By Ange Piette

Dear Gary

I have been familiar with and deeply grateful for EFT since 2001 when I found an EFT Practitioner to help my then 10 year old son through some anxiety issues.  I had her teach my son and I the basic technique and have since successfully used EFT for many issues with my children and myself.

I have been a full-time stay at home Mom and have returned to studying my previous profession of acting and am in the midst of re-inventing myself.  I recently found it very difficult to lose weight after many attempts with diet and exercise that had worked in my past.  The pattern of gaining weight for me is directly connected to stressful life situations - the most recent being the death of my father and caring for my grief stricken mother.

Sometimes when overwhelmed, the obvious will elude me.  My grief took the form of over-eating, over-sleeping and over reacting.  When I started to tap on my weight gain, it became apparent that there were a lot of "OVER"  issues:

Even though I am OVER weight...

Even though I feel OVER whelmed...

Even though I want to OVER eat..

Even though I want to OVER sleep…

Even though I want to OVER use foods...

Even though I feel OVER tired and then OVER re-act..

Even though I OVER work myself when I should go to sleep…

Even though I have this need to OVER indulge and then judge myself for doing so...

The next level of tapping connected to me immediately to my mother which revealed:

Even though I feel OVER burdened by this all and by my mother...

Even though I feel OVER taxed by her...

Even though she has always been OVER bearing...

Even though she OVER exaggerates and OVER blows things...

Even though she has this need to try and OVER power me and take OVER the situation…

Even though she has been OVER dramatic all my life...

I did a very similar version of the above with my father also. At the completion of the session I had such clarity along with a profound sense of peace.  I was gifted with the insights of where my core imbalance was sourced:  The OVER re-active nature of my family and home environment. My parents were very dramatic for the most part, both at home and out in the world.

The irony here is that in order to be an actor I couldn't have picked better parents to witness their 'dramatics'-  yet, in order to create my highest well being I need to know how to return to balance. Funny how it all works...

I have since returned to a very balanced emotional state, the weight is coming off easily and there is an ease within me that I am experiencing for the first time ever.  I feel incredibly grounded, centered and at peace. I believe this to be what my balanced point feels like.

I should also mention that since the issue for me represented being out of balance, I tapped on both my left and right hand with the intention to return to a balanced state of being. The other insight that I had about my weight issue was a play on words that revealed itself:

Even though I am over WEIGHT ... Even though I'm WAITING to lose the WEIGHT before I move forward in my acting...

There appears to be enormous potential for laughing at some of the ironies and word plays that are discovered along the way! I find it gets really interesting when the subconscious mind is allowed to reveal itself freely and the hidden meanings and word-plays beautifully and clearly point to the issue.

For those who feel out of balance, I found great success in the exploration of:

Even though I feel OVER (fill in the blank)

Even though I OVER  (fill in the blank)

Even though I feel UNDER (fill in the blank)

Even though I UNDER (fill in the blank)

I feel there is balance to be found in the exploration of UNDER/OVER. And it wouldn't surprise me that these issues may correlate with physical issues such as an UNDER active or OVER active thyroid, etc.

Sending you many Thanks And Much Love For your tremendous gift of EFT...

Cheers From Vancouver, Canada,

Ange Piette