When I am tapping with someone, or for myself, it helps me to have a kind of template in the back of my mind to work from. I like having a way to track the information, and a way to hold a general sense of the direction I want to take in the session. This template is also useful when I am talking with individuals, or with groups, about sensitivity.

I found that it was useful to have a mnemonic—a pattern of letters, ideas and associations—that helps me to share what I know in a way that people can understand and relate to.

Here is what I came up with: Free your S-P-I-R-I-T-E-D Self

Imagine that each letter stands for a sort of “basket of information.” This basket contains thoughts, explanations, experiences and beliefs that one could elaborate upon. Each of these elements can become the stem statement for many very useful EFT tapping set-ups.

My template for information about sensitivity:
S – Sensitivity
P – Painful Experiences
I – Identity Beliefs
R – Responses to these beliefs, expressed in your emotions and your body
I – The deeper Intention and message of your physical and emotional responses
T – The deeper Truth in yourself
E – Evidence in your life that the Truth has always been true
D – the Direction that you want your thoughts and actions to turn you toward instead
Self – Care about how you feel! In caring for your Self you are caring for your Spirit.

I keep this mnemonic “Spirited Self” in mind to guide me as I talk or tap.