TFT Algorithm For Anger

ANGER ALGORITHM

1. Tune the Thought Field -- that is, intentionally think about the anger that you are treating. 

2. Rate the severity of your anger at this moment, using the Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) scale. On this scale, 10 is the worst you could possibly feel, and 1 indicates absolutely no trace of upset. Write down the SUD rating before you continue to the next step.

3.  Tap the "little finger  spot" five times. It is located on the side inside tip of the finger, adjacent to the nail, and on the side of the finger next to the ring finger.

4. Tap the "collarbone point." To locate it, take two fingers of either hand and run them down the center of the throat to the top of the center collarbone notch. This is approximately even with the spot where a man would knot his tie. From there, move straight down an additional inch. Then move to the right one inch. Tap this point five times. 

5. Take a second SUD rating and write it down. If the SUD has decreased 2 or more points (which will be the case for most people), then continue with step 6 below. If there was no change, however, or if the change in the SUD was only 1 point, perform the correction for a psychological reversal, using the technique described in this post (CLICK HERE). Then repeat steps 1 through 5.

6. Perform the nine-gamut treatments. Locate the gamut spot on the back of the hand, about an inch below the raised knuckles of the ring finger and little finger when making a fist. Begin tapping the gamut spot with two fingers of the opposite hand, about three to five times per second, and continue tapping while performing all nine steps below ( tap five or six times for each of the nine-gamut positions). It is very important to tap the gamut spot throughout all nine of these gamut treatments:

G1~ Open the eyes.

G2~ Close the eyes.

G3~ Open the eyes and point eyeball down and to the left.

G4~ Point the eyeballs down and to the right.

G5~ Whirl the eyeballs around in a circle in one direction (clockwise).

G6~ Whirl the eyeballs around in the opposite direction (counter clockwise).

G7~ Hum a few bars of any tune aloud (more than a single note; 
rest the eyes).

G8~ Count aloud from one to five.

G9~ Hum the tune again.

7. Tap the little finger spot five times again.

8. Tap the collarbone point five times again.

9. Take still another SUD rating and write it down. If it has declined to 1 (which will happen with most people), move to step 10 below. But if it has decreased significantly yet is still not a 1, perform the MINI PR correction as described below, and then repeat the treatment steps above.

10. To ensure that the improvements you've made are complete, perform the floor-to-ceiling eye roll (when the SUD is 2 or lower): Hold the head level and move your eyes down. Then begin tapping the gamut point as you move your eyes upward.

MINI PR

 A related procedure, called a mini psychological reversal correction, can be used when you decrease your SUD to a 3 or 4 but can't seem to get it any lower.  In other words, you've achieved substantial improvement, but you can't get to the finish line.  A block exists that is keeping you from reducing the SUD any further
  
In the algorithm for your particular emotional problem, you'll be instructed on whether and when to use this technique. here is the  procedure to follow:
~ Find the PR spot mentioned above,  located on the outside edge of the  hand, between the wrist and the  base of the little finger. 

~ Tap about fifteen (15) times with two fingers of the opposite hand.

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As long as a psychological reversal persists, TFT ( or any other treatment) won't be able to get the SUD to a 1.  The PR or mini PR correction will open the door that allows TFT to eradicate your problem.

ANGER AND RAGE

Anger can be a crippling emotion, and one that many people handle poorly. When anger becomes chronic -- unresolved anger with a spouse, a misbehaving adolescent, or an overly demanding boss, for example -- it can put your physical health at risk, too, increasing blood pressure, releasing stress hormones, and escalating the risk of heart attacks. 

   Women in particular are often taught to suppress their anger rather than express it. But burying anger can lead to everything from depression to physical ailments. At the other extreme, anger may trigger shouting and screaming, which does nothing to resolve the underlying emotion and often simply escalates the level of anger. It is much healthier to calm the emotion, and nothing can accomplish that more quickly and effectively than Thought Field Therapy (TFT). 

  Above you find two algorithms -- one for anger and the second for rage. Choose the first one for the most situation in which anger has pervaded your life. Rage is a more intense, all-consuming anger in which an individual may even lose control and express that rage with physical abuse of a spouse  or child. As a general guideline, begin with the anger algorithm, if it is not completely effective, then try the rage algorithm. 

TFT Algorithm For Complex Trauma WITH ANGER

COMPLEX TRAUMA WITH ANGER ALGORITHM

1. Tune the Thought Field -- that is, intentionally think about the traumatic event that produces such emotional distress in your life. 

