Do you have the power of a transformational dictionary? Our words reflect how we feel about our self and the world around us. Take inventory… In any given day, do you use more negative or positive words when you express yourself? Do you use words that empowerment your energy or displace it. Do the words you use enhance your image or take away from it.

Think about this: for every negative word we say there is a negative action and consequence that follows. 

As we step into the New Year, many people have asked me, “What is the most important thing we need to know about in order to manifest what we desire.” The answer to that question is the Universal Laws. In order to manifest what we desire, we must strive to understand how the Laws work and how they affect us.

Let me first explain what the Universal Laws are. The Universal Laws are all inter-related and are founded on the understanding that everything in the Universe is energy, including us, and that energy moves in a circular fashion. Our thoughts, feeling, emotions and actions are all energy. What we think, feel, say and do in each moment comes back to us in the form of our reality. The good news is that we have the power and capacity to transform our world just by controlling and changing our belief system. As we change our belief system, we then learn to co-create with the Universe.

While on the topic of Manifestation, I thought this might be a good time to invite you to work with the Laws. As we learn about them, I invite you start a notebook and/or journal. You’ll be using it to truthfully answer some important questions pertaining to your lifestyle and beliefs. Your answers will help you fully understand where your limiting personal beliefs come from and they in turn will help you break through the barriers that keep you from fulfilling your personal mission. Another important part of keeping notes is that they will also become a tangible progress report. It’s something that you can actually hold in your hands and reference time and time again.

Before we start, I want to be up front with you. Even though I currently have no letters behind my name and I hope to be EFT certified by the end of this year, I speak to you from 51 years of real-life experience. Of all of the different modalities I've tried, and I've tried a few, many of the profound changes that I've made in my life have come through EFT. As you can tell from my past blogs I am pretty transparent with my viewers and I expect this to be no different. There may be times where I am going to share some personal experiences with you and I may even bring up some totally new concepts that may even shake your world a bit. In that case, please take what you feel is right for you and leave the rest. So, if you are still reading this, onward!

Right out of the gate, I want to address your “non-belief” in what I am going to share with you. I think it is important to be totally honest here. I know that many of you have tried all sorts of new methods and motivators and watched the Secret only to be disappointed that they didn’t work for you for some reason or another. I’ve done the same. So right now, let’s Tap on how you truly feel about the past and/or products or methods you’ve tried. Remember, EFT is about Tapping on the truth of how we feel. Again the set-up statement is created with a negative and then a positive statement and preps us for the work that needs to be done. There is no right or wrong way to word it as long as your statement is truthful and it contains both a negative and a positive statement.

Note: Before Tapping, take a measure of how you feel 10 being the highest and 0 being the lowest. You will take a measure of how you feel after each round. Also record anything that comes up for you after each round in your notebook. Hopefully you will Tap daily. If not, remember to record the date and the time of day that you tapped. You may find that if you Tap in the morning you have more energy or vise-a-versa. We will start with the Karate Chop:

KC. “Even though I have tried the Secret and other methods to manifest what I desire and they’ve never worked for me, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though those methods made great promises and I took the bait and bought them and bought into them, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I view all of these products as gimmicks, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

Next, tap the Meridian points starting with the EB and ending on the Top of the Head with the truth of how you feel. Example:
EB: All those manifestation products are a sham.

SE. They’ve never worked for me.

UE: I used a ton of them and they didn’t work for me.

UN:  I wish I had just saved my money.

CH: What a waste of time.

CB: I wish I could get that all that time and money back.

UA: I am still where I was before I wasted all that time and money.

TH: What a bunch of baloney that was.

Now, reassess how you feel. Has anything shifted for you? If not go another round until you feel that you’ve come down to zero. Then, revisit the statements you’ve tapped on. Did anything coming up for you either in your body or mind? Write those down, you’ll Tap on those next.

As you come down in number then you will replace those negative statements with “What If” statements. These types of statements put us in the receptive mode and  they open up to possibilities. Try this starting with the KC:

“Even though the past methods to manifest what I desired didn’t work, I accept myself any way. Even though they might not work again, I deeply accept myself anyway. Even though I didn’t succeed before, I deeply accept myself anyway.”

EB: What if I open myself to possibilities.

