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Kathy Doner,
MD
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Clean
Water in a Dirty Glass?
Clients often complain to
me that
their affirmations aren’t working.
“I’ve set a
weight goal but I keep self-sabotaging myself!”
“I try to
motivate myself to exercise but I just can’t get to the
gym.”
“I really
want to be positive but sadness (low self-worth, hopelessness…)
just keeps
pulling me down.”
So I ask
them:
“Does it make any sense to pour clean
water into a filthy glass? Won’t this just pollute the clean
water?”
Yes,
sometimes we just get stuck in neutral and all it takes is a little
push or
self-hypnosis motivation to get going.
But often it’s
like there is a ball and chain holding us back.
What might be
yours? Resistance to change, outdated patterns of thinking, stuck
emotions, fears,
useless beliefs, habits that no longer make any sense?
“So
how do I get free of what’s
keeping me stuck?” a client will ask.
“Clean up the
glass!” I reply.
“Before you
can move forward, have clearer thoughts, more positive emotions and
beneficial
behaviors – you have to clean up your mind.”
I then pull
out my tool-box. It contains hypnotherapy, self-hypnosis,
neuro-linguistic
programming, time line therapy, core transformation… and
EFT.
“If
you want a technique you can do by yourself, the best self-help tool
I’ve found
to do this job,” I declare, “is Emotional Freedom Technique!
And once the
glass is cleaner you can
then add the fresh water of new self-hypnosis thoughts, positive
feelings, motivating
beliefs and beneficial behaviors."
(And it may take a minute
or two of daily polishing for awhile to keep it clean
and a daily adding of fresh water! After all, mental hygiene is a daily
practice.)
I teach
this quick
and easy technique to every referral I get from a psychiatrist.
I’ve taught it
in medical clinics, mental health clinics, hospitals, schools and
churches. It’s
just been featured on Dr. Oz.
Clients
successfully
use it for cravings, stress, depression, habits, self-esteem, weight
loss, and much
more. I’ve even found benefits with medical issues such as
irritable bowel syndrome,
tension headaches, insomnia and spastic bladder.
Is EFT a
cure-all? Of course not. But it will empower you to help yourself,
using your
own fingertips to manipulate the subtle energy flow that is used in
acupunture.
So, if you
are open-minded or frustrated enough to practice “emotional
acupuncture” or “tapping”
know that it is easy to learn and very effective. I’m offering
classes in
Brevard and Indian River Counties in March and April. You can learn
it by yourself (www.eftuniverse.com, www.tapping.com) or with me in a
single
session. I’m also happy to teach any class you could organize.
To all of us
who complain that we
feel stuck (myself included), I suggest:
“The greatest freedom of all is inner
freedom. Only by cleaning up our minds are we then free to
choose.”
Read a recent article on
EFT.
And if you
are wondering how to be more in control of cravings, negative emotions
or
motivation with EFT , check out
the upcoming
workshops.
Read
Dr. Doner's Personal
Writings: "Confessions of a
Skeptic"
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