Month: February 2025

Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 154. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) can be incredibly powerful when combined with parts work, a therapeutic approach that acknowledges and engages with different aspects of our psyche. In my experience, this combination works best when we allow these parts to simply be as they are—without pushing for content, demanding …

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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 153. I recently read a great article by EFT practitioner Andy Hunt titled The Road of Fire and Ice. The article uses a powerful metaphor to describe how our nervous system navigates emotional regulation. I’d like to share some key insights from it and expand on how EFT can …

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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 152. In the past, I’ve shared the analogy of a cup of tea to describe how EFT works best when the emotional charge we focus on is neither too cold nor too hot. If it’s too cold, there isn’t enough activation to create meaningful change, while if it’s too hot, the …

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