Author: Ron Ball

EFT Masters Site

When I interviewed Lindsay Kenny for the EFTzone Spotlight back in late July, she mentioned that the 29 EFT Founding Masters would soon be independent and have their own Website. As of October 31, they have. For administrative reasons, EFT founder Gary Craig is no longer involved in the EFT Masters Program so he can devote his time to developing other projects to promote EFT as a healing tool and to make its effectiveness known and available worldwide. Look for some exciting things coming from these creative and skilled EFT practitioners. If you haven’t checked out their new Website, do it right now. Let me share some of the rich information you’ll find there.

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A Sissy Thing

In the article, Confessions of a CEO, in the current issue of Fortune Magazine, multi-millionaire businessman Dominic Orr says that he always considered therapy a “sissy thing.” In business, Dominic was “ruthlessly aggressive.” On the home front, when his marriage and relationship with his son were crumbling, he reluctantly agreed to meet with a therapist. To a lot of men and women in business, therapy implies weakness. So unless there’s a life crisis, there’s no therapist in sight. The problem with the word “therapy” is that it connotes something is wrong. The definition of therapy is “the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process.” Often, business people don’t need therapy as much as a tool for dealing with everyday business problems that pile up. They need more coaching and tools for personal development rather than therapy.

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Phantom Limb Pain

In the October 25 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, a businessman in a suit is in the emergency room claiming his shaking left foot doesn’t belong to him. It’s driving him crazy, and he wants a surgeon to amputate his foot. Instead, he gets a psychological evaluation and some anxiety medication. That doesn’t satisfy him so he gets a chainsaw and tries to amputate his foot. Later, a doctor successfully completes the surgery. What if his foot sensations didn’t go away? About 50 percent to 80 percent of amputees experience “phantom limb” feelings in their amputated limb. Quite often the sensations are very painful. Can EFT help alleviate phantom limb pain?

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Turning a Curse Into a Blessing

Gwenn Bonnell is one of the co-authors of the popular EFT book, Freedom at Your Fingertips: Get Rapid Physical & Emotional Relief with the Breakthrough System of Tapping. She wrote an excellent chapter on pain management. In the following story, Gwenn shares how she used EFT at a recent family gathering to show her mother how to to make a slight shift in thinking from the negative to the positive, turning a curse into a blessing to get rid of pain. How might you creatively apply this technique to resolve other issues you may have?

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Not BUTs About It

Years ago, after reading books on Gestalt Therapy by psychiatrist, Fritz Perls, I learned that one of the most powerful things I could do was make a very simple change in my language. Specifically, change the word “but” to “and.” For example, take the sentence, “I want to be understanding, BUT I don’t feel like it.” Now, simply change it to, “I want to be understanding, AND I don’t feel like it. Say both sentences and notice the difference in how you feel. Using the conjunction “but” makes both phrases or thoughts incompatible, “erasing” the first one. Changing to the word “and” is inclusive, allowing both to co-exist. Be conscious of using the word “but.” And now, Grant Connolly, creator of the ZPoint Process has an excellent article for you about Cleaning up the BUTs.

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