EFT Nation Podcast

In this podcast we discuss the distinctions between acute and chronic stress, post traumatic stress, acute stress disorder (ASD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ability for a practitioner who uses EFT to understand and make this distinctions between these are elements of what go into being an effective trauma informed practitioner. For more…

This episode is dedicated to exploring boundaries; why they are difficult to set and why they are so important. Whether you are an EFT practitioner looking to establish clear boundaries with your clients or you are looking for ideas on how to tap with your clients on the topic or you are just someone who…

This podcast explores the ways that Internal Family Systems, as developed by Richard Schwartz, can offer an understanding for the many internal aspects of an individual that can be addressed with EFT. Marion Blique explains how IFS can be used as a powerful lens to help better understand the myriad of inner personalities all of…

In this episode, we explore multiple aspects of the power of being given a diagnosis. Who should and should not be offering a diagnosis? Is it empowering to be given one or is it a curse? How can EFT tapping be most effectively utilized to work with the “sentence” that the naming of a condition…

Alina Frank and Dr. Craig Weiner interview Dr. Adriana Popescu about the similarities and differences between EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques Tapping and Brainspotting. Comparing EFT Tapping with other Trauma Informed Techniques. This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques…

Alina Frank and Craig Weiner interview Dr. Christine Gibson about the difference and similarities between EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, and A.R.T. (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) Dr. Gibson is a family doctor and trauma therapist, author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit (with a chapter on EFT), and co-founder of Safer Spaces Training. A lifeline learner with a Masters…

Comparing EFT Tapping with other Trauma Informed Techniques This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques and other therapeutic and clinical approaches currently being practiced. For this series we have selected a variety of trauma-informed clinical approaches that we…

Welcome to our 50th podcast! The holidays are a time of year that bring not only joy and celebration but also can be associated with many sources of stress. Time management stress. Financial gift-giving stress. Handling family conflict concerns. Food and alcohol related issues. How can you use EFT in advance to prepare for creating…

We dedicated this episode to exploring various methods of EFT Testing. What is the purpose of testing? What is basic EFT Testing/ What are different Gentle EFT Testing Techniques and more Provocative Testing Techniques? When do you test and when don’t you? These are the kinds of questions we discuss that will be of interest…

This episode explores some history and explanation about the Adverse Childhood, Positive Childhood and Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences studies. It is critical that EFT practitioners and individuals have some safety and practice guidelines informing them when they should and should not be tapping on themselves or with their clients in order to not induce…

While EFT is incredibly effective in assisting individuals to resolve past adverse and traumatic experiences it also is important to know how to use EFT Tapping for “in the moment” self-regulation. When a client starts becoming emotionally dysregulated and either begins to emotionally flood or freeze or abreact, it is critical that we have a…

How many of us never learned how to set healthy boundaries for ourselves when we grew up? How many of us never got to witness or experience clean boundaries that were empowering in our families of origin? How many of us have suffered emotionally or even physically because we learned to put others needs ahead…

We are thrilled to share the wisdom and experience of our colleague La’Quesha Fonrose, a licensed therapist and certified EFT practitioner with over 15+ years of experience working in the mental health field. She specializes in working with millennial women, specifically Black mothers, who are survivors of childhood and complex trauma living with uncontrolled stress…

We often hear this phrase, that an EFT practitioner should meet a client where they’re at. We agree but what does that really entail? What kinds of circumstances or challenges might get in the way of that? Can the client be the problem in that scenario or is it more likely the challenge facing the…

Changing old habits and adding new ones can be challenging for all of us. The end of one year and the beginning of a new year is a time when many people consider habit changes. In this podcast we review the four most common reasons people fail to build habits for the long term. Then we…

Scattered amidst all the rave reviews of how EFT has profoundly transformed people’s lives are a smattering of reports that sound something like, “well I tried EFT and it didn’t work for me.” Of course that can be true as no single approach can be the answer for everyone. However, there are many reasons that…

Back pain is a rampant, pervasive and expensive problem. Over 70% of individuals suffer severe back pain in their lives with nearly one third suffering from severe back pain in the prior 30 days. As a chiropractor for over 30 years, Craig has treated thousands of back pain patients and has witnessed the mind body…

Being “polyvagal-informed” is perhaps the newest catch phrase for trauma-informed healing arts practitioners. Polyvagal Theory (PVT), as developed by Stephen Porges, PhD and extensively written about in clinical applications by Deb Dana, LCSW, is described as the science of feeling safe. It’s focus of application is to help us understand our body’s response to the…

OK, start tapping, in this podcast we focus on the legal stuff that can make some EFT Tapping practitioners nervous. We discuss with Midge Murphy challenges and misunderstandings regarding scope of practice, websites, testimonials and the use of practitioner description and titles. Awareness and knowledge will decrease your legal risk of a complaint ever being…