2. Rate you distress level at this moment, using the Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) scale. On this scale, 10 is the worst you could possibly feel, and 1 indicates absolutely no trace of upset. Write down the SUD rating before you continue to the next step.

3. Using two fingers of one hand, tap a spot at the beginning of the eyebrow, just above the bridge of the nose. Tap five times, firmly and gently, not nearly hard enough to bruise or hurt, but solidly enough to stimulate the energy flow in the system. 

4. Tap five times under the eye, about an inch below the bottom of the eyeball,  at the bottom of the center of the bony obit, high on the cheek. tap firmly, but not hard enough to cause pain. 

5. Tap solidly five times under the arm, about four inches directly below the armpit, using rigid fingers. In men, this spot is under the arm about even with the nipple. Women can locate this spot by tapping at about the center of the bra under the arm.

6. Tap the "collarbone point." To locate it, take two fingers of either hand and run them down the center of the throat to the top of the center collarbone notch. This is approximately even with the spot where a man would knot his tie. From there, move straight down an additional inch. Then move to the right one inch. Tap this point five times. 

7. Tap the "little finger spot" five times. It is located on the inside tip of the finger, adjacent to the nail, and on the side of the finger next to the ring finger.

8. Tap the collarbone point five times again.

9. Take a second SUD rating and write it down. if the SUD has decreased 2 or more points (which will be the case for most people), then continue with step 6 below. If there was no change, however, or if the change in the SUD was only 1 point, perform the correction for a psychological reversal, using the technique described in this post (CLICK HERE). Then repeat steps 1 through 9.

10. Perform the nine-gamut treatments. Locate the gamut spot on the back of the hand, about an inch below the raised knuckles of the ring finger and little finger when making a fist. begin tapping the gamut spot with two fingers of the opposite hand, about three to five times per second, and continue tapping while performing all nine steps below ( tap five or six times for each of the nine-gamut positions). It is very important to tap the gamut spot throughout all nine of these gamut treatments:

G1~ Open the eyes.
G2~ Close the eyes.
G3~ Open the eyes and point eyeball down and to the left.
G4~ Point the eyeballs down and to the right.
G5~ Whirl the eyeballs around in a circle in one direction (clockwise).
G6~ Whirl the eyeballs around in the opposite direction (counter clockwise).
G7~ Hum a few bars of any tune aloud (more than a single note; rest the eyes).
G8~ Count aloud from one to five.
G9~ Hum the tune again.

11. Tap the spot at the beginning of the eyebrow again. Tap five times, firmly and gently.

12. Tap under the eye five times again.

13. Tap solidly five times under the arm again.

14. Tap the collarbone point five times again.

15. Tap the little finger spot five times again.

16. Tap the collarbone point free times again.

17. Take still another SUD rating and write it down. If it has declined to 1 (which will happen with most people), move to step 10 below. But if it has decreased significantly yet is still not a 1, perform the MINI PR correction as described below, and then repeat the treatment steps above.

18. To ensure that the improvements you've made are complete, perform the floor-to-ceiling eye roll (when the SUD is 2 or lower): Hold the head level and move your eyes down. Then begin tapping the gamut point as you move your eyes upward.

Tapping The Healer Within

PUTTING THE ALGORITHMS TO WORK

WE'VE REACHED THE "hands-on" portion of the program. it's finally time to put the algorithms to work -- to use the "recipes" that can produce rapid and lasting healing of your emotional distress, and even your physical discomfort. Whether you've been struggling with this problem for weeks or for most of your lifetime, these algorithms have the power to eradicate it in minutes. like a skilled surgeon with steady hands and a fine-tuned scalpel, you can use the algorithms to excise the distress that has disrupted your life for so long.

Each algorithm is composed of a series of tapping maneuvers and other steps that need to be followed carefully. The recipe for every problem is unique and has been carefully formulated and tested for that specific condition.  Though many of the same tapping maneuvers appear in one algorithm after another, the selection and sequence of steps vary from one recipe to the next. the algorithm for ANXIETY is different from the one for ANGER; the algorithm for DEPRESSION is different from the one for OBSSESION.

Turn to the particular disorder you'd like to treat, and before actually using the algorithm, read through it from beginning to end. Become completely familiar with it. If you'd like, isolate each step and try it out. Tap at the edge of the eyebrow. Tap under the eye. Find the "collarbone point" and practice tapping it. once you become comfortable with each step, you're ready to implement the entire algorithm.



