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| The Set-up Phrase |
The Set-up Phrase
The set-up phrase for the EFT Quick Start Method follows the formula:
“Even though [I feel this way], I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Notice the set-up phrase has two parts. In the first part, you identify the emotion you want to work with. In the second part, you acknowledge your worth with an affirmation.
The set-up phrase focuses your attention. Yet there is a second reason for using the set-up phrase as is. It diffuses psychological reversals. What does that mean? It means that if you have a subconscious reason not to give up the emotion, that reason will not block the process.
A PR [psychological reversal] is an objection to healing. It is a form of subtle self-sabotage, and includes any limiting belief or consideration a person is holding, that prevents them from healing and changing now.
The EFT set-up phrase helps to override this psychological reversal by keeping you safe.
About one out of ten clients will object to the negative first part of the sentence. They don’t want to implant a negative thought in their minds. But we are not dealing with thoughts here, we are dealing with feelings - emotions that already exist even though we want to pretend they don’t. We need to identify them so we can let them go. It is likely that once they are gone, you won’t have to repeat that negative phrase again. Think of it as grabbing hold of a weed so you can yank it out by
the roots.
The set-up phrase for the EFT Quick Start Method follows the formula:
“Even though [I feel this way], I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Notice the set-up phrase has two parts. In the first part, you identify the emotion you want to work with. In the second part, you acknowledge your worth with an affirmation.
The set-up phrase focuses your attention. Yet there is a second reason for using the set-up phrase as is. It diffuses psychological reversals. What does that mean? It means that if you have a subconscious reason not to give up the emotion, that reason will not block the process.
A PR [psychological reversal] is an objection to healing. It is a form of subtle self-sabotage, and includes any limiting belief or consideration a person is holding, that prevents them from healing and changing now.
The EFT set-up phrase helps to override this psychological reversal by keeping you safe.
About one out of ten clients will object to the negative first part of the sentence. They don’t want to implant a negative thought in their minds. But we are not dealing with thoughts here, we are dealing with feelings - emotions that already exist even though we want to pretend they don’t. We need to identify them so we can let them go. It is likely that once they are gone, you won’t have to repeat that negative phrase again. Think of it as grabbing hold of a weed so you can yank it out by
the roots.
