Three Steps To Worry Less

nEven though worry is an energy vampire…sucking the life out of your creativity and initiative, you can do something about it today. There are three easy steps to dissolving worrynnFirst of all, decide to notice when you are worrying. Catching yourself in the act is an invitation to find a more comfortable mental space. nnStep two is to distract your mind from the worry. That is where Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) come in. After a few minutes of EFT waves of peace and acceptance are available to you and you will feel better.nnIn step three, take a moment to recognize the worry has lessened and celebrate it! It took years for you to develop the worry habit and it will take time to see you have a choice in the matter. You can learn to tame the worry habit. Repeat these three steps every morning for just one week and you will be astounded.nnHere is an EFT practice exercise for you to try:nnHow to do EFT information is available at http://www.catherinebehan.com/EFTtappingpoints.htmlnn1. Scan the major life areas listed below to see where there is the most potential for worry right now. Family, Health, Finances, Relationships, Spiritual Development, Career or Weight.nn2. If you allow yourself to feel how worried you actually are about this issue, how intense would it feel? Use a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being low intensity and 10 being high.nn3. Now finish these sentences:nThis issue worries me because_______nThe worse part of this worry is_______nn4. Next, switch your pen to your non dominant hand and answer the questions again. There are some important things to notice during this part of the process. First of all, are you critical of the awkwardness using your non dominant hand? What does it feel like to write like this? Are you impatient with the speed of the writing? If these thoughts resonate with you, just accept them as typical of this exercise because they are. What you are looking for is the difference in the answers each hand gives you.nnThese four thoughts represent your state of emotional balance around this troubling issue. When your emotions are out of balance, you feel uncomfortable and unhappy. Your choice to help your body rebalance itself is a powerful one. Your intuition holds practical ideas to help you through this but you can’t access them when you are out of balance or feeling upset. Tapping will restore your balance and once you are feeling better emotionally, mentally and physically, the ideas will flow again and you will have encouraged and supported yourself better than anyone else could have.nn6. Now for your script. Use the four sentences from step 5 and tapping your karate chop point (I like to karate chop both hands together so that both karate chop points are activated.) repeat them with conviction.nnEven though this issue worries me because___________, I deeply and completely love and accept myself.nEven though the worse part of this worry is________________, I deeply….nEven though this issue worries me because___________, I deeply…nEven though the worse part of this worry is_________________, I deeply….nn6. Next, tap around the rest of the points repeating: I am worried about__(your issue)_______but that can change. I am ready to release my worry now.nnEyebrow, Side of Eye, Under Eye, Under Nose, Chin, Collar Bone, Rib Point, Under Arm and Top of Head.nn7. Tap around all points saying: “A little less worry, a little more peace.”nn8. Tap around all points saying: “Be gentle with yourself.”nn9. Recheck the intensity of the worry. Compare it to your first number. Consider how you are feeling about your issue now. You may want to write about your session in your journal. Good Job!n