To enjoy the recipe's full benefits,

Frequently Asked Questions about Thought Field Therapy (TFT).

The healing world of Callahan Techniques® and Thought Field Therapy® spawned the beginnings of many therapies, often collectively called Energy Psychology.

TFT is often confused with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and other tapping therapies, as they make the promise of a simplified version of Roger Callahan's tapping therapy... unfortunately, we have learned that there are different sequences for differing problems, as the bodies energy field reacts to TFT algorithms in different ways.

Most tapping techniques have a basis in the original form of Thought Field Therapy, and together have all performed a tremendous service to improve the effectiveness of alternative healing and the field of psychology.

 TFT is world-renowned as the authoritive source of tapping therapy - we are active in countries such as Rwanda and also are working with soldiers returning home from battle. 

We offer programs for those wanting to treat themselves, and we also offer programs that will benefit you as a TFT practitioner. Thought Field Therapy has created a number of new and ground-breaking training programs to help other meridian energy tapping practitioners make the transition To TFT. 

As many practicing and receiving benefit from these newer therapies may not be aware of the history and the underpinnings of their beginnings, we have created this brief history and time-line guide of how Dr. Roger Callahan Founded TFT Meridian Energy Tapping.
 

In this guide, there is a short list of some of the numerous versions of energy therapies, having their beginnings in TFT. The very fact that there are so many versions, varieties and methods and that they are all effective to varying degrees, and have helped over a million people worldwide, is testament to the power of the original, Thought Field Therapy (TFT).  

A therapy, which can be copied, tweaked, and adjusted by different practitioners all over the world, with each version remaining effective, and doing no harm, demonstrates the true underlying power and simplicity

 While all of the various methods and ideas have developed over the years, TFT has also been a dynamic, constantly changing and improving modality. We welcome all EFT practitioners and those of the various energy based therapies into our TFT family and friends.  

We have provided a simple time line and history of development of TFT for your understanding, and as a way to ease TFT into your knowledge and practice of meridian energy tapping.

Together we can be a much stronger force
for change and improvement in the world of healing.

