Tapping with Marcella

Tapping with Marcella Founder of the Women, Food & Forgiveness Institute: womenfoodandforgiveness.com

Tapping with Marcella is a food and body image coaching practice that uses Tapping (EFT) to help health-conscious women love and forgive themselves, their food, and their figure.

If you’ve eaten the cookies, gained the weight, and now find yourself in a full-blown firestorm of self-blame… this is f...
04/18/2026

If you’ve eaten the cookies, gained the weight, and now find yourself in a full-blown firestorm of self-blame… this is for you. 😫

Over the years, I’ve said the same thing to so many women sitting across from me in that exact place:

“There is nothing wrong with you. There’s nothing bad about you. There are only things in the way—and they can be moved.”

In honor of the 7th anniversary of Tap, Taste, Heal, I’m sharing a chapter on the F-word:

Forgiveness.

Not the “screw it, whatever” kind.

But the kind that looks shame straight in the eye and asks:

Can I love myself even with this?

This is exactly where EFT Tapping becomes such a powerful ally—because it helps you move forgiveness out of your head and into your body, where real release can happen.

If you’re in that place right now, come read and tap along with me.

When you forgive, you lose emotional and physical pounds

Are you longing to look in the mirror at your aging body and genuinely love what you see?Then let's do this. In today's ...
03/18/2026

Are you longing to look in the mirror at your aging body and genuinely love what you see?

Then let's do this.

In today's podcast episode I guide you through EFT Tapping and contemplative journaling to help you gently rewire how you relate to the thoughts you’ve been carrying about yourself for years

If you’ve been feeling more critical, more tender, or more aware of time passing… this is for you.

Beyond “aging gracefully,” facing decline and death with an open heart

When we’re stressed or upset, our nervous system naturally tries to resist what’s happening. But the paradox is this: th...
03/15/2026

When we’re stressed or upset, our nervous system naturally tries to resist what’s happening. But the paradox is this: the more we resist reality, the more tension we create in the body.

And the more that tension causes us to reach for food and other substances to soothe ourselves.

Sounds like you?

Listen and tap along to gently unwind that resistance and help your body move from frenzy to emotional clarity.

"Nothing—absolutely nothing—happens in God's world by mistake"

If your heart is breaking for those who are suffering in war-torn countries, did you know that you can do surrogate tapp...
03/01/2026

If your heart is breaking for those who are suffering in war-torn countries, did you know that you can do surrogate tapping on their behalf?

You'll get benefit, too. Open and tap along.

For those in my audience in strife-torn countries ... this Tapping is for you

When was the last time you ignored a hunch? And what were the consequences?In my latest post I explore the forces that s...
02/16/2026

When was the last time you ignored a hunch? And what were the consequences?

In my latest post I explore the forces that silence inner guidance and entrain our nervous systems into compliance.

I then offer practical guidance on how to bring our intuitive listening back online—and why it matters now more than ever.

If this is your work right now, the full piece is live.

The forces that seek to overwhelm and silence us also create profound spiritual strength—if we know how to work with them

Many women I work with describe brain fog as one of the most unsettling experiences of midlife. Opening your browser and...
02/11/2026

Many women I work with describe brain fog as one of the most unsettling experiences of midlife.

Opening your browser and forgetting why ... losing words mid-sentence ... feeling your once-sharp mind fizz out ... and then hearing your doctor say, "That's just how it is now" can be downright terrifying.

In this episode of The Marcella Principle podcast, I speak with functional nutritionist Sarah Wayne about why brain fog happens, why it’s so often dismissed, and how it can be addressed through nervous system regulation, metabolic support, and deep inner listening.

It’s a grounded, compassionate exploration of what the body might be asking for during perimenopause.

If you’ve been struggling to think clearly and wondering what’s wrong with you, this episode offers a different frame.

Brain fog, perimenopause, and the path home to mental clarity with functional nutritionist Sarah Wayne

I just published a new essay on tending spiritual light in a darkening world, based on the teachings of 4th-century myst...
02/02/2026

I just published a new essay on tending spiritual light in a darkening world, based on the teachings of 4th-century mystic St. Marcella of Rome.

It’s the first in a six-part series on The Marcella Principle, and it speaks to the deeper roots beneath food struggles, self-care, and resilience.

Sharing it here with love:

A threefold path for times of collapse

https://themarcellaprinciple.substack.com/p/let-there-be-lightJust as light can’t exist without darkness, so it is that ...
12/13/2025

https://themarcellaprinciple.substack.com/p/let-there-be-light

Just as light can’t exist without darkness, so it is that a Heroine like you, who is seeking to heal her relationship with her food and her body, can’t find that light of unconditional love within without first going through the darkness of the ordeal.

I invite you, for at least the first few minutes of this episode, to settle yourself into a space of quiet to do this meditation, and then listen along as I guide you through an overview of the Heroine’s Journey into the light, as we practice it in my Women, Food & Forgiveness Academy.

Listen now | A guided meditation and teaching from Marcella Friel’s Winter Retreat on healing, light, and the Heroine’s Journey. A deep introduction to the Women, Food & Forgiveness Academy.

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