Shame is a powerful emotion characterized by a deep sense of unworthiness or worthlessness or negative self evaluation and criticism that is often triggered by the perception of failing to meet a personal or societal standard. Whereas guilt is often associated with specific actions or behaviors, shame goes even more deeply as a way that we continue to cut ourselves down and remove ourselves from the very things in our life that can bring us connection and love. It is commonly the toxic emotional catalyst that leads individuals into addiction as a strategy for finding temporary relief from a sense of overwhelming failure in life. Using EFT for shame calls for a shame-informed approach which recognizes that the causality of shame is often traumatic in nature, commonly connected to childhood trauma, often related to addictions and necessitates a slow and gentle approach with any therapeutic intervention like EFT. In this podcast, we discuss some of those important considerations and adaptations.

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Fear and anxiety are incredibly common emotional states and one that EFT can be a powerful healing tool for. There is a significant body of published research demonstrating EFT’s effectiveness for reducing these states. While they are related, they are distinct emotions with different triggers and durations. Fear is often a survival based response to a present and specific threat, while anxiety is a more general feeling of unease or worry about future possibilities, often without a clear or immediate threat. Further along the spectrum are phobias and panic attacks. Craig and Alina offer their ideas for how you can begin to conquer some of these intense emotional states.

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This episode explores the phenomena known as Borrowing Benefits, which is a concept that describes how a person can most effectively receive the positive effects of tapping on another person’s issues. In other words, by tapping not on your own personal issues but tapping one’s points while observing another person tapping, problems that are unique to you can be achieved. We discuss its origins, how to do it and mention some of the research studies that support it.

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This episode continues our series on using EFT Tapping for specific emotional states. Sadness is a healthy emotion that is experienced after we have lost something meaningful but it can have many faces, varying from acute grief to chronic sorrow. It can be experienced in emotional, physical and energetic ways all of which can be supported for healthy release and expression with EFT. Today we discuss various aspects and ways to work with the intense feelings of sadness that show up in our lives, our clients’ lives and we also make some important distinctions for working with sadness vs working with Depression.

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In this episode, we explore how Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping can be a powerful tool for healing anger. Anger, often a response to stress, frustration, or unresolved emotions, can take a toll on both our mental and physical health. EFT is a simple yet effective method that combines gentle tapping (somatic stimulation) on specific acupuncture points to help release habitual emotions. While anger can catalyze and push us to take action steps, it can also be a pattern that is triggered by certain situations and can cause harm to loved ones and result in a variety of chronic health problems ranging from cardiovascular disease to back pain. By using EFT, we can neutralize the intense charge of anger, allowing us to feel more balanced, calm, and in control. Whether you’re looking to reduce anger in the moment or work through deeper emotional triggers, EFT offers a path to emotional healing and greater peace. Tune in to learn how this transformative practice can help you break free from the grip of anger and create lasting emotional freedom.

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Interpersonal disconnection appears to be occurring at an epidemic level. Estrangement is the experience of distance or separation from friends and family members. It can exist as diminished contact to complete lack of communication and connection. We are living through a period of time, accelerated by heightened political intensity that has resulted in significantly heightened emotional intensity, which has the consequence often of a felt lack of being heard, understood and feeling safe. How can EFT help? It can be used to support clear decision making, mindful truth speaking and boundary setting. Tapping can certainly assist in finding healing from being hurt, angry, anxious and overwhelmed. Being able to release resentment, guilt and shame in order to choose self care, find safety, focus on personal peace first and subsequently relational healing, when and if it is appropriate and timely can all be facilitated using skillful EFT Tapping.

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This is a very special podcast with our guest Lisa Forbes, the founder of Operation: I Can Take it From Here. Lisa has a lived history of childhood physical and sexual trauma that resulted in her serving years of incarceration. After her release, with a passion to heal and a commitment to not have her past repeat itself, she discovered EFT and tapped feverishly to transform her life. As a result she started a non-profit with the vision of having a country where the nearly 80 million Americans with a criminal history have healed from the underlying trauma that led them out of the workforce and into the criminal justice system by using EFT Tapping. In this podcast we explore her story, her vision and her current plans for her vision.

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In this episode we offer a variety of considerations on how to choose an EFT practitioner that will be a best fit for your concerns. What are the most important considerations? What questions might you ask potential practitioners? What selection criteria would make you feel most safe, comfortable and hopeful for a best outcome? This is the things we commonly recommend when someone asks us for a practitioner referral.

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Shadow work is a self-discovery process where you explore the hidden or “shadow” parts of your personality—those aspects of yourself you might not fully recognize, acknowledge, or accept.

The “shadow” refers to the traits, emotions, desires, or patterns that you’ve suppressed, ignored, or denied, often because they feel uncomfortable, unacceptable, or don’t align with how you want to see yourself. This is important because those “shadow” parts don’t disappear just because you ignore them. They often show up in ways you’re not aware of, like self-sabotage, unhealthy patterns, or conflicts in relationships. By doing shadow work, which EFT Tapping can be incredibly effective for, you get to know yourself more deeply, heal old wounds, and ultimately become more whole, self-aware, and compassionate. It’s not about “fixing” yourself—it’s about understanding and accepting all of who you are, even the messy or uncomfortable parts. Shadow work can be challenging, but it’s also incredibly freeing and transformative.

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Recent news reports have highlighted the relationship between the debilitating condition of hypochondria as an illness anxiety disorder and its correlation with trauma, especially childhood trauma. The life altering pattern of heightened sensitivity, worry and fear associated with minor symptoms may well be connected to a variety of traumatic experiences. Such experiences can embed deep seated beliefs that a person’s body is fragile and constantly at risk of serious illness or death. These experiences can create hypervigilant behaviors around one’s body that are similar to PTSD and hence is sometimes referred to as medical PTSD. Some of the examples discussed include being raised in an overprotective environment, traumatic medical experiences, witnessing a family member’s chronic illness, the trauma of neglect and more can set the stage for this. EFT when safely applied through a trauma informed lens may help to release the limiting beliefs and emotional responses for someone suffering from this experience.

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