And,
just like with the Laura example above, I asked them to TAP ALONG WITH MARCIA AS
THOUGH THEY WERE MARCIA. There was no requirement that these events be business
related–they could be on anything.

In typical fashion, Marcia and I quickly landed on a specific event with her father that was
foundational (core) for her business issue. It had many aspects, of course, and I spent 20-30 minutes
tapping on every piece I could find while, all the while, THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS TAPPED
ALONG USING THE SAME TAPPING POINTS AND THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THOUGH
THEY WERE MARCIA.

At the end, I asked how many noticed dramatic results on their individual issues and 70% of them
raised their hands. This translates to almost 100% because 25-30% of the audience had been
“tapped out” after a two day tapping workshop and chose not to tap along. Thus most of those
participating reported dramatic results.

Fascinating, eh! I just called Marcia for a followup and she reminded me of the numerous people
who came up to her afterwards and commented on the parallels between her situation and theirs.
Mind you, the details were obviously different BUT THESE PEOPLE’S SYSTEMS APPEARED
TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PARALLELS. Thus they got major benefits just by following along.
Painless but profound.

To me, it is undeniable that major benefits can be gained through this method. Not only do people
tune into their own parallels during this process but we also must recognize the spiritual concept of
Oneness at work here. We are connected. We are One–even though it seems otherwise.

Also, professional guidance can be critical for gaining the most benefit from this process and some
customization after the fact is a good idea. I heartily recommend this. In addition, I recommend
that professionals use this process in group work as I think you can dramatically accelerate healing
with it.

It’s also a perfect item for healing professionals to assign as homework between sessions. Just send
your clients home with some of the filmed sessions from our training videos. They are loaded with
sessions that are ideal for this. It is easy for them to follow along. They need only sit in their living
rooms, identify an issue (specific event) and tap along with someone else’s issue on the video. Their
systems will come up with their own parallels and allow Oneness to do its thing. Newcomers don’t
even need experience with EFT to benefit. Just parrot the words and tap in the same places where
people are tapping on the video.

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that the best results will occur while groups of people perform this
together–that’s a Oneness concept–but it is also clear to me that many people can achieve major
benefits just by tapping alone in front of their television sets or computer screens.

More later.

Hugs, Gary

P.S. Here’s a possible CAVEAT: This technique may bring to the surface other issues that need
addressing, perhaps ones that you may not even be aware of. This happens rarely but such
possibilities can occur, so if you find yourself becoming more upset during the course of this
exercise rather than the other way , know that you have an opportunity which may be very useful
for you. In this case STOP IMMEDIATELY and use this situation to go deeper (or get help from a
qualified professional). Unless you can identify a new aspect that is surfacing for you and address
it directly, you might try tapping on, “Even though something else bothers me about this…” .. This
can be a way of unearthing hidden aspects of a problem and clearing them systematically — a bonus
of sorts

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More on Borrowing Benefits
Hi Everyone,

I received many enthusiastic responses to my recent introduction of the “Borrowing Benefits”
feature of EFT. For many, it represents a big step toward speed and efficiency in the delivery of
these procedures.

Simply stated, the process allows someone with little or no experience in EFT to tap along while
someone else is undergoing EFT (e.g. in a session, seminar, group or video) and often experience
profound benefits. This is true even though the issues being tapped on appear to be widely
different. This does NOT suggest that professional help should be avoided. Rather, it proposes a
tool that could substantially aid the therapeutic process.

Here are some further thoughts/benefits regarding this idea.

1. For many people, the process allows an additional measure of emotional safety. As you know,
EFT is normally quite gentle but a few people people tune in to some pretty intense stuff and it
takes awhile to bring them down. With the Borrowing Benefits feature, however, the client merely
identifies their issue and then taps along with someone else on an issue that is seemingly quite
different. Thus a sort of detachment is injected into the process while the client’s original issue is
being addressed “in the background.”

This, in my experience, helps to minimize any unwanted intensity while still getting the job done.
The process may or may not give complete resolution to an issue but, properly done, it is likely to at
least take the edge off (probably much more). Very efficient. Very useful. Very humane.

2. This can also be a superb way to conveniently get at core issues so that truly deep work can be
done. This ability depends, of course, on how thoroughly and creatively EFT is being applied. If the
person undergoing the direct treatment is fortunate enough to be in the hands of an EFT Master,
then the odds for true deep work increase for all parties involved. The Masters of this process have
learned to search for and relieve those pesky aspects, core issues and bothersome remnants that
show up with complicated issues.

3. An easy way to tap along with creative EFT sessions is to pick certain sessions out of your EFT
training videos. As you know, these videos are filled with actual sessions and many of them are
quite involved. You can identify your own issue and then tap along with the video while IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM. Interestingly, the subject matter of these sessions doesn’t seem to matter because
your system tends to draw its own parallels. If you want, though, you can tap along with several of
them.

As always, I must caution that some people should not attempt any form of healing technique
without the presence of a skilled professional. Thus, you must take responsibility for any use you
make of EFT.

