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The emotion code

georgium — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:07:28 GMT

Hi every body;

Has anyone ever heard of the book "The emotion code" by Dr. Bradley Nelson ?

The author claims to obtain results much faster than with EFT

(even thought he says he has "the highest respect for EFT" quote )

on the other he he says What I am offering is simply a much faster

way, a unique approach, a more comprehensive method. I call it "The Emotion Code."

here is the link http://theemotioncode.com/EFT10X.htm?gclid=CM2FiIfkjp0CFcRq4wodaHx-UQ

Kind regards

Georges

Severe nutritional allergies eliminated with EFT

EFT guru — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:55:18 GMT

BREAKING NEWS: My 25 months old Adam is officially allergy-free!!!

His allergist tested him again on the skin of his back and there are no allergies detectable. A year ago, he had severe allergies to: milk, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. Six months ago, there was a barely detectable milk allergy left and some egg sensitivity. Today - nothing! Thanks EFT! :)

These days, he eats all of the above without any reaction (I used to walk around with an emergency shot called EpiPen Jr. in my purse to help prevent possible anaphylactic shock in case he ate something "funny"). He's crazy about parmesan cheese and loves to eat it with a spoon...

His allergist borrowed a copy of the fantastic EFT/Tapping documentary film titled "Try It On Everything" (recently renamed "The Tapping Solution") from me today. Fun! :)

Best,

my favorite tool

Kirsten — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:05:20 GMT

Dr Carrington's newsletter told recently about how she used the Tappy Bear for an adult who had suffered childhood trauma. This resonated deeply in me and so I went immediately to check out TB. Much to my dismay it was well out of my price range although very cute.

But then I figured why not make my own? So I got a really cute flannel stuffed dog and sewed shirt buttons (the tiny ones) on the tapping points and Wallah! A cheap surrogate alternative!

But here's what I didn't expect: This is fast becoming my favorite toy/tool. I'm looking for things in myself to tap on wheras before it was sometimes a chore ....and Oh! the yawns I get. I really can hardly believe how it's making me feel. My inner child feels comforted by a friend which means some things are safer now to tap on, I guess.

Originally I'd planned on using it when I treat children, but they may have to get their own! LOL! :D Just wanted to share. K

Ideas for an EFT workshop for children/parents

schicae — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:59:18 GMT

Hi all,

I originally posted this on the "EFT4kids" forum,but thought I'd post it here also.

I was just asked by a local Performing Arts center to do a workshop for parents and their children. I'm going to entitle it "Empowering your child". I can easily work with individuals on issues, but was hoping to do tapping with everyone.

Can anyone suggest a format or some ideas for simple tapping exercises or approaches that I can use with everyone? The children will vary in age from 5-12 probably.

Thanks.
Ed

How to bill Medicare/Medicaid for EFT?

RichmondGarwood — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:34:49 GMT

Does anyone know how to bill Medicare or Medicaid for EFT work? I am a new EFT practitioner. I also work at a non-profit organization that helps disabled adults find & keep employment. All of our clients are on Medicare or Medicaid and MOST of them have major issues (depression, pain, etc) that are keeping them from being successful in holding consistent employment. Most of these issues/blocks could be cleared up quickly with EFT, which would also help us help THEM keep steady employment. It is a win/win for us AND our clients. They are no longer as disabled, and it helps us help them keep their job. Is there any way that we could bill EFT to Medicare/Medicaid? One option that may be possible would be to hire a licensed therapist who would SUPERVISE and then "sign off" on my work and we could then bill it as legitimate therapy under a code that Medicare/Medicaid pays for. Supervision and "signing off" is a VERY common practice in the field of Engineering and Architecture. Maybe it could apply here with EFT. I am new to EFT, so I am not sure how this works. I just want to help our disabled clients. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? If anyone knows how to do this, it would be an area for an UNLIMITED new stream of clients. The percentage of "Disabled Adults" in the USA is now about 8% or more. Thanks! Rich in San Antonio, Texas

Emotion Code

TappingGuru — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:41:57 GMT

I've been playing around with this and getting some interesting results. Anyone else? I'm toying with the idea of inviting Dr Brad over to the UK. If anyone else is interested, please get in touch. Love, peace and hugz Ivan

How our experience fools the brain to see only what we know

Ingrid — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:58:29 GMT

Here is a great presentation of how our perception can fool us to only see what we know.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/26/lotto.optical.illusions/index.html

I'll use the red/green experiment in my next class! Isn't the brain amazing! I think this gives great insights into personal interaction and another way of explaining the "writing on the wall".

