Tapping: Surprising Science Behind Healing Claims (and how to do it) | Jessica Ortner
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Okay, so tapping, the goofy-looking self-healing technique that you can do in minutes, it has been embraced by millions as a counter to everything from stress, fear, and anxiety to chronic pain and recovery. We got curious. What is it? How does tapping actually work? Is there science behind it? And how do you actually do it? That's where we're going in today's episode. In this conversation, you'll discover why positive self-talk can actually backfire and and why your body tenses when it's not ready to believe what you're hearing. We'll talk about the growing body of science behind tapping as a way to kind of rapidly reset your nervous system, your body, and your brain. We'll talk about what tapping is and what it isn't.
We'll explore the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation and how targeting the body can change the way traumatic memories are stored And we'll talk about how to actually do this thing called tapping as our guest expert guides me and you in real time through a live tapping session and invites you to follow along. And that guide is New York Times bestselling author of Rewired and other books and co-founder of The Tapping Solution, Jessica Ortner. So excited to share this conversation with you. I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project. And we'll jump right in after this short break.
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Somebody who's joining us, maybe somebody has heard of this thing called tapping. Maybe they've heard it spoken, but they really have no idea what it is. It's kind of been bouncing around wellness circles, healthcare circles, a bunch of other circles. And they're curious about it, but they really have no idea what we're talking about. So let's set the stage a little bit here. Tapping, what is it and what isn't it?
Yeah, it's called tapping because we are stimulating acupressure points that are on our body by tapping on them with our fingers. So we focus on nine points, and these are points that we tap on because they're in spots that have a high concentration of nerve endings. They're acupressure points. And so as you tap on those points, we have mechanoreceptors, which basically send an electrical signal, creating a signal of safety to your brain. One of the things that we're realizing is that stress doesn't live in the brain. It lives in your nervous system. And your nervous system does consist of your brain, but it also consists of your spinal cords and your nerve endings. And so when you begin to tap on this, it sends this signal of safety while you're focusing on something that's stressing you out.
So it's the opposite of trying to think positive or think to a different thought. You're actually allowing yourself to notice what's bothering you and send the safety signal.
So, I mean, I'm glad that you brought positive thinking into it because tapping I've seen often falls into the domain of woo, of metaphysical, of, well, this looks really kind of goofy and weird. How could it possibly be doing anything at all? And we'll drop into the science a lot more because I know there is a growing body of science. But when you talk about literally just tapping on different parts of your body, I still want to wrap my head around how this works. Mechanical receptors, it sounds like we have receptors sort of like in the skin or underneath the skin that somehow tie into our nervous system.
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