Here, for your perusal, is a list of the video sessions you might consider…

TRY THESE SESSIONS FROM THE EFT COURSE:

Part I, DVD 1b…Dave: Fear of water
Part I, DVD 2b…Cindy: Shoulder pain
Part I, DVD 2b…Veronica: Raped by father
Part II, DVD 3…Jason: Anger and betrayal
Part II, DVD 3…Veronica: Abandonment
Part II, DVD 3…Sandhya: Holocaust issues
Part II, DVD 4…Marlys: Love pain
Part II, DVD 4…Kathy: Fear of being touched
Part II, DVD 5…Connie: Tightness in the jaw
Part II, DVD 5…Patricia: Asthma
Part II, DVD 6…Group EFT on addictive cravings
Part II, DVD 7…Group EFT on phobias
TRY THESE SESSIONS FROM STEPS TOWARD BECOMING THE ULTIMATE THERAPIST:
Many of these are more detailed than from The EFT Course

DVD 6…Tom: Fear of public speaking
DVD 9…Gibson: “Fight” memory
DVD 9…Leslie: “Attack” memory
DVD 11…Craig: Bashful bladder
DVD 11…Martha: Being reserved
DVD 12…David: Fear of public speaking
DVD 12…Joyce: Health issue (cancer)
DVD 13…Jane: Accident
In addition there are group sessions from this DVD set on…

Chasing the pain
Imagining the tapping
Breathing constrictions
TRY THESE SESSIONS FROM EFT TO THE PALACE OF POSSIBILITIES:

There are numerous sessions sprinkled throughout the 13 videos in this series and all of them would
be useful for Borrowing Benefits. Some of them are one-on-one work while others take the form of
work I do with the entire audience on…

Physical pain (of particular interest would be the case where I stop to work with Lori’s broken nose)
Addictive cravings
Breathing issues
Traumatic memories
Phobias
Business blocks
4. Finally, there is a superb benefit awaiting therapists delivering these procedures to their clients.
Therapists need only identify (privately) an issue of their own and then tap along with the client.
Dr. Jane Holmes brought this idea to my attention. Here is how she put it….

“It occurred to me that this could be a wonderful method not only for therapists to teach their
clients and to use in groups, but it could also provide personal benefits for therapists, as they tap
along with their clients (as many of us do already). I almost always tap on my own meridian points
as I lead the client through the tapping procedure. However I have never thought of taking the
preliminary step of tuning into one of my own issues as background before tapping along with the
client on the client’s issue. I am eagerly looking forward to trying this in my next session. It would
certainly eliminate the excuse of “I never have the time to stop and work on my own issues!
Thanks!”

Hope this helps.

Love, Gary

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More on Borrowing Benefits from Dr. Carol Look

Hi Everyone,

I recently introduced “Borrowing Benefits” as an EFT tool to assist people in getting to core issues.
Basically, it involves tapping along with someone else’s issue while watching an EFT session during
a seminar or on tape. While not perfect, it often generates quality results and provides a way to
open the door to core issues.

Dr. Carol Look shares her experiences with “Borrowing Benefits” and directs us to more uses–
including tapping along to your own audiotaped session. She shares her ideas with her usual style
and clarity and provides a poignant personal note at the end.

Hugs, Gary

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I started hearing about the phenomenon of ‘Borrowing Benefits’ during the first EFT class I taught
in New York. Participants came up to me at the break and told me how their issues were partially
resolved or mysteriously diluted as a result of tapping for the person involved in the demonstration
in front of the group. This has been my experience in all subsequent classes. Group benefits never
cease to amaze me.

I conduct telephone sessions with clients all across the country, and many people audiotape the
sessions. I usually assign between-session ‘homework’ of listening to and tapping along with our
taped session. No extra work, no thinking or analyzing is required. What could be easier than just
mimicking words and the tapping directions from our tape? (Over the phone, I instruct the person
when to move from spot to spot so this is clear on the tape).

Nearly 100% of the time, clients tell me they enjoy this assignment. They land on new insights, and
they feel as if they have been given the advantage of another session free of charge. Many clients
report that new aspects surface, deeper layers emerge and are then cleared, and that listening to a
tape of themselves allows them a healthy emotional distance that feels empowering. The clearest
articulation of this benefit came from Kishan Ballal, who gave me his full permission to quote him:
‘It occurred to me to hear it as if I was listening to a complete stranger, who I have NO emotional
history/entanglements with that mental dissociation seems to allow me to get out of the way and be
lightly curious rather than desperately trying’

Another kind of borrowing that I have found helpful came out of my hypnosis training. Clients
often ask what they should do when in a public setting where using EFT would seem socially
awkward. I suggest that they use basic visualization techniques by closing their eyes and acting as
if they are using EFT. I recommend that they BORROW me during this exercise by pretending to
‘see’ me tapping with them, ‘hear’ me making suggestions of what to say, and to ‘feel’ me (or
themselves) tapping their spots. Many of them also ‘borrow’ me when they feel stuck and lack the
confidence to come up with the right set-up phrases in the privacy of their living rooms. This works
consistently well. (As you can imagine, many clients love ‘borrowing’ Gary in this same way and
pretend he is the one making suggestions and tapping for them. Imagine where we’d be if we hadn’t
been borrowing from Gary all these years.

