Dear Gary, How do you know that youve stumbled upon a revolutionary healing tool?

When you can actually reframe the loss of your first child as a blessing in disguise. et me e!plain. "welve years ago my husband and # had a stillborn baby girl after a very spiritually centered pregnancy. "he autopsy revealed the cause was unknown. # sank into despair when $ months later # was diagnosed with Hasimotos "hyroiditis which is an autoimmune disease essentially causing the thyroid to attack itself. # tried every alternative method # could find including homeopathy, %hinese herbs and acupuncture, iridology, nutritional supplements, macrobiotic diet, &yurvedic medicine, etc. to heal the condition. # desperately wanted to discontinue the synthetic hormone therapy that is the standard protocol in this country. 'othing worked. "he discussions with my endocrinologist were always the same (&ccept the fact that you will most likely have to take this pill for the rest of your life.) *ears later, after giving birth to two beautiful health children, # became a postpartum doula. # participated in several grief counseling training sessions where # processed the death of my first baby in great depth. "he comment # heard most often when #d tell my story was, (*ou really seem to have completed the grieving process) because # didnt have any obviously lingering emotional attachment to the event. # felt on many levels that this was +uite in fact true.

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During a time of immense personal growth and asking for guidance from God, # found 34". #mmediately recogni5ing that my loss was somehow trapped in my thyroid # felt in by bones that this would be the modality to remove it. # began by tapping on all the negative feelings # had around the death including some biggies like God abandoning me. # even discovered some guilt # had felt as # ignored my intuition that wasnt right with the baby . days before her death even though # had 6ust been to a reassuring prenatal visit to the ob7gyn that week. # went on to work on the thyroid itself with affirmations like (my thyroid is producing all the "0-, "0., "08, "02 it needs for prefect balance.) # diligently addressed any the tailenders such as the doctors telling me that this condition is incurable. # also made sure to check for any symptoms of hypothyroidism and tapped on those when they came up. 9ne secondary benefit # found to be true for me :but # suspect is around with most women with hypothyroidism; is that its a great e!cuse for being overweight. # know that one of the criticisms of 34" is that its all about belief. Well #m here to tell you that after months of seeing my clients walk thru my 34" practice symptom0free after one or two sessions, # couldnt +uite believe that this was really working on my own issue until # actually made myself sick< 4irst came insomnia, then tinnitus, and finally the feeling of being on speed or too much caffeine. #t took me a few days to recogni5e something that had never happened to me= by continuing to take the drugs # had made myself temporarily hyperthyroid. & +uick visit to my very open0minded nurse practitioner and her immediately started weaning my body off the drugs. # tell this story to my clients as a cautionary tale on the importance of working closely with their doctors when

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applying 34" to physical ailments. "he blood work confirmed that # didnt need to be on medication any longer after a few months of persistent tapping. "his brings me full circle to my dramatic reframe. # lost a child yes, but # recogni5e now that # was destined to work within the birth community to change the status +uo. "he >.?. has the highest incident of postpartum depression and # cant tell you how discouraging the numbers are for complete relief using traditional therapies. 1y ultimate goal is to train midwives, doulas, and childbirth educators in 34". # believe in the pioneering work of Dr. Grantly @ead who concluded that childbirth without fear will almost always bring about pain free labors. # know pitching energy psychology to the birth community is in its conception stage and # :along with other 34"ers; will be ready to give birth to it. 9f course, # will be relying on 34" to stop any limiting self0talk from distracting me from the path which my little angel started me down twelve years ago.

"hank you for the miracle youve sent out into the world, &lina 4rank, 34"0&DA ,ractitioner, %ertified ,ostpartum Doula www.tapyourpower.net

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