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A craving for sweets vanishes for a skeptical doctor
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Hi Everyone,
EFT usually gets rid of immediate cravings for sweets, cigarettes, alcohol, etc in short order. When that doesn't happen, there is almost always a deeper issue behind the craving. Such was the case in this article by Ilana Weiler from Israel. Note how important memories showed up during the EFT process.
Hugs, Gary
Dear Gary,
Recently I attended a birthday party and had the pleasure of meeting a group of amazing women. I assume we all know that scenario where we find ourselves in a social gathering and sooner or later the subject of EFT is brought up. One of the women said, "What is this EFT? Is it this stupid thing that one taps on himself looking like a monkey?"
Well, that’s a chance to catch the ball. She is a highly positioned doctor but, nonetheless, I asked her if she would like to try it. To my great surprise, she agreed. I am writing all details of this event to encourage you, the reader who doesn’t yet feel confident with EFT, to not only Try It on Everything but also Try It On Everybody - anytime.
So this woman (I will call her Lea), wanted to try EFT on her uncontrollable desire for sweets. I asked her what on the table she wanted to eat the most. She said she wanted everything, but mostly that cake. On the scale of 0 to 10 she wanted it at a level of 8. I asked her what it was about that cake that she wanted so much. She said it was the sweetness of it.
Even though I want that sweet cake so much… Sweet, sweet cake , sweetness were the words we used as reminder phrase. After one round Lea said, "I am like an elephant that grabs everything sweet with its trunk … I am like a vacuum cleaner.”
After a few rounds I handed her the piece of cake. Now she wanted it a level of intensity of 6 out of 10. We kept tapping while she suddenly said, "Oh, I have a flashback of this memory when I was about 3 years old ... my father used to buy me those Sugar Candies that looked like crystals.
I kept tapping on her, as she was talking, astonished by the fact she had recalled a memory she never remembered in 50 years. And then came another memory. She said, "I remember we used to go to the zoo, and my father always had these little bags filled with sweets. And now I remember how he used to feed me patiently, this sweet porridge.
She was absolutely a pleasure to work with; so freely cooperating with the process of EFT. I was very touched by this gush of memories and she was too. I asked Lea if she missed her father and she said she missed him terribly. Bingo.
Even though I miss my father terribly… physically and emotionally I miss my father ... I miss him so much.
Even though I miss my sweet father, I miss our sweet relationship, I miss all those sweet memories, I accept my feelings and respect myself. Reminder phrases: my sweet father … our sweet relationship … my sweet memories.
She said she understood that this craving for sugar is a substitute for her relationship with her father. I continually tapped on her as she suddenly said she could see herself as an adolescent, wearing a medallion of the peace symbol. “I want to make peace within me.” Intuitively she made a choice. We ended this demonstration tapping for that choice and another one she made:
Even though I have this craving for sugar and sweets, I choose to think of these memories every time I would want something sweet.
After tapping for that I gave her the piece of cake, she repelled it with her whole body. "I can’t even think of putting it in my mouth!" Well, maybe it will be one of those one minute miracles. But if not, it was an amazing demonstration of getting to the core issue in a matter of minutes. The whole thing took about 20 minutes. What a sweet process!
Best wishes,
Ilana Weiler
