A trained whole foods chef, food and body image coach, and certified Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) practitioner offers a step-by-step guide to using the simple yet powerful technique of Tapping to help you get off the diet rollercoaster, forgive yourself and your body, and truly heal your relationship with food so you can enjoy the nourishment that is your birthright.
MARCELLA FRIEL is a natural foods chef and mindful eating mentor who helps health-conscious women love and forgive themselves, their food, and their figure. Friel's writing can be found in Elephant Journal, The Tapping Solution Blog, and elsewhere. Her online courses, "Lose Emotional & Physical Weight with Tapping" and "21 Tapping Meditations for Emotional Eating and Beyond," are top-forty best sellers on DailyOM.Known for her playful humor, laser-like insight, and deep kindness, Friel's ability to guide women through their healing process comes directly from her three decades of Buddhist meditation practice, twenty-plus years of 12-Step recovery, and nearly ten years as a client and practitioner of Tapping (also called EFT). Friel is certified in EFT through Tapping the Matrix Academy in Santa Rosa, California.
“With great insight, kindness and humor, the wise Marcella Friel
will show you how to lay your food and body-love struggles to
rest.”
—Katherine Woodward Thomas, New York Times–bestselling author of
Calling in “The One” and Conscious Uncoupling
“If you have ever approached the dining table with fear, thought of
hunger as an enemy, or chosen food for punishment or reward, this
book will help you set all that aside, find a sense of ease and
balance at the table, and take delight in food once again.”
—Susan Piver, author of The Four Noble Truths of Love
“Marcella Friel offers a brilliant addition to the field of EFT
with Tap, Taste, Heal. We have over a decade of research showing
how EFT reduces anxiety around food, calms emotional eating and
cravings, and results in weight loss; and this step-by-step guide
will allow everyone to experience those benefits from home. This is
a must-read.”
—Peta Stapleton, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Bond
University, Australia, and author of The Science Behind Tapping
“Many thanks to Marcella for her clarity, compassion, and depth as
she takes readers on a comprehensive journey to heal the root
causes of body shame and relentless dieting. Marcella supports
readers to remove the should's and the shame and replace them with
joy and love while living life to the fullest. Let the healing
begin!”
—Carol Look, founding EFT master and cocreator of the documentary
film Tapping for Weight Loss
“As someone who works in the alternative health-care field, I know
how important self-care practices are in any healing endeavor.
Marcella is a consummate teacher of such practices, and Tap, Taste,
Heal is a great field guide for everyone seeking a self-loving
alternative to restrictive dieting and punitive exercise.”
—Renee Russo, founder of the Breast Thermography Center of Sonoma
County, California
“I recently met a client of Marcella’s who couldn’t stop singing
her praises. After reading this book, I see why. Marcella’s insight
and compassion go right to the heart of the issues that people face
when struggling with food and body image, and the solutions she
offers are life changing.”
—Karl Dawson, founding EFT master, creator of Matrix Reimprinting,
and author of Matrix Reimprinting Using EFT
“If you use the kitchen only to microwave your ‘meals,’ let
Marcella’s Tapping techniques and cooking tips help you learn how
to give yourself and others the daily gift of home-cooked food.
Marcella has captured so beautifully what it truly means to cook,
and this book might well hold the secrets to healing ourselves and
our loved ones through the art of home cooking.”
—Alma Schneider, founder of Take Back the Kitchen: Overcoming the
Obstacles to Cooking
“Our beloved natural-foods-chef instructor Marcella taught our
students the essence of eating for health—consciously sourced whole
foods, lovingly prepared, and eaten mindfully. I’m glad to see her
blended wisdom reaching a wider audience with this book.”
—Ed Bauman, founder of Bauman College Holistic Nutrition and
Culinary Arts
“Marcella is really insightful and fun. And she really knows her
EFT!”
—Rob Nelson, founder of Tapping the Matrix Academy
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