Combining Positive Affirmation with EFT Tapping: The EFT Choices ...

Many people who use positive affirmations often ask if there is any way to effectively add the power of positive statements to the EFT tapping process.

The EFT Choices method was originally developed by Dr. Patricia Carrington and it is one of the most effective ways to incorporate positive statements into the use of EFT. You may find this method useful in helping you to allow yourself to make positive choices to help you move toward what you want in life.

The EFT Choices method can also help you more precisely zero-in on what you want if you are finding it difficult to clarify your desired outcome.

How to Use The EFT Choices Method

This method can also be used if you feel uncomfortable with the most well-known EFT affirmation ?I deeply and completely love and accept myself? which is used during traditional EFT. It can also be extremely useful if you feel like you (or your clients) are suffering from low self-esteem.

The standard formula for the Choices Method is 3 rounds of tapping:

Round 1: How you feel (the ?negative?) stated in a present tense

Round 2: How you?d like to feel instead (the ?positive?)

Round 3: Go back and forth alternating on each tapping point with the negative and the positive and end on a positive.

When doing the EFT Choices method, you basically tap on each of your EFT points, one by one, while focusing on the negative aspects of your issue to neutralize your problem, then continue to tap while focusing on the solution, finish up by tapping as you alternate between a negative aspect of the issue and then stating your desired positive outcome.

Begin by using the EFT Basic Recipe, or any shortcut version that you like, and for your set-up and reminder phrases use the following format:

?Even though (I have this problem), I choose (to feel better instead).? When you state ?I choose?? state a specific desire for what you want or you can add self-acceptance phrases if you like.

For example: ?Even though my hand is throbbing, I choose to have my hand be comfortable and pain free.? or ?Even though I have this (pain, trauma, or feeling), I choose to (feel/do/have this better feeling).? If you like, change the specific outcome/affirmation that follows your I choose statement to one that feels right for you.

Guidelines for ?I choose? Statements

There are a few guidelines to follow when formulating your ?I choose? statements.

First and foremost, be specific when stating the exact details (the timing, the exact color, size, the amount etc?) of your desire. It is much more effective and much more fun to create ?pulling? choices ? write them as if you were writing an ad to sell to yourself, with descriptive language that get your super excited! Go for the best possible outcome and don?t settle for just being realistic.

Always state your choices in the present tense and NEVER use the words NOT or CAN?T.

Make choices that apply to you, not what others want for you.

Don?t focus on trying to change others, instead aim to change how you feel about them. Remember, make your ?I choose? statements positive, simple and easy enough to state out loud repeatedly.

The idea behind the Choices Method is that tapping while you focus on your issue gets rid of what you don?t want, and repeating the ?I choose??statement installs what you do want into your conscious and subconscious mind while tapping away any energetic static and emotional resistance.

Give it a try and you may be suprisingly pleased with the results you get.

Source: http://alternativemedicinenow.com/combining-positive-affirmation-with-eft-tapping-the-eft-choices-method/

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Halle Berry Paying Baby Daddy Gabriel Aubry's Legal Fees! | Radar ...

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By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor

Halle Berry is paying her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry's legal fees in connection with their ongoing custody dispute over their three year old daughter Nahla, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

The battling parents squared off in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday over allegations that Aubry pushed the nanny while holding the toddler. The Canadian model has emphatically denied the allegations, but is under criminal investigation for battery and child endangerment.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported Gabriel spoke with the LAPD and social workers from the Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family services.

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Gabriel's legal fees are being paid by the Academy award winning actress. "Halle has been ordered by the judge to pay Gabriel's legal fees. It's not uncommon in custody dispute cases when the parents aren't married, to have the person that earns more money, pay for the other side?s legal bills. It's so that both sides will have a level playing field, and fees in custody disputes are racked up very quickly," the insider tells us.

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The judge refused to grant the restraining order that Halle was seeking Monday that she hoped would prevent Gabriel from seeing Nahla until the outcome of the criminal investigation, and he also denied the actress? request for her ex to have monitored visitation.

"The judge just wasn't convinced that Gabriel was a threat to his daughter. It's an untenable situation for Halle and Gabriel, but they are going to have to find a way to work out their differences over how Nahla is going to be raised," the source says.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, social workers have recommended that Halle and Gabriel? take parenting classes together. "The report recommends that Halle and Gabriel attend parenting classes together, so that they can co-parent Nahla. The classes will give them the tools to work through their issues, and hopefully become better parents for it," an insider said.

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The DCFS investigation will remain open out of an abundance of caution to ensure that Nahla is safe and her well being continues.

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SAG Awards 2012: Red Carpet Lipstick Report (omg!)

No high-voltage glamour here -- the go-to makeup look for Sunday's SAG Awards was without a doubt soft and feminine. Us Weekly got the inside scoop on the exact lipstick shades the stars' makeup artists applied on them right before they hit the red carpet.

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Emma Stone wore Chanel Precision Lip Definer in Framboise, a rich orange-red ($29.50, chanel.com), underneath Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Sari D'Eau, a vibrant orange-coral ($32.50, chanel.com).

