Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 167. Decision-making can feel like a minefield, especially when past choices didn’t turn out the way we hoped. For many of us, the fear isn’t just about making the wrong decision now, but about repeating old mistakes. We might think: “What if I choose wrong again?” “What if I …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 166. Sometimes, when life begins to improve—whether emotionally, professionally, or in our relationships—it can feel surprisingly uncomfortable. Instead of relief or joy, we might feel uneasy. An inner voice might whisper: “This won’t last.” “Something bad is going to happen.” “This is too good to be true.” This reaction …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 165. When we’re using EFT to work through a current challenge, it’s often helpful to start by tapping on recent memories or imagined future scenarios related to that issue. That in itself can bring a lot of relief. But sometimes, once the emotional intensity begins to shift—or especially if …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 164. Sometimes EFT works beautifully on our own. A few rounds of tapping can bring a surprising sense of relief, perspective, or calm. But other times, no matter how much we try to resolve something by ourselves, we find we’re going in circles. That’s when working with a practitioner …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 163. Recently, someone asked me a thoughtful question: They shared that they’ve been experimenting with a technique where they simply observe a physical sensation associated with an emotion—without judgment, without trying to change it. Just noticing. And they’ve found that after a while, the sensation tends to fade, and …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 162. Imagine someone breaks their arm. Everyone around them can see the cast, the pain, the limitations. They’re offered help, sympathy, and time to heal. Now imagine someone goes through intense emotional pain—like being bullied, shamed, or rejected during formative years. There’s no cast, no visible sign of injury. …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 161. Breakups can be incredibly painful, whether you initiated it or not. Even when we know it was the right decision, there is still grief to process. That grief can take many forms: the loss of the specific person, the relationship itself, the shared routines, mutual friends, and the …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 160. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), also known as tapping, can be a powerful tool for working with the emotional components that often accompany chronic pain or long-standing physical issues like IBS, migraines, fibromyalgia, and more. To be clear: EFT is not a replacement for medical care. It’s always important …
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Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 159. One of the issues I love helping my clients with the most is social anxiety. It’s an area where tapping (EFT) can make a profound difference, and it’s a process that benefits from a very gentle, patient approach. When working on social anxiety, I always start by offering …
Increasing your effectiveness with EFT, part 158. We’ve all been there: staring at a task we “should” be doing, yet somehow feeling frozen, overwhelmed, or stuck. Procrastination can be frustrating and discouraging, especially when we know that getting started is often the hardest part. One helpful strategy for moving through procrastination is to focus on …
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