I love the title of one of Barack Obama’s books: The Audacity of Hope. Certainly during times when things consistently look bad in the world, it can be very difficult to feel hopeful about anything.

Recently, I have been communicating with breast cancer survivors who are learning to keep hopeful about their futures using EFT.  I suggested incorporating Pat Carrington’s “Choices” method into their daily tapping routines.

After collapsing a lot of fears about recurrence, living to raise their children, losing a breast, etc., I encouraged women to come up with an entirely positive list of attitudes that reflect the idea of HOPE.

H is for Happiness, or Health, or Hilarity.

O is for Optimism, or Openness, or Opulence.

P is for Peace, or Positive Attitude, or Pleasure.

E is for Enthusiasm or Energy or Ecstasy.

You can use the idea with ANY problem.  Just remember to collapse or neutralize (as much as you can), whatever you are working on.  Then (and only then), you can tap on a list of NEW attitudes with great success.

I suggest at least 10 “Choices” and then tapping on one basic tapping point for each new choice.  Here is a choice list of a recent breast cancer survivor who was so afraid of a recurrence that she wasn’t able to enjoy her cancer-free life.
After she got to “0” on a number of her biggest fears, “Jane” started tapping her Choices list every night before she went to sleep.

KARATE CHOP:    I choose     HEALTH.

EYEBROW:        I choose     OPTIMISM.

SIDE OF EYE:    I choose     PEACE.

UNDER EYE:      I choose     ENTHUSIASM.

UNDER NOSE:     I choose     HAPPINESS.

CHIN:           I choose     OPENNESS.

COLLAR BONE:    I choose     POSITIVE ATTITUDE.

UNDER ARM:      I choose     ENERGY.

UNDER BREAST:   I choose     JOY.

TOP OF HEAD:    I choose     JANE.

I am offering one free teleclass for breast cancer survivors and their concerned loved ones.  If you would like to participate in the live call, or receive a recording, please e-mail me at: kiya@eft-tap.com.