Katrina Bowden wore Lancome Rouge in Love Lipstick in Corail in Love, a pale salmon shade. ($25, lancome-usa.com)

Julianna Margulies wore L'Oreal Paris Infallible 8-hour Le Gloss in Pink Topaz, a shimmering light pink gloss. ($9.99, lorealparis.com)

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Christine Baranski wore LORAC Breakthrough Performance Lipstick in a mix of Leading Lady (a rich red) and Vanity (a dusty rose). ($22 each, sephora.com)

Maya Rudolph wore Tarte LipSurgence Natural Lip Tint Lip Stain in Enchanted, a sheer rose hue. ($24, sephora.com)

Berenice Bejo wore Dior Rouge Dior Lipcolor in Beige Indecise, a soft shimmering nude. ($32, sephora.com)

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Dianna Agron wore Dior Dior Addict Lipstick in Taffetas, a sheer petal pink, ($28, sephora.com) topped with Dior Addict Ultra-Gloss in Negligee Pink ($27.50, sephora.com).

Natalie Portman wore Dior Addict Lipstick in Beige Perfection, a shimmering pink-nude. ($30, nordstrom.com)

Kyra Sedgwick wore Chanel using Rouge Coco Chanel in Satin, a creamy rosy red with a gold undertone. ($32.50, chanel.com)

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Plan would help military families take leave (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration is proposing new rules to help military families care for service members when they are called to active duty or become injured.

First lady Michelle Obama was set to join Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Monday to announce the plan that updates the Family and Medical Leave Act.

The proposal would let family members take up to 12 weeks of leave from work to help a service member deployed on short notice. Family caregivers could attend military functions, deal with child care issues, or update financial affairs without fear of losing their jobs.

It would also give family members up to 26 weeks of leave to care for a service member with a serious injury or illness.

Officials also are announcing other efforts to support military families.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120130/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_military_family_leave

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Gingrich says he's in till GOP convention (AP)

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. ? On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday's vote. Front-runner Mitt Romney poured on the criticism of his rival in television ads airing across the state.

Gingrich's pledge, in a race defined by unpredictability, raised the prospect of an extended struggle inside the party as Republicans work to defeat President Barack Obama in the fall. "You just had two national polls that show me ahead," he said. "Why don't you ask Gov. Romney what he will do if he loses" in Florida.

The former Massachusetts governor countered a few hours later while in Panama City. "I think we are going to win here, I sure hope so," he said.

As the two rivals made their appeals to Hispanic, Jewish and tea party voters, veterans of the armed forces and others, all known indicators pointed to a good day for Romney in the primary.

He and his allies held a 3-1 advantage in money spent on television advertising in the race's final days. Robust early vote and absentee ballot totals followed a pre-primary turnout operation by his campaign. Even the schedules the two men kept underscored the shape of the race ? moderate for Romney, heavy for Gingrich.

Campaigning like a front-runner, Romney made few references to Gingrich. Instead, he criticized Obama's plans to cut the size of the armed forces. "He's detached from reality," the former Massachusetts governor said.

"The foreign policy of `pretty please' is not working terribly well," he added. Romney said he wants to add 100,000 troops, not cut them.

If his personal rhetoric was directed Obama's way, the television commercials were trained on Gingrich, whose victory in last Saturday's South Carolina primary upended the race for the nomination. A new ad released as the weekend began is devoted to the day in 1997 when Gingrich received an ethics reprimand from the House while serving as speaker and was ordered to pay a $300,000 fine.

Nearly the entire 30-second ad consists of NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw's nationally broadcast description of the events on the evening news. "By an overwhelming vote, they found him guilty of ethics violations; they charged him a very large financial penalty, and they raised ? several of them ? raised serious questions about his future effectiveness," Brokaw said that night, and now again on televisions across Florida.

Both NBC and the former newsman registered objections. The network called on the campaign to stop using the footage and Brokaw said in a statement, "I do not want my role as a journalist compromised for political gain by any campaign."

A Romney adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, said the campaign wasn't likely to stop running the ad. "We believe it falls within fair use," he said. "We didn't take the entire broadcast; we just took the first 30 seconds."

Whatever its impact, the ad represented part of a barrage that Gingrich could not match.

A second Romney ad said Gingrich had "cashed in" as a Washington insider while the housing crisis was hitting Florida particularly hard.

Figures made available to The Associated Press showed Romney was spending $2.8 million to air television commercials in the final week of the Florida campaign. In addition, a group supporting him, Restore Our Future, was spending $4 million more, for a combined total of $6.8 million.

By contrast, Gingrich was spending about $700,000, and Winning Our Future, a group backing him, an additional $1.5 million. That was about one-third the amount for the pro-Romney tandem.

Officials said the total of absentee and early vote cast approached 500,000, about 200,000 of them before Gingrich won in South Carolina last weekend.