Love

Ingird

How to build your EFT practice

successfuleft — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:17:03 GMT

Hi everyone,

There has been lots of discussion on this forum about effective ways to build your EFT practice. Recently, I came across an article by EFTer Carol Solomon called How to Build Your EFT Practice by Leveraging Your Time. It's available for free here on the emofree.com site at http://www.emofree.com/Articles2/eft-business-carol.htm

I'd be curious to hear people's experience with the techniques that Carol mentions.

Warmly,

Paul

Reticular Activation System

atöm — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:49:41 GMT

To most around here must be familiar Gary´s concept of our antenna, related to the reticular formation or reticular activation system. In regards to this function, would anyone have solid factual information on how this part of our brains processes information as to create this effect? The information I´ve found is related more to sleeping cycles and sensory information retrieval and barely mentions it´s role on consciousness in the vein Gary suggests in his videos. More accurate information on this regards would be of tremendous assistance. Thanks for the pointers. a.

Stop smoking shortcut

Tom H — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:20:42 GMT

Does anyone remember the stop smoking sequence shortcut that works for some people? Is it under the nose and under the arm?

Thank you,

Tom H

Facebook advertising

schicae — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:39:43 GMT

I'm writing this in response to Paul and others. I submitted a Facebook ad more than 3 weeks ago. 0 response thus far. I'm not sure I get it.

I'm paying by "impressions" and get thousands of those. But I also notice "clicks" to my website. When I check my website, the duration of the visit from these clicks was always 10 seconds. Not sure that real people are actually clicking and going to my website.

Does anyone know more about this means of advertising?

Thanks.

Tapping Partner/Buddy

Mirabai — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:32:57 GMT

Hi All,

I'm in search for a tapping partner/buddy to support one another in growth and healing.

If you or anyone you know may be interested in that I'd love to hear from you.

Blessings,

Mirabai

A missing CD for the EFT course

georgium — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:13:14 GMT

Hi every one,

My name is Georges, living in France (a Frenchman) I discovered EFT in 2002,

and started learning it with Garry's CD, 4 series I did buy in 2003.

I used EFT regularly for me, friends and relatives ,

relatives of friends and friends of relatives :-) since 2004, most of the time with great success .

I have 4 sets: The EFT Course1

EFT Specialty Series 1

From EFT to the Palace of Possibilities

Steps Towards Becoming The Ultimate Therapist.

Unfortunately a CD is missing in the set EFT Course 1, (number 7).

Does any one, there in the States, knows if it could be possible to obtain it somehow?

I dare not ask if a good Christian :-) could send it to me by email in attach file (for instance)...

I must say it is not crucial. But after all those years, since I almost know the videos by heart it would be wise

for me to pass the exam for the EFT certification.

It could be harder for me, English being not my mother tongue, so for the purpose I would

prefer that not a single CD was missing

Kind regards every one.

Georges

A useful story

Ricky — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:45:22 GMT

Imagine a grown man who, strangely enough, has no knowledge of medication. He has never heard of the stuff ever in his life. He's gotten sick before, and he would always find ways to cope until it passed - lots of juice, and bedrest, and so forth.

One day, he tells you he's sick - stuffed nose, headache, hacking cough.

You tell him, "Here's a bottle of penicillin pills. Take 1 pill every 8 hours for the next 10 days, and see how you feel."

He looks confused. "What are you talking about? I'm sick. I'll just wait and tough it out like I always do."

"Yeah, but what if you could get relief right now?"

"But that's ridiculous! That can't be done."

"Yes it can. Just take these pills like I said."

"How are these going to help?"

"You just swallow one every 8 hours, with a glass of water. You'll get relief fast."

"But that doesn't even make sense! Look, if you told me to massage my head to get rid of my headaches, I could believe that. If you gave me a nasal spray to clear my stuffed nose, that sounds reasonable. But this? It's going to go straight into my stomach, not the areas where I need help. That's just science!"

"It will break open in your stomach and the medicine gets absorbed into your bloodstream. Then it gets transmitted to every part of you that needs healing."

"How does it know which parts need healing?"

"The body knows where to send the medicine."

"Ha! You don't even know how it works yourself. You just explain with some vague story about the body's systems."

"I know it works."

"Really? How?"

"I've used it on myself in the past. I felt better quickly."

"Yeah, I get the same way. I drink some OJ, sleep a few hours, and I'm feeling a bit better. And I don't need any silly 'pill' to make me feel better."

"I don't mean a 'bit' better. I mean real, deep, powerful relief. Your nose clears. Your cough stops. Your headache is gone."

"Oh, you probably just tricked yourself into believing you're better. I distract myself with football on TV and I completely forget about being sick."

