Dear On a Personal Note I'm excited to go on a little trip with Andrew this week! Because we've spent so much time apart in recent years (for family reasons), we decided this is the year of more togetherness. 😍 He goes on a trip now and again to teach a course in Power BI (very
techy stuff). He does that extremely well, yet despises organising the logistics around it - accommodation, food, travel. I love traveling! So with glee, I'll do all the organising, getting us there, nutritious food for his brain. While he works, I can work too. Thankfully all my work is online - I've been
designing it this way since 2015. We both win. 🎉 This week he's teaching in Exeter, a city in Devon. Afterward, we'll have 3 days to explore Dartmoor (one of the beautiful National Parks in the UK). We drove through the area for a mere 2 hours in 2011, when I was in the UK to become an EFT Trainer. It was a grey,
misty day and we could not see much. Dartmoor (as the rest of the UK) has the most adorable village names... like 'Buckland in the Moor'. I want to visit some of them just for their names! I find life so unbelievably fascinating. Back then in 2011, we'd never have dreamt that 14 years later, the UK would be our home. A similar thing happened for me in South Africa. I stayed in
Rivonia for a few months during a trial separation. Driving through the area, I kept thinking how lovely it would be to live there, so close to my office. And guess what... 5 years later, I met Andrew, who lived in Rivonia, in that exact area. We lived there for 12 years! Have you noticed similar fascinating
patterns in your life? On a Business Note: EFT Tapping for a Bee Sting Published research about EFT from one of the world's leading researchers on EFT,
Dr Peta Stapleton. In the article below, I talk about how I
used EFT to reduce stress about a bee sting. Recently I was in South Africa for 6 weeks to visit my mom with Parkinson's Disease. I went for a beach walk every morning, to start the day with self-care and build some good energy to face the tasks for the rest of the day. It was high summer in South Africa, and hotter than was comfortable. Walking in the shallow ocean water was a blissful
relief. One morning, as I strolled through the lovely 21 C water, I felt a sharp pain underneath one of my toes. I hobbled out of the water to find a place to sit. It was getting more painful by the second! My first thought was that I must’ve stepped in a shard of
glass. This was the festive season, and unfortunately, many of the beautiful beaches in South Africa are being polluted by inconsiderate people leaving their trash (like glass bottles). I’ve seen numerous pieces of glass on my walks and have always tried to pick them up and deposit them into a bin. Figuring out the problem I sat down, trying to inspect the underside of my toes, which still had fine sand on them. I was looking for a little splinter of glass but could see none. I remembered I had my water bottle with me,
and rinsed off my toes so I could see better. By now, I was ready to cry—it felt like a little fire had been lit in my toe; it was unspeakably sore. I had to breathe really loudly to avoid screaming. It crossed my mind that a piece of glass would cause constant pain, and not become more painful by the second. (Speaking from experience of that,
too!) Aha! I see it! And then, I saw it… a bee sting, still stuck inside my toe! (Note: And what was a bee doing in the shallow water of the ocean,
you ask? The answer at the bottom.) At this point, I could not think straight to all the advice I’d read about how to remove bee stings… I just knew it had to come out! So I probably injected even more of the venom as I scraped it out with a fingernail. It burnt like
hell. What to do now? "Okay, it was out – now what?" I thought. I was very far away from the car (probably a km). I’d never be able to walk back to the car with this pain, never mind thinking straight to
drive! And that’s when finally, my brain kicked in, and I remembered I could use EFT for anything. “Well, let’s try”, I thought. Nothing else was available. I have to be honest and say the first few rounds (tapping through all the EFT points, over and over) I was just screaming and muttering one word and it starts with an "F"! It felt like I needed to express the awful pain, the shock, the surprise, disappointment at not being able to complete my walk - and that particular word does all that, plus a lot
extra.  Thankfully it was only around 7. 30 am so there were no people around me to overhear the wailing! Calming down That provided the chance to start calming down my nervous system, which meant the parts of my brain that can think and make decisions, could come back online. Before that, it was just survival instinct only. Finally, I could think straight enough to remember Intention Tapping. With Intention Tapping, we release the emotional attachments and aversions we have to something (a person, an event, a situation, a thought). And we can also help our bodies to restore energy flow, so it can do its job. Here are a few sentences I used on that day, while tapping through all the points: • I release all my emotional attachments to this bee sting. • I release all my emotional attachments to this fiery pain in my