Additional Angles on Borrowing:

1) Look into a mirror as you tap for your deepest emotional conflicts. This works especially well for
chronic low self-esteem issues. Sometimes my clients who are calling for a phone session from their
office look at their reflection in their computer screen to enhance the emotional release during the
session. In the same way that affirmations will automatically bring up a ‘tail-ender’, looking in the
mirror when you say ‘I deeply and completely accept myself’ will trigger discomfort that is then
exposed and addressed during the treatment.

2) Pull out old family photos and notice how you look/feel in them. First, tap as a surrogate FOR
the younger you in the photo: ‘Even though she looks sad, she was a good daughter’ and then
directly, ‘Even though I felt angry during this family holiday, I deeply and completely accept
myself.’ This technique accesses vivid feelings and thus leads the way to profound healing and
emotional integration.

3) Finally, I ask clients who watch a great deal of television or frequent movie theaters to tap for
the characters’ distress; ‘Even though she feels insecure around that man’, ‘Even though she won’t
admit the failure is her fault’, ‘Even though he’s afraid to confront the situation’ The clients do not
have to identify their own issues first, just tap for the distress that their own system can’t help but
tune into as a result of witnessing someone else’s discomfort on the big screen.

A final note about borrowing:

Many thanks to all of you from whom I have borrowed strength, compassion and hope throughout
these past few years. Two weeks before Christmas, less than three years after her initial diagnosis,
my sister Charlotte died of cancer. Without the potency of EFT or your support and kind words, I
am certain I would never have been able to tolerate the months preceding or the weeks following
my sister’s death. Nor would I have been able to gather and maintain the energy to deliver a
triumphant funeral eulogy in front of 400 profoundly bereft friends and family. I was asked, ‘Where
did you get the energy?’, ‘How did you pull that off?’, ‘Were the words channeled from God and
your sister?’ Needless to say, I had few answers. What I do know is that I have never been alone,
was not alone when speaking in the church, and have not been alone in my grief.

My sister’s enduring courage and grace, palpable even when she knew she was about to leave behind
her husband, two small children, our parents and three sisters, will serve as a model from which I
will borrow for the rest of my life. Our lessons seemed different, however, we were both deeply
nourished from sharing this experience. I borrowed from her impressively simple acceptance of
death while she borrowed from my love of life. And as I told the funeral crowd, I would gladly go
through this pain again if it would give her the relief she earned and deserved the night of her
death.

Many of you have no idea how generous you have been. Often, without your knowledge, and
frequently with your permission, I have borrowed heavily from your wisdom and your courage to
share and grow. Your strength, your stories, your perseverance and your willingness to embrace
vulnerability through risk and self-revelation have all been of deep value to me as a reader and
contributor to this email list.

With my profound gratitude,

Carol Look

#12
“Tell the Story Technique”: an important tool for being thorough
I have great respect for beginners who have become “mechanical tappers” because they provide a
valuable service for themselves and those with whom they come in contact. However, there is much
more to learn and thus a rich experience awaits those who choose to graduate from the mechanics to
Mastery.

One of the tools I use for Mastery is called the “Tell the Story Technique.” I’ve been using it for
years and you can see live examples of it on the “6 Days at the VA” video (included in the EFT
Course ).

The idea is very simple. Just have the client narrate a SPECIFIC EVENT (about a trauma, grief,
anger, etc.) and stop to tap whenever they get to emotionally intense parts of it. Each of the
stopping points represents another aspect of the issue that, on occasion, will take you to even
deeper issues. Conceptually, this is about as easy as it gets…AND…it has a tendency to bring up
important aspects that would otherwise take sophisticated detective work to locate.

There are a few guidelines to enhance the process and I list them below….

1. After describing the “Tell the Story Technique” to the client, and before actually doing it, ask
them how they feel now about the mere thought of telling the story. Often you will get some
substantial intensity at this stage and, if so, it is worthwhile to do a few global type rounds of EFT
to take the edge off.

“Even though I’m nervous about telling the story…..”
“Even though I’m afraid what might happen when I tell this story….”
“Even though I don’t like this whole thing…..”
“Even though just starting the story gives me the jitters….”
2. When the client feels comfortable about starting the story (perhaps an intensity level of 0-3), ask
them to begin at a time when there is nothing to be concerned about. An example might be having
lunch with a friend just before having a car accident. This tends to ease the client into the
experience.

3. Instruct the client to STOP THE MOMENT THEY FEEL ANY INTENSITY WHATSOEVER.
This is critical to the success of this procedure. Most clients are conditioned by conventional
techniques to “be courageous” and to “feel the feelings” and to “be brave and gut through it.” Thus,
they are likely to go right by an important tapping point without telling you. The CLIENT
NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY DON’T STOP, THEY HAVE MISSED A HEALING
OPPORTUNITY. Hit this one hard. Emphasize it. Raise your voice a bit to punctuate it. Insist on
it. Remind them that we are looking for minimal pain here and that they get no points for bravery.

