EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) evolved from TFT and uses similar principles but with TFT students need to learn 10 or 15 different tapping routines called algorithms. Each algorithm covers a specific issue such as trauma, phobias, depression, etc . Anything not covered by those individual routines requires a diagnostic process. EFT simplifies things by only using one comprehensive tapping routine to cover all issues — not just 10 or 15 — and doesn’t require a diagnosis.

If you have a fear of flying, and many people do, be sure to check out the World Center for EFT and search for “fear of flying.” You’ll find several articles to help you.

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.

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.

Although, you can’t control outside conditions, you can control how you respond to and feel about them. Instead of reacting with fear, trepidation or panic, choose to keep a pulse on things, take wise actions and avoid emotional distress. Be conscious of your inside conditions and use tools like EFT to release any negative emotions.

I recommend starting with EFT Talk with Carol Look and Rick Wilkes on How Do I Stop Worrying? Also, listen to Jessica Ortner on EFT Revealed interviewing Carol Look about Using EFT to Attract Abundance. Click on the folder “Abundance” to find the interview (January 15th.)

And, use EFT to address whatever you’re feeling. Create your own setup phrases based on specifically what you’re feeling. For example:

Even though I’m worried about financial events, I choose to remain calm in my actions.

Even though I’m afraid of what might happen, I choose to feel comfortable in trusting myself to know what to do.

Even though I’m afraid of what might happen to my finances, I choose to feel and know I’ll be all right.

Even though I’m afraid of what might happen to my money, I choose to focus on all of the other areas of abundance in my life.

Everything is interconnected and woven together. Any change in the financial markets in America ripples into international markets. A downturn in the housing industry not only affects builders, roofers, electricians and plumbers, but car dealers, retailers and restaurants. One of the things about financial turmoil is that it makes us conscious of how interdependent we are worldwide.

The more calm and centered you stay, the more you help everyone else. And you have EFT to assist you in doing so.

• EFT introduction (Bob Doyle)
• Introduction to tapping (Magnus)
• Learning EFT (Alia)

ABUNDANCE & MONEY

• Increasing your flow of money (Carol Tuttle)
• EFT to Remove Money Blocks (Rebecca Marina)

DEPRESSION

• Overcoming depression (Magnus)

FOOD, WEIGHT, EXERCISE, SPORTS

• EFT for golf (Enlightened Golf)
• Food cravings (Carol Tuttle)
• Negative body image (Carol Tuttle)
• Resistance to exercise Carol Tuttle)

INSOMNIA

• Insomnia (Michelle Childerly)
• Insomnia (Magnus)
• Waking up (Magnus)

SMOKING

• Quit smoking (Magnus)

STRESS

• EFT stress buster (David Childerly)
• Stress relief (Magnus)

TIME MANAGEMENT

• Time Management (Carol Tuttle)

OTHER (Magnus)

• Anger management
• Chakra clearing
• Forgiveness
• Memory release
• Procrastination
• Science of tapping
• Self acceptance

You may also want to check out an article from the EFTzone titled, Learning the ABCs of EFT.

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The EFT Forbidding Tactic

by Dr. Patricia Carrington

We all know how effective EFT is when all is going well with it. The correct EFT statement often makes all the difference in the way we react to a given situation or person.

However, each of us sometimes comes up against a stubborn inner voice that says, “I won’t!” (or something equally forceful) to indicate its refusal to comply with our conscious, well-intentioned suggestion. This “I won’t!” can take place even while the EFT self-acceptance phrase (“I deeply and completely accept myself…”) is being repeated, or it can undermine any EFT Choices phrase you might make.

Resistance like this can block progress in any self-help technique, but one of the most effective ways I know to disarm it is a method I call the Forbidding Tactic. This method makes use of a universal human trait. If you tell somebody (anybody) not to do something under any circumstances, and if you make that command even more emphatic by telling them that they are not even to think about doing it, what happens?

We all know it is unwise to say the least to forbid someone to do something they want to do, unless we can enforce our command with certainty. If something is forbidden and the command is not sufficiently enforced, it becomes a strong incentive to do the very thing that has been forbidden!

