If You’re Feeling Stuck, This Simple 3 Minute Practice Can Reset Your Nervous System: How EFT Helps You Break Free from Fight, Flight & Freeze with Jessica Ortner

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge, One Skin, Our Place, and Cozy Earth. One of the most overlooked drivers of your brain health, metabolism, and longevity isn’t your diet or exercise—it’s whether your body feels safe. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Jessica Ortner to explore how tapping can help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, and create lasting emotional and physical change. Jessica breaks down the science behind tapping and its ability to calm the body’s stress response. They dive into why so many people are stuck in chronic survival mode, how to recognize your own nervous system patterns, and the role of self-compassion in shifting those patterns. Jessica also shares a powerful tapping exercise to overcome feelings of “not being good enough,” along with practical ways to proactively use tapping for procrastination, relationships, and parenting. For nearly two decades, Jessica Ortner has been helping people reduce stress, calm their minds, and feel more at home in their bodies. As a co-founder of The Tapping Solution, she has reached millions through bestselling books, transformative digital programs, and the leading EFT Tapping app, featuring thousands of guided sessions. Through her work—and the organization’s foundation—Jessica has helped bring practical, evidence-based emotional wellness tools to individuals, schools, and communities around the world. In this episode, Dhru and Jessica dive into: (0:00) Intro (1:05) Who should try tapping? (3:56) The Basics of Tapping (6:41) Nine Basic Pressure Points (12:42) How Tapping Helps with Stress Response (20:03) The Science Behind Lowering Stress (25:39) Living in Survival Mode (31:58) Nervous System Patterns (45:38) Feeling “Not Good Enough.” (55:18) The Origin Story (1:01:45) Pre-Meditative and Proactive Practice (1:08:07) Tapping for Couples, Kids, and Family Relationships (1:10:20) Being Present and Finding Balance (1:15:21) Trauma, Triggers (1:18:45) Being More Honest About Emotions (1:22:27) Helping Fight, Flight, or Shutdown Response (1:24:59) Addressing Sleep Problems (1:29:09) Jessica’s Final Thoughts and Advice Also mentioned in this episode: Rewired: The Breakthrough Tapping Method to Stop Overthinking, Calm Your Body, and Finally Feel at Ease The Tapping Solution App My ANTI-AGING Evening & Morning Routine To Look 18 Again (Living To 120+) | Bryan Johnson For more on Jessica and The Tapping Solution, follow them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, Threads, or visit their Website. This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge, One Skin, Our Place, and Cozy Earth. Right now, Bon Charge is offering my community 15% off their Red Light Cap. Just go to boncharge.com/dhru and use code DHRU to save 15%. Right now, One Skin is offering my community 15% off; just go to oneskin.co and use the coupon code DHRU to save 15% and give your skin the scientifically proven, gentle care it deserves. Reduce your toxic load by upgrading your cookware! Go to fromourplace.com today and use promo code DHRU at checkout to receive 10% off any order. Right now, get 20% off your Cozy Earth sheets and sleepwear. Just head over to cozyearth.com/dhru and use code DHRUP. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jessica Orner, welcome to the podcast. A pleasure to have you here. We're talking about some
0:05.8	woo-woo shit that actually works. We're talking about the power of tapping. And first,
0:14.5	it's important that we acknowledge that anybody that's listening today that's ever felt that
0:18.6	they're broken, they have a pattern that
0:21.2	doesn't serve them, but they're not sure how to fix it. They're not sure how to interrupt it.
0:25.6	They're not sure how to change it. They're not sure how to do anything about it. If you're
0:29.3	looking for some solutions, I think this conversation is going to be super interesting. What do you
0:34.4	think about that? I love it. And I will push back on the woo-woo only because we have 300 published studies. Tony Robbins wrote the forward. We have Hugh Jackman in the back. We have so many people from all over the world and walks of life who use this. But I think the biggest difference between this and maybe some other things we learn about is that the research is building
0:54.7	drastically. And we'll talk a bit about brain scans, about cortisol levels. But this is something
1:00.0	that appears as woo-woo. And then when you dive in, you realize this is powerful and it works.
1:05.0	What is this and who is it for? Right. This is a powerful technique you can do to reduce stress and anxiety. It works
1:13.7	incredible for phobias, for fears, for racing thoughts, those loops that keep you up at night before
1:21.1	going to bed. And it's called tapping because we are tapping on these acupressure
1:25.7	points. These are nerve endings on our body. There's
1:28.7	mechanoreceptors under our skin. And as we tap on these points, it sends an electrical signal
1:34.0	through the nervous system, giving the brain and body a signal of safety. So with tapping,
1:40.2	what you do is you're actually giving yourself permission to experience the fear.
1:44.8	Notice the phobia. Notice the tension. But as you tap and you send that calming signal to your
1:50.5	brain, what happens, it's this dueling signal. Your brain is saying, warning, something's bad. I need
1:57.3	to stay up at night or I have to worry about something, but your brain is now getting
2:01.6	this message of safety through the nervous system. And that creates a pause for with that safety
2:07.8	signal, your mind is able to recalibrate and go, oh, wait, my body is feeling better. I am safe.
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