Recently a TikTok video therapist got raked across the coals when they complained on the social media platform about her clients “trauma-dumping” on her. In this podcast we discuss the problem with this concept and tie in the common phenomenon that EFT practitioners get to experience in sessions when a client gets drawn into a…

When working to overcome many of life’s challenges or to change an unhealthy behavior our final category of why we may not feel ready for such a change is the sense of lack of safety. This is often experienced as a sense of fear or lack of sense of safety when considering how life will…

Digging deeper into potential sources of secondary gains takes us to the arena of lack of deserving. When working to achieve something better in your life; i.e. healing from a chronic health condition, finding an ideal relationship, making the income you desire, finding close friendships, etc. the desired outcome can look very clear but the…

We call carry the roles we identify with in the world that can both serve us and hold us back from change. Whether we identify as “the good girl” or “the responsible one” or “the eldest” or the “selfless caregiver” or “the empath” or “the breadwinner”… When we try to make healthful changes in our…

Every week we receive multiple inquiries from individuals seeking information about EFT training and certification programs. Individuals that are seeking to look beyond the online marketing ads and eblasts to find honest and reputable feedback regarding the wide array of programs that exist in-person and online for EFT training. Given the concept of Caveat Emptor…

We often hear of a “let down” that can occur for individuals who have dedicated themselves to the process of getting certified in EFT and then experience a kind of hole that occurs shortly thereafter. The transition from having a mentor and community and regular feedback and interaction suddenly changes and now there can be…

This episode highlights a special guest, Karl Dawson, the founder of Matrix Reimprinting (MR) EFT. As the approved North American trainers of this technique, we wanted Karl himself to respond to the three most common questions and misconceptions about this powerful technique. In this lengthier episode we explore just what is MR, questions about the…

One of the most searched for applications of EFT online is the use of EFT tapping for weight loss. With nearly half of adults (49.1%) attempted to lose weight within the last year in the U.S. alone, clearly this is a topic many are seeking help, support and guidance with. Whether you are attempting to…

According to the CDC over 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems. Insomnia seems to be at epidemic proportions and more than ever we are witnessing an abundance of sleep experts and bloggers offering a wide array of suggestions for helping to improve your ability to get a good night’s sleep. Today we are…

During the COVID pandemic, about 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, up from 1 in 10 in the 6 months preceding the pandemic. Many adults (and children) are experiencing increased negative impacts on their mental health and well-being, such as difficulty sleeping, increases in alcohol consumption or…

There are many challenges that one can encounter when working on their feelings and experience of grief and loss. EFT can certainly facilitate this process, not necessarily to “tap away” the grief, but to facilitate the grieving process which can include a full acceptance of a wide array of emotions and feelings. Challenges and pressures…

In this episode we discuss using EFT for feelings of anxiety that show up as anxiousness, nervousness, embarrasment, fear of being judged and more. We review some of the clinical research published regarding EFT’s effectiveness for reducing anxiety, including a meta analysis and clinical trials exploring EFT helping to reduce anxiety in children, university students,…

In this episode we offer a wealth of tips and insights to how to creatively and effectively use EFT with your children. We begin with exploring how to tap on prenatal stress for parents, especially mom, as mothers and their babies are said to share energy systems throughout the first three years of life. We…

Trauma Informed EFT means using EFT gently with the understanding that individuals have often suffered adversity in their past, and that we work with keeping our clients regulated and safe during their EFT sessions. Integrating Dan Siegel’s concept of window of tolerance helps describe the best state of arousal for which we can best function…

There is a powerful trend that seems to be flourishing, especially across many social media platforms that can have a deeply harming effect on many viewers. Perhaps the prolonged pandemic and social political unrest has played role sboth in having people feeling persistently bad about their lives or their relationships and worldviews but then being…

In this podcast we explorew 4 levels of inquiry for using EFT for working with facilitating healing of physical conditions. By adopting a lense of curiosity, we can began to move past the obvious negative emotions related to suffering from health challenges and begin to look for purpose and meaning. How might our bodies be…

In this podcast we discuss how EFT is a trauma aware modality as well as what is even more important, traits of a trauma informed practitioner. We review not only the key elements that are critical for working safely with trauma informed practices as well as the 4 R’s for empowering your clients who have…

One of the ways we observe the growth and acceptance of EFT is in the surging numbers of licensed therapists and mental health care providers are finding, studying and integrating EFT into their therapy practice. Blending tapping into an existing therapeutic relationship provides its own set of unique challenges in navigating the process with clients.…