SE: What if this time I succeed.

UE: What if choose to make this a fun exercise.

UN: What if I take it easy on myself.

CH: What if I learn something along the way.

CB: What if I choose to enjoy the process of self-discovery.

UA: What if I do this for me.

TH: What if I just choose to try.

If after saying the last statement and you believe this to be true, you are done tapping. If you still have doubts, record what is coming up for you and Tap again.

I hope that you continue to follow this Manifestation Series. I will be putting it up incrementally so that you can work on it fully. If you know of anyone who might benefit from this article, please feel free to pass it on. If you would like to book a private session or intuitive reading, please feel free to contact me. Until next time, keep Tapping!

Blessings for a beautiful day! Merry

A tapping point to be aware of is the forgiveness point, which is located on the inside of either index finger at the base of the fingernail bed. You may tap this point using your thumb or dominant hand. 

A tapping point to be aware of is the forgiveness point, which is located on the inside of either index finger at the base of the fingernail bed. You may tap this point using your thumb or dominant hand. 

As you tap there try to recall a specific event. First, take a measure of how you feel about the incident 10 being the highest and 0 being the lowest. After completing each round of Tapping, you will measure if the emotion or feelings in your body have come down in number. Next, ask the Universe for forgiveness for yourself first. Next, ask for forgiveness for anyone else who may have been involved in the incident. Note: Do these rounds separately. After each round of tapping, revisit the incident and take measure of how it still may affect you. If you can’t recall the incident with emotion, you may have very well cleared it. If there is still a charge left or if another emotion comes up, write that down. You will tap on it next. 

If you have questions regarding Tapping, please submit them to me at Merry.Street@cox.net . Until then, keep Tapping !

Blessings for a wonderful Day! Merry
PS. If you know of anyone who may benefit from Tapping, please pass this on...
As you tap there try to recall a specific event. First, take a measure of how you feel about the incident 10 being the highest and 0 being the lowest. After completing each round of Tapping, you will measure if the emotion or feelings in your body have come down in number. Next, ask the Universe for forgiveness for yourself first. Lastly, ask for forgiveness for anyone else who may have been involved in the incident. Do these rounds separately. After each round of tapping, revisit the incident and take measure of how it still may affect you. If you can’t recall the incident with emotion, you may have very well cleared it. If there is still a charge left or if another emotion comes up, write that down. You will tap on it next. 

If you have questions regarding Tapping, please submit them to me at Merry.Street@cox.net . Until then, keep Tapping !

Blessings for a wonderful Day! Merry
PS. If you know of anyone who may benefit from Tapping, please pass this on...

Every New Year, many of us, making weight-loss resolutions only to find out that 95% of the time we don’t stick to our plans. Why? Part of the answer lies in congruency and the other because we have not addressed the drivers that cause us to overeat.

So what does that mean in terms of losing weight? First we’ll address congruency. It means that in order to be congruent, or in other words in accordance with weight loss, YOU must be totally honest with yourself! Ask yourself, “Do ‘I’ want to lose the weight or am I doing this because of some outside force.” Maybe you are trying to please your partner or impress others. Remember, no one can force you to lose weight pure and simple. You must decide that enough is enough and then you must act in accordance with doing something about it.

Now, let’s address the drivers. This it what literally what drives us to eat and there can be many factors. These questions get to the root of the drivers:

What emotions come up for you currently about how you use food?

What feelings or anxiety drive that behavior?

What guilt or self-hatred comes up for you when you exhibit that behavior?

What incidents have come up for you around food or food behaviors?

How did your family act around food?

What would the upside be if you were to lose weight?

What would the down side be if you were to lose weight?

You see, often times losing weight leaves us feeling vulnerable, afraid and unsafe. Many times we are afraid to call up the real reason why we eat. Maybe eating is a form of control.  In my case and like many other children of alcoholics, I found that food was the only thing I could control. While I chose not to drink consciously, food became an unconscious choice. I honestly didn’t really give it much thought until a therapist brought it to my attention.

EFT has helped me make tremendous headway with food. I now see it as a meal instead of a mechanism. It helped me understand how and why I ate and it gave me an appreciation of food that I never had before. Until then, my mantra had always been, “Enough is never enough.” Funny, that is how I saw my entire life until I faced my demons with food. I still struggle with it now and then but I also know that I have a wonderful tool to help me cope with the emotion surrounding it: EFT.

