I found EFT over a year ago, and I got curious about it.  Last summer I met someone local that did EFT so she showed me more then what I could find in the manual...which was,  what it really looked like in person.  I have been working my lists/writing on my walls for weight issues and financial issues...and though I know I am destine for great things...nothing was changing.  I have been scouring the internet, reading the weekly newsletters from Gary, reading through these forums looking for what I could be doing wrong.   I have done set up statements I have created, reworded those statements time and again, I have done them as others have created them...I have printed out and done Carol Looks' newsletters one by one...and nothing.  Just recently I found the glory of Youtube.com and have been watching some of the different videos people post on there.  I found one today  that I started tapping with...and I was doing it along with them and they were saying "let it go....let it go....you are safe"  THAT was the key and instantaeous emotional release.  Of all the searching I have done..I have never run across the reason being I didn't feel safe....and yet it had me crying (at work no less...but why I was on youtube while at work is another thing all together).  To me I felt "safe" in my own cocoon of self denial and inaction., but yet the extra weight will cause health problems...the ignoring the finacial problems won't make them go away...but make them worse...so letting myself know it is safe to come out of that cocoon and address these issues...was like a huge burden release.  I have addressed these issues a hundred times with the "fear of change"  "fear of action"...and yet it never felt complete.

 Has anyone every had that sort of ephipany and then had things move along after? 

 Hi Comfort29,

Thanks so much for sharing your story.  I understand completely about tapping on various stuff and not feeling much shift and then finding the right wording, person, or situation for  tapping and having a huge moment of recognition and emotional release.   I admire your tenacity -- and I'm glad you kept looking and found what resonated!  I wonder if the other work you had done laid some groundwork or if it was the particular languaging that was the key for you ....  regardless, congrats on your breakthrough ....

All the best,

Deborah

You hit a core issue in your need to be safe. Congratulations! Now explore what safe is for you. Sometimes its a real revelation to work with someone, even if they don't see you. 

Another approach to weight issues is to tap: My healthy weight is_____to ___, that is what I weigh. You will notice there are TWO blanks here. That's because you weight normally shifts 3-5 pounds during a day for various reasons. Depending on your age you may be stuck with an unrealistic weight from you teen years. As we age it is OK for our weight to be different, especially if you were VERY thin as a teen. To discover your healthy weight range, muscle test for it or have someone help you do this. Another approach would be to find a picture of yourself at a healthy weight when there were many happy feelings and think what was it that made this a good place to be. I gave this statement to a friend of mine to use(about healthy weight) and she loves it. You don't "lose" weight. If you "lose" something you want it back.

I see that this is an old post, but I am wondering if you might have the link to that youtube video comfort29?