In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer is joined by Sophia Torrini, certified clinical EFT practitioner and nervous system regulation expert. Together, they explore how chronic stress, trauma, and burnout keep so many people stuck in survival mode—and how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT tapping) can help restore safety, wholeness, and healing in the body.

Sophia shares her own life-altering healing journey after surviving a near-fatal medical experience and living for years with chronic illness. Through neuroscience-based emotional work, EFT tapping, and body-centered awareness, she explains how emotions get stored in the body, how dysregulated nervous systems block healing, and how we can gently rewire our brain and body for restoration and growth.

This episode blends science and soul, offering practical tools, embodied practices, and deep reassurance for anyone feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or disconnected from themselves.

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Episode Chapters 

1. Survival Mode vs. Creation Mode

Rita and Sophia introduce the concept of living in survival versus living in creation. Sophia explains how chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, narrowing perception and limiting our ability to see solutions, while regulation opens the door to possibility and choice.

2. What EFT Tapping Is and How It Heals

Sophia breaks down clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice that combines cognitive therapy with somatic tapping. She explains how emotions are energy in motion, how unprocessed emotions become stored in the body, and why tapping helps calm the nervous system and release stuck emotional patterns.

3. The Parallel Process: Healing Past, Present, and Future Selves

This segment explores Sophia’s parallel process approach, which integrates healing the past self, regulating the present self, and connecting to the future self. Healing is reframed as wholeness—bringing fragmented parts back into alignment.

4. Regulating the Nervous System Through Breath and Touch

Sophia shares practical tools to recognize dysregulation, including breath awareness and body cues. She walks listeners through abdominal breathing and self-havening touch as powerful ways to signal safety and calm the nervous system.

5. Preventing Panic and Building Body Awareness

The episode closes with insight into panic attacks, mindfulness, and early body awareness. Sophia explains how panic often begins long before symptoms appear and how staying connected to the body can prevent escalation and support emotional regulation.

Key Takeaways

• Chronic stress keeps the nervous system locked in survival mode
• Healing begins with regulation, not forced positive thinking
• EFT tapping helps release stored emotional energy from the body
• Breath and gentle touch are powerful tools for calming anxiety
• Wholeness comes from integrating all parts of ourselves

🔗 Connect with Sophia Torrini

• Website: https://www.tapintoyourbestself.com/
  
  
• Offers complimentary sessions and neuroscience-based masterclasses on healing and nervous system regulation

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