If you would like to speak with me more about my struggle with food and/or weight or find out how I can help you curb your cravings and lose weight with EFT, please feel free to call me. If you know of anyone who might benefit from this article, please pass this on.

Keep Tapping and have a wonderful day, Merry

So what do you do about changing your belief system? Try this:

1.     Write down the limiting beliefs that you have.

2.     Listen to your inner guidance that comes up as you say your statement(s.)

3.     Ask yourself, what past experiences have reinforced your beliefs. Maybe your parents used to remark that “only rich people are dishonest” or “We can’t afford that.”

4.     Use EFT to clear any limiting beliefs so that you can see them in a different light. 

5.     Starting at the KC, “Even though I believe that rich people are dishonest, I choose to believe that not all rich people act this way. In fact, I know many rich people like Bill Gates, use their wealth to help others prosper” or “Even though my parents used to say that we couldn’t afford things, I know that I can make wise choices when it comes to spending money. Even though my parents used to say that we couldn’t afford things and I adopted that belief, I know that I can  afford many things but I choose not to spend money on them.”

As you clear your beliefs about money you then have a choice then to fill your void and Tap into your Meridian points these positive statements:

1.     I have enough and will always have enough.

2.     I am grateful for the money I had, currently have and the money I will make. 

3.     I am in charge of my money. My money is not in charge of me.

4.     I am not in lack.

5.     I am open to all possibilities.

Keep Tapping and have a wonderful day!

PS. If you know of anyone who might benefit from Tapping, please pass this on…

As many of you know, I am also a student of numerology. Today I’d like to explain a little bit about 1-1-11. In terms of numerology, 1-1-11 are considered significant numbers. If you add the numbers up (1+1+1+1) they equal 4, which in numerology means earth, foundation, stability and manifestation. The double 11’s are considered to be portals and today, you have two! So today you are invited to walk through the portals of manifestation and what a better time than NOW to talk about that very topic. 

A few years ago, Rhonda Byrn, wrote the international best seller, “The Secret.” It caused a lot of controversy because the premise was that you could attain all you asked for just by learning what the secret was and applying it. If you haven’t figured it out already, the Secret was based on the Universal Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction states that: “Everything in the Universe moves, vibrates and travels in circular patterns. The same principles of vibration in the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires, and wills in the Etheric world.  Each sound, thing and even thought has its own vibrational frequency, unique unto itself. Why did it cause so much controversy? I believe that it was because the movie left out the actual secret, which is, that before the Universe can fill our “abundance” order, we need to be prepared mentally, spiritually and physically to receive it. 

Again, the Law states, all is vibrational with its own frequency… so as we ask for more and we have not yet worked on clearing up our abundance issues, we will get more of what we already have. Why? Because the universe is neutral and it cannot tell happiness from hunger and ultimately we get more of the same wherever you happen to be that day. 

So, how does EFT come into play? Well, I believe that EFT is an effective tool to help us clear out our negative beliefs surrounding abundance. As we address and clear up what is creating our negative reactions to wealth and personal abundance, we create a void. As we create a void, it creates an opportunity to fill it with positive beliefs. So I ask you, what are your limiting beliefs about abundance? Again, the word “abundance” is used subjectively here and it can be applied to material as well as spiritual abundance. Here is a sampling of limiting beliefs you may have:
“All rich people are dishonest.”
“I can’t be rich and be spiritual.”
“I can’t charge money for my services in order to be spiritual.”
“Only poor people go to heaven.”

If you are programmed to believing that only rich people are dishonest, then you may never achieve your desired goal of wealth. After all, you hold all limiting beliefs to be true!  

(To be continued tomorrow…)


Keep Tapping and Happy New Year! Merry

Well, today’s the last day of 2010. As we move into the New Year my hope is to inspire you to live as if anything is possible.  Today let’s tap on What If Today…

EB: What if today, I open myself to all possibilities…

SE: What if today, I stopped worrying and started wondering…

UE: What if today, I move into action – taking it day-by-day…

UN: What if today I wrote a list of everything I wanted…

CH: What if today, I took one thing I on my list and actually did something with it…

CB: What if today, I put aside the “I can’t do this” belief and started believing that “I can”…

UA: What if today, I dare to dream and in doing so address what’s keeping me stuck…

TH: What if today is the day I do all of these things and see where life takes me!

