Diana Ten Have

Naturotherapist and EFT Facilitator

Why is the Emotional Freedom Technique so important for our well being?

Tapping is a technique that literally rewires the brain by sending calming signals to the amygdala (the fight or flight mechanism of the brain), releasing your deepest fears, limiting beliefs, negative emotions and much more, so that you can walk through life from a far calmer place.

EFT tapping can help you to

  • Improve your self-esteem
  • Overcome procrastination
  • Overcome fear or avoidance of conflict
  • Let go of anxiety and worry
  • Become more assertive
  • Improve negative or volatile relationships
  • Have the courage to pursue your dreams
  • Stop your attraction to the wrong people
  • Deal with difficult people
  • Change old patterns in relationships
    Handle the stress of financial issues
  • Handle the stress of the legal system
  • Deal with chronic illness and pain
  • Loose weight
  • Overcome fear of dentist or other medical treatment
  • Improve determination and focus
  • Dissolve test and interview anxiety
  • Control your emotions as a parent
  • Turn around negative self-concepts
  • Change your belief that suffering is necessary
    … and more!

EFT Tapping is used by psychotherapists all over the world, because it is:

Easily learned,  very simple to use, unusually fast, often acts within minutes and almost always long lasting

In my practice my clients and I have experienced great results in overcoming many psychological and physical problems and challenges.

Our Dreams and … Self-Sabotage

If you are like how I used to be then you will most recognize the following: I used to make little progress toward my goals and objectives, only to backslide again into old, non-serving behaviors.. In the past I would always procrastinate in taking the next step. Sometimes I would even become physically ill just to sabotage my work that needed to be done in order to fulfill my dream of becoming a healer.

How about you? Are you perplexed by how often you get off track and then asking yourself, totally exhausted and confused, why do I let this happen?

If you are not moving steadily in the direction of what you say you want, you can be certain that you are sabotaging yourself somewhere.

Whatever form it takes – whether unhealthy behaviors or limiting thought patterns – self-sabotage always diminishes the passion and energy we need in order to fulfill our dreams. Self-sabotage is the outer manifestation of our inner feelings of shame, guilt, anger and unworthiness. Honestly, we only create as much love, fulfillment, success and joy as we feel worthy of having, as we allow our self to have and feel.

To make radical positive change toward that which you want, your goal, it is essential to identify how your inner critic is sabotaging your life. Choose one area where you can see that you’re sabotaging yourself: for example your finances, or maybe it’s in the area of your health or relationships.

Ask yourself, “What do I get out of not thriving in this area?” (There is always a positive within the negative, something that we are getting out of it). Motivated by negative beliefs about yourself, you may discover that you don’t expect to succeed in this area. So in the end, you get to be right about yourself! And most of us will do anything to prove that we are right–even if it means not full filling our biggest dreams.

However, today you can decide to take the first step towards reaching your goals!

Start to free yourself from self sabotage one on one with Diana here by booking your first coaching session.

The Way to Address Emotions and Pain via the Body with EFT Tapping

I believe that our body is not just our physical manifestation, it is also our most important messenger: There where the mind is often confusing us from what is really going on, the body just ‘knows’ what needs to be healed! When we feel the need to heal something, we need to focus on suppressed emotions which we often store somewhere in our body. Our body, our cells, store emotions when we hold on to them. This is why I believe we get sick when we are simply not listening to physical symptoms and/or we are repressing hurtful emotions all the time and not give ourselves the chance to release them.

When working with a client for example through EFT tapping, we find the emotionally charged and trapped energy somewhere in the body. This may sound more complicated than it is; we simply locate a tension, a discomfort or pain. When there is no obvious pain or tension, we just start to tap on bothersome thoughts or feelings the client had today or recently and the body will respond. This response may be subtle, for example a subtle dis-comfortable feeling in the abdomen, or more obvious, for example a sudden sharp pain in the neck.

When we start to use the EFT tapping technique to acknowledge this energy in the body, the client will tell the body that it is okay to open up about this repressed emotion it was holding on to. When the body relaxes, caused by tapping on the acupressure points in face and upper body, the client taps into his or her inner-wisdom whilst he or she ‘gets his mind out of the way’ and accesses information stored in the subconscious mind, our personal computer.

This information will lead the client to discover why he or she is in emotional and/or physical pain and what can be done about it to release it. When it is too painful to discuss this with me, we merely focus on the energy in the body and follow where it leads us in order to release it. This energy can travel through the body; starting out with a dis-comfort in the abdomen, it can move up towards the chest area, then disappears there, appears again in the neck and leaves the body for example through the top of the head. It is a very interesting process to follow; the body exactly knows how to deal with the pain and releases it in a magical way. EFT tapping is truly magical, and it shows us that we are truly energetic magnificent beings perfectly capable of healing ourselves when we just trust.

When the client is ready to speak about the event(s) that has caused this pain we can gently keep on tapping while we do our tapping rounds together. The client may release more emotions and thoughts holding him or her back from feeling well. During the tapping rounds the client will discover solutions for his/her pain and his/her problems if needed.

EFT tapping is an empowering method and it gives me much joy and happiness to watch a client re-connect with his/her inner-wisdom and lets go of whatever it was holding him/her back from feeling well well.

How Emotional Freedom Technique Can Free You

EFT Tapping is a combination of counseling that includes acupuncture without the needles, neuro-linguistic programming, energy medicine, and Thought Field Therapy. By tapping on the energy meridians and giving ourselves a voice, emotional blocks are being cleared from the body’s bio-energy system, restoring emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health.

How EFT can affect the Body:  EFT Tapping accesses the amygdala, an almond shaped part of the brain that initiate the body’s negative reaction to fear (the fight, flight or freeze response). This calms the body’s nerve system by reducing the stress hormone cortisol.  EFT can reduce blood pressure, can help with heart problems, fatigue, weakened immune system and many more  ailments and pains.

How EFT can affect the Mind/heart: EFT Tapping helps with getting more focused and mindful; it brings blood to the brain and balances the brain functions. EFT Tapping brings about a neutral emotional state by clearing core limiting beliefs holding back true potential in a person. It brings about inner-peace and calmness.

How EFT can affect the Spirit:  EFT Tapping makes a person more mindful and aware. It connects the heart and the mind. This influences the intuition positively and a connection with the true self or the higher self is established. The person is ready to live his life to his highest and true potential which will not only bring about health and balance but also establishes a spiritual well-being.