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Using EFT To Help With Low Self-Esteem

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A recent client (I''ll call her Shirley for this post) came to see me as she was "at the end of her tether". She was feeling "a failure at everything". She said she was no longer a good mother, she had a couple of unsuccessful relationships and was off work with Stress & Anxiety as she kept bursting into tears "all the time"

We started using some EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to help dissolve some of her very low opinions of herself. (If you want to know how to do the Basic EFT click here for more info).

After rating her feelings on a scales of 1-10 on "I feel like a failure at everything" as 10/10 we started by tapping on the karate chop point x 3, using the Setup phrase "Even though I feel like a failure at everything, I deeply and completely accept myself, without judgement".

We followed this with a complete round on all the tapping points using the Reminder phrase "I feel like a failure at everything", then a 2nd round of tapping each points using the Reminder phrase of "I deeply & completely accept myself, without judgement". We then did a round using the Alternative Phrase technique saying firstly "I feel like a failure at everything" whilst tapping on the 1st tapping point, then "I deeply & completely accept myself, without judgement" on the 2nd tapping point, and so on back and forth between the 2 phrases as we tapped on all of the tapping points.

At the end of this round, I checked back in with Shirley who said she felt "a bit lighter but still down". So we did another 3 rounds of tapping using exactly the same wording as before, finishing on an Alternative Phrase round.

After this round Shirley looked up at me and smiled and said "I don't know what we just did, but I feel so much better, kind of light, like you've taken a weight off my shoulders". We continued to work together during the session and had several more "a-ha" moments and Shirley left "feeling better than I have done in months".

Try it yourself, and see what happens. If you think that EFT may help you and/or would like more information, please give me a call on 01792 414245.

Love & Hugs

Sarah x

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Using EFT To Help With Low Self-Esteem