Happiness. Everyone wants it because, well…it feels great! And happiness is a worthy goal—when we’re happy, we’re more resilient, we’re more productive and we have more to give to the people around us.

But it’s hard to feel happy when there’s something in the way, and that’s what Sweet Relief is all about. We help you remove your personal blocks to happiness using a ground-breaking, integrative-wellness technique called EFT tapping.

EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is an innovative, evidence-based health practice that’s helped millions worldwide find happiness through relief. A form of self-acupressure that’s performed during a talk session, tapping works with the body’s nervous system to recondition our habitual response to daily challenges. When applied with the help of a trained facilitator, users are often able to make startling progress on issues they’ve been blocked on.

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Running water…the printing press…Netflix. Every so often, humans find a way to make life better. We’ll be struggling along with the same old clunky approach and then, BAM!—innovation. And that’s what EFT tapping is—in the realm of inner problems, it’s the innovation of the century.

A special type of acupressure, tapping has earned a reputation as one of the fastest and easiest ways to address personal challenges. All over the globe, people are using it to find life-changing relief, from problems ranging from cravings and fears to allergies and anxiousness.

And scientific support for the method is mounting.

Take PTSD:

PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is one of the most difficult problems of our time, causing disabling symptoms in people exposed to extreme circumstances—people like war veterans. In a 2013 study that tested EFT tapping with veterans, 86% of those who received six EFT sessions dropped from the category of clinical (severe) PTSD to no longer meeting the diagnostic criteria for the disorder.1

In other words, 86% of the EFT group got better. And their results were maintained at the 3-month followup.

PTSD is a complex, hard-to-treat phenomenon and this EFT study provided one of the BEST outcomes for PTSD obtained in a clinical trial of any therapy to date. The study was a randomized, controlled trial and was published in the prestigious Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, the oldest peer-reviewed psychiatry journal in North America.

What’s more, following positive results in dozens of high-quality research studies, a 2012 article published in Review of General Psychology—the official journal of the American Psychological Association (APA)—concluded that EFT tapping meets the APA’s criteria for “evidence-based practice” for a number of psychological conditions, including PTSD, anxiety, phobias and depression.2

Other promising areas of research include EFT for physical pain,4 fibromyalgia,5 autoimmune conditions like allergies and asthma,6,7 and for reducing the side effects of chemotherapy during cancer treatment.8

Although EFT tapping is an integrative wellness practice and not a form of psychotherapy or specific treatment for disease, currently over one hundred scientific studies have been published documenting EFT-related outcomes in the lives of human participants.

The physical “how” of Eastern-based health practices like EFT are not as well documented as their results. However, several studies have measured the method’s health-supportive effects in Western medical terms, for example, its ability to lower cortisol levels in humans910 (see Figure 3). Cortisol—a hormone—is an important bio-marker of stress, and when it’s too high for too long, it can wreak havoc on the body as well as the mind.11

How EFT Tapping Works

EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique and the method is referred to as “tapping” because a special form of self-acupressure is key to its effectiveness. In combination with recall and inner sensory techniques, the acupressure allows users to effectively “hack” their own stress response, freeing them from counter-productive patterns and unpleasant reactions.

Stress is a normal part of everyday life, but when it goes unresolved, it can lead to unwanted behaviors and long-term unhappiness. Because our response to stress is complex—occurring simultaneously on physical, mental and emotional levels—stress-related issues can be difficult to address.

Happily, EFT tapping often succeeds where other strategies fail. An integrative approach to wellness, it is based on the Chinese meridian system—the same holistic health methodology that underlies acupuncture, acupressure, tai chi and qigong. EFT is practiced by millions of people world-wide12 for help with a vast array of issues, including:

While there is a growing body of research validating the usefulness of Clinical EFT in addressing mental and physical illness, the approach is considered experimental as a treatment and should not be relied on to diagnose, treat or cure any disease or psychological disorder. Furthermore, it is important you understand that the coaching context is not equivalent to licensed health care and Sweet Relief practitioners cannot provide you with medical, psychological, or psychiatric care.

That said, EFT tapping is a powerful tool for your stress-relief and personal-development kit, especially when applied with the help of an experienced professional. It can free you from stubborn problems, help you achieve your goals, and connect you with the happiness you’ve been missing in your life.

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