How It All Started

For many years I have "looked after myself".  Eating healthy foods, no animal products, exercising regularly, gynaecological checkups on a regular basis… I have been happily remarried for nearly ten years… I have great relationships with my children and step children… a wonderful job…

Why me?  I was more angry than fearful.  I had done everything I was supposed to do… had the lump checked every year at my annual check-up… had my mammograms… lived healthily…

I calmed down and thought about what to do.  My surgeon said I had a rare strain of breast cancer; "very well behaved" was how he put it – and did not need radiation or chemotherapy, only surgery and follow up hormone treatment.

Well… I was OK with having surgery but no way was I taking hormones for the next five years.  First of all, I believe that we, as human beings, can resolve our issues ourselves and perhaps more importantly for me was that being vegan there was no way I was going to take drugs, prescription or not, that were more than likely tested on animals (I follow a vegan lifestyle).

It is all well and good to have personal belief systems that are not "main stream" when the chips are not down… everything is going well… but it seems that a lot of people expected me to ditch those beliefs now that the dreaded "C" word had come into my life.

I sat and thought quietly about what I was going to do.  I decided to contact my Journey therapist and chat to her about things.  Fortuitously, (and as I found out afterwards, also synchronistically) she had a cancellation on the day before my scheduled surgery.

So off I went and we sat and talked and she explained to me that many women nurture everyone else ahead of themselves.  I actually had no idea of what I personally wanted out of life.  I knew what I wanted for my husband, for my children… for the world even but no idea what I wanted for me.

She said that as I had basically ignored the lump, the Universe had decided that the heat needed a bit of turning up, hence the change in the structure of the lump.  But I did do something about it was my reply… I mentioned it every year at my checkups.  What I did not do she explained was find out why the lump arrived in the first place and actively do something about the reason why.

Hmmm.  Interesting idea I thought.  So how can we sort this out?

We started to talk about a new therapy she was finding effective.  "It is called Emotional Freedom Techniques", she said, "and 'all' you do is tap on various places on your face and body and talk".

Within minutes I was exploring memories going back to my childhood and even though I had (in previous other non-EFT therapy sessions) rationalized them, there was apparently still a lot of emotion attached to them.  Tapping on various facial and body points with my fingers and repeating various phrases helped unlock the emotional response to these memories and "freed" them, never to return!

By the time my first session was up, we had established that I was beginning to heal myself. I also felt about ten years lighter.  I looked lighter and I suddenly had an enormous reservoir energy and was actually looking forward to my surgery to see what the doctor would find!

Surgery went well – and the surgeon's words were: "I am ecstatic with how well the operation went... there was hardly anything to take out!"

I healed better than he expected I would, the drain came out sooner than expected, the scarring has faded and the scar tissue disappeared much quicker than any previous scar tissue from any operations I have had.

I had a bit of a "discussion" with the surgeon regarding my refusal to take the drugs... "wonderful drugs" that I could only take for a maximum of five years as by then the hormones would have essentially destroyed my bones and I would be left suffering osteoporosis.  It didn't sound like an option at all - five years of drugs and then no bones left?

Needless to say I am not taking any medication.  I have had regular blood tests and my surgeon is convinced the cancer is gone never to return.

The reason a lump has changed lives?  Since my discovery of EFT, I have become a qualified EFT therapist; I have helped numerous people to heal themselves and deal with weight loss issues.  My eldest son has also become a qualified EFT therapist and is now helping improve the lives of children as well as specialising in sports performance issues.

I have helped heal my pets, helped many other cats and dogs with various issues, including cancer, jealousy and fear of thunder. I have even helped a Hadeda Ibis (bird) with a crippled foot!

It may sound too good to be true, too easy a way to heal… but it is just as easy as I have written.

There are no drugs, no lengthy soul-searching sessions with years of therapy, just simple tapping and talking.  It works for children, for adults, for animals, for sports people and senior citizens!  You can literally try it for anything!

Maureen Cram is a qualified EFT therapist. She and her partner, Matthew Green, run their company Stuff Busters from Randburg, Gauteng. They specialise in weight and nutrition issues, sports performance improvement, helping children and animals.  As well as one-on-one sessions, remote (via phone) consultations work extremely well. Visit their website www.stuffbusters.co.za, email her on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone her on 083 600 6965.

• Miles for Smiles