Have you noticed how easy it is to criticize ourselves, and dismiss our accomplishments?  How it is so easy to fault and seemingly so difficult to celebrate success?

EFT is so powerful and effective that I constantly need to remind my clients about their past breakthroughs. It’s easy to forget how far we’ve come when we’re faced with a new problem, or difficulty.

All the good stuff melts into the background, and the current troublesome situation dominates our attention.

At my EFT workshops ten days ago, every person had at least one good reason not to be there – one lady had over 10! – and yet they still showed up for three days!

I thought that was fantastic, and worth celebrating. I acknowledged each one of them, and then we gave one another a round of applause. Oh, and then we danced (but that’s another story!).

So what’s the big deal about turning up for a workshop that’s already been paid for?

The big deal is that it would have been easier, and far safer, to stay in the Land of Comfortable, and to do what they’d always done, and to not choose to move forward.

So the next time something ‘goes wrong’, or you start criticizing yourself, or you don’t believe you are moving forward, do the following:

• Write a list of the stuff that doesn’t seem to be working out at the moment, e.g. I keep arguing with_____________, I never have time to____________, I’m always having to __________, my symptoms aren’t getting better, I’m so stressed about_____________, etc.

• Write a different list of all the things you have accomplished in the past two weeks NO MATTER HOW SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT, e.g. I attended the workshop for 3 days, I drove in the dark twice, I learned something new on my computer, I made time to finish reading my book, I cooked a great meal, etc.

• Now look at each list and notice how your body feels as you read each point. Don’t you feel excited, and proud of your accomplishments? Doesn’t that list have more power?

• Then you can start tapping. Acknowledge what the problem is and then acknowledge what you’re accomplished:

Even though I feel disheartened because my symptoms appear to be getting worse, I choose to acknowledge that I overcame my fear of driving in the dark, and I went out of my comfort zone.

Even though I’ve been procrastinating on making that phone call, I choose to honour the time and effort it took to cook Sunday lunch for the family.

Even though I’m so stressed about the test next week, I choose to appreciate myself for getting up early to go for a run.

• Increase your vibration by focusing on what’s going right, and what you’ve accomplished, which in turn, allows a sense of forgiveness for what isn’t working out just now.