1.	What is Thought Field Therapy® (TFT)?
	Tapping Into Nature's Healing System Over 20 Years in Development - Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is the procedure that provides a code to nature's healing system, when applied to problems, addresses their fundamental causes, balancing the body's energy system and allowing you to eliminate most negative emotions within minutes. This Code is elicited through TFT's unique assessment procedures. "When I observe a number of suffering patients who did not respond to our usual treatment modalities, suddenly get better after TFT algorithms are given,I don't need a double-blind controlled study to tell me the value of TFT"                    ...James McKoy, MD Chief, Pain Clinic, Chief Rheumatology Service Assistant Chief, Neuroscience Department, Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii region   "The power and beauty of TFT VT is truly awesome. Even though I have experienced it time and again I am constantly amazed at the healing that takes place through TFT in areas that other therapies could hardly effect at all, much less with the speed and thoroughness of TFT. I believe that nothing so powerful, effective, predictable, and reproducible has ever taken place in healing and self-development."  ....Mary L. Cowley, PhD, TFT VT Thought Field Therapy by Voice Carlsbad, CA
2.	Why should I want to learn TFT?
	Brief self-help with rapid, measurable results. High success with most problems or negative emotions. Works with any age from very young children to the elderly. Effective help without the pain or retraumatization or reliving of past problems
3.	Who can use and learn TFT?
	Parents • Counselors • Clergy • Educators • Employers • Business executives • Policemen & Firemen • Massage Therapists • Healthcare professionals • Social Workers • Traders/Brokers • And anyone in a high stress environment
4.	What do professionals say about TFT?
	"It is beyond amazing. I have never seen any treatment so powerful." ...Dr. Martin Swartz, Research Associate Professor, New York University Medical School. "I have received ongoing feedback from many of the doctors and psychologists who have incorporated your techniques into their practice, and comments like 'extraordinary success with the Callahan Techniques in my most chronic, difficult-to-treat cases...' " ... Dr. Lee Pulos, President, Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis. "One of the most effective and most powerful for quick clinical relief and help - and the idea of psychological reversal is one of the major discoveries in psychology?" ...Gary Emery, Ph.D., Co-author, "Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective" "TFT is extraordinarily powerful, in that clients receive nearly immediate relief from their suffering and the treatment appears to be permanent... it does not require the client to talk about their troubles, something that often causes more emotional pain and discourages many from seeking treatment... it is extremely efficient (fast and long lasting)."  ...Charles Figley PhD, Professor and Director, Psychosocial Stress Research Program and Clinical Laboratory, Florida State University. "I asked my problem patients to try your technique and in one week it has proven 100% successful for those who have used it." ...David Kerchner, Hollywood Weight Loss Centre, Ellwood, Philadelphia, USA "I have recommended and used Dr. Callahan's Five Minute Phobia Cure in my Self-Esteem seminars for many years. Now, his new Stop the Nightmares of Trauma provides us with a simple, self-help technique for past traumas. This revolutionary approach brings us one giant step closer to reducing the suffering of trauma victims throughout the world." ...Jack Canfield, Co-Author, "Chicken Soup for the Soul®" Series "I find it exceedingly rapid and applicable to a wide variety of patients."  ...Dr. Patricia Carrington, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Rutgers Medical School. "If it had been a horse race, which the investigators as well as the innovators were all at pains to deny, the TFT contingent would have won, hands down. Requiring virtually nothing in the way of personal interaction, TFT can bypass all that tedious therapeutic business of joining, empathy, history taking, reprocessing and the like, and zero in on the problem immediately at hand. With 10-minute treatments not at all unusual?" ...Mary Sykes Wylie, Ph.D., Senior Editor, "The Family Therapy Networker, July/Aug, 1996."   "For 25 years I have treated American war veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I have witnessed gallant efforts to keep a job, be members of a family, overcome homelessness and resist the temptation of suicide... I am very grateful to Dr. Callahan for his discovery of Thought Field Therapy. For too long a time, my patients and I have yearned for something like this. In my opinion, this gentle action technique is easily the best approach to thorough and enduring relief from this crippling psychological disorder." ...Carl Johnson, PhD, Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, Program for Homeless Veterans, Martinsburg, West Virginia   "I have been trained in a traditional medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and psycho pharmacological model and I can state clearly - If I had only one therapy to use it would be Callahan Techniques® Thought Field Therapy. It's the best therapy in history!" ...Luanne Ruona, MD, Director, Center for Holistic Therapy, Washington, DC and Alexandria, VA   "This (training) was a pinnacle for me. It expanded, reviewed and integrated what I had already learned and provided many new things for me to learn" ...Rita Weinberg, PhD, Professor of Psychology at National-Louis University, Wheeling Campus, Wheeling, Illinois   "TFT is not just the most powerful tool in traumatic stress reduction; IT SAVES LIVES. I have used TFT to intervene with a suicidal client and it worked. Thank you Dr. Callahan for sharing this with the world." ...Bruce Ramsay, CTR, CISM, Program Director, First Nations? Emergency Services Society of B.C. "What's fascinating about TFT is it's quick, painless and its success rate is almost unbelievable... anywhere from 80-97%...which is really unheard of in the field of mental health in any type of treatment over this whole century."                      ...Shad Meshad, President, National Veterans Foundation and Founder / Author of the National Veterans Centre Programme, USA "Using your technique I was able to help, in minutes, 10 nervous executives speak... (in public)...with no trace of their former fear."                      Dr. Christopher Hegarty, Renowned and Award-winning Speaker / Trainer. "Here we have patients and family members going through acute and chronic medical, surgical and psychiatric problems. I am using Callahan Techniques on a daily basis for rapid treatment of trauma of various kinds. These rapid treatments are far superior to traditional crisis intervention techniques in that the client/ patient receives amelioration of the problem in minutes rather than days, weeks or months."  ... Dr. M. Marie Green, Clinical Social Worker, McKay-Dee Hospital, Ogden, Utah, USA.
