Overcoming limiting beliefs and tapping into a life of abundance.

My name is Andrea and this is Adult Child.

Welcome back to Adult Child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

To any new listeners, my name is Andrea, formerly known as Aquarly Tall Girl,

formerly known as Andrea, a former shit show, a recovering alcoholic,

and a girl who peter pants at a roost chrys stone cold sober.

That is me.

And today we are diving deep into overcoming our limiting beliefs using EFT.

Now EFT stands for emotional freedom technique.

It's also known as tapping I will be using the two interchangeably throughout the episode,

but it is a very simple and effective way to reduce stress and to overcome self-limiting beliefs.

And it's also free and you can do it essentially anywhere and anytime.

Today I am talking to Brad Yates, who is a former clown churned hypnotherapist and EFT wizard.

Yes, an actual legit clown in the circus, which you'll get to hear all about in my conversation with him.

So EFT was developed in the 90s by a guy named Gary Craig.

And it is a method used within energy psychology.

It is based off Chinese acupuncture and the underlying premise of it is that

unlike Western medicine's focus as our bodies as solely a chemical system,

EFT acknowledges that our bodies also have an energy system

and that the root of our negative emotions is a disruption or a blockage in our energy systems.

So the way that EFT tapping works is that instead of using needles, which is used in traditional acupuncture,

we use our fingers to tap on the same points where needles are typically placed,

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