4. Have the client repeat the story while doing EFT until they can tell it nonchalantly–like it was a
shopping trip.

5. Then ask the client to close their eyes and VIVIDLY IMAGINE the whole event and ask them to
TRY TO GET THEMSELVES UPSET by exaggerating the sights, sounds and feelings. Chances are
they will get through it fine but, if they don’t, then you will have uncovered an important aspect or
underlying cause. Use EFT for whatever comes up until they cannot get upset about the issue by
either imagining it or talking about it.

6. The ultimate test, of course, will be to physically visit the offending scene/person again and see if
anything else arises. If there are any remnants left, they will show up during the “real deal.”

This “Tell the Story Technique” has several benefits….

1. It is easy to perform and, because the client talks a lot during the process, it often parallels what
clients consider “real therapy.” Thus the perception of EFT’s “weirdness” is minimized.

2. The “story” provides a built in procedure for finding aspects.

3. It can be used either as a primary technique or as a way to test your results.

4. It allows the issue to unfold as gently as possible.

5. The client gives you solid information along the way that allows you to know how you are
progressing.

I hope you find this helpful.

Hugs, Gary

#13
The Personal Peace Procedure

The Personal Peace Procedure that I’m about to unfold for you is not just a way to “feel a little
more peaceful.” Properly understood, this technique should be the healing centerpiece for every
person on earth. Every physician, therapist, spiritual counselor and personal performance coach in
the world should be using it as a leading tool for helping others (and themselves).

In essence, the Personal Peace Procedure involves making a list of every bothersome SPECIFIC
EVENT in one’s life and systematically EFT’ing their impacts out of existence. By diligently doing
this we can pull out every negative tree from our emotional forests and thus eliminate major causes
of our emotional and physical ailments. This, of course, propels each individual toward personal
peace which, in turn, contributes mightily toward world peace.

It may be used:

1. As “homework” between sessions with a physician or therapist. This is certain to accelerate and
deepen the healing process.

2. As a daily procedure to clear out a lifetime of accumulated emotional debris. This will enhance
self-image, reduce self-doubt and provide a profound sense of freedom.

3. As a means to eliminate a major contributor (if not the sole cause) of a serious disease.
Somewhere within one’s specific events are those angers, fears and traumas that are manifesting as
disease. By addressing them all, you will likely cover those responsible for the disease.

4. As a useful substitute for finding core issues. If you neutralize all the specific issues you will have
automatically included core issues.

5. As a means for consistent relaxation.

6. To become an example to others as to what is possible.

This simple concept should shift the entire healing field. I can state it in a sentence…

MOST OF OUR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED (OR
CONTRIBUTED TO) BY OUR UNRESOLVED SPECIFIC EVENTS, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF WHICH CAN BE EASILY HANDLED BY EFT.

Not bad for a mere engineer, eh? That sentence, if adopted by every healing practitioner and
patient, would likely (1) dramatically increase our healing rates while (2) precipitously dropping
our costs. Please note that this idea completely ignores chemical causes such as those propounded
by the medical model. That’s because I have repeatedly seen improvements in clients where drugs
and other chemical solutions have failed miserably. This is not to say, however, that drugs, proper
nutrition and the like don’t have their place. Indeed they do. They can often be vital. In my
experience, however, our unresolved specific events are nearer the foundational cause for illness
than anything else. Thus they deserve our primary attention..

How obvious! Experienced EFT’ers are well aware of EFT’s ability to cleanly wipe the negative
specific events off of our mental walls. This is the area wherein our highest success ratios appear. To
date, however, we have focused our efforts on those negative specific events that underlie a given
ailment such as a phobia, headache or traumatic incident. This is good…very good…and we should
continue doing so. On the other hand, why not use EFT on ALL the other specific events that are
behind our more generalized (but VERY important) issues such as (to name a few)….
•Self-image
•Anxiety
•Depression
•Persistent insomnia
•Addictions
•Compulsions
•Feelings of abandonment

As you eliminate the emotional baggage from your specific events you will, of course, have less and
less internal conflict for your system to deal with. Less internal conflict translates into a higher
level of personal peace and less emotional and physical suffering. For many, this procedure will
likely result in the complete cessation of lifelong issues that other methods have not touched. How’s
that for peace in a paragraph?

The same applies to physical ailments as well. I’m talking here about everything from headaches,
breathing difficulties and digestive disorders to AIDS, MS and Cancer. It is becoming more widely
accepted that our physical maladies are caused (or contributed to) by unresolved angers, traumas,
guilt, grief and the like. I have had many discussions with physicians in recent years and more and
more of them echo emotional strife as a major cause of serious diseases. Until now, however, there
hasn’t been an effective way to eliminate these health bandits. We can mask them with drugs, of
course, but true cures have been hard to find. Fortunately, EFT and its many cousins now provide
easy and elegant tools that will aid the serious health practitioner in killing the root causes of
disease…instead of the patient.

What I share here is NOT a substitute for quality EFT training NOR is it a substitute for quality
help from a masterful EFT practitioner. Rather, it is a tool that, properly applied, is capable of
wide ranging relief (quality training or quality assistance will add to its effectiveness). Its
simplicity and far reaching effectiveness give it candidacy as a mandatory method for anyone
seeking help for even the most difficult of problems. . I know that’s a bold statement but I’ve been
at this for over a decade now and have seen so many impressive results over such a wide variety of
issues that this statement is easy, if not essential, to make.