5.	How Can TFT Benefit Me? What Kind of Problems Can Be Helped?
	Anxiety and Stress Personal fears or your children's fears Anger and Frustration Eating or smoking or drinking problems Loss of loved ones Social or public speaking fears Sexual or intimacy problems Travel anxiety including fear of flying or driving on the freeways Nail biting Cravings Low moods and mood swings
6.	What is the difference between Steps A & B Training and the algorithm (recipe) level self-help tape and book products?
	The algorithms or recipes provided in most of our self-help books and tapes are common patterns that work on about 80% of simple problems. Steps A & B contain the Callahan Techniques® TFT special assessment procedures for helping with more difficult and varying problems. They teach the very same assessment procedures that were used to identify the common algorithms and allow you to work more effectively on even difficult and complex problems. "Conventional psychotherapy is like carpet bombing - time consuming, wasteful of resources and usually misses the target. TFT causal diagnosis is like a laser guided missile - it hits the target 95% of the time - and never causes collateral damage". .....Dr Colin M. Barron M. B. Ch.B., FRSH, BSCMEH, Glasgow, Scotland "Causal diagnosis is like debugging the basic programming codes of a software program so it can run optimally." .....Caroline Sakai, PhD, TFTdx, VT, Honolulu, HA "With TFT's unique causal diagnosis the therapist can zero in to the most basic causes of a psychological problem quickly and effectively and in almost all cases eliminates the psychological symptoms related to the problem in a very short period of time."                    ....Suzanne Connolly, CISW "Causal Diagnosis is as simple and as powerful as knowing the correct telephone number". ....Pauline Bosch, MA, TFTdx, Co. Meath, Ireland CLICK HERE TO LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK Tapping the Healer Within Tapping the Healer Within is a good book, and Roger Callahan is an excellent writer. However TFT as taught in the book has been far superceded by EFT. Thought Field Therapy is the technique that Callahan invented and teaches in Tapping the Healer Within, and it is way more complicated than Emotional Freedom Technique as taught on this website. Both techniques are effective to an equal degree.  For practical use of Tapping, you are far better off reading Tap Yourself Free. It will give you the understanding of your emotional system and your negative feelings and beliefs that you need to use Tapping in your daily life.  It’s difficult to learn the Tapping sequence from any book, although Tapping the Healer Within contains great diagrams and clear instructions. It’s much easier to learn from a video though - you can start tapping right away with the videos on this site.   There is no benefit to learning TFT when you can learn EFT. You can use them both on the same problems and they tend to have the same level of effectiveness.   However, Tapping the Healer Within gives you a great understanding of the emotional system and the way energy techniques such as EFT and TFT release trapped energy.  Thought Field Therapy combines acupuncture points from Oriental Medicine with Body Centered Psychotherapy,all of which is nicely explained in Tapping the Healer Within.  Learning Tapping from a book like Tapping the Healer Within is not the easiest way, it is far better to have someone guide you through it. Even the most experienced healers can have difficulty treating themselves, and see other healers for precisely this reason. When you are starting out it can be particularly difficult.  The next best thing from seeing someone in private is to use video tutorials such as the ones on this site.  The difference between EFT and TFT as taught in Tapping the Healer Within is that for TFT there are many different ‘recipes’ for tapping procedures. EFT uses the same tapping procedure each time and is just as effective. All that is needed is to direct the mind’s attention by verbalising the problem.  Learning particular recipes such as those in Tapping the Healer Within for each different problem is unnecessary. It also seems doubtful that a particular problem would have the same tapping sequence for everyone. People’s energy systems are as diverse as people themselves.  Overall I would recommend Tapping the Healer Within if you really want a thorough understanding of your energy system, although there are certainly better books to start with. As a practical guide Tap Yourself Free is a lot better to get started with. Tap Yourself Free Happiness and Truth in your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Everything I have discovered about using Tapping for Self-Development is in this book.  This book will make you see your life differently and put you firmly in the driving seat. All you need to know about the nature of your conscious and unconscious mind The interplay of thoughts, negative feelings, and beliefs How to find the limiting beliefs that are holding you back How Tapping works, and why it is so powerful Clear Real-Life examples It is my hope that following the guidelines in this book will show people how to become the person they want to be. It worked for me - I could never have succeeded in a project like this without following the principles described. I have tapped away my barriers to success - and I want to see you do the same. This book is the key to making the changes you hear about from other self-help resources. It is your negative beliefs that stop you changing - Tapping is the way to remove them, and rapid self development becomes a breeze. Free yourself from excessive Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Find that you can Forgive where you thought it was impossible Eliminate the shadows of past Relationships Destroy Lazy Feelings that stop you exercising Wipe away Food Cravings Finally understand Procrastination and develop the habit of doing things Become someone who falls asleep quickly, Sleeps Soundly and wakes up easily Open yourself to Money and Wealth, whatever that means to you Learn how to Achieve any Goal 'Tap Yourself Free' explains how your negative feelings and limiting beliefs are all that stop you from achieving all these things. Tapping Guide In this Tapping Guide I explain precisely how to tap, and how to find and remove the barriers that block you from achieving common goals.   The Science of Getting Rich This hundred-year old book by Wallace Wattles is available free all over the internet and many people offer it as a bonus with their e-books. I used to think this was because it was out of copyright, but after reading it (a dozen times now) I realized it's because it holds valuable timeless information. I've put together a unique Tapping Guide that will help you remove your internal barriers to wealth. Tap Yourself Free Happiness and Truth in your Health, Wealth, and Relationships

