Articles Index

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2012

• 27 Jan - How are those New Year’s Resolutions going?
  
  At the end of January, the actions to support your New Year's resolutions are either gaining momentum or dying a slow...

2011

• 09 Oct - Australian Vietnam Veteran recommends trying EFT to gain peace over PTSD
  
  Interview with Vietnam Vet who suffered from PTSD, depression, anxiety and anger and the benefits he received from...
• 11 Aug - Overcoming Long Term Fear
  
  Warren Day shares his hopes for his first EFT Session and then, after the session was done, how excited he was at...
• 03 Aug - How to do a 15 minute EFT session: Surgery fears and Weight loss / Exercise
  
  There are many elaborate ways of applying EFT yet when you only have 15 minutes or less to help someone, zooming in an...
• 20 Jul - How does EFT help you Master the Art of Becoming?
  
  Marcy Neumann interview Rod Sherwin, an EFT Expert, on his journey and how EFT can help you with Mastering the Art of...
• 24 Feb - 3 Energy Exercises to beat Insomnia, Sleep Problems and Thinking too Much
  
  3 exercises to help those who suffer from sleep problems and insomnia. Rather than trying to use your thoughts to calm...
• 08 Feb - What’s the difference between self-esteem and self-compassion?
  
  Self-esteem is considered important in achieving all you can be but research suggest that self-compassion is more...

2010

• 14 Dec - EFT Approaches for Serious Issues such as Trauma, Abuse and PTSD
  
  EFT is very effective for everyday issues but, while the same tapping is used, different approaches are needed to be...
• 21 Sep - Overcome the need to find the right words when tapping
  
  One of the biggest stumbling blocks for newcomers to the Emotional Freedom Technique, aka EFT tapping, is the concern...
• 22 Jul - What if you can’t say “I accept myself” in the EFT Setup Phrase?
  
  The standard EFT setup phrase is "Even though ..., I deeply and completely accept myself." But what if you are not...
• 15 Jul - 10 Ways to Make Tapping Part of Your Day
  
  Having trouble finding time in your day to apply the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)? Here are 10 tips for applying...
• 09 Jun - Emofree reborn as EFT Universe compliments of Dawson Church
  
  With Gary Craig's retirement the content from his emofree.com website have been moved to EFT Universe hosted by Dawson...
• 03 Jun - How good are you feeling? Words for your emotions part 2/3
  
  Usually, EFT tapping is focused on negative feelings and once these have been cleared it helps to tap in some positive...
• 24 May - How are you really feeling? Words for your emotions part 1/3
  
  Most of the time we use generic words to describe what we feel like happy, sad, angry, depressed, anxious, or hurt. It...
• 13 May - How to be happy: therapy distilled to its most basic.
  
  As many of you know I'm a fan of solutions-focused approaches to change and the flow chart below gives us the most...
• 09 May - EFT Hub Launch: Get 7 days free access to world’s largest EFT Library
  
  Gary Williams has created the EFT Hub Library with access to audio from over 50 of the worlds top Emotional Freedom...
• 05 May - Successful Tapping for Cravings Trial
  
  Channel TEN recently featured this report on a using the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for food cravings. A 6 month...
• 22 Apr - Enjoy Emotional Freedom by Steve Wells and David Lake: EFT Book Review
  
  Steve Wells and Dr. David Lake are pioneers in EFT and have released a new book called "Enjoy Emotional Freedom: Simple...
• 10 Mar - Conversation Radio Network Interview with Margaret Stuart
  
  Margaret Stuart interview's Energy Therapist Rod Sherwin on the Conversation Radio Network. Margaret is a successful...
• 18 Feb - Helping Children with Dyslexia with EFT
  
  Dyslexia is a learning disorder that manifests itself as a difficulty with reading, spelling and in some cases...

2009

• 15 Dec - Thank you Gary Craig!
  
  Gary Craig, the founder of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) a simple yet powerful form of psychotherpy, announced...
• 13 Aug - Live a life free of fear, anxiety, anger and other debilitating emotions
  
• 11 Aug - Lindsay Kenny: EFT for Procrastination and Feeling Stuck
  
  Lindsay Kenny shares her insights into overcoming procrastination with EFT. Find the simple causes that have you...
• 30 Jul - A Solutions Focused Approach to Change & EFT – EFT Q & A Podcast
  
  Solutions-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is an effective therapy that is future focused and provides a direct path...
• 23 Jul - Procrastination: Break the habit with EFT
  
  Do you find yourself procrastinating when you need to get things done? Use the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to...
• 28 May - Where did EFT come from?
  