The method here is simple (I’m assuming you already know how to apply EFT)…..

1. Make a list of every bothersome specific event you can remember. If you don’t find at least 50 you
are either going at this half-heartedly or you have been living on some other planet. Many people
will find hundreds.

2. While making your list you may find that some events don’t seem to cause you any current
discomfort. That’s OK. List them anyway. The mere fact that you remember them suggests a need
for resolution.

3. Give each specific event a title….as though it was a mini-movie. Examples: Dad hit me in the
kitchen–I stole Suzie’s sandwich–I almost slipped and fell into the Grand Canyon–My third grade
class ridiculed me when I gave that speech–Mom locked me in a closet for 2 days–Mrs. Adams told
me I was stupid.

4. When the list is complete, pick out the biggest redwoods in your negative forest and apply EFT
to each of them until you either laugh about it or “can’t think about it any more.” Be sure to notice
any aspects that may come up and consider them separate trees in your negative forest. Apply EFT
to them accordingly. Be sure to keep after each event until it is resolved.

If you cannot get a 0-10 intensity level on a particular movie then assume you are repressing it and
apply 10 full rounds of EFT on it from every angle you can think of. This gives you a high
possibility for resolving it.

After the big redwoods have been removed, go to the next biggest trees.

5. Do at least one movie (specific event) per day…preferably three…for 3 months. It only takes
minutes per day. At this rate you will have resolved 90 to 270 specific events in 3 months. Then
notice how your body feels better. Note, too, how your “threshold for getting upset” is much lower.
Note how your relationships are better and how many of your therapy type issues just don’t seem to
be there any more. Revisit some of those specific events and notice how those previously intense
incidences have faded into nothingness. Note any improvements in your blood pressure, pulse and
breathing ability.

I ask you to consciously notice these things because, unless you do, the quality healing you will
have undergone will seem so subtle that you may not notice it. You may even dismiss it saying, “Oh
well, it was never much of a problem anyway.” This happens repeatedly with EFT and thus I bring
it to your awareness.

6. If you are taking medications, you may feel the need to discontinue them. Please do so ONLY
under a qualified physicians advice.

It is my hope that the Personal Peace Procedure becomes a worldwide routine. A few minutes per
day will make a monumental difference in school performance, relationships, health and our
quality of life. But these are meaningless words unless others (you) put the idea into practice. I
prefaced this article with a quote from my good friend, Howard Wight. I repeat it again below for
emphasis…

“If you are ultimately going to do something important that will make a real difference…do it now”

Personal Peace to all, Gary

How to apply EFT in-depth to yourself
Steve Wells from Australia provides this simple but powerful method for getting the most out of
EFT while applying it to yourself.

He calls the process “Journaling” and, in essence, it involves writing down all those extra aspects,
beliefs and thoughts that show up during the EFT process. Each such item represents a new avenue
for personal EFT exploration and, unless captured in writing, tends to be forgotten. However,
writing down (and addressing) this daisy chain of events allows a more in-depth EFT experience.

This concept does not need to be limited to those wanting to apply EFT to themselves. It offers a
similar in-depth experience when healing practitioners ask their clients to do this. The client can
Journal during the session or as homework between sessions. Either way, new perspectives, core
issues and the like are likely to surface. Very helpful indeed.

Steve gives details in his article below.

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By Steve Wells

I have found it quite productive to do a journaling process with EFT whilst sitting in front of my
computer. I begin by typing out a description of the challenge, problem, negative thought, negative
belief or behaviour that I want to work on. Then I do a round or two of EFT on that problem. As
more thoughts and feelings come up, I type these onto the screen.

I can type quite quickly and as I work through various aspects it is very helpful to see – as well as
feel – the shifts that occur literally in front of my eyes. Whether the aspects that come up are
feelings, memories, thoughts or belief statements, I type them onto the screen and then include
them in a new tapping sequence.

As I type I find I gain greater clarity and conscious understanding of my issues and I find that the
subsequent tapping rounds I do are more focused and therefore more productive. Whilst I have
found that typing onto the screen works for me because I can do so very rapidly, those who write
faster than typing, or who prefer to write, could complete notes in a paper journal as they tapped
through the various aspects.

I find the best feature regarding this approach occurs at the end of the tapping session. When I go
back over the stuff I have typed onto the screen I get to see just how far I have moved from where I
began. Often I am amazed at just how much ground I have covered, and also gratified to find that
the issues or aspects I started with no longer bother me anymore.

I have found that in regular tapping sessions, my natural tendency is to just move onto the next
aspect that comes up. As the previous aspects drop naturally from my consciousness it is easy to
forget that I was pretty upset when I first sat down to tap. Many times I haven’t realised the full
benefit of my regular tapping sessions until long “after the fact” when I confront a situation that
would otherwise have upset me and find it doesn’t any longer. I’m sure this situation is familiar to
many who do the tapping on a regular basis.

The journaling process overcomes these challenges, and not only assists you in clarifying aspects as
you go but also allows you to realise and celebrate the changes you have made immediately after
you make them. I find this immediate feedback on results to be a very gratifying element of the
approach and I recommend it to everyone who wants to go further in their tapping sessions.

