Tapping for Kids

"Six years ago, I was struggling with my daughter's chronic health issues. My daughter had been diagnosed with severe eczema, which made me feel beyond depressed. I suffered from sleepless nights because she would itch constantly and wanted to be on me all the time. It felt utterly hopeless because nothing seemed to be truly helping her."

Sweta discovered Tapping through her naturopath. Initially skeptical, she tried it anyway—and was in tears within ten minutes of her first session.

"The amazing thing was that I started seeing a shift in my daughter's skin. I realized how my stress energy was connected to my one-year-old daughter. That empowering shift, from an eczema mother to an empowered mother, transformed me into a new version of myself. My daughter is now eczema-free."

"We were hiking up the mountain when my youngest daughter (13 years old) started to feel bad and dizzy. Every time she feels bad in her stomach she gets nervous, and this time her face started to get numb because of her feelings. I started to do Tapping on her for about 15 minutes and after that, she started to get calmer. She walked all the way back and we could return to the hotel."

In a moment of crisis far from medical help, Tapping provided a tool this mother could use immediately. The physical nature of Tapping gives anxious children something concrete to focus on while calming their nervous system.

"I was introduced to Tapping years ago with my daughter who is on the autism spectrum. I had let that slide away. I am reinstating now. I listened to absolutely everything in the summit, sometimes twice. I appreciate these meditations as I could not get my daughter to listen with me. Maybe she will just listen to one of these."

For children on the autism spectrum, Tapping offers sensory input that can help regulate the nervous system. Linda's persistence in finding the right approach for her daughter shows how Tapping can be adapted to meet children where they are.