“I knew old feelings of self-consciousness and awkwardness could make for one long, miserable evening if I didn’t do some tapping.”

“When you feel criticized, there are always a number of aspects that you can tap on to remove the sting. First is the remark itself. It’s often helpful just to tap as you repeat the words that were said. Second is how it makes you feel, especially how it makes you feel about yourself…”

“We judge ourselves against our peers but we often retain the wounds of those beliefs into adulthood even though our adult minds know better. Our hearts and subconscious minds don’t. That is why all the intellectual reasons we give ourselves why we should ‘know better’ don’t work. We have to pull out those thorns that still make us hurt deep down.”

“I think so often when we are ‘stuck’ with a negative belief process or trauma, what keeps it so locked in place is our lack of acceptance and love. When we shine the light of love and kindness through acceptance on an issue, it is like the sun burning off the clouds…”

“What is amazing is how long this has lasted. I’ve had chocolate on occasion, for instance I had some chocolate milk… but that’s all I wanted. I haven’t even wanted a chocolate bar. It’s great…”

“We talked and tapped with regard to what the little girl needed: someone to pay attention to her feelings, to validate what she felt, to take her seriously, and to understand her. It wasn’t even so much that the little girl needed the bottle — she needed empathy and understanding for her feelings.”

“The first step to stopping reliance on dieting for some is using EFT to clear the painful or difficult emotions that haven’t been addressed successfully in the past.”

“Apparently our work together on the title alone had completely cleared the trauma. I realized that the title she had chosen was the crescendo of the event. That might not always be a good idea, but in this case, it worked wonders. Those nasty words, which had hurt her so much as a little child, had been completely neutralized and she could see the whole thing clearly and not take it personally anymore….”

“After around 2 or 3 rounds of tapping on being ashamed and humiliated that she was totally out of control in this one area of her life but so great in many others – she had an insight: She realized that she had always felt embarrassed and ashamed, like she wasn’t really ‘good enough’ and it wasn’t just about this issue.”

“Suddenly it all became clear and she began to cry as this seemingly meaningless incident that had happened to her with the man she had dated – the incident that came up as we tapped – became connected to a core issue of hers. At this point we were able to tap on the core issue in minutes and BAM! Back came ALL of her energy! It was beautiful to witness.”