Guest: Amy Stark, PhD
Podcast Summary
What if calming your nervous system through emotional freedom techniques and meditation is the missing link between chronic illness, anxiety reduction, and lasting health transformation?
Dr. Regina Druz talks with Amy Stark, PhD, about how emotional freedom techniques, EFT, and meditation support emotional well-being and real healing at the nervous system level. Amy shares her personal journey of living with chronic illness and how learning to regulate stress and anxiety changed her health, daily choices, and sense of resilience. Together, they explore the science behind EFT, anxiety reduction, and stress management, along with why emotional patterns often shape long-term health outcomes.
This episode offers a reframe on health transformation and personal growth by showing how gentle, consistent nervous system care can help break cycles of illness and support lasting physical and emotional healing.
Episode Breakdown:
- 00:00 Welcome and the Mind Body Connection in Heart Health
- 01:49 How Emotional Stress and Negative Thoughts Affect Physical Health
- 03:30 Living With Chronic Illness and Discovering Meditation
- 07:45 Emotional Freedom Techniques and How EFT Works
- 11:25 Live EFT Tapping Demonstration for Anxiety Reduction
- 22:10 Simple Nervous System Resets for Everyday Stress Management
- 30:45 Healing the Nervous System for Lasting Health Transformation
- 36:55 Emotional Stress Inflammation and Heart Health
- 41:15 Tools for Emotional Well Being and Personal Growth
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