Affirmation · “The Subconscious Says Yes”
Flipping to the Positive
After collapsing a negative charge, deliberately recall and strengthen a positive memory/state — answering ‘what do you want instead?’ — so the cleared space is filled rather than left empty.
Flipping in 5 lines: After the negative charge is down, ask “what do I want to experience instead?” Recall a real positive memory of that state and make it vivid — let the good feeling grow (tap lightly to strengthen it). Re-frame the old scene with the new meaning. Close with wrist-grab, breath, and “Peace.” Re-check the trigger — it should feel neutral or good. Remember: this is reappraisal and positive recall, not literal memory deletion.
What it is
“Flipping” is FasterEFT’s closing move: once the negative charge on a feeling or memory has dropped (via aiming + tapping), you deliberately fill the cleared space with a positive memory or state rather than leaving it empty.
Smith frames it as answering “what do you want to experience instead?” and then recalling, building, and strengthening a good memory until — in the Atlas’s language — the negative memory has been “replaced by a positive memory.” In practice this is cognitive reappraisal + positive-affect recall + a ‘what I want instead’ affirmation, which is why it sits in and the release loop is.
The Method
A faithful summary of Smith’s “flip” / Transform stage:
- Confirm the charge is down. First clear the negative (aim, tap, re-check). Flipping is done after the old feeling has softened, not instead of it.
- Ask “what do you want instead?” Name the experience you’d rather have in that situation — calm, safety, confidence, warmth.
- Recall a real positive memory of that state. Bring up a concrete memory where you actually felt the wanted state, and make it vivid — see it, feel it, let the good feeling grow. Smith may tap lightly here to strengthen the positive (the inverse of tapping to release).
- “Flip” the meaning of the old scene. Smith teaches changing the meaning of the original experience — affirming what you want to experience instead so the recalled scene carries the new, peaceful association. He calls this flipping / re-imprinting.
- Close and re-check. Finish with the wrist-grab, breath, and “Peace” while holding the positive memory. Then test: bring the original trigger back — does it now feel neutral or even good rather than charged? (Sourcing note: “what do you want to experience instead,” replacing the negative memory with a positive one, and “flipping / re-imprinting” are FasterEFT’s taught terms; this is a faithful paraphrase with short fair-use quotes. The strong “rewrite the memory” claim is the Atlas’s framing, not established memory science.)
Source & Lineage
Robert Gene Smith makes the deliberate positive “flip” central — it is the main way FasterEFT departs from standard EFT, which mostly clears the negative without prescribing a positive install.
The move blends NLP submodality/“swish” reframing, New-Thought-style affirmation of the desired state, and the clinical cousin imagery rescripting (replacing a distressing image with a corrective one). → originator; combined overview; affirmation cousins below.
Common refinements
Flipping before the negative is cleared. Pasting positivity over a live charge is suppression; clear first, install second.
- Using a generic affirmation instead of a real memory. A concrete, felt positive memory installs far better than an abstract slogan.
- Believing you’ve “deleted” the original event. You’ve changed its meaning/charge, not erased the facts — don’t use that to deny real danger or skip needed action.
- Self-rewriting heavy trauma alone. This is exactly where clinical guidance matters — see Safety.