No Chocolate…No Heaven – What’s A Soul To Do

I came across a cute little cartoon that said, “If there’s no chocolate in heaven, I’m not going.” Can you relate to this or is chocolate no big deal for you and your soul?

How likely do you think it would be for you to go into your kitchen to get a piece of chocolate and find yourself back at your computer munching on a carrot? Seems pretty incongruent and unlikely, doesn’t it? Well, that’s exactly what happened to my friend Colin, and to this day he loves telling the story of how it happened.

I was teaching a teleclass called “Eliminate Cravings With EFT In 4 Minutes Or Less”, and the topic of chocolate came up, as it often does. It turned out that chocolate was the #1 craving many people on the call were having. While I was having fun guiding the group through the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) with the appropriate scripts, Colin was also on the call as my audio technician and he was consciously listening to everything being said.

In EFT there’s something called Borrowing Benefits. This is how it works. While one person is focused on what they want to eliminate, the rest of the group can set their own individual intention. For example, they might choose to eliminate a craving for red licorice, cinnamon buns, ice cream, or M&Ms. Even though the words they use will be different, their unconscious mind is paying close attention to their specific goal and therefore, they benefit by receiving the welcomed side effects of the EFT process. Borrowing benefits is great and everyone wins.

Apparently Colin’s unconscious mind had been listening very intently, because the next day he went into his kitchen to get some chocolate and you guessed it…he and the carrot ended up being a perfect match. The chocolate was left behind in its wrapper. He was extremely amused.

Over the next few months, Colin made several conscious attempts to eat chocolate and each time, he felt extremely neutral about it. His body literally didn’t want any. Choice gives all of us a sense of freedom—we become the complete opposite of being the obedient slave to a craving. Having the freedom to choose is an amazing gift we can give ourselves.

Of course there’s really nothing wrong with chocolate or ice cream; there are even some healthy brands on the market to choose from. It does, however, get troublesome when in the middle of the night you find yourself putting your coat on over your jammies to make a quick trip to the corner store to get your fix. That’s when you know it’s time to eliminate the craving, get back in the driver’s seat, and rejoice with the sense of freedom and self-control. From that place you can have anything you want…it’s all a delicious choice.

Using EFT has many other benefits besides eliminating cravings. When coaching I use it with women entrepreneurs who want to:

* release business stress and anxiety

* increase their confidence

* release resistance to marketing

* speak in public with ease and grace

* tap into their soul’s purpose and let their creative spirit soar

* attract more clients and get paid what they’re worth…amen sister, let’s tap to that!

You can use EFT to enhance any area of your life. Use it on anything, and everything! I highly recommend it.

So…are you ready for a breakthrough? I hope you are because you can learn how to use EFT starting this month. I’d love to have you join me in one of my upcoming teleclass series.

By the way I heard somewhere that one of the reasons planet earth is so special is because it’s the only planet in the galaxy that has chocolate. Gotta love that!
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