Steve Wells

#14
A “must” EFT procedure for children

I hope that someday the public media will pick up on this article and broadcast its benefits to the
world. The idea, in my opinion, deserves a prominent place on “60 Minutes”, “Oprah”, and every
parent/child oriented publication on the planet.

Properly done, this idea will launch our children into an adulthood filled with high levels of inner
peace and self confidence. If every child was given these benefits our eventual opportunities for
world peace would far exceed those promised by our military and its bombs and other threats.
Indeed, if everyone received these benefits skillfully, our military, bombs and other threats would
likely become unnecessary. War is not needed for those who truly have personal peace.

The Basic Idea:

The basic idea is simple. Every night, while children are being tucked into bed, parents should
ask…

“Can you tell me about your good and bad thoughts as well as the good and bad things that
happened to you today?”

Then, as the events are being told (both good and bad), the parents should lightly and lovingly
either tap or gently rub the EFT points.

Expected Results:

Experienced EFT’ers can readily see the benefit for tapping on the “bad” things (we’ll talk about
tapping on the “good” things later). As the child tells the story s/he is clearly “tuned into” the
problem. Thus tapping on the EFT points is likely to resolve the issues or, at the very least, lighten
their impacts on the child.

This is critical for children because they are constantly picking up “stuff” from parents, teachers,
peers, television and so on. These inputs go on daily and accumulate over the years to fill what we
adults often call our “emotional garbage bags.” If these inputs go unresolved, of course, they form
unnecessary “limits” and thwart the attainment of our true potentials. These unnecessary fears,
guilts, griefs and traumas often have a thunderous effect on our “adult realities” and cost us dearly
in both our personal peace and our pocketbooks.

Some examples of the “bad” things children might bring up would be….

“Daddy scared me when he yelled at me.”

“I saw a monster eating people on television.”

“My teacher doesn’t think I’m very smart.”

“I can’t run as fast as Jimmy.”

“Donna is prettier than me.”

“The minister said I have to be perfect or God won’t love me.”

There are, of course, thousands of other examples that establish themselves as uninvited guests in
children’s psyches. Most of them are fictions and, arguably, have a far greater impact on how a
child’s life unfolds than does their education.

Alert parents have an obvious opportunity to ward off these “self confidence suckers” on a daily
basis. Further, the process can be very nurturing for both parents and children because children
love to be touched (tapped, rubbed) in loving ways. As you are loving your (our) children in this
way, you can ask them more questions about “what happened today” and get even deeper into the
issues. Further, you can offer reframes (alternative thinking) while doing EFT which are much
more likely to be effective than if you were just bringing them up in normal conversation.

This whole process is also useful for pre-verbal infants. Even though infants are not able to tell you
what is bothering them, the mere fact that they are crying or exhibiting other signs of distress tells
parents that something (e.g. a fear, trauma or physical discomfort) needs to be resolved. During
these times of distress the infant is “tuned into” the problem and thus primed for EFT. The
addition of EFT tapping to the usual “there-there’s” and other soothing language is likely to pay
major long term dividends.

You may have noticed that I didn’t include the EFT Setup phrasing within this process. It would
be useful to fit it in, of course, although children seem to be in less need of it than adults. When
adding it in you might wish to use the language below (children light up when saying it)….

“Even though I have this ___________________, I’m still an awesome kid.”

As mentioned earlier, I think it is useful to tap the EFT points even while the child is talking about
their “good” thoughts and happenings for the day. Properly done, the parental EFT’ing can add a
soothing element to the discussion. Further, even though the child is discussing something
positive, there is often a “comparing negative” behind it. For example, if the child says…

“My teacher complimented me today in front of the whole class.”

….the comparing negative behind it might be…

“But sometimes she scolds children or ignores them and I am afraid that will happen to me.”

In this case, even though the tapping is done on the “good” statement by the teacher, it is also
likely to reduce the fear involved in the comparing negative. Thus, applying EFT to both the
“good” and the “bad” items is likely to provide substantial benefits across the board.

Of course, we are all children (even though some of us have developed a few wrinkles) and thus this
article need not be limited to a specific age group. Wouldn’t it be nice, whatever your age, for
someone to ask you about your childhood “stuff”? And wouldn’t it be even nicer to resolve those
issues daily? Maybe you could trade this favor with someone or just simply go through the process
solo.

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

#15
Guidelines for using EFT on Serious Diseases

Note: All opinions expressed herein are mine and are not to be confused with medical advice.
I am not a physician, nor do I have any formal training in medicine. -Gary Craig-

To appropriately approach Serious Diseases we must first dispose of the “one minute wonder”
misconception about EFT.

Because of the rapid results frequently generated with EFT, it is easy to generalize from these
astonishing “one minute wonders” and assume that ALL issues should respond in moments.
Whether or not YOU make this assumption, I can assure you that many others do.

Even though applying EFT to Serious Diseases may result in “one minute wonders” on the some of
the symptoms, one cannot assume that EFT will dispose of the broader underlying causes so easily.
In fact, persistence and artistic uses of EFT are usually required. This article will expand on these
uses and bring some artistry to the process.

