I don’t know how other people feel about it, but I know that it feels even more victorious when I am able to help someone with EFT who doesn’t believe in any of “that alternative stuff”. They believe it’s all in the mind, and of course, they’re not susceptible to that hocus pocus, no sir, not them!
So when they agree to try that tapping thing they know I do, and tell me how it probably won’t work on them, I have to admit it’s a little bit exciting and I want to do what I can to make sure we have some success with their issue. More than likely, they’re feeling quite a bit of pain or emotional upset to give EFT a try, so it’s the perfect time to try – and it’s also a little scary!
A couple months ago, I got the opportunity to convert a definite skeptic, someone who’s actually benefited from it before and chose to ignore it at the time but doesn’t even remember that! He complained of ankle pain so much before, and honestly, since then I haven’t heard about it, but that connection is lost on him. After a lot of things going wrong for him, he agreed to try it.
When I finally got a chance to have a session with him, I thought we would be working on something with some longer term benefits, given recent and sudden job loss and the almost mid-life crisis he’s seemed to be going through. My preconceived notions about what he was going through and might be looking for couldn’t have been more wrong! Or more accurately, the things he was willing to address was what I had wrong.
I know EFT could have helped him to address and resolve negative feelings he has about the way in which they all lost their jobs – I was angry for him! It felt unfair and wrong, for all the employees, and especially so for him, with his higher position and discussion of more responsibilities coming his way. We could have used EFT help the energy disruption caused by the job loss, which would have then put him in a better place to be searching for and interviewing for various jobs. It could have helped him have a clearer picture of the career he wants, to put him on the path sooner rather than later. And EFT could have helped him lose the blues – he may not had admitted it to anyone, but his entire demeanor told me he was feeling some depression, totally understandable under the circumstances!
So when I checked in with him, asking him what was going on with him, what was bothering him, I was totally surprised when the issue he chose was his knee pain! I hope my surprise (and my dismay I must admit – I wanted to help him with something more lasting!) was covered well, but I switched gears and went with it. I asked him to clearly describe what the pain and discomfort was, where exactly, and then we tapped on the issue. After two rounds (for those unfamiliar with EFT, a round of tapping will take about 30 seconds) I asked him to check back in and tell me about his knee.
The look of confusion and surprise on his face said it all, as did his smile. He said, “Wait, what did you do?” Still smiling, “No way did that just work!” Skeptic successfully converted!
After that, I explained a bit more about how he could use the same thing I showed him, follow the same formula, and work on things that he might not have wanted to discuss with me. I described how he could use EFT to help with the issues I explained above, and would be willing to have other sessions as needed.
I check in with him and he’s definitely a convert! He still taps. And he will tell people it works. That’s success right there 🙂
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