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- 4 Tips for De-Stressing the Human Spirit - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Barkley SmithHow you define who you are, and the meaning and purpose of life is core to the health of your spirit. You experience spiritual stress when these definitions are challenged or unclear. The human spirit asks, “Who am I”, “What is life about” and “What is my purpose”? These questions peak at ...
Views: 740 - EFT on PTSD (War Veterans) - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Barkley SmithThis shows the amazing results with a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with a Vietnam Vet. (PLEASE BE WARNED that this is long and there are graphic details in this story). I met George (not his real name) by chance one day. On the second day I knew him, we were visiting and ...
Views: 709 - Jimmy Foot - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Barkley SmithI’ve been a Chiropractor for seventeen years, and began using EFT on my patients with chronic pain syndromes as a last resort. The results I achieved were so startling to me that it took weeks for me to process the enormity of this wonderful technique you created. I thought you would enjoy ...
Views: 709 - Why Do You Need an EFT Practitioner? 9 Compelling Reasons - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Barkley SmithIf you’ve been doing EFT on your own for some time and experiencing tremendous success with it, you may be wondering why you would need an EFT practitioner. EFT is a great tool, and quite a lot can be accomplished by the determined do-it-yourselfer. That’s one of the things I love so much about ...
Views: 646 - It's 4 am and Your Baby is Wailing! - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Barkley SmithIt’s 4 am and you awaken with a jolt from a dream you are thoroughly enjoying having something to do with relaxing with your spouse on a tranquil beach. You soon confirm that the sound that roused you is not that of a cigarette speed boat interrupting your sunbathing but that of your 4 year old ...
Views: 640 - Reconnect with Safe and Happy Feelings - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Barkley SmithThis is the outline for the call Reconnect with Safe and Happy Feelings which is a part of our Body Vitality Workshop as we focus on Body Safety with co-hosts Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli. Team members can listen to the recording here. Deepak Chopra, in Ageless Body, Timeless Mind ...
Views: 648 - EFT with Children - Reducing Childhood Baggage - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2010 from Barkley SmithThe following episode with my 5 year-old son Anton made me yet again so grateful for having EFT in my parenting toolbox that I want all parents to know about it. It was an eye opener for me to experience first-hand how EFT addresses existing issues in children so comprehensively and deeply, ...
Views: 727(1 vote) - Stressed Out - Well then...Forget Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Barkley SmithIn my studies of tapping out emotional connections to food and helping people lose weight, I have recently run across some new information that has helped me more than anything else at losing the weight and getting off my plateaus. The epiphany was this: “There is a direct correlation between ...
Views: 602 - Why Do We Do the Things We Do? - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2010 from Barkley SmithSounds like a song title doesn’t it? But seriously, have you ever wondered why we do the things we do? Our collection of life experiences contributes to the making of us. We are who we are and we do the things we do based on the residual effects of the things, circumstances and memories of ...
Views: 606 - Back Pain - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2010 from Barkley SmithAs an EFT practioner, I was curious how this technique would work on clients who were pessimistic about trying it. Although, training does state that this technique will work whether or not the person believes in it but I’m always interested in experiencing things first hand. I recently had a ...
Views: 660 - Cognitive Shifts - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2010 from Barkley SmithLecturing a client instead of fostering his or her own development of cognitive shifts while tapping can be disempowering as well as ineffective. Clients shift when they are in the driver’s seat in terms of the choices that they make. Tapping is a powerful way to unblock any meridian which hence ...
Views: 671 - Resistance to Doing EFT - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithI regularly give homework assignments to my clients and class participants only to find that some of them won't do the tapping in between sessions! Even after experiencing clear progress in the session or class, they get a strange form of amnesia and say "well, it didn't really work for ...
Views: 776 - PTSD is NOT Forever - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithThe American military provides the finest training and has the most sophisticated weapons in the world, and the men and women who serve in our armed forces know that personal sacrifice is inherent in the job of service to country. Sometimes the sacrifice is exposure to trauma that affects ...
Views: 800 - Do We Need to Heal the Past to Move Into the Future? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithA question that I often receive from clients is 'Do I need to go back into the past in order to move forward?' Then they go on to say, often, that they don't want to look at the past, they just want to move ahead. As a coach, I have a great deal of sympathy for this. Coaching, as opposed to ...
Views: 792 - Using EFT On-the-Spot for Trauma Relief - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithI consider the use of EFT on-the-spot to handle emergencies to have enormous potential. If we use it right while the emergency is still occurring or directly afterwards while still at the scene of the trauma, this could forestall post traumatic stress disorder by nipping it in the bud, a highly ...
Views: 691 - How to Choose the Right EFT Practitioner for You -- 11 Guidelines - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithYou’ve found out about the incredible benefits and miracles you can create in your life through EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique, and now you’re ready to take things to the next level by working one on one with an EFT Practitioner. How do you find the practitioner who is right for ...
Views: 842 - A New Way to Use EFT for Getting to Sleep - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barkley SmithFrom time to time I have written about ways in which EFT can be very helpful when we want to get to sleep and can’t seem to. Recently, I have discovered an additional way to do this which I find extremely useful. You may want to try a variation of it at those moments when you want to get to ...
Views: 689 - Fertility Issues - Using EFT to Overcome Negative Emotions - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Barkley SmithSusan was having difficulties getting pregnant. She had been trying for a long time and was very frustrated. She was feeling many negative emotions and feeling "like a freak" for having all these negative emotions. I reassured her that all of these feelings were normal and very common with ...
Views: 682 - Is Job Stress Eroding Your Health? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2010 from Barkley Smith“Take this job and shove it, I ain’t working here no more….” For countless numbers of unhappy employees these immortal words made famous by country singer Johnny PayCheck still resonate as loudly today as when he first sang them in 1977. How many days do you get up wanting to quit your job? Are ...
Views: 724 - Go for your Gold - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Barkley SmithI’ve been watching the Olympics and I cant help but be in awe of the athletes. Their commitment, drive, focus and determination is so inspiring to me. The pride that I feel for them, you would think I knew them personally. I am thinking I’m not alone, most of America is feeling proud of our ...
Views: 782 - EFT Tapping Tips for the Holidays - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Barkley SmithChristmas comes but once a year. It is a time of great anticipation, excitement, joy and good times for many. For some, it is not. There are high expectations, hope and determination that this year, things will be different. Maybe this year everything will work out as planned and everyone will ...
Views: 724 - Tapping in Public - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Barkley SmithOne of the most frequently asked questions at our workshops and by our clients is - What happens if my problem occurs when I am out in public! Obviously most people are going to feel nervous about tapping on points on their face and body out in public as this looks rather strange. ...
Views: 839 - Hand washing compulsion eased quickly with EFT - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Barkley Smith"Linda" worked in the sales department of a local advertiser. She said that she washed her hands all the time, and that it was annoying for her. She would wash her hands at least fifty times a day, and she wanted to let go of that behavior. We determined that washing her hands ...
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