Use EFT While Waiting on the Phone

Have you ever thought about creating and saving a bunch of EFT tapping statements to use when you have a spare moment during the day? It can be like having a package of snacks in your pocket to munch on when you’re hungry!

This tip for using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) was originally suggested in my Multiply the Power of EFT eBook. However, many great tid-bits of advice that are tucked amidst pages in an entire book of useful ideas are often forgotten. Yet, in the hustle and bustle of life today, I think this one deserves revisiting. 

Why Use EFT On the Phone

Frankly, many people who have learned EFT don’t use it as often as they could because it can seem like a lengthy task. You might imagine creating a setup phrase and then tapping systematically until you are finished with an EFT session – a real process. However, one way that EFT statements can be tapped on very profitably is during your waiting time on the phone. 

For example, if you make many phone calls to large organizations, you’re probably familiar with being asked to “wait for the next available representative.” You have no choice but to comply and this “wait” can often be extremely long time and can be an ideal opportunity to “sneak in” some useful EFT. 

Why is this a good idea? One reason is that you may not have any specific available task that you could do to fill this time, because you couldn’t possibly have known that it would occur, or how long it would last.

Also, you may have to listen to music during the extended pause, or hear some boring company information, or get dead silence that is interrupted by repetitive recorded messages telling you that someone will be with you “soon.” Whatever fills this space is pretty much lost time for you, unless you do something else that has meaning for you. Why not use that “lost time” to strengthen your practice of EFT?

As you wait on the telephone for a human being to finally speak to you, you may find yourself becoming angry or frustrated. In this situation, it can be extremely helpful to use an EFT statement such as, “Even though I feel annoyed (angry, furious, discouraged etc.) at this wait, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

Or, if you are familiar with the EFT Choices Method, you can insert a positive intention at the end of your EFT statement and say, “Even though I’m annoyed (etc.) at this wait, I choose to see it as a welcome pause in a hectic day.” By introducing this positive “reframe” into your EFT statement you are bringing a positive note into your day that may not have been there otherwise.

Keep in mind that it is not always necessary to go through an entire EFT sequence  Many people discover their own “special” tapping points that are so effective for them that they need only tap on these particular spots (or one spot) to get the effect – and some obtain the effect of a whole round of EFT just by SAYING  or thinking the set-up phrase 3 times (very useful when driving in a car by the way), or simply thinking the statements while they visualize themselves tapping.

Create “EFT Notes”

This does not necessarily have to be the way you use it, however. You can do something quite different. You can plan ahead of time to tap when you anticipate you will find yourself on hold during the day by creating  “EFT Notes” in a folder on your desktop, or by using a note-keeping App for your Smartphone, to store EFT statements that you plan to work on. These statements can also be created on the spot, while something is troubling you and you didn’t previously have time to deal with the situation. They will form a valuable collection of tapping subjects for you to use during your inevitable telephone waiting times when they occur.

The point is that EFT is not something to be shut away in a closet and thought about only occasionally when you are intent on entering that closet for some specific purpose.  It can become an integral part of your day and it is wonderfully productive to use it this way.

I hope you try doing this…

By Dr. Patricia Carrington