"I'm not talking about forgetting or distractions. Penicillin doesn't care whether you don't believe in it - it will still cure your diseases."

"Sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me."

"Look, just try it and tell me how you feel tomorrow."

"Ok, I'll humour you."

And the next day, "So how do you feel?"

"Great! I can breathe again, my head feels normal, and my cough is gone. I got a lot of sleep last night, and that did the trick."

"Sleep? What about the penicillin?"

"Oh yeah I took a few of those. You can them back." And he returns the bottle with 3 pills gone.

And you quietly put the bottle away, in case he's feeling sick again tomorrow.

****

This story came to me out of nowhere as I was trying to explain EFT to a friend. It really resonated with me, and I hope you like it.

Client attraction plans that work

successfuleft — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:15:20 GMT

Hi all,

I've been talking with a number of other coaches recently (EFT and others) about what the difference between practitioners who have busy practices and those who don't. Over and over, what I've heard is the theme of a marketing or, if you prefer, a client attraction plan. Since getting more clients is a frequent theme on this forum, I'd like to ask three questions along these lines:

1) In one line, how would you describe the people you are trying to attract to your practice?

2) What are the 3-4 most important elements of your client attraction plan?

3) How well is your client attraction plan working for you?

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this conversation.

Blessings,

Paul

He doesn't want to tap in a group

Ricky — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:19:51 GMT

I started doing EFT in a group setting with a few friends, to use the idea of borrowing benefits. After discussing the concept of EFT with them, and showing them the basic recipe, I started demonstrating on myself for them. One guy "Joe" said that he would not feel comfortable sharing some of his issues in a group. What solutions are there for that? We could tap on a generic "Even though I have this issue...", but that always felt weak to me - less effective. I know that the details are usually not important, so he could make generic statements instead; instead of "Even though my mom yelled at me for dropping a plate..." he could say "Even though she yelled at me when I made that mistake..." Is that valuable? And do you have any other suggestions?

The therapist's face

Ricky — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:09:54 GMT

I'm not a practitioner, but this forum seems like the right place for this question...

I used to go to a psychotherapist a few years back. I stopped seeing him after being with him for 4 years. He had the classic psychotherapist "stone face" and it really infuriated me - even now, after 2 years since I stopped seeing him.

The stone face felt very dehumanizing. Normal people show reactions to things. I would like a therapist to show compassion, which he rarely did. He didn't feel human - in fact he often said that therapists are expected to be inhuman. As a result I didnt feel human either with him - I felt like I was a puzzle he was solving, not a human being he was empathizing with.

I tried tapping on this issue but it doesn't want to budge. It's gotten worse recently because a friend of mine is an aspiring therapist and he's started using the stone face with me, and it's affecting our friendship. Any suggestions?

New EFT technique - Shadow Reintergration Technique

Ben Huss — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:23:10 GMT

Hi all

Recently I have been making some really rapid breakthroughs with my clients. I decided to write the steps I have been using so I could share it with the EFT community. Here is my first draft (not even finished yet) I wrote a couple of days ago. I have called it Shadow Reintergration Technique, but this is only a working title until I find something catchier. i have found it very useful to use to get straight to the root of the problem.

I hope you enjoy using it, let me know your experiance both on yourselves and your clients.

Click Click Here to learn the Shadow Reintergration Technique
password: eft123

kind regards,

Ben

Stopping smoking advertising, thinking of making it 100% EFT

Suzanne — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:50:03 GMT

Hi,

I wonder if I can pick your brains here for ideas. I used to do 100% EFT treatments for smoking in the UK, but now in South Africa, most people over 30, the majority of my clients, have serious trauma and feel only safe with a good deal of hypnosis and very little EFT. I can get round this by EFTing on clients in hypnosis, but it puts great strain on my back doing it for two-hour sessions at a time, three sessions a day.

But I am happier giving 100% EFT treatments, maybe with a little hypnosis thrown it for a nice ending or a de-stress start. I tried advertising it and it fell like a lead balloon. However, I want this so much, because the results are enormous, and I feel I want the full 100% success that EFT can give the client, totally removing all reasons behind the smoking. I've tried testimonials, even actual treatments recoded live with the clients clearly feeling fantastic as they stopped smoking. I have decided that for budget purposes, most clients will be happy with a group session, say available on a weekly or twice-monthly basis. I feel maybe an eye-catching title (it has to be short to fit into my ad title space) would do it. Has anyone out there any similar experiences and advice for me?

