EFT Tips

7 Keys To EFT

Hi Carol,

I'm not new to EFT and have used it whenever I felt I needed to, but only got 'spotty' results, at best. Over the past year I've been seeing more and more blogs about EFT and some of the results people have been getting. Some results were subtle and some miraculous; but, the point is, there were good results.

This is what led me to your site.  I wanted to get better and more consistent with my results.

Question:  is there 1 or 2 keys to EFT that you can recommend?   :)

Hi J,

I think you have it exactly right. EFT is a great tool that gets results - sometimes subtle, sometimes miraculous.

Off the top of my head, here are some keys -

1. Focus on feelings - many people get too bogged down in trying to find the right words, which can actually be distracting. You actually don't even need to use words if you are tuned into the feelings.

2. Identify specific events, and work on them 1 at a time, until you handle all the different aspects of each one. Start with the most intense ones first.

Are You Making This EFT Tapping Mistake?

Sometimes I get questions that go something like this "Carol, I tapped on all the points, but nothing happened . . . " This statement gives me a clue of where the problem could be - mental focus.

EFT is not just tapping around the points, although in some cases, that could be enough. You have to FOCUS on the problem you are trying to solve while you tap. Many people are so worried about tapping on the "right" point or in the "right" order, they forget to focus.

You can often improve your results just by improving your focus.

Deborah Miller wrote an excellent script for how to tap into love the article by using tapping and mental focusing. 

Sergio Serrano used the mental picture of a dream while focusing on the feeling behind the dream to discover and collapse important core issues. Read his article for a simple routine to follow to use mental focus and visualization when you apply EFT treatments to dreams.

Gary discusses mental focus related to sports and performance issues. -a very good read - enjoy! And don't forget to focus!

Why Doesn't EFT Always Work?

From my inbox: Why doesn't EFT ALWAYS work?  On occasion I can get it to help me calm down, but not always.  It doesn't seem to help with my overeating at all.

I use EFT while driving to work in the morning (1 hour) and then I still eat when I shouldn't.  Yes, it is stressful at work, but I want EFT to help me control it and so far I can't seem to get it to do so.

 

There could be many reasons why EFT doesn't work all the time. Gary has written extensively about this and I have addressed it here. By the way, I don't know ANY technique that does what you want it to do 100% of the time. A skilled practitioner is going to have good results most of the time, and it can depend on how often and how effectively you are applying the technique.

Here's my short list of reasons:

If You Aren't Getting Results

If you aren't getting the results you want with EFT, there could be many reasons for that. Some of these are outlined here.

If you get really stuck, one thing to try is to have someone do a guided session with you. I've heard many people (even very skilled practitioners) say that EFT works great for others, but not for their own issues. You can also find someone to trade sessions with. That person may think of something that you haven't thought of, and you can do the same for them. It gives you another *lens* to look through. It's a win - win!