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What’s your problem level? & What Intervention role do you need?

metaman — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:54:47 +0000

Every problem is a challenge which you need to solve at a higher level than in which it occurs. Do you accept it or leave it? If you are stuck in a repeating pattern try to identify at what (logical) level you are at. Knowing at what (problem / challenge) level you are at, makes it a lot easier to find someone to help you. A focus on your highest level of being (Spirituality) and your life mission will give you the inspiration to find appropriate people and solutions.

Life is not making a living, but designing your life

Using metaphors can be powerful and inspirational for creating a mission or identity. I am a …. (fill in a metaphore from Nature). You can start by choosing a primary element (fire, water, earth & air) and then identify with specific items or places in nature you feel drawn to. It is sometimes helpful to identify with a certain animal which has certain values and charachter-trades you seek or admire which will fit your chosen role. Life design uses natural metaphores for the several cycles and development phases (growth) in our lives. When you identify your personal area of growth in your current life phase, you can take apropriate action.

Robert Dilts‘ alignment exercise (generally used in NLP-practice):

Level		Question	Intervention Role
6	Spirituality	Mission, from where?	Awakener
5	Identity	Who?	Sponsor
4	Values and convictions	Why?	Mentor
3	Skills / competences	How?	Teacher
2	Behavior	What?	Coach
1	Environment	Where, when and with whom?	Care-taker

EFT as complementary Health Powertool

metaman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:36:30 +0000

Tapping Techniques
About two years ago someone in my network mailed me about a book he was reading “Tapping The Healer Within” by Roger J. Callahan. In this book Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is introduced as healing technique which uses tapping on specific (meridian) points on the body. When I was investigating this TFT therapy online I came across another ‘tapping’ therapy named EFT which stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques developed by Gary Graig. The EFT technique is based on the TFT-techniques but is easier and does not use diagnosis. Instead it has a basic tapping routine which is like a total overhaul which can be used for all possible issues. You start by giving your issue a SUD score from 0 to 10 (10 being very strong feelings or emotions) normally after a round or 2 of tapping you have a much lower SUD score on this specific issue or it could even be gone forever.

From the emofree.com FAQ:

[How does EFT differ from Thought Field Therapy (TFT)?]
TFT uses similar principles as EFT but asks the student to learn 10 or 15 different tapping routines (called algorithms), each of which is designed to cover a specific issue such as trauma, phobias, depression, etc . Anything not covered by those individual routines (e.g. insomnia, TMJ, dyslexia, etc.) requires a diagnostic process. EFT, by contrast, uses only one comprehensive tapping routine to cover all issues (not just 10 or 15) and doesn’t require diagnosis.

What is EFT?
EFT is a psychological version of acupuncture, EFT is a simple tapping procedure that gently realigns the body’s energy system, without the discomfort of needles.
The EFT Discovery Statement (premise):

“The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system.”

And because our physical pains and diseases often appear to be connected with our emotions the following statement has also shown merit…

“Our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases.”

This common sense approach draws its power from (1) time-honored Eastern discoveries that have been around for over 5,000 years and (2) Albert Einstein, who told us back in the 1920’s that everything (including our bodies) is composed of energy. These ideas have been largely ignored by Western Healing Practices and that is why EFT can work where nothing else does.

EFT has a very large community and has lots of cases and information available on the website and in the newsletter. The EFT Manual can be downloaded for Free and you can get started immediately. If you are autodidact like me, you can order one or more DVD sets from seminars and live sessions to learn and even become an EFT professional yourself.
You can use EFT as a complementary technique in your practice (Coach, teacher, health-professional). EFT can be applied to just about anything which is also encouraged.

I haven’t seen a therapy yet which has such profound and powerful results so quickly.
Why am I convinced about the integrity and positive intentions of Gary Graig? First, the manual is free, and the DVD-sets are very cheap [see EFT Store], especially if you buy more sets. Also, you are allowed to copy and give it away to 100 people.

What really convinced me is that even coaches (like Carol Ann Rowland from ZenSight) who developed their own therapy or intervention style still acknowledge the value of EFT. EFT is highly recommended for personal and professional use. Since this has a lot of potential I’m sure we will see and hear a lot more from these emotional freedom techniques.

In the meantime I have studied most of the EFT series DVD’s (it takes some discipline and a long time watching) and I practiced the techniques a lot. Now it feels much more comfortable using and sharing EFT with others. The only remarkable thing is that I fall back to English (instead of Dutch) for the Basic affirmation: ‘Even Though I have this [...] I deeply and completely accept myself’.

I am planning to make a compilation DVD with EFT material to watch and learn the basics.

Fortunately even with only ‘the basic EFT recipe’ most people get results. Just contact me if you have a specific issue you want solved with EFT; EFT can work even if I talk you through it over the phone or with Skype. Great tool for anybody.
[Toine Fennis]

Mastering Emotional Problems

metaman — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 11:27:27 +0000

The goal is to learn from the emotions and utilize them.

Identify the signal of your emotion (which most fits)
Appreciate the message this emotion has

Emotion	What’s the signal / message	Solution / Action
*Uncomfortable*	Change your state	1. Change your state; 2. clarify what you want, and 3. take action into that direction
*Fear* (concern, worry, anxiety)	You need to prepare	Be prepared to deal with negative consequences, be confident about possibilities.
*Hurt*	An expectation is not met and you have a sense of loss	Change your perception or your procedure. Is this expectation justified or how you interact
*Anger* (irritation, enraged)	You have a standard (value) and it is not met (by another or not by yourself)	Change your perception or procedure. The way you look at this or how you communicate or how you behave / interact. Communicate your standards.
*Frustration*	You keep doing the same thing without wanted result	You need to change your approach to achieve your goal.
*Disappointment*	You need to realize an expectation you had or an outcome you wanted is probably not going to happen.	Change your expectation to a more appropriate outcome for the situation at hand. Example: period is too short.
*Guilt / Regret*	You violated one of your own standards.	You need to do something about it immediately to insure you won’t violate it again in the future. Don’t deny the guilt, it’s coming back. Make things right when you screw up. This emotion keeps you on track and makes you a better person.
*Inadequacy* (unworthy)	You need to do something to get better in this category.	Practice. Q: Is this emotion appropriate? Maybe you have to change your perception or procedures. Maybe your rules are too harsh.
*Overloaded* (overwhelmed, hopeless, depressed)	Change your state	1. Change your state. You need to reevaluate what is most important to you in this situation. What is an absolute necessity to you versus a desire. 2. Write down all the things that are most important for you to accomplish. 3. Put them in order of priority. 4. Take the first thing on the list en do something about it. When you do something about it you are in control.
*Lonely*	You need a connection with people.	1. Identify what kind of connection you want. (friendship, intimate, someone to listen or talk to, someone to laugh with) 2. In what way do you want this to be? 3. Take action into that direction.

What is an empowering way to look at this?

What else could this mean?

Choose meanings that empower you in life.

[Source: Mostly from Anthony Robbins]