Increase the Effectiveness of EFT with a Feelings Wheel!
All feelings, not just the supposedly “positive” ones, are valid and what make us human; to deny our negative feelings is to deny our very nature. Feelings are messengers that communicate our beliefs, limiting or otherwise. So if you experience a negative feeling such as that of being mad, it is letting you know that you are feeling powerless, since the feeling of being powerful is the opposite of feeling mad. At the root of every negative feeling is a childhood trauma or dysfunctional childhood pattern that you learned prior to the age of seven. Listen to the negative feelings, heal their associated trauma or limiting belief, and then you will shift into the positive feeling in that aspect of your life forever.
A feelings wheel (click on the image to the left for a full size version or subscribe to my newsletter) is an amazing tool that can be easily utilized in your EFT sessions, even if you’re a beginner! A feelings wheel displays all of your feelings, both the positive and the negative ones. As human beings, we experience the full spectrum of feelings, not just the positive ones, it is many world religions which shame our anger, inadequacy, and fear. However, these are not to be shamed, but to be fully experienced, to be listened to and understood. The positive and negative feelings work like a yin-yang symbol, each feeling has an opposite feeling. In any given aspect of your life, if you are feeling sadness you are not feeling joy, if you are feeling powerful you are not feeling mad, and if you are feeling peace you are not feeling fear.
To use the feelings wheel in conjunction with EFT, first identify the issue that you are dealing with. Next, drill down to the feeling(s) associated with your issue. Once identified, find each feeling on the Feelings Wheel and notice the
two feelings connected to the original. In the picture to the right, we’ll use “Embarrassed” as an example feeling, thus “Insecure” and “Scared” would be the two associated feelings. We would then use the feelings of insecure and scared, as well as embarrassed, in our setup statement and when tapping through the points.
The next step is to find the converse feelings, the feelings directly opposite of the feeling you originally identified. Embarrassed would then be two up
and on the right of the wheel, and thus the converse feeling would be two down and on the left side. In this case, the converse feelings are “Pensive”, “Thoughtful”, and “Peaceful”. These are the feelings that you really want to experience in the moment, the ones that you are unable to enjoy because of your embarrassment.
A setup statement would then look like this:
Even though I am embarrassed when my mother keeps showing my friends pictures of me when I was little, I choose to honor my feelings, and realize that I am just a little insecure and scared of what everyone will think of me. Instead, I know that I really desire to feel pensive, thoughtful, and peaceful, but I’m just not feeling that right now. In spite of that, I choose to love, accept, and forgive myself.
Sign up for my newsletter and get a free eBook, a Free With EFT tapping worksheet, and a printable Feelings Wheel! How has the Feelings Wheel helped you in your EFT sessions? I’d love to hear your examples in the comments below, be well!
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I am so excited to use the feelings wheel in my EFT Tapping practice!! Thanks for sharing it with me and others. I'll let you know how it helps me as soon as I give it a try!
This looks like an excellent tool. Can you direct us to a source for a clear printable version of the Feelings Wheel?
If you click the link above on the Feelings Wheel, it will take you to a jpg…I found several others with a google search of images, and if that still doesn't work, I have a .pdf that I can email to you if you contact me.
Wow, that is great, for clients and for myself. Will print it out and use it and tell you the results!
I feel it will be easier to drill down to feelings, people love stuff in print, so it will be easier for them to recognise their feelings.
thanks a bunch for sharing this!
Charlotte
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I’m glad you feel it will be useful for you and your clients. I look forward to hearing your results and feedback, be well Charlotte!
http://www.wecarewelistenwehelp.com/feeling-wheel-large.html Here’s a printable coloured version!
That is great Charlotte, thank you for making that available to my readers! Also, if you decide to sign up for my newsletter, you will get a printable .pdf version sent to you as a bonus gift! It is a different version that I found from a print resource about ten years ago. Be well!
Hey Nathan,
I wanted to drop by and visit. It’s a great site and I know tapping is an awesome tool.
Let’s keep in touch…
P.S. I know why you like my WordPress theme.
Coach Freddie
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thanks Freddie for the kind words, we’ll definitely stay in touch!
Nathan
P.S. I bet you do know, LOL!
Hi Nathan,
I love the feelings wheel, but I don’t know much about EFT and will have to learn more. A friend of mine talked to me a little about it years ago, but I did not pursue it any further. That just might be to my disadvantage.
Again thank you for sharing this.
Tammy
Have you ever heard the saying, “when you’re ready, the teacher will come”? Well maybe the timing is just a part of your path.
I have a lot of great resources here, I recommend starting at the “What is EFT” area, and working your way from there. I also recommend the “Secret Language of Feelings” article, the book is invaluable too. I look forward to growing with you on this journey Tammy!
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Nathan, how apt that you have the saying posted about when the teacher will appear? There you are! Right there and teaching me already and I really do feel that this is going to be a tool of life changing importance. Thank you so much, when I have finished my coaching course, I will be able to implement it in my coaching practice. Thank you so much! I am looking forward to my journey!
Linda
And a great and transformational journey this will be for all of us Linda! I look forward to watching how all of this will unfold, right before our very eyes! How exciting!
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Wow! Great stuff here. I can see how the feeling wheel would be a great tool.
Malinda
Thanks Malinda! I look forward to hearing how you use it?
I’m excited to learn a lot more on the EFT tapping practice with the feelings wheel and Can’t wait to receive The Secret language of feelings…Discovery is always exciting.
Thanks! I’m glad to hear that you are experimenting with the power of EFT! The Secret Language of Feelings is a life changing book as well, I am glad that you are taking a look at it already! Please let me know if you have any questions, I am ALWAYS happy to assist when needed! Be well Tammy!
EFT is new to me, and I really like the video demo’s. It is always helpful when we address our own issues in personal development and in our own emotional life. Thanks.
Not a problem Jackie! Thank you for the positive and warm feedback! Please feel free to ask questions as you explore this new (to you) form of energy psychology! Be well!
Just discovered your site and Feeling Wheel, Nathan. I like that it’s also customizable; there are spaces between each feeling on the outer edge of the circle that could be used to add additional categories based on one’s own experience. Excellent tool! thanks for sharing this.
Thanks Ange! I appreciate your excellent feedback, I will have to add a few feelings of my own now! Be well!
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