You Don’t Have to Relive Your Trauma to Release It

Transformation often begins when life disrupts the comfort and certainty you once relied on—but moving forward requires more than simply “getting over” what happened.  Amy Stark joins Jodi Cohen to explore the ideas behind her book *Bridging the Divide*, connecting personal growth, energy, spirituality, and science to show how grief, trauma, and emotional pain can become catalysts for deeper purpose and self-discovery.  She explains how EFT tapping may help release stored emotions, regulate the nervous system, and shift entrenched patterns—even when you cannot identify exactly what feels wrong—and guides listeners through a tapping exercise they can try immediately.  From resilience, forgiveness, and self-acceptance to the surprising ways scientific concepts can illuminate personal change, this conversation offers a practical and hopeful path toward reclaiming your energy, reconnecting with yourself, and recognizing your capacity to transform. **Connect with Amy Here:** https://www.starktransformation.com/ Key Takeaways: **You don’t need the entire story to begin healing.** If you feel unsettled but cannot identify why, tapping may help you calm down enough for the underlying emotion to surface—or simply help the intensity pass. **Grief extends far beyond bereavement.** A relationship ending, an unrealized dream, becoming an empty nester, or never feeling seen in childhood can all create losses worth acknowledging. **Acceptance creates the starting point for change.** The EFT phrase “I deeply love and accept myself” does not mean approving of what happened; it means recognizing where you are so you can move forward. **Healing does not always require reliving every detail.** Amy presents tapping as a way to work with the body’s present response rather than forcing yourself to reconstruct or repeatedly revisit the original experience. **Regulation can change how you respond in real time.** Tapping can be used during sleeplessness, emotional conflict, unexplained anxiety, or moments when you no longer feel like yourself—and it does not need to be performed perfectly.