Overview

EFT belongs front and center on the healing stage. Even though it is only one of numerous
approaches to good health, its clinical results have been astonishing to even the most casual
observer. Further, it involves no drugs, surgery, radiation or any other methods that might be
invasive to the body. For these reasons it would seem prudent that EFT be applied, in most cases,
BEFORE more drastic measures are taken.

For perspective, let me discuss the various categories of healing:

1. The Medical Profession: I list this one first because, in the USA at least, it is by far the most
prominent system. It is promoted as THE place to go for whatever your health problem might be
and everything else is considered “alternative.” It has also become so expensive that it is out of
reach for many citizens and, unless costs are curtailed, it even poses a threat to the economic
solvency of the US.

That being said, I count many MDs as my personal friends and respect the dedication and
schooling required to bring them to their current state of knowledge. I am also very pleased that
the system exists. If I had a bursting appendix, for example, I would gleefully place myself on the
surgeon’s table and be forever grateful for his or her services.

On the other hand, it doesn’t take great observational skills to see some glaring weaknesses in the
medical system. For one thing, the system is separated out into specialties thus losing sight of the
fact that the body and mind operate together as a whole system. Thus a podiatrist’s approach
might be quite different from that of a urologist or an orthopedic surgeon. This is a doubly strange
when compared to the fact that most people I talk to believe, intuitively, that many of their
physical ailments are caused by unresolved angers, fears, guilt etc. It is a common sense
observation that many illnesses are physical manifestations of one’s unresolved emotions.

Further, the medical profession largely ignores other major doors to healing (covered below) such as
(1) nutrition, (2) the body’s subtle energies, (3) unresolved emotions as a cause of disease and (4) the
use of prayer, meditation and spiritual methods. Accordingly, I do not personally consider the
medical profession to be THE ultimate source for healing. Rather, I consider it AN important
input.

2. Nutrition: This door to healing is obvious. People load themselves up with sugar, alcohol,
additives, preservatives, pesticides and countless forms of artificial foods thereby taxing the body
greatly and begging for disease. This is one area that EFT does not cover. However, there are many
good resources for this information.

3. The Body’s Subtle Energies: Oriental health practices have used the body’s subtle energies,
known as Qi (pronounced Chi), as a mainstay for millenniums. Thus, this door is not new.
However, western medicine has chosen to largely ignore this vital approach, preferring to view the
body as a “bag of chemicals and body parts” (my term) rather than an entity containing pulsating
energy. EFT addresses these subtle energies directly. They are the centerpiece of EFT.

4. Unresolved Emotions as a Cause of Disease: This is also a centerpiece of EFT’s approach to
health. Indeed, we have observed many cases where physical ailments fade as we resolve the anger,
fear or guilt that appear to cause them.

5. Prayer, Meditation and Spiritual Methods: There have been many reports of healings using
group prayer as well as surrogate EFT (a form of prayer). To many EFT does not appear to be a
spiritual method. This is because, to newcomers, it seems like a rather mechanical procedure.
However, EFT’s larger goal is to pave the way for true spiritual awareness. As EFT reduces our
angers and fears it paves the way for enhanced levels of personal peace and true forgiveness. To
me, this is the end result of all healing because, once achieved in its grandest form, illness is
impossible.

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Appropriate Mental Sets while using EFT for Serious Diseases

Here are some appropriate “mental sets” that are useful when approaching Serious Diseases with
EFT.

1. While we have observed some fascinating healings with EFT, we must recognize that EFT is still
in its infancy and we don’t know all there is to know about it yet. Thus we must maintain a state of
inquisitiveness rather than assume our current procedures represent the final answer.

2. Persistence is important. Don’t be fooled by “one minute wonders” and conclude that you are
done. A client can appear to be “out of the woods” for now but have other aspects and related
issues show up later. Many Serious Diseases have multiple causes with many facets. Properly
addressing them can be like walking through a maze where there are many apparent “dead ends.”
To successfully get through the maze you must often back up and try new approaches.

3. Some Serious Diseases may include causes other than emotional, energetic or spiritual. Heart
disease is a good example. While it may be improved by EFT, it is often contributed to by years of
dietary insults and lack of exercise.

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The EFT Doors to Explore

Over the years we have developed many EFT approaches for solving the healing puzzle. They have
become “Doors to Explore” and represent a wide variety of possibilities for applying EFT. With
Serious Diseases you may get lucky and get impressive results by entering only 1 door. However, in
many cases you may need to explore every door and, perhaps, discover new ones. You may meet
with failure on the first 4 or 5 doors but, with persistence, you may find success with the 6th, 8th
and 10th doors.

Below is a list of our current EFT doors. They are not listed in any particular order and should be
used in whatever order seems appropriate for a given client.
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Daily tapping. This one is vital for Serious Diseases because it creates much needed follow-up by
the clients. 10 to 20 rounds of EFT tapping should be performed daily to keep the body’s subtle
energies flowing freely. An easy way for the client to remember to tap is to associate it with daily
activities. For example, do rounds of tapping just before (1) eating, (2) when using the bathroom,
(3) when turning the TV on and off (4) when getting in and out of the car and so on.

