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Hi there. I'm doctor Jill Weiner. I'm a physician and an EFT tapping

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practitioner and trainer.

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I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about what tapping is, how it works, and some of the science behind it.

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Tapping,

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also called the emotional freedom technique or EFT,

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is an evidence based,

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very easy to use, surprisingly effective

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tool

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that works based on tapping or using acupressure on different parts of the face and chest, and these correspond to some of the points used in acupuncture.

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And as we tap on these points, we also say the things out loud that are distressing us.

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This may seem unfamiliar to you because many of us are taught that that's the wrong thing to do, but that's actually how this technique works.

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We wanna be tapping on the points and saying out loud the things that are bothering us.

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When we do that, it activates two there's two, proposed mechanisms.

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The first is it activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the rest, digest, and heal function in our body.

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The second

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is that it actually

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sends calming signals to the stress center of our brain, the hippocampus and amygdala,

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and it rewires the way that those that center of our brain processes stress

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so that what was previously

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stressful or overwhelming or upsetting

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no longer feels that way, and it does so in a way that processes the feelings rather than avoiding them or hiding them.

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Some of the uses of tapping can be to process trauma and heal trauma.

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It can be used for general stress.

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It can help with some of the symptoms of anxiety

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for acute and chronic pain to process big life events, like

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it has been shown to decrease cortisol by 24%

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compared to placebo and compared to standard therapy.

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So it's really, really great evidence, and there's many, many more articles.

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It can be used

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to process big life events such as grief, divorce, or medical illness.

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It can be used to help make

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big decisions,

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and it can be used in so many other ways. It's very flexible and adaptable as a technique and tool.

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Tapping can also be done in a lot of different settings. It can be done

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by yourself,

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tapping through a sequence on your own. It can be done in a group setting.

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It can be done

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tapping along with a prerecorded

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audio or video of a tapping sequence, and it can also be done one on one with a a trained tapping practitioner.

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And that gets into some of the deeper issues

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and can can resemble,

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a therapy session or a coaching session, and it can augment both of those things and make them more effective.

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While tapping is actually really easy to do,

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and there's a very

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small learning curve for it,

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what can sometimes trip people up is

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knowing what to say

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as you tap through the points.

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And sometimes it can feel a little awkward or clumsy when you first start tapping.

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So I've created a resource for you that will help you to create your own tapping sequence that will take all the guesswork

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out of what to say at all the different points, and that's available for you here.