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Rick Wilkes • Thriving Now LLC • Phone +1-304-284-0711
Emotional Freedom Coach • EFT Pain Relief Specialist • Rick@Thrivingnow.com
Recent Articles
- Free Yourself from Inner Confusion and Fear: A Practical Guide for Emotional Clarity
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- I Want To Play… Isn’t That Foolish?!
Is it foolish and immature to want to PLAY? If so, where did you learn that? If you want to bring out your playful spirit, but you can hear the Voice of Disapproval in your head, let's use Energy Tapping (EFT) to clear them so you can feel FREE to PLAY. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- I Am Not Allowed To Change… I Am Bound By Family Rules
What are family rules? They are the generational “laws of the universe” as your family understood them. There may be other levels of rules, but these are the ones we consider the most insidious because they are often unconscious and powerfully impact our lives. Changing these beliefs requires making them conscious... and then using energy tapping (EFT) to release their steadfast hold on our subconscious actions. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- I Don’t Deserve to Get What I Want
We sometimes know very clearly what we want (our goal), see other people getting it, and we're NOT. Why??? In this audio recording we address the limiting beliefs around deserving... deserving health, wealth, happiness. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- Clearing Clutter… Are There Emotions in Your “Stuff”?
($47 for 6 Audio MP3's and 148-page Transcript) Clearing Clutter with EFT - Audio Coaching Program with Carol Look and Rick Wilkes -- If we define "clutter" as anything that feels out of place, that drains our energy, or that is painful to hold onto yet even more painful to let go of... then yes, I had clutter. Do you? I'm going to recommend that you stop looking at clutter as just "stuff." Instead, observe its effect on you emotionally. What does it do to your vibration? Then, dig deeper. Look at individual items. What do you feel you'd lose if you let go? What is keeping you holding on? Use EFT on those emotional blocks to clearing the clutter from your life, your work, your computer, and your relationships.
- I Always Sabotage Myself
We’ve all gotten in our own way. We feel motivated... excited about moving forward. We have a clear goal in mind. We may even get close, when... WHAM! We do something that puts us back where we started... a bit bruised and feeling defeated. Use this EFT audio to effectively clear the subconscious blocks to feeling safe moving forward with ease. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- They Picked On Me!
Why is being picked on by others so painful? Such negative experiences early in life can leave a “permanent” mark on us... creating limiting beliefs that affect our quality of life even decades later. It's time to free yourself of their taunts and judgments NOW... using EFT. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- Mindful Eating
We all eat mindlessly sometimes, but when was the last time you savored something you ate? Really connected with the joy and texture and flavor of the food? When we eat without savoring the experience, we miss out, and since we're not satisfying the pleasure centers of our brains or bodies, we almost certainly eat more than we need or want. In this audio tapping session, we explore the blocks to mindful eating and take you through exercises designed to help you reconnect with that pleasure and joy. EFT tapping rounds on resistance and reinforcing the positive make this a powerful recording for anyone wanting to change their relationship with food. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- I Will Never Lose This Weight!
“I've tried everything! Why would this time be different?” Or, “I don't want to try and fail again. It hurts too much!” If these sound familiar, listen and tap along with us as we shift this stubborn limiting belief so you can move more easily towards your optimal, healthy weight. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- What Does Your Pain Want To Say?
By focusing your energy and being open to the flow of information, you might be surprised at the wisdom you receive and the relief your body feels. If you want a deeper connection to your body and some direction about where to go next on your healing journey, we'll show you exercises and techniques to tune into your body. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- Releasing Financial Trauma
When we feel helpless... and even a PART of us senses our survival is threatened... the stage is set for emotional trauma. We freeze inside, and we get "stuck" there on some level until the trauma is discharged. This kind of trauma ties into our beliefs about money, scarcity, and security. Even more importantly, current events trigger past memories of when we felt helpless, scared, and at risk. This is where EFT can bring an enormous shift. $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- EFT for War Veterans and PTSD
This powerful video shows the effectiveness of EFT when artfully applied for persistent energies from war trauma, as well as the personal changes the occur when those energies are relieved using EFT.
- Yeah, I Just Love V.D. (Valentine’s Day) - NOT!
Give your heart some sweet relief around the negative emotions of Valentine's Day... especially if this day makes you feel “less than loved.” A lot of people feel depressed or stressed around Valentine's Day. Whether they are in a relationship or not, the focus on "love" often creates anxiety, fear, and feelings of lack and unworthiness. We explore some of the reasons for the pain and offer EFT energy tapping to bring relief and enhance the heart connection with ourselves and friends and lovers. (This recording is useful year-round for relationship and love pain.) $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
- Clearing Clutter Allows Abundance…
by Carol Look - Have you ever noticed that the clutter in your life -- too much stuff in your office, a schedule filled with appointments you don't want, extra weight or pain in your body, or friendships and acquaintances that are no longer a vibrational match for you -- gets in the way of your attracting abundance? Well, you're right, it does!
- 2009-01 Team Call Recordings
January 2009
- I Hate (Part of) My Body
Scan your body... do you HATE part of it? Or feel disconnected from it? In this audio program, we look at why we hate our body (or part of it), and use EFT to start shifting those feelings. During this call we discuss aspects of hating our bodies and work on some specific issues around them. Join us while we tap on (among other things) reconnecting with much hated fat cells, and shifting the energy directed at them from "Die!" to "Thank you for being there... Can you work with me?" $9.95 Audio MP3, Free for Team Members
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- Gary Craig - EFT - Emofree
Gary Craig is both the creator of EFT, emotional freedom techniques, and a wonderful teacher. I have spent countless hours studying Gary’s EFT DVD Video Series (all the sets), reading his free EFT manual and newsletters, and attending workshops where Gary has worked on-stage with individuals with a broad range of physical and emotional challenges. Learning from such a master of the art of emotional freedom has been a wonderful experience for me, as it has for thousands of other professionals and motivated individuals.
