Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 99. A recent question on an online forum sparked my interest: Why do we ‘affirm the negative’ when doing EFT? Isn’t that reinforcing the thoughts and feelings that we don’t want? Why don’t we just affirm what we want instead? I’d like to address these very valid concerns in today’s article. …
Have you ever felt that a strong reaction to something wasn’t entirely ‘you’? Maybe it was like a younger, more vulnerable part of yourself took over. This is what we often call being ‘triggered,’ and it’s usually a ‘part’ of us that feels this way. Understanding and working with these parts of ourselves can lead …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 98. Have you ever felt that a strong reaction to something wasn’t entirely ‘you’? Maybe it was like a younger, more vulnerable part of yourself took over. This is what we often call being ‘triggered,’ and it’s usually a ‘part’ of us that feels this way. Understanding and working …
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When doing EFT (either by ourselves or with a client), it’s important to test our results. This is because of two reasons: 1) it can help us confirm that we have indeed made some progress; 2) it can help us be more thorough by uncovering emotionally charged aspects that still need to be tapped on …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 97. When doing EFT (either by ourselves or with a client), it’s important to test our results. This is because of two reasons: 1) it can help us confirm that we have indeed made some progress; 2) it can help us be more thorough by uncovering emotionally charged aspects …
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In today’s video, I’d like to talk about the issue of caring too much about what other people think. And I want to emphasize the words “too much” because I do think it’s healthy to care about what other people think to some degree, because we live in an interdependent society, and the same way that our …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 96. In today’s article, I’d like to talk about the issue of caring too much about what other people think. And I want to emphasize the words “too much” because I do think it’s healthy to care about what other people think to some degree, because we live in an interdependent …
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In many countries, there has been an increase in polarization over the past few years. This means that, for many people (myself included), political elections feel like there’s a lot at stake. They can evoke deep emotions, especially when the candidate we support doesn’t win. This is sometimes known as “Election Trauma”. So, how can …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 95. In many countries, there has been an increase in polarization over the past few years. This means that, for many people (myself included), political elections feel like there’s a lot at stake. They can evoke deep emotions, especially when the candidate we support doesn’t win. This is sometimes …
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As you might have heard me say before, EFT tends to work best when we are specific with the issue we are focusing on. This is typically done best by focusing on a specific event, such as a recent or future time where the issue you want to address might show up. However, there’s another way …