Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 125. It’s well known that sportspeople and performers who visualize themselves doing their task successfully have a higher likelihood of doing it well. Visualization can be a powerful tool, but sometimes, even when we try to visualize ourselves doing it well, we might struggle. The visualization might not feel …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 124. In previous articles, I’ve explored different aspects of tapping through grief. One was about how we can tap on the natural “waves of grief”, and the other focused on tapping on “positive memories” that bring up sadness (or any other painful emotion) because the person or animal we’ve …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 123. Silent tapping can be incredibly useful for those moments when the emotional intensity feels too high and no words are necessary because we are already “tuned in” to our feelings. There are two different ways I use it with my clients, and I’d like to share these approaches …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 122. When feeling anxious about any kind of public performance, such as speaking in public or singing in front of an audience, there’s an aspect that’s particularly useful to address with EFT. This aspect is to imagine other people’s potentially negative comments afterwards, as if you were a fly on …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 121. I’ve always wondered about the “internal” aspect of EFT, meaning not the words we say out loud while we tap, but our inner experience: what goes on mentally and emotionally “on the inside”. Reflecting on my own experience with EFT, I believe this internal aspect has played a big …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 120. Tapping by ourselves can be very challenging for many people, including EFT practitioners. Today, I’d like to share a sustainable way to do this. When I was finishing my Advanced Practitioner certification, one of the requirements was to do a personal case study. This involved choosing a goal …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 119. I’ve been using an analogy with some of my clients lately that I’d like to share today: the analogy of the sun and the clouds. Think about the compassionate part of us, the part where our cognitive shifts come from. Sometimes, when we’re in the midst of ‘negative’ …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 118. Recently, someone asked how to address limiting beliefs using EFT. The key lies in examining the reasons behind these beliefs, particularly the emotionally charged “evidence” that seems to support them. For instance, if you believe you’re unlucky, start by focusing on a recent event that reinforces this belief. In …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 117. When we practice EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) or explore our feelings, a useful analogy to consider is the Town Hall Meeting. Imagine a Town Hall Meeting where community members take turns speaking. If everyone speaks simultaneously, understanding individual voices becomes challenging. Typically, the organizer would pass around a …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 116. EFT, or Emotional Freedom Techniques, is great for handling situations or issues that upset us—what we often call our “triggers.” It helps us feel differently about challenges, recognizing that change is gradual and varied, much like a spectrum. At one end of this spectrum, a trigger might be overwhelming. Take …