EFT is a wonderful tool to help you change your belief system. As you work with the “What if” statements, see what comes up for you emotionally or in your body. That is your starting point.

Remember to start at the KC and make up a set-up statement pairing a negative statement with a positive statement and tap on it 3 times. (Example) “Even though I am stuck and can’t seem to get motivated, I deeply and completely accept myself.” Better yet, can you think of a time someone said or did something that you can relate to feeling stuck? If nothing is coming up, it’s okay to guess at it.

Next, starting with the EB and ending with the TH state a reminder phrase (Example) “Being Stuck.” At the end of your tapping sequence, take a deep breath and see how you feel or what emotions come up for you. Write that down and you can work on that emotion next. If you are not down to zero on “Being Stuck” you still have more work to do…

Go through the sequence again and tap saying, “This remaining …” Again, take a measure of where you are and see if you have come down in emotion. Important: Keep tapping until you are at zero!  If you find yourself not having any emotional charge as you think of being stuck, take a look at your notes and see what emotions came up for you. Work on those next.

Keep tapping until you feel you’ve resolved all the emotions around “Being Stuck.”

Keep Tapping and blessings for a New Day! See you in 2011!  Merry

PS. If you know of anyone who may benefit from Tapping, please pass this on…

In a hurry to do EFT? Here are the "quick fix" spots to tap on:
On top of the head: This is the main contact point for all of the Meridians.
Wrists: This is where your watch band goes - use 2 or more fingers to tap on the entire area or cross one wrist over the other facing inside and tap. This point has three major meridians that are great for stress, grief and sadness.
Liver Point: Under breast (on the rib cage approximately 2 inches below the nipple.) This point addresses sadness, cravings, depression and anger.

Keep Tapping and have a beautiful day! Merry

PS. If you know of anyone who may benefit from Tapping, please pass this on... 

“Before you can move others, you must first move yourself…”

We are just a few days away from another new year. Typically it is a time when we grow introspective and set out on a new road to success. Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution to start an exercise program or to loose weight but soon find out that it takes more than words to get the ball rolling? You have all the knowledge and willpower to do so yet something inside will not allow you to budge. While this makes no logical sense maybe the part that is missing is the “permission” to do so.

I know it sounds funny as most of us are now adults, but think about it… most of our childhood was spent getting permission from our caretakers! Unfortunately, some adults never moved from the phase of asking to doing because they still feel the need to gain permission to start. Today, let’s take a look at that from an EFT prospective. Read the first sentence and notice what comes up? Ask yourself these questions to get to the meaning of “needing permission”:
1. Needing permission, what is that like?
2. And what does (your answer here) remind you of?

The following statements are global but you can use the information you’ve just accessed and plug it into the set-up statement.

1. Starting at the KC, say: “Even though I can’t give myself permission to move forward with my life, I deeply and completely accept myself. Even though I believe I must have permission to enjoy my life, I choose to be open to new possibilities. Even though I don’t have permission to enjoy my life, I deeply and completely accept who I am anyway.

2. Now go through and tap all the Meridian points starting at the EB point and finishing on the Top of the Head or TH while stating out loud, "this permission." Take a deep breath, grab a glass of water and sit for a moment. What charge or emotion comes up for you as you think back to the statement, “I need permission to enjoy my life.” As emotions come up, take note. Those are the next emotions to work on.

3. If the emotional charge still has not cleared, there is still more work to be done. First, let's re-word the set up statement: Starting at the EB say, "Even though I STILL have some of this permission challenge left, I deeply and completely accept myself. Repeat 2 more times...

4. Starting at the EB, go through your tapping sequence. Again after each sequence, stop and take a deep breath, grab a drink of water and sit for a moment. If it is still not cleared keep tapping. We want to make sure that your emotional level gets to zero before moving on to another aspect. 

Above all, please remember this... just by the fact you are here right now, you were born with permission to be your self. Know beyond all question that your life is a miracle waiting to unfold! 

Blessings and have a wonderful day... Merry