  When we stumble across the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for the first time it seems to explode into our world and...
• 21 May - What works for you? Pay attention.
  
  We often ask "what's wrong with me?" yet a more useful question is "what works for me?" Is there an area of your life...
• 15 Mar - The Original Melbourne Tapping Man
  
  Melbourne had a Tapping Man long before I started using EFT tapping to help people. Turn's out he even use to live on...
• 09 Mar - Why do you tap with two hands when applying EFT?
  
  Energy Therapist, Rod Sherwin explains why he taps with two hands when applying the Emotional Freedom Technique...
• 03 Mar - I want to help people but everyone says I should get a real job.
  
  You want to help others but how do you pay the bills? It feels like such a conflict between doing what you love...
• 23 Feb - Tips on Finding the Root Cause of an Emotion
  
  Find the root cause of an emotion takes skill and creativity. Guest blogger Gene Monterastelli shares a list of...
• 11 Feb - Victorian Bushfires: Using EFT to begin the healing process
  
  Rod Sherwin, Energy Therapist, offers some EFT tapping to help those effected by the devastating Victorian...
• 07 Jan - Have you been validated lately?
  

2008

• 19 Dec - TappyBear Foundation: Getting TappyBear to Those in Need
  
  The TappyBear Foundation has been established to get the wonderful EFT teddy bear, known as Tappy, to children and...
• 18 Dec - Slowing down to bare foot pace
  
  If you have been caught up in the rush of the holiday season you might find the holidays more stressful than relaxing...
• 20 Nov - Are you an expert on your problem or your solution?
  
  How many of us are experts on our problems but haven't taking the time to describe how our life would be without the...
• 28 Oct - Fear as a Barrier vs. Fear as Motivation
  
  If we are motivated to move away from pain, for fear of the pain, and move towards pleasure, should EFT be applied to...
• 22 Oct - Take a Solutions-Focused Approach to Your Goals Audio Program
  
  Take a unique solutions-focused approach to achieving your goals. This 1 hour audio program guides you through a...
• 15 Oct - What’s wrong with you?
  
  How many times have you been asked "What's wrong with you?" How many times have you asked yourself the same question?...
• 25 Sep - The Power of Witnessing
  
  Have you every really listened to someone without judgment, without opinion, without the need for a solution? Have you...
• 17 Sep - The EFT Discovery Statement and Positive Emotions
  
  The EFT Discovery statement gives us a great definition for negative emotions, they are a "disruption in the body's...
• 08 Sep - Disposable Income: A different aspect of money
  
  Clearing money blocks with EFT requires dealing with all the aspects that may be blocking you. By focusing on the idea...
• 06 Sep - The Law of Attraction: An excuse for not taking action?
  
  Are you using the law of attraction as an excuse for not taking action towards your goals? Has the Secret convinced you...
• 14 Aug - EFT Novel: Dangerous Aspects by Colin Winston Aldridge
  
  EFT Practitioner Colin Aldridge has produced a wonderful synthesis of fiction and education called Dangerous Aspects....
• 22 Jul - The Origin of a Thought
  
  What thoughts do you have on automatic that are limiting you and how to use EFT to get to their...
• 30 Jun - The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry
  
  EFT is effective for treating emotional issues and sometimes an adjustment to your physical biochemistry is needed as...
• 24 Jun - Using EFT for Whiplash
  
  Whiplash from car accidents can lead to years of nagging neck and back pain. EFT offers permanent lasting...
• 31 May - New branch of science busts gene myths
  
  A new branch of science called Epigenetics moves medicine from simple mechanics to the Quantum Science level....
• 28 May - Attracting Abundance with EFT – eBook
  
  If you are tired of not having enough money, time, love or success, then this is the e-Book for you! In an easy to...
• 19 May - What are you doing because you think you should?
  
  Sometimes we fill out lives with shoulds. We go to church because we think we should. We work in a job because we think...
• 22 Apr - Striving: When are You Enough?
  
  Striving is that feeling that you have to have more, do more, or be more. Here's how to apply EFT to get to the...
• 09 Apr - Anger Disguises and Anger Management Spectrum
  
  Most of us think of anger as loud and yelling but, according to Ruth King, anger may disguise itself as dominance,...
• 07 Apr - Beware your Shaving Creme
  
  Do we really know the effects that common household chemicals have on our emotional well-being? I describe my recent...
• 25 Mar - Anger Management with EFT
  
  Sometimes we feel like a victim of anger. Yet if we look at the patterns that trigger anger we can use the Emotional...
• 05 Mar - Antidepressants Ineffective: study proves
  
  A recent article in the Melbourne Age showed that a review of clinical trials for antidepressant drugs regularly...
• 04 Mar - How would you know things were getting better?
  
