Today I completed and passed the EFT Certification exam, something I have been wanting and also putting off since last summer. I will also admit publically that I never took the time to write this down as a goal. I failed to follow the advice that I give out liberally. What kind of a coach would do that? A human one, of course.
I have been practicing EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques www.emofree.com) since I first learned about it in 2001. I’ve probably treated myself with it thousands of times. When you add all the client sessions and the trainings I’ve attended, it comes to possibly several thousand hours accumulated experience as an EFT expert. I had completed ACEP certification as an Energy Health Practitioner in 2007. There didn’t used to be a certification for EFT until this new certification was announced in mid 2008. I immediately ordered all the study materials, then let it sit for months. I was not motivated and suppose I felt it would still be there for later.
When I created my goals in January for my first 90 days of 2009, EFT Certification didn’t make the list either. I did however start studying the videos on a regular basis as winter cancellations and being stuck indoors gave me the extra time. As I watched hours of video – stuff I thought I knew so well, I realized that I was learning good things that would strengthen me as a practitioner and a person. The volume of videos was still daunting. How could I fit this in and even get a clue as to when I might finish?
Yesterday I reached a moment of astonishment – I realized I was just 3 hours away from completing the videos! While it wasn’t even on my list, I was rounding the bend. During a call scheduled with my accountability buddy, Carmel yesterday I made the commitment that I would complete that exam by March 30 and I meant it.
What happened next is really cool – I felt the excitement. I wanted this. I could see my name with the certification initials. I felt I had already earned it, but I was ready to prove it. I enrolled for the exam and paid the fee. Miraculously I had a very open schedule today (Friday) which I figured I would use to study all of my notes. At noon I made the decision that I was as ready as I would ever be and that I would try the exam today.
It is a timed exam and you get just two chances to pass. As I sat down at the PC to log in, I felt my heart start to pound. Now what? Right then, I tapped on the “heart feeling”. I tapped on the nervousness and on how much I deserved to be certified. I tapped on being comfortable as a certified healer.
The discomfort evaporated and I logged in. Two hours later I passed on my very first try. Hurray for me!
What have I learned?
1. Getting on board with a goal is more than just saying it or writing it down, it comes from embracing it fully. My resistance mostly had to do with the time it would take. As I made time and got engaged in the process, that resistance fell away, even before I fully committed.
2. Bringing in a witness or accountability buddy is wise. Once I brought my witness, Carmel, into my process there was no stopping me.
3. Imagination Motivates Allowing myself to feel the success before it arrived was a very pleasant form of encouragement. I always say “Miracles are out there just waiting for a place of expression!” I do believe we create our realty.
4. Love Makes it Simple I love EFT and I know it well. It was fun going deeper and challenging myself to memorize lots of fine details. So many of the points not on that test will help me. I am grateful. All of this will allow me to be a better teacher and healer, doing work I love.
