Here's a fantastic article from Steve Wells of EFT Downunder which explore the myths around negative and positive thinking which is related to this discussion. http://www.eftdownunder.com/blog/?p=8 Regards, Rod

What I have been experimenting with both for myself and my clients is to simply tap in the positive. Doing visualisation and fully associating with what you want and tapping while in this state seems to install the vibration of that feeling into our energy systems.  While we may not have the kind of breakthrough's that happen when we ...

Jo, You experience might indicate that my assumption that we have to do something extra to experience happiness may be wrong. Maybe, as Buddhism teaches, happiness is our natural state and only our suffering is something we cover it up with. If we remove that suffering we will naturally experience happiness. Regards, Rod

All of us are familiar with the EFT Discovery statement: "The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system" Lately, I've been feeling limited by this statement because it doesn't give me a useful definition for positive emotions.  It is one thing to reduce the emotional intensity of an ...

Emergo, There's pictures and a description of the head and wrist points at EFT Tapping Points Guide. Regards, Rod

Have you ever had a client who's pattern is so strong in your energy system that you feel it having an influence on your behaviour? For example, today I had a client with the pattern that they were never listened to by men. It started with their father and then husband. What I found was that I actually had trouble paying attention to their ...

Jo, If gratitude seems like too far a reach, what about relief? I've often focused on the relief I will/am experiencing as I imagine paying those bills. It has worked for me when I really couldn't connect to gratitude. So you might tap something like: "Even though I'm stressed and freaking out with all the late bills, I choose ...

Taiyuu, I worked with a client a while back who was dealing with the frustration of not being able to express themselves in English because it wasn't their native language. From this I wrote an article about making learning english easier with EFT.  Note the use of metaphor in the article of what you want to express versus what you have ...

Maggie, Here is an article by EFT Founder Gary Craig on the Scientific evolution of EFT from TFT. Regards, Rod

Ingrid, Thanks for that assume information. I often get requests from skeptic for scientific studies so this really helps. Regards, Rod