May is Mental Health Awareness month and a few days ago the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.
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What’s Energy Got To Do With It?? The State of Energy Psychology Research
In this article I discuss the field of energy psychology, and how it is couched within the larger field of energy medicine. I review the latest trends in EP research, and discuss how nurses have contributed to the evidence base for EP. I also discuss the use of the “E word”, and why it’s both useful and problematic in describing the field of EP.
Read MoreBuilding Resilience Using EFT and The Feldenkrais® Method
Resilience is defined as an ability to regain our balance, to bounce back, to recover quickly, to be flexible and adaptable in response to difficult situations in our environment. This article explores how EFT and The Feldenkrais Method® can help in developing resilience.
Read MoreFear of Success or Achievement Anxiety
The fear of success, also known as achievement anxiety, is a deep-rooted fear of achieving success or reaching your goals and something we see year in and year out.
Read MoreLearning, Loss and Letting Go
All of us experience Loss; it’s a human condition. How you think of it, and the meaning you make around it…forge the course you navigate to Letting Go.
Read MoreRunning Time Management with EFT workshops
Note – This article was first published on Gary Craig’s Emofree website in 2010. I’ve had students and practitioners tell me over the years how much they have benefited from the knowledge I shared. To enable that continued sharing of knowledge I’ve asked EFT International to reprint the original as it is no longer found […]
Read MoreRecovery from Hysterectomy with EFT
EFT helped me handle a difficult phase in my life – surgery & the post-operative recovery.
Read MoreAn Innovative Approach To Working With Children
This article explains how I utilised a children’s book, to support a young client dealing with anxieties heightened by grief.
Read MoreNegative Core Beliefs
Limiting or negative core beliefs are deeply held assumptions and attitudes about the world that shape our perception of reality. Trauma can have a significant impact on these beliefs, shaping the way we view ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Read MoreHow EFT Can Reduce The Stress Of Skin Cancer Treatment
This article describes my experience of successfully using tapping to reduce shock, fear, pain, fatigue and other emotions related to having treatment for pre-cancerous skin treatment. Tapping helped at four stages: initial diagnosis, fears before the treatment, calming me during the treatment, and coping better with the recovery. I offer this story in the hope that if you, or someone you know or are supporting, are facing this type of treatment, you can reflect on what parts of the experience could benefit from tapping. And for EFT practitioners, it may help to consider what range of hidden emotions and aspects could be still be sitting waiting to be resolved from an experience that may seem to their client like just a minor health treatment.
Read MoreHow I Used Trauma-Informed Practices to Help a Student Return to Class in 20 Minutes
Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) with kids when I was a School Counselor felt like the magic wand I had been looking for. I finally found the tools I needed to help my students heal. Better yet, I was able to teach them how to self-apply the techniques to use in the classroom or anytime they felt their emotions getting uncomfortably intense.
Read further to learn about one of my most memorable stories using EFT in a school setting.
How EFT Helped My Newborn Baby
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for New-born baby with Torticollis
Read MoreWhy Developing Your EFT Niche Is So Critical for Success
Business skills are important to succeed as an EFT practitioner and the one thing you can start with is understanding niche marketing.
Read MoreHow Trauma Alters Memory – Why Every EFT Practitioner Should Know About the Amygdala and Hippocampus
The more you understand about how memory works, especially traumatic ones, the more effective you will be as an EFT Practitioner.
Read MoreCombining EFT and the Enneagram to Create a Thriving Practice
The better you know your strengths and weaknesses the better you are to make decisions that can significantly improve your ability to create a thriving sustainable EFT business.
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