  Are you always trying to figure out what's wrong with you when you're not achieving your goals? What if that...
• 28 Feb - Freedom at Your Fingertips
  
  The ultimate Question and Answer Guidebook for using the Emotional Freedom Techniques, aka EFT Tapping, to feel more...
• 11 Feb - Save on supplements: Thank your Food
  
  When you take a moment to appreciate all the people who contributed to you enjoying a meal it can really connect you to...
• 11 Feb - EFT Tips from iCiNG’s Gala Darling
  
  Online fashion guru Gala Darling writes frequently on her blog iCiNG about how she used EFT to overcome many issues...
• 06 Feb - Feeling Inspired with EFT
  
  EFT is usually applied to clear some emotional issue or problem. Yet it can also be used to take positive feelings into...
• 05 Feb - Doctors’ opinions of cancer proved wrong again
  
  The suffering, the fear, the trauma, the shame are all part of the package that comes with a Doctor's diagnosis of...
• 03 Feb - Releasing Vows of Poverty to Make More Money
  
  If you have been working on money problems for a long time and still seem stuck, it may be worth investigating possible...
• 28 Jan - Are you being a martyr?
  
  Are you being a martyr to gain love and connection? Does somehow treating yourself badly give you a strange sense of...
• 16 Jan - Rod Sherwin talks about EFT in Living Life Now TV Interview
  
  Living Life Now is a personal development program that interviewed me in 2007. We talked about the basics of EFT and...
• 12 Jan - EFT and Energy Psychology Research
  
  There is a great deal of research going on to scientifically validate the awesome results that have been achieved for...

2007

• 15 Dec - Missing someone at Christmas?
  
  Missing someone at Christmas can take the enjoyment out of the holiday season. EFT offers a way to relieve the emotions...
• 17 Nov - Using EFT for when You’re Always Running Late
  
  If you're always running late you may have come up with some coping strategies such as setting your watch forward but...
• 18 Oct - Overwhelm and the Emotional Freedom Technique
  
  I wrote a very quick Overwhelm First Aid kit for a client one day. While there are many 'thinking ways' out there to...
• 12 Oct - EFT for that Song Stuck in Your Head
  
  When you have a song stuck in your head it can be very annoying and frustrating. EFT offers you a way to explore the...
• 14 Sep - From General Feelings to Specific Issues with EFT
  
  One of the key things taught in the EFT DVD's is to find specific events or memories to apply EFT to. These are...
• 12 Sep - Clear Allergies with EFT
  
  Allergies can vary from inconvenient to disabling and life threatening. Careful application of the Emotional Freedom...
• 06 Sep - Where do new thoughts come from?
  
  Have you ever tried to solve a problem and only had the same thoughts over and over again. Yet at some stage a new...
• 04 Sep - Reframing Pain with EFT
  
  EFT Master Patricia Carrington about new ways to handle pain with EFT including reframing out meaning of it to serve...
• 02 Sep - Identity Statements and EFT
  
  The Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT is great for healing emotional issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and...
• 31 Aug - Get Started on Global Issues with a Brain Dump
  
  Maybe you have a problem that's pretty global like self-worth, or sabotaging relationships, or money problems and you...
• 27 Aug - The Solutions Focus: Making Coaching and Change Simple
  
  The Solutions Focus gave me a profound shift in thinking and solving problems. My engineering degree trained me to...
• 11 Aug - Fear of what will other people will think of me?
  
  Fear of what people will think often stops us from doing what we want. EFT offers a way to address those fears and...
• 11 Jul - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
  
  I highly recommend Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity as the most brain friendly time management...
• 11 Jul - How to Take a Break and Enjoy It!
  