LOSING WEIGHT AND LETTING GO OF .....

THE TAPPING SOLUTION 

LOSING WEIGHT AND LETTING GO OF FEAR, GUILT AND SHAME AROUND FOOD

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.  The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. - THOMAS A.EDISON

  Marie couldn't decide what she was more stressed out about : her extra weight or what do to in order to lose that weight.

 She had tried every diet, every exercise program -- and nothing seemed to work. When we met, she was ready to give up. Was losing a few pounds  worthy the misery she was putting herself through?

  Marie's problem is one that I see again and again. Her situation gives rise to a few questions : What happened to food?  What happened to the joy of eating?  What happened to eating meals in peace?  What happened to feeling grateful, nourished, and warmed by a meal made with love?  At one point in our history, food was a  friend, a provider, a sustainer, the root of life.  It contained within it our memories, our families, and our heritage.  But recently, food has turned into something else.  For many of us, food is less a source of nourishment than a source of . . .

STRESS, FEAR, ANGER, GUILT.

Cravings. weight gain. toxins.  "Do I eat this?" "Don't eat that! " "I feel guilty about eating this."  "I can't believe I ate that!"

My question is , when did food become such a pain?

But back to Marie. Why was she not losing weight? Why was she so miserable when it came to eating?

As far as I can see I, there are two factor at play when it comes to weight issues, both of which can be significantly impacted by tapping. The first factor is the reality of our current food landscape. Food has, in many ways, become "stuff in a box." This is a subject that hundreds of books have been written about, so I'm not going to go into detail here.  But suffice it to say that we are truly, deeply disconnected from our food.  Once we started processing, packaging, freezing, and shipping our food, our relationship to we what we eat changed in a dramatic way -- and not for the better.  Most of the stuff we're eating either barely qualifies as food or is outright harmful to our bodies.

I wish I could say that tapping will make any food you eat healthier.  But even with an elevated consciousness, positive thoughts , and a high vibration, you can't turn that MacDonald's, MosBurger or BurgerKing cheeseburger into something nourishing for your body.

I could go on and on about how much better off we are to start with good, fresh, local organic food that is full of nutrients and life force. food that can actually help us, rather than be a burden on our systems. But again, that's a different blog-post. Here I want to address something that tapping really can help with : the confusion Marie suffered around what she should and should not be eating.

We've heard so many different theories. We've been told, "Make sure to eat this!" by one expert, while the next expert insists, "Whatever you do, don't eat that!" It's enough to make our heads spin.  it's gotten to a point where what we choose to eat is of far less consequence than the poison pill of negative emotions and stress that we swallow along with the food.

Marie recounted her 20-year endeavor to lose weight. For a decade, she was obsessed with "fat-free" and ate all sorts of stuff out of a box. in her mind -- because of what the media and "food" companies told her -- eating fat-free foods would help keep the fat off.  It was obvious to Marie that this wasn't working, but she kept doing it.  She thought that there must be something wrong with her or that she wasn't doing enough, because everyone in the commercials selling the fat-free stuff looked happy and skinny.

Next, she went on the diet roller coaster : Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet, grapefruit diet, Blood Type Diet, and on and on.  With each new diet book she bought and tried to follow, her confusion and frustration grew. "Didn't the last book say the exact opposite of this?"

After Marie recounted her history, I knew the first thing we had to do was quiet down some of the mental noise she experienced around food and dieting.  Just as when we tapped on the general feelings of being overwhelmed and anxiety of modern life, most of us have some global tapping to do around food and dieting. Without this initial tapping, we're often so stressed out and unclear that it's hard to find the right setup statement.

So let's do some general tapping now, to ease that burden a bit before we get into the specifics.

TAPPING SCRIPT : Stress about Food
(The tapping points chart can be found here, click here)
 
Let's see what your starting point is around food. Say out loud , "I am stressed out, anxious, and overwhelmed about food and what to eat and not eat."
On a 0-to-10 scale __ 10 being 100 percent true and 0 being not true at all -- how true does that feel?  It doesn't have to be exact or perfect, just write it down on a piece of paper.
Now let's getting tapping!
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Tapping Tip : Have You Been Doing the Actual Tapping?

