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Welcome to The Calm Shift
A Gentle Shift Toward Calm, Clarity & Emotional Wellbeing
So, What is EFT?
EFT - also known as tapping - is a gentle mind-body approach that combines light fingertip tapping on specific acupressure points with guided awareness and conversation.
Sessions are supportive and client-led, helping your nervous system settle, reducing stress, and creating space for greater calm and clarity. You don’t need to know what to say or do as you’re gently guided at your own pace.
EFT can support areas such as:
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Stress, overwhelm & emotional exhaustion
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Anxiety, racing thoughts & nervous system dysregulation
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Past experiences or trauma still impacting the present
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Physical pain or tension held in the body
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Sleep challenges, cravings & stress-based habits
About Me
Hi, I’m Irene Birks, an Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner with a background in human resources and leadership, and a deep belief that calm is something we can reconnect with even during life’s most challenging seasons.
I first discovered EFT years ago during a highly stressful time in my life. What began as a way to cope with stress became a powerful process of uncovering and releasing past experiences I didn’t realize were still affecting me. That journey reshaped how I understand emotions, the nervous system, and the lasting impact stress can have when it goes unaddressed.
Today, I use EFT as a gentle, trauma-informed approach to support emotional wellbeing and life transitions. As I now navigate perimenopause myself, this work continues to be an essential source of support — and it’s why I’m especially passionate about helping women through midlife, while welcoming anyone who feels called to this calm, supportive work.
This is the heart of The Calm Shift — creating space to slow down, reconnect, and move forward with greater ease.
Irene helped me through a highly stressful time in my life. As an energy worker I can appreciate the time and detail she took with me and really listened to my concerns, actually enlightened me on something I didn’t know was causing my body dis-ease. I highly recommend Irene for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of themselves.
Kelsey B.
Testimonials
I can’t recommend Irene enough! I did a 5 week EFT tapping session with Irene. We did one class a week for 5 weeks. We started off just figuring out what I wanted to release and let go of. With just getting out of a 7 year relationship I had a lot of healing I needed to go through. Irene met me with so much grace and compassion. She helped figure out what my goal was and as each weeks session came, we dove deeper and deeper into the root cause of my traumas that played a huge part of my triggers in my relationship. If you’re looking to go deep and have some amazing breakthroughs! This is something I would highly recommend doing!
Tonni F.
Irene introduced me to these sessions at stressful period in my life. I was struggling to calm my nervous system and wasn't allowing my body to rest. Each session I felt a huge release in energy. It allowed me to process my current situations and truly accept myself in this time. I am constantly using the tools Irene provided me to regulate my emotions and can truly say they have helped me calm my mind and body. I can't recommend Irene enough if you are looking to dive deep to reconnect your mind and body.
Meghan P.