  As a small business owner, mother, type A personality, or workaholic, taking a break is the last thing you think you...
• 23 Jun - Don’t Watch the News
  
  If you continuously expose yourself to negative information it will have affect you long term health and well being....
• 15 May - Using EFT with a Doctor’s Diagnosis
  
  A Doctor's diagnosis can cause severe stress and trauma. So many emotions come up but the Emotional Freedom Techniques...
• 20 Apr - Fear of EFT Working
  
  The Emotional Freedom Technique has been successful for 100s of thousands of people over 14 years yet people still ask...
• 28 Feb - Break through Limiting Beliefs with EFT
  
  A limiting belief is something we have a feeling of certainty about. We take on these beliefs from loved ones, media,...
• 27 Feb - The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
  
  Sometimes your saying "I love you" in the wrong language; the wrong Love Language. Gary Chapman explains five different...
• 27 Jan - Now, Discover Your Strengths
  
  In the self-help realm, I think there is an unrealistic expectation that if you read all the right books and attend all...
• 23 Jan - Using EFT for Body Image
  
  In our culture, we are bombarded with imagery showing 'perfect' bodies. Stick figure female models and perfectly buffed...

2006

• 18 Dec - Release Christmas Gathering Stress
  
  Family gatherings at Christmas can be a source of joy yet many people do not look forward to them because of existing...
• 01 Nov - Can’t Stop Thinking? Use EFT and Music to Quiet the Mind
  
  Sometimes we get stuck in our heads thinking the same thoughts over and over again and we can't find an escape. The...
• 16 Oct - Using EFT with Entities
  
  Entities are a scary concept that some people belief harmful compulsions. This article describes using EFT surrogately...
• 13 Oct - Progress with a Social Phobic
  
  Asking questions is a standard part of any therapeutic approach yet for some people answering the questions is the...
• 09 Oct - An even more Tearless Trauma Technique
  
  Sometimes evening guessing at the intensity of a traumatic memory such as child abuse can put a client into a spiral....
• 09 Oct - Panic Attacks: Getting Behind the Thought Process
  
  Panic attacks can come on seemingly without cause. Yet there are two components to explore: the emotional fear and the...
• 27 Sep - Using EFT to Handle Uncertainty
  
  Indecision can be a major source of stress. Sometimes it's not easy to make the clear decision with all the emotions...
• 27 Sep - Control Cravings with EFT
  
  Cracking and addiction usually involves a struggle with cravings. Use the Emotional Freedom Techniques EFT to control...
• 27 Sep - Diet Soda Makes You Fat
  
  The artificial sweeteners in diet soft drink actually cause your body to store fat to protect your organs from the...
• 19 Aug - Perfection is the Lowest Standard
  
  Trying to do things perfectly can result in procrastination. The Emotional Freedom Techniques EFT allows us to address...
• 16 Aug - Explaining EFT to Family and Friends
  
  The Emotional Freedom Technique is very effective yet may look wierd so here are some ways to explain EFT to friends...
• 01 Aug - Back Pain: 6 Questions to Find the Real Cause
  
  How is it that most people who experience back pain actually have no physical damage or reason for it? Here I give 6...
• 14 Jul - What to do when running out of time in your EFT session
  
  Sometimes you are running out of time when working with an EFT client and they have more serious issues yet to be dealt...
• 22 Jun - Learning English or any Second Language
  
  The Emotional Freedom Techniques EFT can help when we have trouble expressing how we feel in our own or another...
• 22 Jun - Helping Children with School Trauma
  
  EFT can be used to help you children from a very young age to clear emotional issues that are a result of attending...
• 22 Jun - More Stress Relief with EFT
  
  The Emotional Freedom Techniques EFT offers easy stress relief whenever and wherever you need it especially when...
• 21 May - Stress Relief at Your Fingertips
  
  Using the Emotional Freedom Tecehnique EFT for stress is simple and you always have it at your...
• 04 May - EFT Tips: Tapping to Music
  
  Tapping along to a song or music can help when doing the Emotional Freedom Technique...
• 26 Apr - EFT Tips: Tapping Without Words
  
  Sometimes you can't find the words for EFT. Being tuned into the feeling is what matters so you can then use anonymous...
• 30 Mar - EFT Tips: Mirror Work
  
  Using the Emotional Freedom Techniques EFT in front of a mirror can improve its...
• 30 Mar - My Eyesight’s Back!
  
  How EFT was used to help someone with a migraine headache caused by the amines in...
• 13 Jan - Releasing 14 years of Grief and Trauma
  
  A client with a traumatic grief trauma experiences profound relief after 14...

2005

• 30 Dec - Why some clients do not tap even when they know EFT will help them
  
  Sometimes people stop using EFT even when it is of benefit for them. Anthony Robbins 6 Human Needs psychology provides...
• 21 Nov - How to Calm Children with Surrogate EFT and be a Silent Angel
  
  Healing remotely with EFT, also know as surrogate EFT, can be a real gift to other when it helps to calm loud screaming...