I don't mean to be harsh here, but if you've been reading this blog-post and not doing the tapping, you're wasting your time.  The difference between tapping and other systems is that tapping can make change happen this  isn't just intellectual exploration.  I don't want you to walk away knowing more about food and your experience with it; I want you to walk away being different  around food and you experience with it. So get tapping !
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(Do the action : say out the script, here we are processing the negative)

Karate chop: "Even though I'm really stressed out about what I should and shouldn't be eating, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Karate chop: "Even though I can't stop worrying about what's good for me and what's bad for me, I deeply and completely accept myself."

Karate chop: "Even though I've heard so many different things about food and I'm overwhelmed and don't know what to do, I choose to relax now."

Good, after these 3-Karate chops, proceed to tapping :

(Tapping point : say these script while tapping the point)

Eyebrow: "All this stress around food ...
Side of Eye: Should I eat this?
Under Eye: I can't eat that!
Under Nose: This is good for me ...
Chin: That's bad for me ...
Collarbone: Or is it?
Under Arm: I just don't know what to eat ...
Top of Head: So stressed out about eating ..."

Eyebrow: "I've read so many different things ...
Side of Eye: Everyone seems to disagree about what to eat!
Under Eye: I'm confused, scared, and stressed about food ...
Under Nose: All this stress around food ...
Chin: Releasing all this stress around food ...
Collarbone: All this anxiety around food ...
Under Arm: I shouldn't eat this ...
Top of Head: I shouldn't eat that ...

Eyebrow: "Should, shouldn't, should, shouldn't...
Side of Eye: So much confusion...
Under Eye: Such a burden ...
Under Nose: So much anxiety ...
Chin: So much stress ...
Collarbone: All around food ...
Under Arm: This stress around food ...
Top of Head: Releasing all this stress around food.
If you're still feeling strongly negative, or if other things have come up, tap on those specifically. otherwise, let's do some positive tapping.

Eyebrow: " I choose to relax around food now ...
Side of Eye: I choose to feel safe around food now ...
Under Eye: Food is safe ...
Under Nose: I am safe ...
Chin: I am at peace and easily choose the foods that best nourish me ...
Collarbone: I relax around food, enjoying every bite I eat, regardless of what it is ...
Under Arm: Once I choose to eat something, I relax and release any guilt, fear, or anxiety around it.
Top of Head: I choose to relax around food."


Eyebrow: "My body knows exactly what it wants and needs ...
Side of Eye: I attract all the right information to choose the best food for me ...
Under Eye: Food is safe ...
Under Nose: I am safe ...
Chin: I choose to relax now ...
Collarbone: I let go of any fear, guilt, or anxiety around food ...
Under Arm: Letting it go ...
Top of Head: Letting it go ...

Take a deep breath . . . and let it go.

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How are you feeling? let's check in, Say out loud, " I am stressed out, anxious, and overwhelmed about food and what to eat and not eat."

How true does that feel now? Did your original rating number written on the paper, go down? What else came up when you were doing the tapping? remember, when you're doing "global" tapping like this, you really want to pay attention to specific things that come up along the way.  I can't instruct you to tap on specific experiences you've had, because I don't know what they are!  But you do -- so as anything pops up, tap on it and release it. The more specific you get, the more the global tapping will stick.

Marie and I spent most of the session tapping on her stress about food and dieting.  I had her recount her experiences of the past 20 years, focusing on her emotions along the way.  For example, she told me that when she was on the South Beach Diet, it was a particularly hard time in her life and she remembers looking at the book in anger. So I had her recall that memory and tap on that.  On and on we went, detailing her emotions, specific memories, and anything else that up about her weight-loss journey.

When  we were done, Marie reported that she felt lighter than she had in years.  And she was not just emotionally lighter; she was shocked that her body itself felt so much better.  She had an enthusiasm and passion that was missing at the beginning of the session. As happens with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), the cognitive shift was profound.

"You know, the last 20 years of dieting have been tough, but I've learned so much," she said. " I know what works for me now, and I know what makes me feel good. I also know what I have to do to lose weight. And if it doesn't happen immediately, that's okay, too!"


