Healthy Monday - Week 6:

Are you consistently feeling physically, mentally or emotionally uncomfortable? There’s no reason to be in a constant state of discomfort. This Monday, take some well-deserved time to learn how you can use tapping (sometimes referred to as Emotional Freedom Technique) to ease mental and physical discomfort. After you’ve taken this time for yourself and watched the guided video below featuring Dr. Melanie Gold, DO, DABMA, DMQ, DMQ, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and Professor of Population & Family Health at Mailman School of Public Health, then reinforce your knowledge and share your feedback by clicking the survey link below. We’d love to hear from you.

Reinforce Your Knowledge: Tap Your Way to Reduced Stress and Anxiety

You’re only a few taps away from relieving your stress and anxiety. Tapping, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), is a holistic healing technique that is used to remedy a range of issues including pain, addiction, and weight management.

Tapping therapy marries the principles of Chinese acupressure and modern psychology to focus negative emotions and physical sensations on specific parts of the body in order to calm the nervous system and restore the body’s balance of energy.

And although there’s a limited amount of peer-reviewed research published on the subject, a handful of studies show preliminary evidence that tapping can be used as a simple, quick and effective tool to calm anxiety and reduce stress.

What else is your hospital doing for Healthy Monday?

For staff at Columbia University Irving Medical Center: Get more resources to support this week’s practice from Columbia Work/Life.

For staff at NewYork-Presbyterian: Get more resources to support this week’s practice from NYPBeHealthy.

Need a quick dose of stress relief? Try our SOS practices: