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Personal Peace Procedure
Adapted from the work of Gary Craig
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Complete a “Rowe Distress
Inventory” to start.
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Then make a list of
every bothersome specific event you can remember. Write them
down. Do not do this in your head! If you don't find at least 50 you are
either going at this half-heartedly or you have been living on some other
planet. Many people will find hundreds.
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While making your list you
may find that some events don't seem to cause you any current discomfort.
That's OK. List them anyway. The mere fact that you remember them suggests a
need for resolution.
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Give each specific event a
title - as though it were a
mini-movie. Examples: Dad hit me in the
kitchen--My wreck the night of senior prom--I stole Suzie's sandwich--That
fight with my spouse--My third grade class ridiculed me when I gave that
speech--Mom locked me in a closet for 2 days--Mrs. Adams told me I was
stupid—I blew the big presentation.
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When the list is complete,
pick out the biggest trees in your negative forest and
apply EFT
to each of them until you either laugh about it or "can't think about it any
more." Be sure to notice any
aspects that may come up. Write them down and
consider them separate trees in your negative forest.
Apply EFT to them
accordingly. Be sure to keep after each event until it is resolved. Then go to
the next biggest trees.
If you cannot get a 0-10
intensity level on a particular movie then assume you are repressing it and
apply 10 full rounds of EFT on it from every angle you can think of. This gives
you a high possibility for resolving it.
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Do at least one
movie (specific event) per day - preferably three - for 3 months. It
only takes minutes per day. At this rate you will have resolved 90 to 270
specific events in 3 months.
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Complete another “Rowe Distress
Inventory” at least once per week. Compare with the previous
inventories. Notice how your body feels better. Note, too, how your "threshold
for getting upset" is much lower. Note how your relationships are better and
how many of your therapy type issues just don't seem to be there any more.
Revisit some of those specific events and notice how those previously intense
incidents have faded into nothingness. Note any improvements in pain levels,
blood pressure, pulse, and breathing ability.
This is an important step.
Unless you consciously notice these things, the healing you will have undergone
may seem so subtle that you may not notice it. You may even dismiss it saying,
"Oh well, it was never much of a problem anyway." Then you might “forget” to
continue with your list, missing out on a chance to improve the quality of your
life and those you interact with.
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If you are taking
medications, you may feel the need to discontinue them. Please do so ONLY
under a qualified physician’s advice.
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Work with a buddy. Make
daily contact in person, by phone, or email. Share your progress with your
buddy. If you are stuck, ask your buddy to tap with you, even by phone. This
works!
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Stay with it. If you
should skip a day, tap on it, “Even though I skipped a day . . .”
If you would like to ask me a question, email me at
DrJack@JackEasonRowe.com
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