I was communicating with Ingrid Dinter. Ingrid is an EFT coach and ordained interfaith minister in New Hampshire. She is also doing some wonderful work with veterans. If you’re a veteran, family of a veteran, or an EFT practitioner, I highly recommend you visit Ingrid’s Websites to discover what she’s doing. Visit www.eft4vets.com and her blog at www.eftforvets.com. Ingrid specializes in helping veterans return home after the trauma of war. Read her post Returning from Vietnam.

It may be hard for younger people to imagine because whether a person is for or against war, those who serve in the military today are respected. But for many of us who were in the armed forces during the Vietnam War era, it was to the contrary. There was disdain. Soldiers often felt as if society had turned its back on us. We were not welcomed home. So there was no closure. And, those are the hidden feelings that arose for me. Ingrid explains it well:

“When you look at the path of the warrior, for a warrior, not being welcomed home is a huge betrayal by the tribe. Whether you were actively in combat and survived is often a matter of luck, but it doesn’t change the power and motivation of the path of the warrior. And the rite of passage needs to be fulfilled. The rite of passage is much like a tunnel through which one must travel to come out on the other side a new person with new values.”

“When there is not closure, when it is not possible, because the tribe doesn’t welcome a warrior home, the person gets stuck. What happened in the sixties and seventies was a huge betrayal by the tribe, and as EFT practitioners, we need to be aware of this and tap in the voice of the tribe to help finish the rite of passage. Not being welcomed home is for many of my guys more traumatic than the war experience itself.”

If you ever had feelings of not being welcomed home, take five minutes and use EFT to help release any feelings you may have. Please view and tap along with this video from Ingrid.

Ingrid also participated in the filming of EFT for War Vets. If you haven’t seen it, you can view it below. It’s very moving and demonstrates how effective EFT is for Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Thank you Ingrid Dinter for your leadership in the healing work you’re doing with veterans. I appreciate and honor you. Also, on Veterans Day 2009, I salute those who are serving in the armed forces. And, for any veteran who served in the military and didn’t feel closure, I say, “Welcome Home.”

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."
– Jose Narosky, writer

In this short video, you’ll learn some basic ideas about Gestalt therapy.

Here’s how you might use Gestalt therapy to create EFT setup statements. If you’ll slide the video time control to around 3:40, the client, Rob, who is on the right, says when he’s exaggerating his hand movements, “it” feels silly.” In Gestalt therapy, you embrace “it.” and say “I.” For example an EFT setup statement here might be:

“Even though I’m feeling silly, and I’m supposed to be serious, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

As you watch the video further, here are examples of other potential EFT setup statements:

“Even though I’m feeling that I don’t have any control, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I’m feeling that I don’t want to be here, I choose to stay and fully experience the present moment.”

“Even though I want to hide from [say whatever you want to hide from here], I deeply and completely accept myself.”

The beauty of Gestalt therapy is that you can discover what you might want to tap on by simply becoming more aware of the present moment. What are you feeling in your body right now? What is your body trying to express? What are your hands and feet doing? Trust in the process that you’ll uncover the gestalt to tap on using EFT.

You’ll find several sites that cover Gestalt therapy via Google, Bing and other search engines. Many of the books on Gestalt therapy are difficult to find because they were published in the seventies. If you want to read an autobiography about the person who is most well known for Gestalt therapy, get In and Out the Garbage Pail which is the story of Frederick “Fritz” Perls.

Before I go any further, get into the feeling and spirit of it all by watching and listening to Playing for Change, “Stand By Me.” You might want to do some EFT tapping along with it. You’ll feel great.

Last summer, one of the gems we watched from Spiritual Cinema Circle was previewing, "Playing for Change: Peace Through Music." A powerful, uplifting move. Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. What’s amazing is that the performances from Stand By Me were videotaped at 12 different locations throughout the world. The video and music from these 12 separate performances were then beautifully edited together. Here’s another one you’ll enjoy, One Love. 

And, one more — Don’t Worry.

Today, April 28th, is a landmark day because after four years of filming and recording musicians around the globe, Playing For Change: Songs around the World is released and available. It’s a 10 song CD and 7 track DVD with songs and videos featuring over 100 musicians from around the world that have never met in person, but have been brought together through the power of music. If you want to get a copy of it today, Starbucks has it or you can purchase it online from Playing for Change.
Also visit the Playing for Change Foundation.

EFT and music are catalysts for uniting people all over the world and helping create healing. Let’s get together and feel all right.