It is sometimes essential to forbid certain acts, of course. For example, a law that forbids people to drive a car through a red light is essential for traffic safety and saves countless lives. However it would be quite counterproductive to tell people not to run red lights if there was no way of enforcing this law. An airtight system needs to be in place to enforce any essential law (such as “Do not drive a car through a red light” or “Do not kill a person”), or the law will backfire.

You may recall that in the Prohibition Era in the United States, prohibiting people from purchasing liquor only resulted in increased sales of alcohol rather than the other way around. The use of liquor was more desirable when it was forbidden. Similarly, when a book has been banned, we often see sales of that book shoot upwards.

A similar thing takes place when you are asked not to think of something –– say a white elephant for two minutes. The first thing that happens is that a white elephant comes into your mind –– being forbidden to think of the white elephant has called it into your mind –– powerfully. This happens because of our human tendency to go opposite to what we are told to avoid – to seek out the forbidden at all costs.

We can use this human tendency in a very constructive way, however, when we are “stuck” doing EFT. It can help us to get through blocks caused by resistance to any of our goals.

Suppose, for example, that a person creates a Choices statement such as, “Even though I haven’t begun my new diet yet, I choose to do that easily and effectively.” This can be very helpful if the person has a clear, unmixed motivation to start the diet. However, if there is what Gary Craig calls a “tail ender” in operation –– a secret objection to dieting or the idea of starting the diet, –– then it might be necessary to address this tail ender directly by using what I call the Forbidding Tactic.

This tactic requires that you sternly forbid yourself to do what you think you want and are choosing to do. In the case of the dieter mentioned above, the person would create for themselves a “Forbidding” phrase that might go as follows:

“Even though I haven’t begun my diet yet, I FORBID myself to start it!” , or a simpler phrase such as, “Even though I haven’t begun my diet yet, I WON’T LET MYSELF start it!” Then they would tap on that phrase.

Different variations on this theme could be repeated at different tapping points. For example, “I will not let myself start that diet!”, or “I will not allow myself to start that diet!”

By forcing yourself to not do what you already resist doing anyway, you accomplish several things:

You are HEARD by yourself in a very satisfying manner. The fact is that everyone wants to have their own objections heard; they want to be able to voice loudly their own resistance to whatever they are told they absolutely must do.

The Forbidding Tactic encourages you to shout the words “I won’t!” as loudly as you wish, and as many times as you wish. In doing this you legitimatize your objections and “take the wind out of their sails”, you have disarmed them because you now have a RIGHT to object.

Another thing this accomplishes is to powerfully motivate yourself to do exactly what you are telling yourself not to do, in this case, the “forbidden” act of starting your diet!

This works because none of us like to be pushed around by another person or by ourselves, we don’t like to be told what to do. Also, the subconscious does not “read” negative words such as “No” or “ Not” and so embeds a powerful command to DO the forbidden thing. Tell yourself sternly and fiercely enough NOT to do something, and you are effectively motivating yourself to do it.

I highly recommend this easy unlocking tactic for use any time that you find a stubborn tail-ender getting in the way of realizing your EFT goals. It can work to bring you right where you really want to be.

Copyright 2006 by Dr. Patricia Carrington. All Rights Reserved.

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Visit Dr. Carrington’s Website at www.masteringeft.com

Does happiness depend on where you live? The “Happiometricians” or happiness researchers at the World Database of Happiness, offer you all kinds of statistics that indicate which nations have the happiest people. Is it Denmark, or according to New Scientist magazine, is it Nigeria that has the happiest people in the world? Of course, none of this really matters because you’re what’s important. What “tricks” do you have at your command to flip your happy switch?

Is it a picture, a feeling, a sound, music or a smell that can do it instantly? Anchor something that gets you in this positive feeling place so you can consciously choose it whenever you want. If babies get you feeling happy, play this video. This baby’s laugher will have you smiling in 10 seconds. If animals get you into the state, view this video. Want an uplifting gospel song that will get you there? The Edwin Hawkins Singers classic version of Oh, Happy Day will do it. Or, you may prefer the classic from Louis Armstrong, It’s a Wonderful World.

Another option is to visit The Happiness Show, offering information on happiness, resources, and over 100 free online shows. David Leonhardt, The Happy Guy, also has resources for you.

