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Statements for each day’s topic on thinking, judging, and believing in your Forgiveness Journal (Days 1–18). Write your Forgiveness Letters (Days 19–21).
Perform your Pro EFT™ Forgiveness Tapping Sequences.
Process thoughts and feelings consciously through your Forgiveness Journal Reflections.
Listen to the Gratitude Meditation on the Forgiveness CD.
Complete the day’s practice in quiet reflection or with meditative music.
Be sure to do something good for yourself today!

 
    I F ORGIVE M YSELF FOR J UDGING M Y B ODY
    T oday’s Forgiveness Practice is all about forgiving the beliefs and distorted images you may have about your body. Is your perception of your body giving you low self-esteem? Is it difficult for you to receive compliments about how you look? Do your friends and family members see you differently than you see yourself? Do you avoid certain situations because you feel out of place? Are you constantly criticizing and judging your physical features? Body size? Body structure?
    We have all at one time or another compared ourselves to others we believe are better looking or in better shape than we consider ourselves to be in. Again, the issue here is not how big or small you are. The issue is eliminating the habitual, negative, and destructive thoughts or beliefs you may be holding about your body that impact your self-esteem, worth, and value.
    In many cases what we have come to believe about our bodies is a function of what we have been told or not told.

 
    A P RAYER OF F ORGIVENESS
    Dear God:
    Today, I ask for and open myself to receive a new image of myself. I recognize that in Your eyes, I am perfect as I am. I understand that if there is anything about my body that I choose to change, You have empowered me to do so. I have the power of free will. I have the power of choice. Today, I am choosing to change how I see myself, change how I speak to myself, change how I present myself to the world. I am choosing to see myself as You see me. I am choosing to surrender, release, and heal all negative, toxic, unloving thoughts about my body and to accept myself as Your beautiful creation. I ask, if there is anything within me that is not pleasing to You, that it be lifted. I ask that all habitual, unconscious thoughts, beliefs, and memories about my body be brought into alignment with Your thoughts, beliefs, and plans for me. I ask for the strength and courage to make any changes that are required so that I will accept myself, honor myself, and love myself as You do .
    I let it be!
    And so it is!



 
    – I F ORGIVE M Y M IND FOR T HINKING –
    EXAMPLE
I forgive my mind for thinking my body is ugly/dirty/distorted/useless/too large, etc.
I forgive my mind for thinking my body is

I forgive my mind for thinking my body is not

I forgive my mind for thinking my body should be

I forgive my mind for thinking my body should not be

 
    – I F ORGIVE M YSELF FOR J UDGING –
    EXAMPLE
I forgive myself for judging my body as embarrassing because it is larger than my sister’s body.
I forgive myself for judging my body as

I forgive myself for judging my body as

I forgive myself for judging my body as

I forgive myself for judging my body as

 
    – I F ORGIVE M YSELF FOR B ELIEVING –
    EXAMPLE
I forgive myself for believing that my body is fat and that I am ugly.
I forgive myself for believing

I forgive myself for believing

I forgive myself for believing

I forgive myself for believing

 
    – T APPING S EQUENCE –
    Review Basic Tapping Sequence Guidelines.
     
Review each of the day’s 12 Forgiveness Statements out loud. This will help you identify the specific aspects of the issue that you want to tap on.
Rate the intensity level of any unforgiveness you hold about today’s topic on a scale of 1 to 10. Write the number down.
Neutralize all subconscious resistance. Repeat a Reversal Statement 3 times while tapping continuously on the Karate Chop point.
Focus on the issue you’ll be tapping on.