The EFT World Summit 2009 features some of the top minds and practitioners in the world of Emotional Freedom Techniques. The instructors include Carol Look, Brad Yates, Dr. Patricia Carrington, Dr. Alexander R. Lees, Carol Tuttle, Gwenn Bonnell, Lindsay Kenny, Rick Wilkes, Bob Doyle, Margaret Lynch, Nicolas Ortner, Steve Wells, Rue Hass, Jessica Ortner, Loretta Sparks, and Dr. Sandra Radomski Kost, and me.

I’ll be talking about Enjoying a Higher Quality of Life by Managing Your Workplace Stress. Here’s what I’ll cover:

• What causes stress? What’s the difference between “good” stress — eustress — and distress?
• Why your health and quality of life depend on how well you manage your stress.
• Examples of how stress overload damages your body over time.
• The four essentials to managing your stress.
• The simple 3Rs of stress.
• Tips on how to use EFT when you’re in stressful situations at work.
• Examples of EFT stress relief daily routines to start and end your day.

Every day, you’ll have the opportunity to hear two quality presentations. Just take a look at what you’ll receive at no charge to you:

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The EFT World Summit 2009 begins on Monday, April 20 and continues over nine days. All of these world-class EFT experts will gather together their combined knowledge to immerse you in the world of EFT. Never before has a panel like this been assembled … and it may never happen again, so I’d like to encourage you to register right away for the EFT World Summit 2009. We’re telling everyone we know and you can feel free to pass this information along to anyone you feel would benefit!

Although I was busy traveling during the week, I wanted a way to show I was thinking about my daughter and father. I focused on how I might show I cared about their well-being. As an action minded person, I decided to create a book of affirming thoughts and empowering questions. It was called MindSigns Personal Billboards. MindSigns was published as a large book of affirmation signs people could tear out and post in visible places around the house to stay in a positive state of mind. At the time, the book was printed in black-and-white because the printing technology then was too expensive to do in full color. That’s all changed.

About six months ago, I woke up one morning and decided to turn MindSigns into full color greeting cards. The idea was to offer people a way to encourage someone they care about by sending an affordable gift not once but up to 52 times a year, automatically. After doing our test marketing, the product is now available. We’ve had a very enthusiastic response. You can learn more about MindSigns Personal Billboards, including viewing all 52 designs, at our new Website. Just zip on over to www.mindsigns.com

Note:  It’s all done automatically. There are no cards to pick or messages to write inside. We do it all for you, including the creation, printing, stuffing, stamping and mailing each week. And each gift greeting card indicates it’s from you. You can send MindSigns cards to anyone anywhere in the world.

Take a look. Let me know what you think.

Here’s what Carol says:

I Quit.

I quit listening to the media and how bad things are. I quit believing there is not enough money. I quit believing in a power outside of me and really woke up that I am creating my life.

That is when I started teaching people this:

If you focus on "no money, no money, no money," Guess what you get? The answer seems pretty simple when asked like that! No Money!

I have been teaching people for years that you need to focus on what you want, not what you fear. There are a lot of people running a lot of limiting beliefs right now. You may be one of them. That is why I am launching my official 2009 "I Quit" campaign. I am not quitting what I do, are you kidding I am just getting started. People need this information more than ever.

Join me this Sunday on my weekly "Living Your Truth" radio show to hear more about what I am quitting and what I have quit through the years that has allowed more JOY to BE in my life.

I am going to help you quit this year. Quit buying into all the lack and limitation that is stirred up right now. I am also launching my "I Quit" product campaign. You will learn more about that on Sunday.

What are you ready to quit? What loser default programming are you ready to quit? What pattern of lack are you ready to quit. Let’s get started Sunday.

The “Living Your Truth” Radio Show
Sunday, February 15th
4-5 pm MT

In other time zones:

3-4 pm PST
5-6 pm CST
6-7 pm EST

To listen just go to Carol’s Website, click on the “Radio/Video” tab.

TappyBear is a cuddly teddy bear that has buttons on it which show the EFT Shortcut tapping points. Each TappyBear includes an embroidered cotton bag for easy storage and convenient transport. TappyBear was developed by Till Schilling’s daughters, Maria Christina and Anna Daniela.

TappyBear has come a long way since it was introduced because there are now other complementary products. Tap Along with Tappy is a playful way to teach EFT to children. It includes both a DVD and CD. The DVD is divided into two tracks and a total of eight parts. The first five parts include finding the tapping spots, the tapping song, and tapping along with TappyBear on two different issues.

