Tapping: Harness the Transformative Power of Energy Psychology by Donna Eden & David Feinstein PhD

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+

Ok, I totally went rogue and poured my heart out at the end of this review 🤣🥰 But the first parts are my thoughts on the actual book.

So why this book? The intensity in which we experience negative and traumatic emotions get stored in our body parts and energy field, causing a blockage of energy flow which begins to express itself as loudly as possible, often as chronic conditions. By freeing ourselves of the intensity of these emotions, we allow our energy to flow again, and honor our true self by releasing a prison of negative thought patterns that pro-longs healing.

The Review:

An insightful book with intriguing concepts, practical techniques, and fascinating studies to back it. As someone who is fascinated by both energy and psychology, and dedicated to identifying and healing my emotional trauma, this is a beautiful addition to my journey for a deeper way to “tap” into it through EFT (emotional freedom tapping).

🏷️ This book is definitely worth its weight, as you’ll want to revisit the topics, and also worth the audio so that you can listen to the instructions and pause while you utilize the exercises. I definitely need a hard copy of this book!

🧬 The authors cover the science of how our body holds and stores negative emotions, which can turn into bigger issues (anxiety, illness, etc.) and multiple ways to tap into your source emotional hold-ups and reset your way of thinking to release you from the emotional prisons you are holding yourself in.

💡It’s very insightful on some of the negative / limiting ways we think, without even realizing it! Essentially this practice of energy psychology helps to identify those negative patterns, and tap them into something less threatening, to retrain the limbic/nervous system to be less over reactive. In turn, this allows the body a way to heal.

“You don’t need to make the problem your enemy, rather accepting and understanding the forces that brought about the difficult experience allows you to process it with self compassion”

👣 The authors give step-by-step instructions and multiple examples throughout each chapter. I felt a difference within the first example (deeper breaths) as this is actually something I had been consciously fearful of (that I couldn’t take deep enough breaths), so they had me at the gate!

I’ve been taking time to go through the exercises when I have alone time, and it’s been very emotionally insightful. I am a very reflective and forgiving person (after some time has passed), so I felt like I had overcome the big emotional events (like forgiving a cheater, a heart breaker, a back stabber, etc.) but this helps me work backwards to the underlying issues that happened even before the big issues, ones I didn’t even realize were there start with my childhood. For example, I’ve always been pretty independent, and haven’t really “needed” much from others, and I’m proud of that. But going through this, and hearing his examples, I realize that I’ve become this as a way to cover up my loneliness, my abandonment issues, feeling invisible and that I needed to "not be needy." I have always felt protective of my younger self, but now I can go back to visit her, comfort her, and remind her she is not alone.

💗 Being vulnerable, here is an example of one of my tapping sessions - which is ironic because my name means “worthy of love” and I feel like my whole life has been a battle to make myself believe that I am, when everyone around me seems to not remember I exist.

“Even though I still feel some hurt that he gave the stuffed animal back, I know deep down that I am worthy of his love.”

After this tap, I saw yellow, which is associated with the solar plexus, one of my most blocked chakras. This is where your self-esteem and self-confidence are said to stem from, and can lead to control issues of unbalanced. It is also connected to digestion. I have had a LOT of issues with digestion starting as a child.

In a time when so many people suffer from chronic illness, anxiety, depression, and other similar health challenges, we are programmed (in the U.S.) to cover it up with pills that numb our symptoms but do not address the root cause. We are taught to desire and rely on instant gratification, which doesn’t make sense when it comes to working on ourselves. I am on a mission to heal at the root source, and it has been quite the enlightening journey. I’ve learned more about myself, and spent more time with myself, and am quite enjoying this time of learning. It’s not without a lot of trials and setbacks. But I refuse to lose sight of my goals.

I started this Chronic Healing Blog to share my personal health story, and the things I’ve been doing to heal through arts/crafts, books like this one, gardening, as well as to be a safe healing place for ALL to share their personal journey, inspiration, insight, and more. Please join in if you feel so moved. I have much more in store for the future!

Thanks to NetGalley, Sounds True Publishing, Donna Eden and David Feinstein, PhD for providing me with a complimentary ARC to review. Sorry I went all gush at the end 😂 It’s a journey, folks! Not a race.

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