Ann McKinley
EFT Cert-I, EFT-ADV
Specializing in:
MTT (Meridian Tapping Techniques)
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
You'll be glad you did!
Who Am I - Or How
I Got To Where I Am Today
I
was born in Virginia to Texas parents who moved back to Texas when I was 3. Even
though I was raised in Texas, I have always considered myself a Virginian.
I earned a BS degree in Food Science and Technology from Texas A&M, but
was not ready to leave so I stayed several more years and earned a BS in
Mechanical Engineering. I thought about staying and getting a degree in
each of the colleges but was tired of being a poor college student.
I worked as a civilian engineer with the Air Force, working on small gas
turbine engines for 6 years in San Antonio where I met Paul, my husband-to-be.
We decided we had contracted with each other before coming to this earth
plane as I had always been looking for some one with the same stride length
as mine (which he has, though not something I would base a marriage on)
and for the last several years he had been looking for some one with red
hair (I had just dyed my hair Auburn before we met). Paul was also born
in Virginia to Texas parents. It was almost a given to me that my husband
would be from Virginia, but it was not something I automatically checked
with the guys I went out with.
At the end of 1989, Paul took a job in
Austin and I stayed in San Antonio. But it was the next year that brought turmoil
each month. During this time 5 of my aunts and uncles died, both my parents died
(my dad died when Paul and I were on our way back from our honeymoon), my future
father-in-law at the time died, Paul was laid off, I sold my house in one day
(closed in 2 weeks), moved twice, had a doctor that pretty much accused me of
having cancer (I finally decided he was just trying to see how deep my pockets
were and I dropped him. Now many years later I am still doing great) and Paul
and I got married. At the end of that year, I moved north to the Austin TX area
to finally join Paul.
While in the Austin area, my allergies just got
worse and worse until I developed seasonal asthma. I was on inhalers most of the
year and could only breathe well from April - June. I tried allergy shots for
several years to no avail. Also during this time I fainted one Sunday at church.
That really scared me because it wasn't like in the movies where the woman comes
around and can immediately sit up and walk around. No, when you faint like that,
you cannot sit up for 4-5 hours as you are too light headed and likely to faint
again. I had a 3 year old at the time and worried about fainting and being incapacitated
for the rest of the day. We were living out in the country at the time with no
neighbors close by which made it worse. I developed panic attacks. So between
the panic attacks and the asthma I was in bad shape.
A friend, seeing
my struggle with the asthma suggested some one in Austin who did allergy elimination
using Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET). This method uses muscle
testing to determine the allergy, then acupressure to eliminate the allergy. It
took 3 months to talk myself into giving it a try. I finally reasoned it did not
cost much for one treatment after which I would decide to proceed or not. To find
out more about NAET, go to www.naet.com.
The first thing I was treated for was lactose intolerance. I had never considered
that to be an allergy. My lactose intolerance was so bad that if I took a tablespoon
of milk I would be in the bathroom for three hours with what my family terms the
"screaming squirts". After my treatment, it took 3 days to build up courage to
try some milk products. I ate tacos for dinner with sour cream and cheese and
just had a little gas. The next week I reported back and was told the cheese had
fallen out and was retreated for the cheese. Now there was no reaction. I was
sold. The treatment for grasses cleared my asthma.
I have never been
so allergy free in my life as I am today. I have led others to the Allergy
Elimination Clinic in Austin for lactose intolerance and then had an
ice cream party afterwards. I was so impressed by the method and results, I wanted
to find out more.
From Amazon I ordered Dr. Devi S. Nambudripad's book Say Good-Bye to Illness.
On Amazon there is a section that says "Those who bought this book also
bought…." In that section was a book titled "Instant Emotional Healing"
by Peter Lambrou, Ph.D. and George Pratt, Ph.D. Since I was still having
panic attacks, I ordered that book also. From that book I found www.emofree.com.
Using techniques from the book and the website I was able to make major
strides.
I became so interested in EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) I wanted to
go to a workshop. I chose one in Orlando, FL. This would be my first big
test. I would fly to Orlando by myself, spend 5 days in seminars in a strange
place with strange people: all major panic triggers. I did great! I had
no problem going up there, even having to wait for 2 hours in the rental
car line for my car. I did great all week, I only had a few twinges in the
airport on the way home. I labeled myself well mended.
Today I do not have panic attacks. I have
attended other workshops to learn more of this fabulous technique that is so versatile
and easy to use. I have helped many people with various problems such as back
pain, knee pain, anger, anxiety, smoking cessation, various phobias such as ants,
flying, height and spiders. EFT is a wonderful state-of-the-art tool and easy
to learn and use.
You may ask "if it is so easy to learn, why do I need to hire some one to
lead me through it?" Often an unbiased 3rd person can see things that you
don't realize are going on. A trained practitioner will see connections
and issues that you can't see. It is often a matter of not seeing the forest
for the trees. If I had some one to work with me on my panic attacks I do
believe I would have gotten over them sooner. I encourage you to go to www.emofree.com
and down load the free manual or order some of the DVD's.
Try it for yourself or seek help from me or one of the other practitioners
you find listed. Good Tapping.