Dr. Patricia Carrington does the voiceover instructions accompanied by Joanne Adler singing and Ben Blakesley on guitar. If you want to teach young children how to do EFT, it’s important to keep it simple and repetitive. The song is an easy one for kids to learn, and Dr. Carrington taps along at both slow and high speeds. The short instructions included are important to getting the most out of the package.

While the DVD/CD combo is a nice introduction to Tappy and EFT, the book, A Guide to TappyBear, provides more in-depth ways to use Tappy. The guide is also authored by Dr. Carrington and has the “how to” information you need. At just under 100 pages, you can breeze through the book in short order. The guide includes chapters on how Tappy works with children, using Tappy in a medical setting, and TappyBear for adults.

While, you’ll be happy just ordering Tappy alone, I recommend you get the TappyBear Instruction System because it includes Tappy, the guide and the DVD/CD. This way, you’ll get maximum value out of TappyBear. If you’ve got kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews or children you care about, getting them a TappyBear as a gift is an investment in their well-being. It’s a fine way to teach EFT to kids of all ages using a lovable bear.

By the way, TappyBear lives all over the world in countries like Australia, Chile, Europe, India, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa. You can see all of the places on this map.

Lastly, even if you don’t have kids, you can help. The TappyBear Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 Public Charity. If you’re a US citizen, your contribution to the foundation is 100% tax deductible. By making a tax deductible contribution to the TappyBear Foundation, you’ll have the satisfaction of bringing the comfort, help, and loving presence of TappyBear to children and adults worldwide who can benefit from his gentle form of healing.

Hold on, help is on the way. EFT is my favorite way of tapping away physical and emotional issues. Another method I like is heart-focused breathing taught by HeartMath. Doc Childre, founder of the Institute of HeartMath, has written the De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times, a free e-booklet that provides a few simple practices to help you intercept and manage stress during this period of challenge and uncertainty. You can download the free e-booklet right now by clicking on the graphic below.

This 24 page e-booklet is full of wisdom in dealing with the change and uncertainly we’re all experiencing today. On page 15, he suggests an exercise to tell yourself some phrases. I recommend doing EFT tapping while saying the following:

I understand why I’m living in fear and anxiety, but it’s draining my energy, putting my health at risk and interfering with clear decision-making.

I’m tired of being overshadowed by fear and I’m ready to shift to an attitude that’s easier on my nervous system, my health, and those around me.

I’m aware that fear has repressed my spirit and it hasn’t made anything change for the better.

I don’t expect to eliminate all my fears and projections, but I intend now to at least practice reducing my fear to a more balanced attitude of practical caution and discernment.

I realize that any progress in reducing fear will make me feel better and free up more of my spirit to move on.

HeartMath is demonstrating leadership, compassion, and doing a real service by offering the De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times. Feel free to share with your family, friends and others that may find it of value.

Let’s start with these articles on ways you can use EFT and energy methods:

The Gift to Unwrap and Use before the Holidays! by AnaMaria Herrera
Using EFT for the Holidays by Figen Genco, BA
Silent Night Sadness — When Music Gives You the Holiday Blues By Jayne Morgan-Kidd
Helpful Hints for the Holidays by Dr. David Lake
Some Holiday Advice By Dr. Alexander Lees
Rx for the Holiday Blues by Rebecca Marina

These are good EFT videos:

Holiday Blues — Cure Them with EFT by Rebecca Marina
How to Create Christmas Abundance by Michelle Childerly

I highly recommend these audios from Hale Dwoskin of the Sedona Method which uses a simple series of questions to release thoughts and feelings. These Holiday Release audios are Mp3 files that you can play on your computer, download to your iPod, or burn to a CD.

Here other general articles you may find that help:

Beat the Holiday Blues (University of Maryland Medical Center)
How to Not Let Holiday Blues Color Your Job (msnbc)
Preventing Holiday Blues (SafeUSA)
Holiday Depression and Stress (Mental Health America)
Seniors and the “Holiday Blues” (4therapy.com)

And these videos:

Holiday Blues — Depression by Dr. Greg Janz
Holiday Depression by Dr. Greg Janz
Healthy Action Minute on Holiday Blues by Dr. Josh Klapow

Lastly, a good technique I use is to get amused or amazed by something. For example, there’s the humorous Santa Claus and The 12 Pains of Christmas by JibJab, plus the dogged one, Bailey the Unknown Reindeer. This holiday season, dump the blues. Jump into the color orange.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Orange.

Orange who?

Orange you so glad you read this?