The Oaxaca Project

I would like to share the overall steps that I’ve taken that have helped me be successful at incorporating into the hospital setting and doing emotional healing work that is complementary to that of the medical treatments the children receive.

1. Volunteer at a Kids with Cancer fundraiser.
This was the beginning, the opportunity or spark that caught my attention and my heart. Working that first day with EFT, TappyBear and a few children with cancer touched me deeply and called me to go to the hospital and do EFT there.

2. Connection made with Head Oncologist.
This was the next important step. Connecting with Dr Quero, the head Oncologist, allowed me the opportunity to do EFT in the hospital. His openness and understanding that children with cancer need more than physical treatments created the opportunity for me to partner with him and the nursing and medical staff on the emotional and spiritual aspects of healing in these children.

3. Introduction to Head Nurse and her Staff.
Connecting with the day to day caretakers of the children was an extremely important step. By sharing with the nurses what I would be doing and tapping with them so they could experience EFT, allowed them to trust me and have a personal experience with how it feels to release emotional stress. Doing so created an alliance between the nurses and myself geared toward helping the children feel better; our shared goal.

4. Introduce EFT to the kids as “Magic Fingers” or with “TappyBear.
This step is “Key” in that the major reason I’m doing EFT in the hospital is for the kids. My goal is to help them feel better, have tools that they can use with me or on their own that allow them to deal with the emotions that arise from being ill especially with a serious illness like cancer. The way in which I introduce EFT varies depending on the child. I use the concept of “Magic Fingers” for those who like to know that they have the power in their own fingertips to feel better. I use TappyBear, a stuff bear with the tapping points on his body, to make connection with the children. He is soft and gentle looking and helps them think of me in the same way. TappyBear is a beautiful reminder for them to tap on their own.

The tapping journey with these children is ongoing, shifting all the time to fit the needs of each child in order to help them in the moment, and create methods for them to empower themselves and choose to heal.

Thanks to Till Schilling who has so graciously provided me with many TappyBears to donate to the children. Till and TappyBear

5. Introduce EFT to the parents.
Another essential step is that I introduce EFT to the parents to help them reduce the enormous stress and anxiety they feel around their child having a serious illness and all it implies. My goal is to give them tools they can use on themselves to reduce their stresses and manage the emotions.

6. Have kids and parents tap together.
Another goal is to provide the parents with resources which they can use with their child who is ill instead of sitting by feeling helpless. It allows both the child and parent to feel empowered and actively participate in the healing process. I encourage the parents to tap with their child as it creates a bond and a positive interaction between them.

7. Introduce EFT to the Interns, Residents and doctors.
Introducing EFT to the medical staff helps them understand how I can work alongside them in a complementary way. It also helps them learn a tool to reduce their own stresses related to working with children with cancer. It creates a team spirit between us.

8. Filming my EFT work in the hospital.
I was blessed to have Eric Huure come to the hospital to film me working with the kids. He created a beautiful video made of me utilizing EFT in the hospital. This video is helping me show others what is possible. The Oaxaca Project – Giving hope to kids with cancer

9. Created Oaxaca Project Blog.
The Oaxaca Project Blog was created to help me share my experience with others who have a child with cancer, those who care deeply about children with cancer and EFT practitioners who would like to do something similar to what I’m doing. It is a tool to help me disseminate the power of using EFT in a complementary way in a hospital.

10. Give radio interviews and free teleseminars about EFT and Kids with Cancer.
Sharing what I’ve experienced and learned is now an important goal of mine. I have learned so much while doing EFT with these children, their parents, the nurses and medical staff. I feel it is time that others benefit from my knowledge and experience.

11. Teach others how to do what I’m doing.
My goal is now to continue creating materials that will support the kids, the parents, the nursing and medical staff and the EFT practitioners and volunteers who would like to help children with cancer improve the quality of their lives. My goal is to give teleseminars, group Tapping sessions for parents, workshops, individual sessions and be a consultant to support those who will benefit from my experience and passion for helping children with cancer.
Contact me for more information.