Using social networking to build your practice

successfuleft — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:17:52 GMT

I work with lots of EFT practitioners who want to grow their practices. If you have been listening to anyone who’s someone in the marketing world lately, you have heard that social media marketing is growing like the rabbit population during a very wet year. One of the reasons that my own practice has grown faster than most is because early on I tapped into the power of social networking.

One of the big challenges when you’re starting with social networking is finding other people who share your passion. To help you do this, I came up recently came up with a list of over 30 EFT practitioners on the social network Twitter. The people on list have extensive knowledge about tapping, are skillful at using Twitter as a social networking tool and are real go-givers.

If you are passionate about EFT and other forms of energy tapping and would like to learn more about attracting more clients, I’d suggest taking a look at what this group is doing. You don't have to join Twitter to see and I'm not saying that social networking is the right strategy for everyone.

You can see the list by clicking here.

I'm curious about other people's experience with social networking. Is it something you have tried? If so, what networks seem helpful?

Blessings,

Paul

Why don't I see all threads?

Joe.Aquan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:12 GMT

Hi,

How come it's written that there are over 400 threads in this specific forum, but when I press on the forum, I only see 27 threads? This happens to me also in other forums (like PTSD for example), but on some not.

Thanks for your clarification,

Joe

vertigo as a side effect of healing

TZ B — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:25:47 GMT

I have suffered from debilitating vertigo three or four times since learning EFT about 6 months ago. It seems to come after an unusually intense and successful session of EFT on myself. I wake up the following morning feeling really sick to my stomach and dizzy for at least half the day.

At least two people who learned about EFT through me and have done their own work have also experienced similar symptoms.

I did a search and found no one else who describes bouts of vertigo after doing EFT.

Has anyone elso experienced this side-effect?

What to call oneself when offering EFT services?

Tapelgan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:03:21 GMT

Background: 75 years old, using EFT personally with great success on many issues for 2 years; state-licensed mental health counselor, certificated k-12 school counselor over 40 years, drug counselor, etc; not interested in a career, but would like to share EFT with others for modest pay part-time.

I'm dropping my counselor license because I don't want to be bothered with CEUs and renewal fees; don't see EFT as "counseling" as generally perceived.

Labels I'm toying with, and for which I'd appreciate feedback/suggestions: Stress (consultant, advisor, coach, trainer) or simply a business card with name and phone #, relying on personal contacts and referrals.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Tapelgan

How to get more clients?

mark4444 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:16 GMT

This is a question that interests nearly all of us here I would imagine.

It's amazing to me that we have such a fantastic service to offer people yet the hardest part from my experience is getting enough clients!!

Anyway I would like to make a thread here dedicated to actual real life examples of what you have done and the results obtained rather than theories about how it could be done.

Hopefully we can create a template for others to follow in other parts of the world.

I will tell you what I have done so far.

2 months ago I mailed out 19 letters to a variety of organisations such as charities,health oriented associations,sporting bodies etc and got 2 replies.

One of those rang me,[a very well known person] and told me to call him in a month,I then called and left messages twice and he didn't return my calls. The other one is from a sporting association and i'm waiting for his response after mailing him more information that he had requested.

A week ago I sent off 16 letters to dentists and got zero response

I also sent off 6 emails to a sporting club list and got zero response.

I have posted to various message boards and free ad' sites on the internet without success.

I wish I could give you some good news but so far I can't.

I spent quite some time carefully crafting the letters and thought that they looked professional so don't think that's the problem.

Anyway,hopefully someone here has some real examples of what they have done so as to save us reinventing the wheel.

I am certainly not giving up,letters are a very inexpensive form of advertising,so i'll be doing more.even getting into just 1 network would make it worthwhile.

Mark

The truth about trademarks has just hit me

Suzanne — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:55:13 GMT

A pirate organization is trying to trademark one of my company names - just months before we make the application to make it a non-profit (since you need funds to make a company a non-profit). I was incredulous, but now for the first time I realize exactly why the two trademarked therapies that I do and love so much (EFT and Tera-Mai Reiki) were trademarked in the first place.

To be honest, I am still shocked and tapping on it as we go through each step of the process. Now expensive lawyers have to come in to the equation just as I have signed for a lease on my new offices in town and started buying furniture and furnishings. I cannot believe anyone could be so heartless. This is not just hitting me in the pocket but is also affecting the services we wanted to offer to those who need them the most - children, drug addicts, abuse survivors - oh boy - tap tap... Just to add insult to injury, we got news on our day off, and now the only two days off we were to have in a whole month are now canceled... tap tap tap...

We looked online to see if we can do the trademark application ourselves in the UK, as here in Africa, these things can be very expensive. Is there maybe a USA version that is speedy and relatively inexpensive?

Any practical advice is much appreciated.