EFT if fun to offer and do and has the potential to be life transforming. If you have been sharing EFT with your community our question to you is: Is it a hobby for you or is it a business, as they are very different. If you are making less than $5,000 per year with…

Many EFT practitioners struggle to grow their practice when being an EFT “generalist.” Given that the majority of the population has no idea what EFT Tapping is, practitioners often find themselves challenged to create a “marketing funnel” of steady new clients who need what they have to offer. Not only do they experience competition from…

In this episode we explore how to find and get to the bottom of a common fear of so many tapping practitioners as well as other solopreneurs, the disabling Fear of Putting Yourself Out There. This often appears for early practitioners who can feel susceptible to the potential of critics or commenters on their blogs…

Don’t Put off Listening to this Using EFT to Overcome Procrastination Podcast! In this podcast we take on the topic of using EFT tapping for finding peace and resolution surrounding the pattern of procrastination. Repeatedly putting something off serves some need within us, the need for feeling safe, the need for attempting to even temporarily…

Using EFT Tapping to Reduce Your Cravings EFT Tapping has been well documented to help reduce cravings, most specifically food cravings. EFT can be a powerful tool, especially around times that can abound with stressful triggers, ie. holidays, the COVID 19 epidemics, stressful work environments, times of financial stress and more. A Craving is a…

Manifestation for many seems like an elusive magical word. It may not be as complicated as you think and EFT can play a powerful role in helping to create that which you desire in your life. The manifestation is the end resulting outcome, whether it be the relationship you desire, improved health, financial success, a…

Surrogate Tapping is a form of remote healing used most often to assist young children and pets. Learn simple guidelines for using it, the ethical questions involved, and try it yourself.

Alina and Craig share their knowledge about the history and origins of the energy reversal theory which is also known as polarity reversal or polarity responder. They cover the way the understanding of the psychological aspect of it known as secondary benefit/gain has evolved to understand the “downside” or healing and show you how to…

Who doesn’t want more ease and abundance with the financial aspects of their life? EFT can provide a powerful way to shift your perspective around the topic of money. Where do you begin? How do you tap to reduce stress around financial stress? How can you target the key specific areas of where money does…

This special episode spotlights the work and perspective of our guest, somatic trauma educator and co-creator of Tapping out of Trauma trainings, Suzanne Fageol. Both Alina and Suzanne explore the challenge of why sometimes it feels as if significant emotional events and traumas in a person’s life never seem to completely resolve despite persistent efforts…

Featured in this podcast is Regine Monestime, JD. She is a practicing attorney, public speaker and retreat leader/coach who uses EFT to facilitate transformational change, primarily in the black female community. In this special episode we explore the uncomfortable, the emotional side of white privilege…we are living in a time of what feels to some…

In this podcast Alina Frank, author of How to Want Sex Again using EFT,  offers her top tips from her Learning to Find Love course and EFT relationship coach program on what obstacles are most important for EFT practitioners to focus on in order to clear the way to finding ideal romantic relationships. Years of…

This is the first of several EFT Nation episodes focusing on relationships. This show explores how to use EFT when you are getting triggered by your partner, whether if be about how to find calm after a disagreement or when you are at the end of your rope. What is the best strategy to begin…

People are experiencing emotional extremes as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to effect communities and individuals in waves. Today we explore the role of grief as individuals experience the loss of so many things ranging from health to work and financial stability to the absence of interpersonal contact and connection. There is also a concept of…

In this podcast we explore many of the financial stressors and fears that so many people are experiencing with the current COVID-19 situation. Fear, anxiety, stress, anger, helplessness are kicking in from loss of work, business, clients and income. These emotions can be significantly exacerbated by “core beliefs” that stem from earlier life experiences. In…

Today’s episode explores effective ways to use EFT for working on relief of your physical symptoms. By focusing on the stressful emotions associated with your condition and learning to listen to your body’s reactions you can find the emotional contributing factors that may just be getting in the way of your body’s natural healing responses.…

EFT for Self-Help: This episode we explore questions like how do I use of EFT for myself, how long should I tap for, should I do it myself or work with a professional, how do I do it in public without feeling embarrassed, are there different ways to stimulate the points, can I change the…

The Scientific Research Supporting EFT: This show summarizes how the published research defines EFT and highlights of some of the best studies demonstrating EFT’s effectiveness for chronic pain, gene expression, cortisol levels and more.

What is EFT? There are many misconceptions regarding what EFT actually is. Listen to co-directors of the EFT Tapping Training Institute as they explore different ways to think about this healing modality used by millions of people around the world.

Welcome to EFT Nation with master EFT trainers Alina Frank and Dr. Craig Weiner. Each future episode will feature a different aspect of the art, science or business of EFT Tapping.