I wasn’t looking for a life-changing idea. It found me. One day while listening to a health podcast I heard Dr. Francine Shapiro tell the story of how EMDR therapy was born. She described a simple walk in the woods, a spark of insight, and how pairing eye movements with talk therapy helped patients with treatment-resistant PTSD feel relief, sometimes in just a single session.

I remember stopping in my tracks. Her words hit me hard. I was blown away by the results, by the simplicity, by the sheer humanity of it. Then it hit me like a flash of lightning. Why can’t something this powerful be part of everyday life? Why should calm only be available in a therapist’s office when what we need is a way to reset in the moments that test us most. Stuck in traffic. Walking into a job interview. Speaking in public. Trying to quiet the mind before bed.

That moment changed everything. I realized stress is the invisible weight that holds people back in every area of life. It affects sleep, energy, focus, and performance. Chronic stress doesn’t just make life harder, it slowly steals it from us. And the answer isn’t another pill or quick fix.

What we need is a safe and simple way to reset the nervous system. Something you can use anytime without side effects. A tool as easy as putting on a watch but as powerful as a therapy session. That vision became Haptix. A way to bring the science of calm into the real world so anyone, anywhere can feel what it’s like to switch stress off and truly reset.