Carol Look: Clearing Blocks to Success

By Dr. Carol Look, Cht

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After completing another of my 4 week Success and Abundance teleclass series, I thought it would be useful if I outlined typical abundance blocks with accompanying suggestions for release and healing with EFT.  Anyone who is unable to clear basic blocks to success will remain “stuck.”  It is not enough to desire something.  And no technique comes close to the power of EFT for clearing limiting beliefs and moving you towards your goals, financial or otherwise.   

Whether teaching the abundance classes in person or conducting the teleseries, I find it easier to separate the work into 4 major themes or steps as follows:  

Class #1: Clearing Blocks to Success
Class #2: Prosperity Consciousness
Class #3: Law of Attraction
Class #4: Claiming Abundance

For the teleclasses, each person is given a private turn while the remaining members (approximately 15) are placed on “mute.”   I ask each participant during their turn to describe their particular blocks (in the form of limiting beliefs, assumptions, fears, or general “yes, buts”).  Of course the others profit from the effects of Borrowing Benefits by tapping along when it’s not their turn.  I instruct each caller to tap one standard round of EFT followed by one round of positive suggestions.  Then they place themselves on “mute” and the next person takes his or her turn. 

I consolidated my notes from the last several series and chose a few limiting beliefs that I thought would be instructive for a larger group.  During Class #1 of the series, titled Clearing Blocks to Success, one caller, “Debbie,” stated she was convinced she never made the right (or good enough) decisions for her life and because of this, she believed she would never be financially successful.  When I asked her how she came to this conclusion, she said her family told her this on a regular basis.  “Everyone just knew it about me.”

Her father specifically told her on more than one occasion, “You never make the right decisions!”  And then of course, this belief entered the family “truth” book.  We tapped together as follows: 

Starting on the Karate Chop Point:

“Even though I’m convinced I can't make good decisions, I choose to decide what's good for me now…"

"Even though they convinced me I never made the right decisions, I deeply and completely love and accept myself anyway..."

"Even though I don’t have confidence in my ability to make the right decisions, no wonder I’m not successful, I choose to release this belief now.”

Then we tapped the seven consecutive points of the EFT shortcut: (1) Eyebrow (EB), (2) Side of Eye (SE), (3) Under Eye (UE), (4) Under Nose (UN), (5) Chin (CH), (6) Collarbone (CB), (7) Under Arm (UA), plus (8) Top of Head (H) as follows:  (See EFT Tapping Points for a diagram of the points)

Eyebrow: I don’t make the right decisions
Side of the eye:  I never have
Under the eye: I can’t be successful unless I know how to make decisions
Under the nose: Maybe my family was right about me
Chin: I‘m afraid my decisions have been wrong
Collarbone: What if I’m not good enough?
Under the arm:  Maybe I don’t deserve success anyway
Top of the head:  Maybe I’ll never make the right decisions

Then I asked her to tap the eight points for a second round (skipping the karate chop point) focusing more on what she wanted.   

Eyebrow: I do make the right decisions
Side of the eye: I have made many good decisions
Under the eye: No I haven’t
Under the nose: Yes I have
Chin:  I’m going to make the right ones now
Collarbone:  It’s too bad they were wrong about me
Under the arm:  I love knowing I am capable of making good decisions
Top of the head:  I love feeling free of this old belief and I choose to make the right decisions

Another caller, “Anne,” said she felt guilty for leaving her husband.  As a way to punish herself for this act, she has made her life a chronic struggle in every area.  She felt convinced she didn’t deserve to succeed.  She finally “got it” that she had been punishing herself for leaving her husband who said “you’ll be sorry…you won’t amount to anything” as they left divorce court. 

We tapped as follows: 

Karate Chop Point:

“Even though it’s all my fault, and I shouldn’t have left him, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway…"

"Even though I feel guilty and have been punishing myself ever since, I choose to accept the decision I made…"

"Even though I don’t deserve to be successful because I left him, I deeply and completely accept all of me.”    

Then we tapped the 8 points: 

Eyebrow: I feel so guilty
Side of the eye:  I should feel guilty
Under the eye:  I shouldn’t have left
Under the nose:  I hurt him
Chin:  I don’t deserve success
Collarbone:  Yes I do
Under the arm:  No I don’t
Top of the head:  I feel so guilty; no wonder I’m punishing myself.

Then we returned to the eyebrow point for the second round:  

Eyebrow:  I am enough
Side of the eye:  I’m glad I left
Under the eye:  I forgive myself for leaving
Under the nose:  It’s not all my fault
Chin:  I deserve to release the struggle
Collarbone:  I release the struggle now
Under the arm:  It’s time to get over this, I did the best I could
Top of the head:  I am worthy, no matter what he said.

“Ron” said he was convinced he didn’t belong with wealthy people.  Consequently, he didn’t believe he could or would ever become “one of them.”  His parents were always referring to “them” as different in so many ways.  He adopted this belief and has been living it out consistently by sabotaging his success.  We tapped as follows: 

Karate Chop Point:

“Even though we were too different, and I don’t feel like I belong, I deeply and completely accept all of me…"

"Even though I don’t belong with them, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway…"

"Even though I’m blocking myself from earning what I deserve because I’m not one of them, I deeply and completely accept myself.” 

Then we tapped on the eight points as follows:   

Eyebrow:  I feel different
Side of the eye:  I don’t belong
Under the eye:  I’ve never belonged
Under the nose:  My family doesn’t fit in
Chin:  So I don’t either
Collarbone:  I can’t imagine myself as rich
Under the arm:  I don’t deserve to make more
Top of the head:  What if I never fit in?

Then we returned to the eyebrow point for the second round:  

Eyebrow:  Suppose I could fit in
Side of the eye:  I do believe in myself
Under the eye:  I deserve to feel worthy
Under the nose:  I feel worthy now
Chin:  I do belong now
Collarbone:  I’m glad I resolved this issue
Under the arm:  I’m happy this issue is in my past
Top of the head:  It’s time to fit in

The topic for Class #2 is “Prosperity Consciousness.”  Do you feel prosperous?  Do you believe there will always be enough—even more than enough.