When everything feels like one thing too many.
Stress is part of life.
But when the demands keep coming and there is never enough time to reset, stress can begin to affect how we think, feel and respond to the people around us.
EFT can offer a simple way to pause and work with some of the emotional pressure underneath that stress.
You may not notice how much you are carrying until it feels too heavy.
You might experience:
- Difficulty switching off
- Irritability
- Constant mental lists
- Feeling rushed even when you are sitting still
- Difficulty concentrating
- Feeling tense
- Worrying about everything you haven’t done
- Becoming overwhelmed by small problems
- Feeling guilty when you stop
- Trouble being fully present with other people
What is creating the pressure?
Stress may come from work, family, finances, relationships, health concerns or major changes.
Often it is a combination.
But there can also be emotional patterns underneath the external pressure.
Perhaps you believe everything has to be done perfectly.
Perhaps you struggle to ask for help.
Perhaps saying no makes you feel guilty.
Perhaps you feel responsible for solving everybody else’s problems.
Creating a little space between you and the stress.
During tapping, we can focus on the specific things that feel overwhelming.
Rather than working with a vague sense of “everything is stressful”, we can break that feeling down.
What feels most urgent?
What thought keeps appearing?
What are you afraid will happen?
What expectation are you placing on yourself?
When the emotional intensity around individual pieces begins to change, the whole situation can sometimes feel more manageable.
You can tap before the pressure reaches ten out of ten.
Simple EFT can be used outside sessions.
A few minutes of tapping may become something you use before work, after a difficult conversation or when you notice tension beginning to rise.
It does not remove the practical demands of life.
But it can give you another way of responding to them.
Support from wherever you happen to be.
All sessions are available online, which means we can work together wherever you live.
Do I need to have tried EFT before?
Do I have to talk about everything that has happened to me?
How many sessions will I need?
Can we work together if I live outside the UK?
Is EFT a replacement for medical treatment or psychotherapy?
You don’t have to wait until stress becomes burnout.
If you feel as though you are constantly running on empty, get in touch.
We can talk about what is happening and whether EFT might be useful.
