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Take a few minutes to learn the fundamental steps of this powerful self-help tool. This is the short version of

1. Recall an experience when something happened that you felt was out of your control. What are your feelings as you think about that situation or the people involved? Name the feeling or emotional response that you have right now. If you cannot name the specific feeling, just call it "This emotion."
2. Rate the intensity of the emotional response on a scale from zero to ten, with ten being the most intense and zero being no emotional response at all.
3. Perform The Setup: With the finger pads of the index and middle fingers of your dominant hand, begin tapping lightly the "Karate Chop" point of your other hand. The fleshy part on the side of the hand below the little finger is known as the Karate Chop point. While continuously tapping this point, repeat the following Setup Statement three times: "Even though I have this emotion, I deeply and completely accept myself" If you can name the emotion, then replace the word "emotion" with the specific feeling such as "anger," "guilt," or "sadness." Physical pain or discomfort can also be treated with EFT. Simply replace the word "emotion" with a description of the problem such as "headache," " lower back pain," or "arthritis in my knee." For example, to treat my stress I repeat, "Even though I have this stress, I deeply and completely accept myself," three times while continuously tapping the Karate Chop point.
4. Next, perform the Tapping Sequence by tapping about five times on each point (see chart) to rebalance your energy flow. Keep focused on the emotion or problem by repeating a Reminder Phrase similar to the Setup Statement. To release stress, I repeat, "This stress" while tapping lightly about five times on each of the following points:

   EB = Beginning of the Eye Brow
   SE = Side of the Eye
   UE = Under the Eye
   UN = Under the Nose
   CH = The Chin
   CB = Beginning of the CollarBone
   UA = Under the Arm
   KC = Karate Chop Point
   Points on either side of the body can be used, and sides can be switched during the tapping sequence.

• Take a deep breath. Now focus on the emotion you were addressing. Rate the intensity of that feeling on the 0-10 scale. If you were feeling stress on a level of 5 or 6, is it still at that same level?