How can EFT help you with anger and weight issues?

Disrupted energy channels in the body often show up as negative emotions- in this case anger. Long-term or unresolved anger may lead you to soothe yourself with food and result in unwanted weight. EFT helps restore your flow of energy and release your excess anger or other troubling emotions.

Have you ever had times when you were irritable or even downright angry, but you couldn’t explain why? Have you found yourself increasingly snapping at your spouse or children? Are you more ticked off in traffic than you used to?

EFT can help you identify the source of your anger and irritability. This page will help you get into some of the reasons why you reach for food to calm your anger.

But even if food, eating or weight is not the issue for you, this page will be very helpful because it provides a number of examples of set up statements. These examples will help you learn how to personalize your EFT statements to fit your situation.

Try tapping along with this audio and notice what presents itself for your inspection.

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Tap Map

Set up Statement

“Even though I often feel angry, sometimes for no apparent reason, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

“Even though I can’t put my finger on why I feel so angry all the time, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

“Even though I’m baffled at why I feel so angry, I’d really like to know so I can begin to let it go, but I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

Reminder Statement

Eyebrow: this anger I feel
Side of Eye: I don’t know where it comes from
Under Eye: I’m so irritable
Under Nose: can’t put my finger on it
Chin: I’m angry a lot
Collarbone: this anger baffles me
Under Arm: I can’t explain it
Top of Head: this anger I feel

Choices

Eyebrow: I choose to be open to understanding my anger
Side of Eye: I choose to ask my mind to reveal the source of my anger
Under Eye: I choose to accept all of my anger without judgment
Under Nose: I choose to free myself from excess anger
Chin: I choose to begin releasing my anger
Collarbone: I choose to put my finger on my anger and identify it now
Under Arm: I’m ready to understand my anger
Top of Head: I choose to release my anger and appreciate it

Take a deep breath
Sip some water
Check your intensity and record it now________

For some people, the first tapping round will produce immediate results, revealing much information about the source of your anger.

This new information may come in the form of a simple ‘realization’ of the source of your anger, or it may show up as a memory or some other thought that ‘just pops up out of no where.’ For others, it may be a big Aaaah Haaa! Moment.

The next step will be to form a new “Even though” set up statement based on your new information.

For many people, a little more time and detective work will be needed before the source of your anger is revealed. This does not mean that EFT did not work for you. Sometimes, the answer will show up as a ‘random thought’ a day or two later- so pay close attention to your thoughts and don’t dismiss them quickly as unrelated to anger.

To help you discover more about your anger, follow these 5 steps:

1. Write down your answers to the leading questions and/or fill in the blanks with whatever comes to your mind.

2. Next, create a setup statement about your answer and tap on it using the “Even though” format.

3. Rate your intensity about the issue.

4. Say a short reminder statement as you tap the remaining points.

5. Then end your round with a set of choices statements and check your intensity again for changes.

I’ve compiled some questions for you to ask yourself and listed them below. I suggest you print them out or pause this tape and write down your answers.

Leading Questions

How does anger show up in your daily life?
What is the nature of the anger? Unexpected? Volatile? Self-directed? Where do you experience it in your body?
Have you been mistreated? By whom? When? How?
Is there someone you’d like to punish?
Is there someone you can’t or won’t forgive?
If I could live my life over again, the events (or people) I’d rather leave out would be______________

Now create an “Even though” set up statement about your answers while tapping on the karate chop point. For example:

“Even though I’m angry all the time and I lash out at __________, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

“Even though I feel my anger in the middle of my chest and it has a burning sensation to it, I still deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

“Even though my Mom was really hard on me when I was young, and she would blame me for things I didn’t do, and my sister got away with everything, but I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway.”

“Even though _________ doesn’t deserve my forgiveness for _________, I still deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

“Even though I wish I could punish_________ for _________ I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I’d like to leave _________ out of my life if I could live it over again, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.”

Here are some examples of choices statements you might want to use:

Eyebrow: I choose to accept all of my anger without judgment
Side of Eye: I choose to begin releasing my anger now
Under Eye: I choose to forgive ___________ for my own well-being Under Nose: I choose to live my life free of excess anger Chin: I choose to appreciate that my anger has been a signal to help me release and move on Collarbone: I choose to forgive myself and be free Under Arm: I choose to acknowledge that I deserve peace Top of Head: I choose to release any remaining anger and blame

Notice any changes in your perception or awareness of the problem and jot these down. Did any memories show up? Did any pictures form in your mind as you were tapping?

Now, use what you wrote down to decide what to tap on next. Create a new “Even though…” set up statement about your thoughts and any changes you experienced, then continue tapping in the same sequence as the last two rounds.

Be aware of changes in the issue itself. Perhaps you may have moved from the experience of anger to the underlying feeling of sadness or some other emotion. EFT gently guides you to new aspects of the issue only as you are ready to deal with them.

Be very expressive in your next EFT rounds and even let your set up statements be long and rambling. Put as much feeling into your words as possible because this is what changes your energy patterns.

With EFT you can trust your instincts and follow your intuition. Like most anything, you will get better and better it and it will become second nature to you.

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