Research into Emotional Freedom Technique (or tapping) began in the 1990s. This blog post includes excerpts of Dr Peta Stapleton’s work, and her book The Science of Tapping; as well as several links to research papers on EFT. We now understand that EFT has profound effects on the nervous system, the production of stress hormones […]

Grab yourself a cuppa and read up… Pain – tap on the physical sensations, rate it out of 10, and keep tapping until the number comes down Stress – figure out where in your body you feel stressed (face? head? chest?) and tap on those physical feelings. Sad memories – gently let yourself remember the […]

I’m not your stereotypical health coach. I don’t provide meal plans, or fitness regimes. I don’t tell you what to eat, or which muscle group you should focus on. In fact I don’t do ANYTHING like that. I don’t believe that you can lose weight through diet and exercise alone. EVEN THOUGH THAT’S WHAT EVERYONE […]

They don’t deserve your forgiveness. They don’t deserve to ‘get away with it’. But you deserve peace. Over the past few years, I’ve had the honour of supporting numerous woman ‘get over’ their anger. And believe me, they have been holding that anger tightly, close to their heart, and it has been spilling into every […]

Your troubles. Your worries. Your horrible thoughts or fears. Give them to me. I’ll look after them until you’re ready to let go of them completely. I just listened to the most magical story, told by Elizabeth Gilbert. She was on a bus on a cold, wet and dark day in New York. The occupants […]

There is so much. So much to read. So much to absorb. If you’re like me, you might be feeling addicted to the news. Checking all the time for updates. Nervously waiting for news that the nursery / school is going to be closed. Panicking about what will actually happen if that actually happens. So, […]

Have you heard of setting intentions? We’ve all heard of New Year Resolutions. I haven’t made one in years. I never stuck to them, they always seemed idealistic but impossible. And therefore I stopped doing them. I also had a small feeling of ‘meh, I don’t NEED IMPROVING!’ Maybe that’s just me. Perhaps they just […]

I have been studying mindset, alongside EFT for a while now. Your mindset is the thoughts and beliefs that you hold, about yourself. Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck spent decades of research on achievement and success. She said, many people operate with a ‘fixed mindset’ – people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or […]