How to Practice Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

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"Okay, so if I had a magic wand and could fix or remove one thing from your life right now, what would that be? [Wow, there's so many. We all have, you know. It would probably have to be not knowing myself; not knowing when to stop. Being an entrepreneur my whole life, and then always just trying to stay so focused on whatever project it is that I won't quit. I don't know when to stop. I want to get it done. So I go down the road and I stay so tunnel-visioned that I won't stop until I complete it. Or even if it goes left and I can't let go, then I might hurt myself financially or physically, mentally.] Right, so, okay, you're stubborn. [Okay, I'm stubborn.] Okay, and so there's a fear of stopping. [A fear of stopping; of not succeeding.] Okay, let's do a simple round on that, we'll see if we can get some movement. But first, let's rate it on a scale of zero to ten. "Zero" being the world is fabulous and you have no issue with this. And "ten" being, you just can't stand it anymore and it's at it's worst. [Nine. It's pretty intensive.] Okay. We're going to play around a little bit with this; just go with me. So start by tapping on your karate chop point. "Even though I'm stubborn [Even though I'm stubborn], and I don't know when to quit [and I don't know when to quit]; and I'm afraid that if I quit [and I'm afraid that if I quit], I'll be a failure [I'll be a failure]; and I don't want to be a failure [and I don't want to be a failure]; I want to succeed[I want to succeed]; I want to exceed [I want to exceed]; I want to win [I want to win]. And I'm so afraid that if I stop [I'm so afraid that if I stop], then I'm not going to get what I want [I'm not going to get what I want]. I deeply and completely love and accept myself [I deeply, deeply accept myself]. And completely [I completely accept myself]. Okay. Even though I'm really stubborn [Even though I'm really stubborn]. And even though I know I'm going down the wrong path [Even though I know I'm going down the wrong path], I just can't seem to stop [I just can't seem to stop] because I really still want to succeed [I just want to succeed]. And I'm afraid that if I don't stay true to this path [I'm afraid that if I don't stay true to this path], then I'm going to be a failure [then I'm going to be a failure]. And I'm afraid of being a failure [I'm afraid of being a failure]. I deeply and completely accept myself anyway. [I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.] Even though I have this fear of being a failure [Even though I have this fear of being a failure] and that makes me hold on too hard to things I know [and that makes me hold on too hard to things I know], to things that I know are not going to serve me [to things that I know are not going to serve me], I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway [I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway]. I accept my fears. [I accept my fears.] I accept myself completely. [I accept myself completely.] Okay. Eyebrow..."this fear of failure." [This fear of failure.] Side of eye..."it makes me stubborn." [It makes me stubborn.] Under your eye..."I don't know when to quit." [I don't know when to quit.] Under your nose..."all these fears of failure." [All these fears of failure.] Your chin..."this fear." [This fear.] Collarbone..."I don't know when to quit. [I don't know when to quit.] Under your arm...I'm afraid to quit. [I'm afraid to quit.] Liver point..."what if I quit right before success." [What if I quit right before success.] Wrists..."I'm afraid to quit." [I'm afraid to quit.] Top of head..."but I want to quit." [But I want to quit.] Keep going..."this fear of success." [This fear of success.] Side of eye..."this fear of failure." [This fear of failure.] Under eye..."this fear." [This fear.] Under your nose..."so many fears." [So many fears.] Chin..."this fear of success." [This fear of success.] "I'm afraid to quit. [I'm afraid to quit.] "I don't want to continue." [I don't want to continue.] "But I don't know how to quit." [But I don't know how to quit.] "Because I have this fear of failure." [Because I have this fear of failure.] "This fear of failure." [This fear of failure.] Okay, breathe in. How would you rate it right now. Zero to ten, did we get any movement? [Probably about a six.] Okay, so good, we got some movement. "