A free, practical course by Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli
EFT Tapping can help bring relief from stress, anxiety, overwhelm, pain, distressing thoughts, difficult memories, and limiting beliefs. You can learn the basics in minutes and return whenever a particular practice feels useful.
Start at the beginning, follow a Part, or choose the lesson that meets you where you are today.
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Open any Module to see its Parts and lessons. Choose a starting point and return whenever a lesson feels useful.
Module 1: Transform Your Emotions with EFT Tapping
Part 1: Introduction
- Welcome to Transform Your Emotions with EFT Tapping
Begin with the foundations of EFT Tapping and a downloadable guide you can print, save, and share. - Why Do EFT Tapping?
EFT Tapping (also called Emotional Freedom Techniques) can bring you quick, effective RELIEF from stress, anxiety, overwhelm, pain and suffering, distressing thoughts, disturbing… - What Is EFT Tapping?
We humans touch, hold, pat, and rub ourselves for comfort… and always have. We naturally reach out to comfort others. - What Can You Use Tapping For?
Tapping gives you instant access to relief at your fingertips. It aligns the energy of your whole being. - Where Did EFT Tapping Come From?
Have you ever seen someone rub their forehead when they were stressed? Or clutch the base of their throat when shocked? Hold their heart when it is breaking? - Quick Relief… Rich Rewards Over Time
Some people report "one-minute miracles," where long-lasting changes occur in minutes. We've had them ourselves personally and with clients. They're wonderful! - Resources to Get Started (Included in section resources)
For those of you who are new to EFT Tapping, you can learn so much by going through this course!
Part 2: Let's Get Tapping!
- EFT Tapping Points Diagram
Notice that the EFT Tapping Points are convenient to tap on with one or both hands (by design): - Okay, How Do I Tap?
Getting started is very simple. It takes about 2-5 minutes to learn the basics. - Let’s Put It All Together
Now, we'll combine the basic tapping sequence with tuning into your body-mind, speaking a truth about how you feel right now, and choosing how you'd like to feel.
Part 3: Examples to Get Started
- Headache Tapping
Practice a complete tapping sequence for a specific headache, then notice whether the intensity, location, or sensation changes. - Frustration Tapping
Use a specific frustration—such as feeling stuck in traffic—to practice naming the body sensation, tapping through it, and noticing what shifts. - Changing a Habit Tapping
We all have habits we want to change. How many times have you promised yourself you'd stop? Tapping can help you replace that old habit with a better one, like appreciating yourself…
Part 4: Tapping Tips to Get Started
- I Don’t Know What To Tap On
A lot of people feel nervous at first. They don't know where to start or what words to use. - I Keep Judging Myself!
What do you do if your self-judgments get in the way of tapping? It isn't fun to do something when you are constantly feeling criticized! - I Can’t Say, “I Love and Accept Myself”!
Many EFT Tapping scripts use the phrase, "Even though , I love and accept myself anyway."
Part 5: Just the Beginning!
- Just a Taste of What Is Possible
We’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible with EFT Tapping. - It’s Better Together
We appreciate that you are the kind of person who earnestly wants to reconnect with yourself and create a life full of health and abundance. We hope these tapping scripts have… - Questions? Comments?
We love hearing from you!
Module 2: EFT Tapping Tips, Practices and Approaches
EFT Tapping Tips
- No “Wrong” Words
Let go of finding the perfect phrase and learn to tap with the words, sounds, or feelings that are actually present. - Opposite Hand Tapping
Experiment with your non-dominant hand, crossed-over tapping, and different body positions to help new material surface. - Try A Nurturing Location
Discover how tapping in a park, near water, or in another nourishing place can help you focus, renew, and feel supported. - Look in the Mirror
Try tapping in front of a mirror to deepen self-connection, notice subtle shifts, and strengthen visualization.
