Dear TAT® Friend, I’ve been doing the Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT®) for 7 years and the difference in how I think, feel, and react to life now is astounding. No, I’m not perfect and I’m definitely still working on myself. But understanding that any kind of healing is a process. Healing emotionally isn’t very different […]
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Dear TAT® Friend, Recently, I’ve been hearing nearly word-for-word similar down-hearted thoughts and feelings from clients. People are saying: “What’s the point of my life?” “What difference would it make to anyone if I wasn’t here?” “I can’t connect with God or my heart.” “My soul feels cut off and trapped.” And they say these […]
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The question isn’t “What’s wrong with you?” The question IS “What happened to you?
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Dear TAT® Friend, Keeping our mental and physical health intact during what has simply become “2020” can be more than a challenge. The level of uncertainty that has been created during this pandemic has left people constantly wondering what is going to happen next while they are still trying to figure out how to deal […]
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Mentions of the ACE Study – the CDC’s Adverse Childhood Experiences Study — have shown up in the New York Times, This American Life, and Salon.com recently. In the last year, it’s become a buzzword in social services, public health, education, juvenile justice, mental health, pediatrics, criminal justice and even business. Many people say that just as […]
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https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/introducing-the-healing-aces-with-the-tapas-acupressure-technique-tat-program TERRI CHAMBERLIN 4/28/20 11:46 AM The Tapas Acupressure Technique combines holding acupressure points on your head and going through a series of nine statements. It can be used for trauma, abuse, anxiety, stress, weight loss, health issues and adverse childhood experiences, to name just a few. TAT incorporates the use of acupressure points, epigenetics and allows […]
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By Traci PedersenAssociate News Editor Last updated: 4 Aug 2020 Individuals who experienced childhood trauma from abuse or violence show biological signs of aging faster than those who never experienced adversity, according to a new study published in the journal Psychological Bulletin. Harvard researchers examined three different signs of biological aging — early puberty, cellular aging, and changes […]
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Dear TAT® Friend, There is so much going on that is so stressful right now. Traumas don’t have to be something that happened 10 years ago, it can be something you saw on the news yesterday that has you rattled. If something happened and you can’t shake it, that means it’s stuck. I just created […]
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Dear TAT® Friend, In a traumatic experience, a part of our consciousness can become wrapped up in “solving” a problem, protecting us from danger or abuse, or just trying to find sense in a senseless situation. The beliefs that spring up can be inaccurate but there are parts of us that hold onto those beliefs […]
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Dear TAT® Friend, Here’s a wonderful story I received — I thought you would like it too. “As a child I was taught to be good, quiet, clean, respectful, never to be a burden, never to get in the way, and to never put a foot out of place. Praise and love were only given […]
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