The Thing That Felt Too Strange to Work

When someone first showed me EFT tapping, I thought it was the strangest thing I'd ever seen. Tapping on your own face while saying out loud how bad you feel? It looked completely ridiculous.

I did it anyway. Alone in my room, where no one could see me.

I had been carrying a deep feeling of not being enough for a long time. Always looking for recognition outside myself, always waiting for someone else to confirm I was okay. I'd tried journaling it, talking it through, pushing it away. Nothing moved it.

So I tapped. I said the words — even though I feel this fear, I deeply and completely accept myself — while tapping the points on my face, collarbone, and hands. I felt silly for about two minutes. Then something shifted. The charge around the thought got lighter. Not gone, but lighter.

What I later learned is that tapping works directly with the nervous system. It sends a calming signal to the part of your brain that sounds the alarm, while you hold the stressful thought in mind. You're not suppressing anything. You're actually moving through it.

I've seen this with clients too. One woman came to me overwhelmed by anxiety that had been with her for years — racing thoughts, a chest that never fully relaxed. In one session of tapping we found the root feeling underneath it all, and when she named it out loud and tapped through it, she looked up and said I don't know what just happened but it feels like I put something down. That's exactly what it is.

Pick one thing that's been nagging at you. Put two fingers on your eyebrow. Say out loud how you feel about it. Tap gently while you breathe. Give it five minutes before you decide it doesn't work.

And if you want somewhere to start, you can grab my quick tapping guide here.