Michael Anthony whose unique mental training program has helped elite athletes to win Gold and Silver Medals in the Olympics, will give you his insights on how to be happy. Download his free 90 page e-book, HOW TO BE HAPPY and Have Fun Changing the World.

The secret of finding happiness is to grasp it in the moment. Let go of any thoughts or feelings of unhappiness. Find some time today to contemplate about things that get you feeling happy and ways you can tap into this state anytime you want.

With EFT, I’ve found a great way to get an energy buzz is to do EFT on the tapping points while saying this phrase:

I release any ways that I’m feeling unhappy.
I choose happiness right here, right now.

Try using this EFT setup phrase. You may be surprised at how well it works. Let me finish with a quote from American author Margaret Lee Runbeck who said, “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”

To explain it briefly, Dr. Carrington says that you capture positive experiences by repeating one simple phrase at each tapping point. You can use this technique with feelings, visual images, sounds and other experiences. Using EFT, you embed or anchor the feelings in your bank vault to preserve or store the experience and then later recall it. When needed, you change your state by tapping again to retrieve those positive experiences and immediately shift your awareness. It’s like the Staples® commercial and you press the red “Easy Button.” Don’t stress it. Press it.

According to Dr. Carrington, here are the two steps to this new method:

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First, notice what is actually happening around you. Then select a fleeting experience that you want to capture, much as you would take a snapshot of a physical object in order to preserve it. The experiences you will use for this purpose will be simple ones, small details of life that you might ordinarily ignore.

When a fleeting moment occurs that seems worthy of retaining for later use, put it into a few words that have meaning for you, such as:

“The light coming through the petals of the orchid.”

Or, “The quietness of my breath as I let it slowly out.”

Or, “The way my reading chair cradles me.”

Then “tap in” this experience using EFT. As you do this, the experience will become a valued personal resource that you can draw upon at any time. If you like, you can jot down the phrases you create in a notebook or write them on cards to keep with you and take out and use any time you feel you need to get back to the original positive state.

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You’ll want to read the full article. Dr. Carrington encourages you to experiment with this new technique. If you don’t yet subscribe to her newsletter, you can subscribe here. I highly recommend it. It is always full of valuable ideas and tips on using EFT.

Gary Craig, founder of EFT, says that physical conditions, including pain and serious dis-eases are often because of lingering, unresolved emotional issues at the core. In Dr. Sarno’s book, The Mindbody Prescription, he says that physical pain is the mind’s defense mechanism for diverting attention from strong, suppressed emotions such as rage from internal conflicts, the stresses and strains of daily life, and leftover anger from infancy and childhood.

To release and relieve physical pain, start with the mind and emotions instead of the body. It’s the mind’s “fear” of having strong feelings exploding into consciousness that creates the need for the mind to create body pain. To the mind, it’s “better” to have the pain than to consciously experience these repressed feelings. If you want to alleviate physical pain, start by shifting your focus from the physical arena to the psychological. Again, I’m just giving you the essence of his book. I highly recommend getting this book. I’ll be reading Dr. Sarno’s latest book, The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders, on my return flight.

It struck me to combine what Dr. Sarno is saying with EFT. Here are some examples of EFT setup phrases you may want to do. Use these ideas to come up with your own “custom” EFT setup phrases or affirmations:

Even though I have this unconscious rage that manifests in my body as physical pain, I deeply and completely accept myself.

Even though I have these strong unconscious feelings that manifest as pain in my [area of body], I choose to release these emotions gently and instantly.

Even though I have this pain in my [area of body], I now choose to release the unconscious emotions that contribute to it.

Again, take the seed of what I’m saying and use your intuition as you see fit to discover ways you can use EFT to relieve any physical pain. Also, visit the EFT Website for the section on EFT for Pain Management. If you have the book, Freedom at Your Fingertips: Get Rapid Physical and Emotional Relief with the Breakthrough System of Tapping, read Dr. Alexander R. Lees’ chapter, Health: Exploring the Mind/Body Connection on page 109 and Gwenn Bonnell’s chapter, Pain Management: Relieving Physical and Emotional Pain starting on page 123.

Oh, you can also see some free video clips from Dr. Sarno here.