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Tapping directly on the symptoms. For example, start EFT with “Even though I have this
numbness in my left hand…..” This will often give symptomatic relief. If not, then assume there
are emotional drivers behind it and ask, “If there was an emotional reason for this symptom, what
could it be?”

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Approach the symptoms through metaphors. For example, ask the client,”What does the disease
look like inside your body?” or”What does your doctor tell you is going on?” Then apply EFT for
that metaphor. For example, “Even though it feels like I have glue in my finger joints….”

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Sneaking up on the problem. Use this when you expect underlying emotional issues to be
unusually intense. Use global statements at first like, “Even though I have all these problems…”
and gradually get more specific until you end up with a specific issue such as “Even though Dad hit
me when I was 8 at my birthday party….”

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The Tearless Trauma Technique. This is another way of approaching an emotional problem in a
gentle way. It involves having the client GUESS as to the emotional intensity rather than
painfully re-live it mentally. Often highly effective. Full description at http://www.emofree.
com/trauma/tearless.htm

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The Movie Technique. In this process the client narrates his or her mental movie of a bothersome
specific event. When intensity comes up the client stops and then taps on that intensity. When the
intensity subsides the client continues with the story. This method has been a mainstay in the tool
box of many EFT Practitioners. It may be the most often used EFT technique of all. Full
description at http://www.emofree.com/tutorial/tutorcthree.htm

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The Tell the Story Technique. This is a close cousin of the Movie Technique. Full description at

http://www.emofree.com/tutorial/tutorltwelve.htm

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Being Specific. This is often critical and represents an efficient way of resolving the problem. Most
people represent their problems in a global way e.g. “I have diabetes” OR “I feel abandoned.”
While success can sometimes be achieved by approaching these issues in this global way, the odds
improve substantially if you get to the specifics (or specific events) underlying the problem.
Examples, “Even though my blood sugar level is over 400….” OR “Even though my mother left me
alone for three days at my age 8.” For more details on Being Specific go to http://www.emofree.
com/tutorial/tutorbtwo.htm

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Personal Peace Procedure. This is most useful for client homework. It involves making a long list
of every bothersome specific event one can think of and using EFT on a daily basis to collapse
them. Obviously, the more negativity that can be removed the greater the chances of peace taking
over. Full details at http://www.emofree.com/tutorial/tutormthirteen.htm

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Emphasizing or Yelling. Sometimes it is necessary to get clients more involved with their issue.
This can often be accomplished by having them strongly emphasize…. or YELL … the EFT Setup
Phrases and Reminder Phrases. This can turn a “go-nowhere” session into a productive one.

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Questions. Here are some questions that may help getting to core issues…
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If there was an emotional contributor to that symptom, what could it be?

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If you had life to live over again, what person or event would you prefer to skip?

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What would it be like to have none of your symptoms?

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What benefits are you getting from this illness?

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What would you have to give up if your illness went away?

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Who or what are you most angry at?

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Why might you deserve this illness?

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Chasing the Pain. After applying EFT, physical discomforts can move to other locations and/or
change in intensity or quality. Thus a headache described as a sharp pain behind the eyes at an
intensity of 8 might shift to dull throb in back of the head at an intensity of 7 (or 9, or 3 or any
other intensity level). Just keep “chasing the pain” with EFT and it will usually go to zero or some
low number. In the process, I often find that emotional issues behind the discomforts also become
successfully collapsed.

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Testing. This is a very important step because, without it, both you and the client can erroneously
think you are done. Whenever feasible, I try to re-enact a bothersome memory …OR… have the
client vividly imagine and TRY to get upset …OR… have the client bend, move or do whatever is
necessary to bring back the symptom (without damaging themselves, of course). In the process I
am looking for aspects or related issues that still need attention.

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Humor. Laughter can be used to help clients make new associations regarding the “severity” of any
emotional issues they may have. It is also a form of testing because, if a client can now laugh or
smile at a trauma, fear, etc., then you know you have made good progress. On the other hand, if the
humor is met with scowls or intense reactions then you know you have more work to do.

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Imagine perfect health and observe tail enders. This is a good method for finding subtle emotional
issues that tend to keep the ailment around. Ask the client to vividly imagine themselves in perfect
health (i.e. completely without their symptoms) and then ask him or her to listen for the “tail-
enders” or “yes buts” that show up as self talk. These tail enders are often clues to the real
impediments to healing. Tail enders are described within the important series on our web site
called The Palace of Possibilities. Full details at http://www.emofree.com/palaceof.htm

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Reframing within the Setup procedure–THROUGH you, not BY you. Reframing is a procedure
often used within conventional talk therapy to help a client see their issue through different,
healthier glasses. I find that reframes land MUCH more solidly if done while tapping and thus I
use the Setup portion of the EFT procedure to not only correct psychological reversal but to also
establish useful reframes. During this process, I “get myself out of the way” and rely on “guidance”
that allows me to o apply healing that goes THROUGH me not BY me. Everyone has the intuitive
abilities to do this. Success, however, depends on truly trusting that intuition. This is
demonstrated in detail on our video sets beginning with Steps Toward Becoming The Ultimate
Therapist and all of those video sets that followed it.