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This intense, huge project of working with energy techniques like EFT and children with cancer in a hospital began when I was invited to participate in a fundraiser for children with cancer. I went to the fundraiser and thought, “Let’s see what happens?” Being open to all possibilities led to a lifelong project that keeps expanding and fills my heart with love.

It started with a conversation between the lead oncologist and myself about energy techniques like EFT and the needs of these children beyond the physical treatments they receive. He commented that I tried at the hospital.

First I taught the nurses how to tap because they are in direct contact with the children on a daily basis. I wanted them to know personally what I was doing so they wouldn’t be surprised by the weird looking “Tappings” and “TappyBear” I was going to use. I put them through a few rounds of tapping about their work stress and by the end we were laughing and relaxing. This beautiful bond between me and these nurses who are so diligent in caring for these children has created a bond of trust. I believe that contact with the nurses was the “key” to success because they allow me to work with the children.

The environment of the children’s cancer ward consists of a waiting room, where up to 25 parents and children await treatment, and two sick rooms with either 3 or 6 beds.

The first day I walked into the cancer ward I felt overwhelmed. It was as if I had been hit by a wall of sadness, pain, misery and fear, the emotions that children and parents felt. A mother and her child huddled in a corner. There were about 30 others in the room in a similar condition. I felt their perception was that they were alone, huddled in their own misery. It saddened me deeply, this lonely, isolated and depressing picture.

The children and parents who tapped with me began to feel relief on many levels, emotionally and physically. Over time, and as more children and parents tapped, the atmosphere in the cancer ward changed significantly.

Here are a few changes I’ve witnessed:

– Four children and their parents laugh together at breakfast. It was so remarkable that even the doctor commented on it.
– On another visit, the children played games together or alone, did puzzles, drew and painted, or played ball and built things out of Legos. The children laughed and talked a lot.
– Parents experienced significantly less anxiety, stress and anxiety, which allowed them to be happier with their children.
– Parents started talking and sharing experiences and helping each other. One mother explained that before learning EFT she could not help anyone. She was so engrossed in her own struggles with her son’s cancer that she couldn’t even think about what was wrong with the other kids and parents, let alone help them. After EFT she felt empowered, calm and much more relaxed about her child’s cancer. She now enthusiastically does everything to help the children and other parents.
– The nurse’s work is more relaxed and enjoyable as dealing with children who are calm and accepting of them and/or their treatments makes their work easier and less stressful.
– The doctor and nurses observed improved compliance among the children as they did not miss their hospital appointments and took their medications more consistently.

Entering the cancer ward is a different experience now. The station feels light and comfortable. The pervasive severity of the disease still exists, but the intense fear of it or the inability to cope with it are not. Laughter is now common in the cancer ward. These shifts alone were worth bringing the gift of energy techniques and EFT to the hospital.

See “The Oaxaca Project” to learn more about this matter of the heart.

Namaste
Deborah Miller, Ph.D.

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