Tapping to Calm Intense Emotions
WHAT’S UP: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), commonly known as tapping, is gaining popularity on social media because of how quickly it can alleviate daily life feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and even more intense emotional distress like panic attacks. Tune in to a recent podcast episode featuring Advanced EFT Practitioner, Eleni Vardaki, to learn about tapping to calm intense emotions and some of EFT’s application in various emotional situations, including when a partner is away or during significant life decisions. Interested in exploring tapping further? In this episode of Holding the Fort Abroad, hosted by Rhoda Bangerter, Eleni provides practical exercises that anyone can join in on.
TApping to calm intense emotions
BENEFITS OF TAPPING On Stressors
Regulating Emotions: Tapping helps us manage intense emotions linked to split location marriage – loneliness, worry, resentment, and fear. By tapping on the Clinical EFT Tapping points while acknowledging the truth – what you are feeling, how intensely you feel it, and where in the body you feel it, you can experience a decrease in emotional intensity.
Practical Tool for Families: For families dealing with separation due to frequent travel or split assignments, tapping serves as a practical method for emotional release and processing. It can help both adults, teens, and children navigate their feelings of sadness, loneliness and anxiety when loved ones are away.
Child-Friendly Techniques: In this episode, Eleni also shared tips on how parents can use tapping with their children to help them process big emotions. This approach not only boosts emotional intelligence but also provides children with positive coping mechanisms for managing their sadness or fear when facing changes such as a parent’s work trip.
Managing Stress and Boosting Resilience: By incorporating tapping into your daily stress management routine, you can regain emotional resilience and develop a healthier relationship with your emotions. Negative emotions aren’t bad – they are valuable sources of information. Tapping helps you get better at listening to your body and your emotions, and that’s an important part of taking care of your health and well-being.
UNDERSTANDING TAPPING
Tapping involves stimulating specific meridian points on the body while focusing on negative emotions or stressors. Tapping techniques help restore balance to the body’s energy system, which can become disrupted due to emotional turmoil.
Research indicates that tapping can effectively reduce symptoms associated with anxiety and stress, making it a valuable tool for emotional regulation and therapeutic coaching.
Tapping is more than just a trending topic; it offers tangible benefits for expats and digital nomads who are grappling with loneliness, exhaustion, or fear during difficult moments of their time abroad. If you are new to EFT, you can just tap on your own for self-regulation or mental health first aid in the moment when you feel an intense emotions.
If you want to work on a specific problem that is causing you stress or anxiety, you can book a session with a specialized EFT Practitioner who can help you achieve your goal and identify the root of your problem so that your nervous system can stop getting triggered by a particular stressful situation or negative thought.
ABOUT Eleni Vardaki
Eleni Vardaki was one of the higher performing teachers in the schools where she used to work. When the pandemic hit, she decided to change course, resigning from her teaching job to go all in on her dream of helping bridge the gap between the fields of education and modern psychology. She now works as a Therapeutic Coach in private practice and Educational Consultant for schools, specialized in EFT Tapping for stress, anxiety, and academic performance.