EFT Tapping Practices
- Pay Attention To Your Body
Move from asking why you feel an emotion to noticing where and how it shows up in your body, then tap with that specific sensation. - Notice the Little Positive Things
Train your attention to notice small positive shifts and everyday moments of safety, support, and pleasure. - Create Calm When Someone Is Upset – Grounding
Use simple grounding practices to come back into the body, the present moment, and greater steadiness when someone is upset. - Tapping and Breathing to Release Anxiety
Pair tapping with gentle breathing to unwind physical tension and interrupt the cycle between shallow breathing and anxiety. - Good Morning, God (Universe, Source, Divine)
Use gratitude, intention, and positive tapping to begin or end the day feeling more connected to what is good. - Simple Warmth and Clarity Is What I Seek
A tapping practice for slowing down when you feel overwhelmed, reconnecting with what matters, and inviting warmth, clarity, and peace.
Approaches for EFT Tapping
- Skeptical About EFT Tapping
It is okay to be skeptical—try tapping without forcing belief, then notice what your own body tells you. - Doubting EFT When I Feel Down
Tap honestly with the part of you that feels terrible, powerless, or convinced tapping will not help, and notice even small shifts. - Tuning Into Body Guidance
Learn to use body sensations as practical inner guidance when thinking has left you confused or unsure what to do next. - Trauma and the Primitive Brain
See how big and small traumas can remain frozen in the body-mind—and how tapping can help the primitive brain become an ally. - Inner Tapping for Past Negative Experiences
Learn to tap compassionately with your younger self to release old fears, beliefs, and blocks rooted in past experiences. - Surrogate Tapping for Others
Learn when tapping on behalf of another person or animal may help—and why clearing your own feelings comes first. - Tapping Yourself to Sleep
Use gentle tapping to settle stress, pain, and a busy mind so your body can move toward rest.
Module 3: 7 EFT Tapping Scripts for an Abundant & Thriving Life NOW
Introduction to Abundance
- Welcome to 7 EFT Tapping Scripts for an Abundant & Thriving Life NOW (Included in this module introduction)
Begin with abundance as a lived emotional experience, then choose from seven guided scripts for safety, deserving, self-acceptance, ease, celebration, trust, and love. - Abundance is an Emotional Experience
Explore why abundance is an emotional experience—not simply an amount of money—and clarify how you actually want to feel. - What is Abundance for You?
Clarify your own expression of abundance instead of chasing a dream defined by society, family, or friends. - Money is Still Required to Play Certain Games
A grounded look at money as a useful tool for freedom, security, and the experiences you value—without making it the whole of abundance. - Abundance Isn’t JUST Money
Expand abundance beyond money to include health, well-being, connection, purpose, time, and the capacity to enjoy your life.
Let's Get Tapping!
- Resources to Get Started (Included in section resources)
Find the foundational Learn EFT course, an anxiety-breathing practice, and options for additional coaching and support. - EFT Tapping Points Diagram
Use this gender-neutral tapping-points diagram as a quick reminder while you follow the abundance scripts.
7 EFT Tapping Scripts for Abundance and Thriving
- Feeling Safe (#1)
Tap with the difference between being safe and feeling safe, helping your body soften chronic vigilance and open to more possibility. - Deserving (#2)
Notice the tension, doubts, or old beliefs that appear when you imagine having what you want, then tap with those blocks to deserving. - Self-Acceptance (#3)
Use tapping to soften self-criticism, strengthen self-worth, and make it easier to receive care, rest, play, and abundance. - Letting It Be Easy (#4)
Explore old rules that say good things must be hard, and tap with fears or self-sabotage around letting life feel easier. - Celebration (#5)
Tap with hidden fears that can make success, joy, recognition, or celebration feel unsafe. - Trust (#6)
Build emotional resilience around trust so you can relax, connect, and better discern what and who feels safe. - Allowing Love (#7)
Notice what closes you to love, then tap to reopen to appreciation, connection, warmth, and the love already around you.
Growing in Abundance & Thriving
- Opening to Abundance in Small Steps
Practice allowing small moments of love, pleasure, support, and possibility—the building blocks of an abundant life. - It’s Better Together
Explore why tapping with skilled, compassionate support can help old experiences feel less alone, unsafe, and stuck.
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