- 2008-12 Team Call Recordings
December 2008
- Thriving Now Team - Group Coaching Program
(FREE for 21 days! Then only $39.95/month, cancel anytime) Join the Thriving Now Team... Regardless of your starting point, our group coaching program can help you move forward towards optimal health and total well-being. If you dream of thriving... and not just surviving... the team membership is designed for YOU!
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Recent Team Member Forum Topics
The private discussion forums are a major member benefit of the Thriving Now group coaching program. Below you can review a list of the recent topics. Team members may click on the links to go directly to the forum messages. Not yet a member? You can try us for 21-days free by clicking here.
- Coaching calls very helpful! (4 posts / 34 views)
- Skin and pill... (2 posts / 21 views)
- Train Wreck (4 posts / 24 views)
- Traumas & Triggers....?? (4 posts / 26 views)
- request for tapping suggestions for being present (2 posts / 13 views)
- Hello from another newbie (2 posts / 12 views)
- Sleep problems (2 posts / 16 views)
- June 2009 TEAM Call Recordings (11 posts / 159 views)
- Rejecting myself (5 posts / 37 views)
- The Heroine's Journey (26 posts / 222 views)
- INTENSE physical pain (18 posts / 119 views)
- Abe Quote on Appreciating your Body (1 posts / 8 views)
- Father's Day (1 posts / 4 views)
- I Need To Be Seen! (1 posts / 10 views)
- Found trapped energy after EFT session! :) (2 posts / 33 views)
- I'm Afraid to be Visible (1 posts / 13 views)
- Why don't i just go? (10 posts / 104 views)
- Grieving The Loss of A Love By Suicide (11 posts / 131 views)
- Mother's Day... (1 posts / 14 views)
- I am Unforgivable (1 posts / 9 views)
- I Do Not Feel Wanted (8 posts / 73 views)
- The vicious cycle (3 posts / 35 views)
- flow (1 posts / 21 views)
- 'Peggy Is Afraid' - Heart Centered Marketing - Resource and Idea List (11 posts / 129 views)
- abundant prayer :) (3 posts / 38 views)
- Thank You Cathy (2 posts / 16 views)
- I Don’t Deserve To Get What I Want (1 posts / 37 views)
- on receiving (6 posts / 74 views)
- So you need more money, is it True? (2 posts / 39 views)
- letting go of Social Security Disability - is this all there is? (5 posts / 56 views)
- Carol Look Teleclass on Abundance (1 posts / 38 views)
- Building Bridges to Those In Fear (4 posts / 68 views)
- What does Financial Abundance mean to you? (4 posts / 66 views)
- I Feel Betrayed By My Body (1 posts / 12 views)
- I Feel Apprehensive About the Future (1 posts / 13 views)
- Bye, bye shoulder pain! (4 posts / 33 views)
- My Pain Is Beyond My Control (1 posts / 16 views)
- Exacerbation of physical symptoms (6 posts / 48 views)
- SET (7 posts / 33 views)
- Unable to rid self of headache (8 posts / 40 views)
- Abe on Pain (8 posts / 63 views)
- I Always Sabotage Myself (1 posts / 26 views)
- Back pain--gratitude for EFT resources (2 posts / 25 views)
- Pain Relief: It's Not Fair! (1 posts / 20 views)
- Life is Good and Getting Better - Let me count the ways: (17 posts / 116 views)
- allowing love (1 posts / 21 views)
- getting it done... (1 posts / 13 views)
- appreciation (3 posts / 36 views)
- I like you pretty good... (3 posts / 42 views)
- my intentions for the New Year (7 posts / 115 views)
- reasons to love (5 posts / 75 views)
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (5 posts / 34 views)
- passion (5 posts / 93 views)
- Good News from a "Bad" Year (3 posts / 34 views)
- To know that you are God (6 posts / 83 views)
- Nothing is More Important than NOW (13 posts / 104 views)
- NO! You Can't Make Me! (16 posts / 255 views)
- EFT vs Traditional Therapy (20 posts / 127 views)
- I just love Valentine's Day....not! (4 posts / 35 views)
- Clearing Clutter Allows Abundance… (2 posts / 28 views)
- Clearing Clutter… Are There Emotions in Your “Stuff”? (2 posts / 22 views)
- Spiritual Growth with EFT (5 posts / 179 views)
- Emotional postures (5 posts / 72 views)
- Healing Missing Mother Syndrome with EFT (5 posts / 75 views)
- What Does It Feel Like? (3 posts / 55 views)
- When will this ever end? (5 posts / 189 views)
- Work Stress (16 posts / 95 views)
- Will I ever get there?? (1 posts / 4 views)
- New Magazine - lots of fun! (1 posts / 6 views)
- The Monkey Story (5 posts / 41 views)
- stuck (2 posts / 15 views)
- I feel strong about this ..Heartwarming & beautiful (2 posts / 21 views)
- Conflict (4 posts / 25 views)
- Emotionally Moving (3 posts / 38 views)
- Inspiring (2 posts / 6 views)
- Phenomenal & Astonishing (2 posts / 18 views)
- Guidance (2 posts / 12 views)
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