This document provides an introduction to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also known as tapping, which is a practice that uses finger tapping on certain meridian points to reduce the body's stress response. It works by lessening activity in the amygdala and reducing cortisol production. For writers, EFT can help banish anxieties, limiting beliefs, physical pains and other issues that come up when writing. The document outlines how to practice EFT with five steps and common reasons it may not be working as intended, such as being too general rather than specific.

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Tarzan Kay
Writer, Cowork Niagara Member,
All Around Badass
HOW TO
DEMOLISH
RESISTANCE
WITH EFT

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Intro to Emotional Freedom Technique
 Founded by performance coach Gary
Craig in ‘93, backed up by Harvard
Medical School
 “Acupuncture without the needles”
 Uses meridian points on the body to
short-circuit the fight-or-flight response

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How and Why it Works
 Uses meridian points identified
in Chinese medicine
 Lessens the brain’s stress and
fear response in the amygdala
 Reduces production of cortisol
by up to 50%
 Unblocks the flow of energy

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EFT for
Writers
 Putting pen to paper
 Crushing limiting beliefs
 “What if my writing truly stinks?”
 “What if no one will publish it?”
 “What if people don’t like it?”
 Banishing anxiety, lethargy, inexplicable hunger pangs,
headaches, inertia, “jibby” legs, overwhelm
 Physical pains: back aches, cramping wrists

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How to Practice EFT
1. Identify the issue. Be specific.
What’s bugging you?
2. Give it a number from 1-10.
3. Tap on the karate chop point,
acknowledge the problem and
accept yourself anyway.
4. Tap it out while you mentally
review the specifics of the issue.
5. Finish tapping. Re-assess your
number.

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Why isn’t it working?
 Weak set-up
 Never tap on a generality.
 Be specific!
 Review the 5 W’s
 Core issue interfering
 “Peeling the onion”
 Tapping on someone else’s
problem
 “This client is such an asshole!”

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Resources
The Tapping Solution by Nick Ortner
(Book + Movie)
Mercola.com
EmoFree.com (Website of EFT
Godfather Gary Craig)