toe. • I restore the right energy flow to my toe. • I restore the right energy flow to the shock! • I release all my emotional attachments to - "I won’t be able to get back to the car, and everything that
means." • I release all my emotional attachments to the projection that this will hurt for a long time. I did a few more, just kept breathing, tapping round after round, sometimes even silently. Just giving my body and mind a chance to process the whole
thing. (Side Note: if you want to know more about how to use Intention Tapping, drop me a note! I'm in training to become a Trainer, yay!) Relief And then,
within a few minutes (I’m guessing around 7-8 or so), the pain started subsiding. Where it was a level of 9 before I started tapping, it came down to a 3 or 4. I was able to gingerly and carefully, start putting weight on that foot. That wasn’t possible before! I slowly made my way back to the car and drove home, all in one piece. Note: There is a follow-on to this story where I started noticing the mental after-effect of stepping on a bee at the beach, and I’ll write about that another time. It nicely illustrates our subconscious minds’ protective mechanisms. Was it the
EFT? Now, I don’t know how long it would have taken for the pain to subside if I had not been tapping. So of course, it’s hard to prove that it was the EFT that made the difference - I couldn’t do a double-blind experiment.  I do think and believe it was the tapping that helped the venom to work its way through so quickly. I’ve recently become a practitioner of a method called "Old
Pain 2 Go" – where we learned how complex the pain processes in the brain are. It makes 'calculations' to decide how much pain to send to a part of our body. When we feel unsafe, our brain produces far more pain signals. With the tapping, I was able to work through the "I’m unsafe and this will never stop" feelings very quickly, so the brain could downgrade its
‘threat warning’ and thereby downgrade the pain. (I’ll talk more about Old Pain 2 Go soon.) EFT: a handy tool It’s been enormously helpful to have
EFT, an always-handy tool at my fingertips. I've been an EFT Practitioner for almost 20 years, and I’m still so grateful for this tool, and to Gary Craig who created it. *** If you were
interested in why there are drowning bees in the ocean: I’ve seen drowning bees on so many of my morning beach walks. I asked ChatGPT and it provided a few reasons that all make sense. Here’s the list, if you’re curious. Bees near the ocean might seem
surprising, but there could be a few reasons for their presence: 1. Water Source: Bees are often drawn to water sources to regulate their hive's temperature and dilute honey for feeding. The salty sea water might attract them if there are no other nearby water sources. However, bees don't usually handle salt water well, which could explain why they get overwhelmed
and drown. 2. Wind Currents: Strong winds along the Natal South Coast might carry bees out over the ocean, disorienting them. Bees aren’t natural fliers over large bodies of water, so they could tire quickly and fall into the waves. 3. Floral Resources Near the Coast:
The Natal South Coast is home to many flowering plants that attract bees. If they're foraging near the coast, they might inadvertently end up in the water, especially if the waves come close to flowering vegetation or if they misjudge their flight. 4. Migration or Disorientation: In some cases, bees might be disoriented by reflective surfaces like the ocean, which can confuse their
navigation system. This disorientation can lead to accidental encounters with the water. 5. Heat and Exhaustion: On particularly hot days, bees might search for water or shade near the coast, and the added stress of heat or exhaustion could make them more prone to accidents. It's sad to see them in trouble, but this is part of the natural challenges they face. If you're interested in helping, you could set up a small, shallow freshwater source nearby to encourage them to stay away from the salty waves. Bees tend to prefer water sources they can land on safely, like a shallow bowl with pebbles or sticks for perches. *** I’m curious and would love to hear from you.
Have you used EFT for an ache or pain?
Or - just reply to say hello. I do love hearing from you! Wishing you a week blessed with sparks of beautiful moments! With love and kindness, Liesel Hi, I'm Liesel! I'm an HSP introvert who loves supporting sensitive souls to go beyond what they thought possible for them.
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