Rehana Webster’s EFT Tapping Solution For Picky Eaters
It is common for health care professionals to find concerned parents bringing along their picky eaters. In fact, many children are picky eaters. If you are a parent of a picky eater and you are looking for a solution then you have come to the right place. Today my guest, Australian EFT Master, Rehana Webster, has the answer for picky eaters – EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques. Her international practice includes EFT and NLP Workshops, private counseling sessions in person and by phone as well as trainings, presentations and speaking engagements. Her workshops are fun, relaxed and experiential. Her goal is to help produce practitioners who will apply EFT artfully, confidently and successfully.
A Picky Eater Called Tom
One of the picky eaters to visit me was a young boy of eight who was brought to see me by his mother. Susan (not her real name) was concerned because Tom (not his real name) had limited the number of foods he would eat to such a degree that it had become a real problem trying to get him to get all his nutritional needs met. This is a common problem for picky eaters.
The EFT Tapping Session With Tom
Susan brought Tom over and sat on one side of the room and let me do the entire session without interfering. I quickly recognized that Tom was similar to other picky eaters I have seen and a highly intelligent little boy. So I asked Tom, “What is this picky eating thing all about?”
Identifying the Picky Eater’s Perception
He replied, “I can’t eat anything that is soft and warm.” Well, that takes care of about every thing one can think of in our diet, except for perhaps frozen food. Yes, that is all he would eat! All vegetables had to be frozen for him to eat them. Picky eaters each have their own set of favored foods. I asked Tom, “What happens if you do eat soft, warm food?” Tom said, “I vomit it out because my stomach knows it’s soft, warm food.”
Identifying the Picky Eater’s Strategy
It is useful to find the strategy that picky eaters use so I asked him, “How do you know the food is soft and warm before it even goes into your stomach?” Tom said, “The taste buds on my tongue tell me and the feel buds on the side of my tongue, tell me.” I asked him, “Do your taste/feel buds ever make mistakes?” “No,” he responded. I told him that I would like to conduct a scientific experiment. Then I asked him to close his eyes and I promised not to put anything in his mouth.
Using Props To Shake Up Tom’s Model Of The World
Susan had a plate of soft, warm food (a piece of avocado, broccoli, cake and chickpea dip) ready and waiting. I told Tom the experiment involved me putting one of the items on his finger and he had to guess which item it was. I put each item on his finger and asked him what he thought it was. Then I asked him to open his eyes and tell me if he thought he had guessed right. He said, “Yes.” I had to tell him that the feel buds on his finger had been WRONG every time. Yes, every time! I was closely watching Tom’s expression and there sure was confusion on his face. His eyes rolled around as he tried to comprehend what this meant.
This is the end of Part 1.
Rehana Webster, EFT Master & NLP Master
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Join us next time when Rehana will present Part 2 of EFT Tapping For Picky Eaters.
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