EFT Freedom or Tapping to Freedom
I just had to write this post – what a few days/daze it’s been. Since returning to Sydney in 2009 I started using EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping) again. It’s a technique I learned and discarded some years back because (at the time) it didn’t fit with who I was or what I was doing. Then, as is often the case when one rediscovers something, I came to it through ‘desperation’. You see I was ‘stuck’ unable to shift a problem with one of our kids so I decided to try EFT; why not? I’d had run out of options and it was 3:00am – where do you find new options at that hour of the morning? Lo and behold, we had a breakthrough. I began to ask myself – had the other things kicked in? Was it luck? What really happened? So in pursuit of clarity, I decided to experiment on myself and of course the family 
I was so pleased with the outcomes I have (re) introduced EFT into clinic.
And while am happily use it in clinic, I remained dissatisfied with the standard explanation. I know EFT works, I use it. I never use anything in clinic I have not already had success with – so I know it works. And Aussies are a cynical bunch. As a cultural group, we seem to want (need even…) a ‘plausible’ or rational explanation for things (like either of those terms are straight forward). And descriptions like emotional acupuncture leave most Aussies shaking their heads…especially when you ask them to ‘tap themselves’ and say things like I honour and accept myself…Finally, I have some new ways of explaining why EFT works and the explanation should satisfy even the most sceptical person because it’s based on research.
Financial Stress
Hey there Healthy Self-ers
Hope this post finds you well.
Just a quick post on financial stress and what looks to be a promising ‘remedy’ – we are a health site.
As you know I’ve been developing an alternative stress management program called Living Calm. The other big things that have been happening in our world are financial. To cut a long story short, we have had a string of financial dramas, including being made redundant. The redundancy was a real shock – but I am not sure why because so many colleagues and friends have lived with it – it’s kind of ‘normal’ – except when it happens to you…
Living Calm
Hullo Healthy Self Subscribers
Long time! I hope this well note finds you and yours well.
Firstly, I need to apologise for disappearing from the blog. Let me explain. I’ve been working intensively creating the program “Living Calm” which is, at its simplest, a ‘stress management’ program, and it is SO much more than that. Living calm takes a totally different approach to stress and living calm than any other program I’ve seen – and I’ve seen a few.
You know I NEVER intended to write Living Calm. What happened was, I was working on a whole other program when I was asked to give a talk at an expo. The talk was on stress and natural medicine. I decided to go back to the literature to check for any changes in stress theory since I learned about it some 25 years ago. Well, that decision turned my life upside down – it literally changed EVERYTHING. Long story short, not only did I see my own health story described in a theory I didn’t know existed I also LEARNED that what I’d been ‘taught’ about stress is just one part of a MUCH larger picture, a picture that has huge ramifications for us all. On the basis of this ‘new’ knowledge I concluded that to really make a difference in our lives i.e. to live better/calmer, we need to understand stress differently to how we currently do. I was shocked to learn that no one is really talking about stress the way the Doctor who discovered it 80+ years ago did, which I believe, is a huge disservice to us all. I decided I had to step up. And so 12+ months later here I am with a lot of information (about an issue I never intended to research) and a new program (I never intended to write)…huh?…you think you’re confused…
Stress – a normal part of living?
We all know that Stress is a normal part of living. In fact Hans Selye, the ‘father of stress theory’ went so far as to say “if you have no stress in your life you are dead”. But only few of us really understand just how destructive the effects of prolonged stress can be on our overall health. Many of us just accept long term stress as the cost of living in the 21st century. But as you will see prolonged stress comes with a steep price. How much are you prepared to pay? And what if I told you there is another real option?
As natural health practitioner I am 100% committed to working with clients to manage stress and reduce its harmful effects. I understand the impact not dealing appropriately with stress has on our bodies and psyches. I see it every day in clinic it is a major catalyst for illness and dis-ease. In this article I discuss my understanding of stress and how it affects you and your health long term. Stay tuned for part two because I discuss some techniques from a stress relief system I have developed; ‘living calm’. Mix and match these techniques to suit your lifestyle and reap the rewards in your health and quality of life.
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