574: This 2-Minute Habit May Calm Anxiety Faster Than Meditation | Jessica Ortner
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Max sits down with Jessica Ortner—bestselling author of Rewired and co-creator of The Tapping Solution—to rigorously explore the science, skepticism, and real-world applications of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as “tapping,” and its potential effects on stress, anxiety, chronic pain, cravings, trauma, and nervous system regulation.
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| 0:00.0 | When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body? |
| 0:03.0 | Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that. |
| 0:06.0 | Go on, tune in. |
| 0:08.0 | Think about your body when you exercise. |
| 0:11.0 | Are those knees creaking? |
| 0:13.0 | Are your muscles ever so slightly aching? |
| 0:16.0 | Or are they trying to say, |
| 0:18.0 | You've got to show me love. |
| 0:24.1 | We know what your body's asking for. |
| 0:26.7 | In store online on the app. |
| 0:29.2 | Back Your Body, Holland and Barrett. |
| 0:31.2 | What's going on, everybody? |
| 0:35.4 | It's episode 574 of the Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:36.0 | Genius. |
| 0:37.1 | A fullman. Max, look at me here. of the genius life. Let's go. |
| 0:56.5 | What's going on everybody? I'm your host, Max Lugavir, and welcome back to The Genius Life, |
| 1:01.3 | a show where we try to stay sane in a world seemingly designed to keep us stressed, overstimulated, |
| 1:04.0 | and one notification away from a nervous system breakdown. |
| 1:08.0 | Today's guest is best-selling author and tapping expert, Jessica Orner, |
| 1:11.5 | and this conversation completely pulled me out of my comfort zone in the best way possible. We explore the science and skepticism around tapping or emotional freedom techniques, |
| 1:17.0 | a practice that combines acupressure and mindfulness to help regulate stress, anxiety, rumination, |
| 1:22.0 | insomnia, cravings, and even chronic pain. Jessica explains how tapping may help calm the nervous system, lower cortisol, |
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