It’s no secret—I love teaching people about EFT Tapping. This simple yet powerful technique has been life-changing for me and my clients, and I’m passionate about sharing it with anyone looking to create real, lasting change.
“Sometimes EFT is as simple as that: slotting a few minutes into your day. Tapping when you feel stuck, frustrated, or lazy. Of course, EFT is amazing for the huge challenges in our lives, but it works just as well for the little stuff. The thing is, it's the little stuff that turns into big stuff,” Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution: A Revolutionaly System for Stress-Free Living.
Whether you’re struggling with stress, overwhelm, and emotional ups and downs or you’re ready to break free from self-sabotage and step into your full potential, tapping is an incredible tool to have in your corner. In this post, I’ll walk you through what EFT Tapping is and three powerful ways it helps both your body and mind so you can handle life’s challenges with more ease, confidence, and resilience
1. Use EFT to Reduce Your Stress Hormones:
EFT, or "Tapping" has been gaining attention in therapy, coaching, and even clinical spaces for its potential to alleviate stress and anxiety. Studies have shown that EFT can significantly lower levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that plays a crucial role in emotional regulation.
When we experience stress, our bodies release cortisol, which lead to physical and emotional symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating.
"Research studies have shown that high levels of cortisol over an extended period can have detrimental effects on health, including increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and mental health disorders. Therefore, it is crucial to find effective strategies to regulate cortisol levels and mitigate the negative impact of chronic stress.
EFT tapping, also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques, has emerged as a scientifically proven method to regulate cortisol. By tapping on specific acupuncture points on the body, EFT tapping sends signals to the brain’s fear center, the amygdala, indicating that it is safe to stand down from high alert.
This triggers a cascade of neurological responses, leading to a reduction in cortisol levels and promoting a sense of calm and mental equilibrium." published in American Institute for Healthcare Professionals- Dominick Flarey
In addition to its role in cortisol regulation, EFT tapping has been found to have various psychological and physiological benefits. Studies have shown that EFT tapping can improve emotional well-being, reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, and enhance overall quality of life. Physiologically, EFT tapping has been associated with improved heart rate variability, decreased blood pressure, and enhanced immune function.
2. Ust EFT Tapping to Calm Your Nervous System:
EFT Tapping works by stimulating specific acupressure points on the body. This stimulation helps to activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for relaxation and stress reduction. When we experience stress, our bodies tend to activate the sympathetic nervous system, which prepares us for a fight-or-flight response. This can lead to increased heart rate, muscle tension, and difficulty relaxing.
An article in Very Well Mind explains:
"Why Tapping Techniques Can Calm You Down: “Tapping allows our nervous system to be safe in processing the anxiety that lives in our body as well as change the thoughts that come with the feeling of anxiety,” Curtis explains.
“Tapping creates new neural pathways in our brain while simultaneously regulating our nervous system to help us feel more calm and centered which creates a powerful and transformational mind/body connection,” --Kristen Curtis.
By activating the parasympathetic nervous system, EFT can help to counterbalance the effects of stress. This can lead to a sense of calm, reduced anxiety, and improved overall well-being.
3. Use EFT Tapping to Your Change Negative Thought Patterns:
EFT Tapping can be a powerful tool for rewiring the brain's neural pathways. When we experience heartbreak, negative thought patterns and beliefs can become deeply ingrained in our minds - almost unshakeable. These patterns can contribute to feelings of sadness, anger, and hopelessness.
Negative thought patterns, or NANTs (Negative Automatic Thoughts), can sneak in and distort how you see things, impacting your mood and well-being. These patterns include All-or-Nothing Thinking, where you view things in extremes, feeling like anything less than perfect is a total failure.
- Overgeneralization makes you see one negative event as part of a never-ending pattern of defeat.
- A Mental Filter causes you to focus on the negative, darkening your overall perspective.
- Disqualifying the Positive leads you to dismiss positive experiences, reinforcing a negative mindset.
- Jumping to Conclusions and “Mind Reading” happen when you assume the worst without evidence.
- Fortune Telling convinces you that bad outcomes are guaranteed.
- Magnification or Minimization makes you blow things out of proportion or downplay important aspects of yourself or others.
- Emotional Reasoning tricks you into thinking your feelings reflect reality.
- Should Statements make you feel guilty or frustrated with yourself and others.
- Labeling and Mislabeling put harsh labels on yourself or others based on a single event.
Lastly, Personalization leads you to take responsibility for things outside your control. Learning to recognize and challenge these patterns can help you see things more clearly and feel more in control of your thoughts and emotions.
By targeting these negative thought patterns and beliefs during EFT sessions and challenging them, you can begin to break free from their hold. This can lead to a gradual or even sudden shift in perspective and a sense of emotional healing and release.
4. Use EFT Tapping to Improve Your Emotional Regulation:
EFT can help address the underlying emotional causes of your heartbreak like rejection or abandonment that can be triggered so strongly by a breakup. Many of these come from our childhood experiences that create our attachment styles.
By tapping on specific acupressure points while focusing on negative emotions and beliefs created from these experiences, EFT can help you identify and process these emotions and lessen the emotional charge. This can lead to a greater understanding of their emotional experiences and the development of healthier coping mechanisms.
Through EFT, you can learn to manage your emotions more effectively overall, reducing the intensity of your negative feelings and sadness around the loss of the person while increasing your ability to respond to the stress and sadness more constructively instead of falling into negative patterns. This can lead to improved to better emotional regulation and overall well-being during your breakup healing process.
Conclusion:
If you’re tired of feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or stuck in a cycle of anxiety and self-doubt, EFT Tapping can be the game-changer you’ve been looking for. You don’t have to navigate it alone—if you’ve been trying to regulate your emotions but still find yourself feeling on edge, let’s change that together. Book a strategy session with me, and let’s create a personalized plan to help you release stress, regain control, and step into a more empowered version of yourself. Your breakthrough starts here!
ANDREA HUNT - Transformational Life Coach & EFT Tapping Practitioner based in Munich, Germany
As an Accredited Transformational Coach (Animas Centre UK) and Certified EFT Practitioner (AEFTP), I help you overcome low self-worth, imposter syndrome, and limiting beliefs using powerful EFT Tapping and coaching. Ready to transform your emotional health and boost your confidence?
If you’re curious about EFT Tapping and how it can enhance your emotional resilience while addressing issues like low self-worth, perfectionism, and negative self-talk, download my FREE EFT book! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4e672x7
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