Pain Relief with EFT

Why We Created Pain Relief with EFT

It’s 3 a.m. You are awake, exhausted, and hurting. The thoughts start circling: What if this never gets better? Why me? Where can I turn at this hour?

I’ve been there—too many times.

I co-created Pain Relief with EFT with Carol Look because I know what it is like to have maxed out the pain medication and still desperately need relief. Once pain overwhelms our coping skills, we can cross from having pain into suffering. The fear, tension, anger, isolation, and exhaustion all become part of what we are carrying.

When I found EFT Tapping in 2003, guided tapping gave me something gentle and practical I could do with those intense feelings. It did not mean ignoring my body or replacing appropriate care. It gave me a way to work with the emotional distress and tension around the pain, listen for what my body needed, and sometimes find more room to rest, breathe, and choose my next step.

Carol and I came to think of this course as a kind of Vibrational Medicine Chest. At 3 a.m., at home on a difficult afternoon, or at work when pain makes it hard to focus, you can choose the belief, emotion, or coaching topic that most closely matches what has energy for you right now. Then you can listen, tap along, and notice what shifts.

You do not need to take the course in a rigid order or force yourself through everything. Begin where you are. Return to what helps. Let relief—and your own body’s guidance—help you choose what comes next.

— Rick Wilkes