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Could tapping on parts of your body while speaking positively really reduce stress or even help with weight loss? The Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as EFT or "tapping," has been featured in ...

Peta Stapleton has received funding from The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology to investigate the topic in this article in research trials. She may be remunerated for keynote speeches ...

If you’re stressed, many mind-body practices can coax you back into a state of calm. One is known as emotional freedom technique (EFT), or tapping. Standard EFT tapping is a noninvasive, inexpensive ...

For centuries, people have believed in the power of human hands to heal. Just think about the sense of calm a hug or even a hand on your shoulder can bring when you’re upset. In recent years, ...

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April is Stress Awareness Month, when there will be a flurry of articles about managing stress. That is a good thing, up to a point. But many of these articles will come with the inference that stress ...