Techniques

The techniques I use are simple, easy and effective. They don’t involve any drugs or supplements. One of the main techniques I use is called EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques,) and was developed by Gary Craig in the early 1990's. If you are familiar with acupuncture, this technique is like an emotional form of acupuncture -- without the needles. Acupuncture works with physical symptoms, EFT works with the emotions.

How Does This Work?

Acupuncture is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which has been used for over 5,000 years. It’s based on the understanding that the body has energy pathways, called meridians, that affect a person’s physical, emotional and mental health. Just like you have veins and arteries carrying blood to all parts of your body, you also have energy pathways that carry energy to all parts of your body. When one of these pathways gets blocked, it causes a disruption in your physical body or your emotional or mental states.

One of the ways these pathways can be blocked is by a stressful or traumatic event. Picture a lamp that’s plugged into the wall and turned on. If you place a heavy bookcase on the cord, the weight of the bookcase will eventually degrade the wire, the electricity won’t flow the way it should and the light will start flickering or go out. If remove the weight and repair the cord, the light shines normally again.

A Specific Example

Let’s walk through an example of how this works with EFT. A stressful event happens, say you lose your job. This event causes a block or disruption in your energy system. (This is like the bookcase being put on the lamp cord.)

This disruption in your energy system creates negative emotions like fear, sadness and anger, as well as negative thoughts such as: “How will I pay my bills?” or, “What if I lose my house?” or, “How will I feed my kids?” These emotional charges (the weight of the bookcase) cause the energy pathways (the cord) to eventually degrade. If the pathways are not cleared they can cause even more negative emotions like depression or despair.

By tapping on certain points on the energy pathways, EFT clears your pathway (the cord is repaired) and removes the emotional charge (the weight of the bookcase), so your energy flows freely and you feel normal, peaceful, happy (the light shines normally).

The event hasn’t changed and you still have memories of the experience, but now your energy is flowing freely and you’re no longer worried and stressed. From this place of feeling normal and confident, you are better able to handle the problem.

If this is new to you, you may have one of several reactions. To some people, it will just make sense. Others may find it confusing or strange. The good thing is, you don’t have to understand it or believe it for this to work. It’s the same with a light. Even if you don’t understand exactly how electricity works, the light still goes on when you turn on the switch.

If this seems like it might be right for you, don’t worry about your mind not understanding it. Just trust yourself and do what feels right. I offer a simple, no-risk guarantee so people will feel comfortable trying it.

What’s Next

If this all makes sense to you and you’re ready to try it out, go to the Contact page. You can decide if you’d like to try out a workshop or a private consultation.

Or, if you want to learn about EFT, take a look at Gary Craig’s EFT website. There is information there about how to do the EFT if you want to try it out yourself. People who do it themselves have about a 50% success rate clearing specific issues with no training at all.

 

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