“Events are highly charged, one time experiences that change a person’s energy system forever. We are most familiar with trauma, but there are two other significant types of events…”

“The pain had appeared the first time while she had a 10-year-long period of enduring stress after she had returned from the US back to the Netherlands. It was a time in which ‘I had to fix everything all by myself – you cannot imagine what happened all together.’”

“She went very still and quiet and I could see she was in tears. She lifted her head and said almost with awe and said ‘I can see my son quite differently now, I sense a much closer bond with my son!’”

“This experience with Elaine, my friend’s cat, gave me a reason to pursue my goal, so that’s why I call it Elaine’s gift. At the end of this story you will see that I wasn’t the only one to receive a gift!”

“Although PR is an energy disruption, I am happier thinking of PR in NLP terms as a protective mechanism. If we feel we need the problem in order to be protected in some way or other, then it is hard to let go of the problem…”

“Jackie then realized how hard she had been on herself, that she had been judging herself for missing that connection with her mother after all these years. She then realized that she expects a lot of herself in general. This was quite revelatory to her and she was able to see how that tendency plays out in other areas of her life.”

“Checking in with Susan towards the end of the session, most of her negative emotions were down to 1 or 0. She was feeling more ‘normal’ about having these feelings, the guilt had really reduced even though we hadn’t specifically tapped on it. Susan felt different now and could no longer relate to some of the statements she had previously stated.”

“That experience was not only good for his health, it was a great motivator for him to hope again. This [progress] made him believe that there still is power within himself, that he still will be able to accomplish positive changes…”

“She felt anger towards herself for wanting to go back to him. Guilt, shame, annoyance, frustration, anger and a sense of betrayal, were the predominating emotions…”

“…upon discovery of her sense of guilt these issues disappeared and became a “flimsy cover” under which her guilt was hidden. After addressing Amanda’s guilt, her fear of Dan’s leaving was revisited. Amanda reported that this too had completely abated.”