 As I shared , I'm always surprised when people say their pain is truly gone. And I feel the same way when this kind of cognitive shift happens.  People come from such a different perspective after EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) -- a perspective that is wise, compassionate, and peaceful. Often it feels like  I'm talking to a new person.  In reality, it's the person who was always there but was being drowned out by the noise of negative experiences, emotions, and beliefs.

When I checked back in with Marie a few weeks later, she was happy to report that she had lost seven pounds with little effort beyond tapping.  But even more than the weight loss, she emphasized that she felt more peaceful about food and her weight than ever before. She reported, "When I think back on how stressed out, angry, and confused I was about food, I can't believe it. I feel like I have my life back.  Even people around me are noticing a new vibrancy and energy in me!"


------------------------------------------- Ask Yourself . . . Go Back in Time

 Most of us have a long and rocky relationship with food and our bodies.  If you relate to Marie's story, then you might want to try the same exercise she and I did together. You can write this out with pen and paper, or you can also do it verbally with a friend. 
  Think back through your experiences with weight loss. 
When did you first notice that you weren't happy with your body? What diet or exercise did you try? 

What came next?
What happened next? 
What else did you try?
How did you feel during that time?
What beliefs did you adopt during this process?
   Step by step, remember what this journey looked like.  Tap-on any relevant events, emotions, or beliefs that come up.  If you're doing this with a friend, simply tell your story.  Keep tapping on each important point in the story until you feel that the emotions charge is gone. At zero, 0.
  This is quite a long story for many of us, so feel free to take notes on what comes up to ensure that you clear it fully.  It might not happen all at once -- you might spend a week or a month tapping on each element -- but stick with it.  You'll be amazed by how you feel when you are done !

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  I can't emphasize this enough : the stress you feel about food and weight loss itself can be the very thing that keeps you stuck .  yes, there are often other limiting beliefs, which we'll explore later here, but start by letting go of the overall stress and feelings of being overwhelmed.  As we'll see in the next section, that very stress can be what is making you gain weight -- or not be able to lose it. 


Why Does Tapping Help with Weight Loss? The Stress Connection

  When Marie stopped stressing out about food and weight loss, she lost weight.  Why? Well, the stress response can cause a massive cascade of events in your body, including:

~ On average four times less blood flow to your digestive system;

~ Less oxygen to your gut;

~ Lower absorption of nutrients;

~ Less enzyme production in your gut. ( As much as 20,000 times less! This is one of the reasons why, when you eat a meal while you're stressed, you'll often feel bloated and uncomfortable.)

~ Increase in excretion of important nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals.

~ Decrease in gut flora population.

~ Increase in cholesterol.

~ Increase in cortisol and insulin levels

The last item is particularly important for weight loss, because when your cortisol is consistently elevated, it's hard to lose weight or build muscle. In fact, you're more likely to gain weight, particularly around your midsection.

When Marie relaxed and stopped stressing about food, her body responded. I think i's have to put out the next diet book, and here's what it will claim:

"Following this diet, you'll lose weight, increase the oxygen to your gut, increase the absorption of nutrients, increase enzyme production (so you won't feel bloated), increase retention of vital nutrients, increase healthy gut flora population, lower your cholesterol, and lower your cortisol and insulin levels. What is this magic diet? What do you eat? Whatever you want! Just relax while you're doing it . . .

It'd be a short book, but it would be guaranteed to work for those who follow it!

You don't have to wait for the book to come out; you have everything you need here.  When you lower stress levels (and obviously it's not just stress about food -- that's what we've been focusing on here, but lowering stress about anything and everything is important), then you'll lose the weight.

That's why people who use EFT on their general stress and feelings of being overwhelmed, traumatic events in their past, and other problems in their lives often lose weight without even trying!

EFT for Food Cravings

I shared that when I am speaking in front of a live audience, I often work on EFT for pain because the results can be so dramatic and easy to witness and measure.  The other problem I often turn to is food cravings, because those are also easy to witness and measure.

Working with food cravings in front of a live audience follows a similar trajectory every time. First, we all have some good laughs as I introduce a bag of candy, chocolate, cookies, or other treats people often crave. This can be particularly amusing when I'm speaking in front of a very health-conscious crowd and they admit they are craving this junk food! I pass around the bag and have people pick their favorite. I have them look at it, smell it, and do whatever else it takes to bring their craving levels up.  Then I ask for a few volunteers who want to work live on-stage to reduce those cravings.

I first ask