Effects of Social Emotional Learning Activities

WHAT’S THE ISSUE: While children are often very mindful, feeling their negative emotions intensely, they don’t always have the self-regulation tools to help themselves feel better. On February 12th 2024,…

Resources for Teaching Greek Kids EFT Tapping

WHAT’S THE ISSUE: While most children in Greece are learning English, the fact that we didn’t have culturally sensitive resources for teaching Greek kids EFT Tapping has been a challenge…

Test Anxiety and Exam Stress (Year 9)

WHAT’S THE ISSUE: “He has a lot of stress. He’s scared of failure. And he gets anxious. We spend an hour shouting before he sits down to study every afternoon. One hour…

Tapping with Children and Teachers in London

GUEST SPEAKER: Schools in London are hiring Advanced EFT Practitioner, Emma Arden, in collaboration with Beam Academy, to come in and introduce tapping to their students and staff. In this…

Tapping with Children and Teenagers

WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Tapping with children and teenagers can require putting in a bit more thought in terms of how you can meet them where they are at. How do…

English-speaking Psychologist Psychotherapist & EFT Tapping Coach

WHAT’S UP: In February 2024, Sara Strieth-Vatsella (Psychologist-Psychotherapist) and Eleni Vardaki (Educator-EFT coach) co-hosted a parent group in Kifisia to lead parents through group EFT Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques) exercises and…

Tapping in School Staff Training

WHAT’S UP: Introduction to the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in the school library of the 1st Vocational School of Nea Ionia – Volos (1ου ΕΠΑΛ Ν.Ιωνίας) by Ms. Eleni Vardaki,…

Tapping for University Students at HAEC

WHAT’S UP: In-class introduction to the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) at the Hellenic American College by Ms. Eleni Vardaki, Educator and EFT certified trainer. On Friday October 13th 2023, university students…

Mindful Coloring for Stress Management

WHAT’S UP: One of the things schools hire me to do is train staff on stress management activities that work for both staff and student wellbeing. As anyone who has…

Auditing Staff Wellbeing in International Schools

GUEST WRITER: Hi, I’m Kirsten Pontius. I’m an International Wellbeing Consultant who has found that schools often take a band-aid approach toward staff wellbeing. Unfortunately, this approach negatively affects student…