Gingrich seemed in good humor during the day, despite the obstacles in his way. He joked with reporters that they had missed an example of his grandiosity ? a charge that one rival, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, had used in a recent debate ? when they didn't see him hold a golf trophy on display at the PGA Library.

Gingrich also turned aside one opportunity to criticize Romney, answering a question by saying, `I want to talk about defeating Obama."

But his tone seemed to change after he said he wasn't happy with his performances in a pair of debates during the week, and was asked to explain.

"You cannot debate somebody who is dishonest. You just can't," he said, referring to Romney.

Referring to one answer the former Massachusetts governor had given, Gingrich said it was not true that Romney had always voted for a Republican when one was on the ballot.

"That in fact he could have voted for George H.W. Bush or Pat Buchanan the same day and he chose the Democratic primary, he voted Paul Tsongas, the most liberal candidate. The same year he gave money to three Democrats for Congress," he added, referring to the 1992 campaign.

"Now there's no practical way in a civil debate to deal with somebody who is that willing to say something that is just totally dishonest."

Romney poked fun at Gingrich's debate performances.

"This last one Speaker Gingrich said he didn't do so well because the audience was so loud. The one before he said he didn't do so well because the audience was too quiet. This is like Goldilocks, you know, you've got to have it just right.

"When I debate the president, I'm not going to worry about the audience, I'm going to make sure that we take down Barack Obama and take back the White House."

The two other contenders, Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, have conceded Florida and did not campaign in the state during the day.

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Associated Press reporter Steve Peoples in Panama City contributed to this report.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120128/ap_on_el_pr/us_gop_campaign

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Scientists probe form, function of mysterious protein

Friday, January 27, 2012

Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET -- a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging -- draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else.

Using a combination of laboratory experiments and computer modeling, scientists from Rice University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have deciphered part of mitoNEET's movements to get a better understanding of how it handles its potentially toxic payload of iron and sulfur. Their research is described this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"We scrutinize proteins with an unconventional approach," said Jos? Onuchic, Rice's Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy and co-director of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics. "We use biophysics to probe biology rather than the other way around. Using computational theory, we find structures that are possible -- regardless of whether they've already been observed experimentally -- and we ask ourselves whether these structures might be biologically significant."

Study co-leader Patricia Jennings, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD, who has collaborated with Onuchic for 15 years, said they save a great deal of time by using structural biophysics to guide their experiments on a wide variety of targets. For example, Jennings' laboratory determined less than five years ago that mitoNEET contained a novel folded structure. Since then, her lab has been using insights gained from static and dynamic snapshots of the protein to guide biological and biochemical studies.

"I think people forget that proteins are machines with moving parts," said study lead author Elizabeth Baxter, a UCSD graduate student who works under the guidance of both Onuchic and Jennings. "We start with the static snapshot and model in the functional motions."

MitoNEET, which binds to the diabetes drug, Actos, immediately caught the attention of researchers when it was discovered. It has a unique ability to bind and store iron-based molecules in an iron-sulfur cluster. Iron is an essential element for all life, but it is also highly toxic, and mitoNEET is the only iron-handling protein that is known to sit on the wall of the mitochondria, one of the key structures inside a cell.

The protein's biological functions are still being unraveled. Interestingly, scientists have shown that mitoNEET sits on the outer mitochondrial wall with its potentially toxic payload of iron-sulfur molecules facing toward the cell's cytoplasm, the gel-like fluid that fills the cell. Discovery of the unique binding mode of the protein's iron-sulfur cluster led the Jennings group to show that the cluster can be delivered into the mitochondria. In addition, its sister protein interacts with proteins that participate in apoptosis -- the process cells use to kill themselves when they are no longer viable.

"I think mitoNEET is a protein that could be your best friend or your worst enemy," Jennings said. "There's some evidence that it may act as a sensor for oxidative stress and that it can lose its toxic iron-sulfur cluster under stress conditions. Depending upon where the iron ends up, that could lead to drastic problems inside the cell."

Proteins are strands of amino acids that are produced from DNA blueprints, but their shapes can provide important clues about their function. To find out how mitoNEET's control and release of its iron-sulfur payload might be related to its shape, Baxter used computer simulations to study how the protein folds, as well as the functional motions of two similar shapes that could be biologically important. In one of these shapes, there is a slight intertwining of two arms that extend away from the iron-cluster pocket. In the other, the arms also extend but are not intertwined.

Baxter found that both conformations were physically possible. She also found the protein could switch between the "strand-swapped" and "strand-unswapped" conformations without entirely unfolding. Moreover, this change in the twining of the arms was shown to alter the shape of the critical pocket that holds the iron-sulfur cluster; this makes the cluster more likely to be inserted or released in situations where the arms are untwined.

Like the magician using misdirection, the loosening of the grip on the cluster is subtle and happens in a different location than the flurry of arm motions. Jennings said it's the kind of thing that could easily be missed if the focus of the study were the cluster itself.

Onuchic said, "One of the advantages to our approach is that it allows us to look for relevant biophysical properties that control distant functional regions -- like mitoNEET's strand-swapping -- that can easily be missed with a more conventional approach."

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