Designed To Break Habits

Urge surfing is a mindfulness technique that helps you manage anxiety without drugs or therapy.

With just a tap, put urge surfing in your hands with Habit Bandz.

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A smartwatch and smartphone displaying a meditation app called 'Pause & Breathe,' with a blue circle to tap for breathing exercise, and a hand tapping the smartwatch screen, along with an option to log mood, analyze, and share.

Anxiety doesn’t stay in your head, it shows up in your habits.

  • Skin Picking

  • Nail Biting

  • Hair Pulling

  • Vaping

  • Smoking

  • Intrusive Thoughts

Instead of feeling stuck, try urge surfing to ride it out.

Developed in 1985, urge surfing is a low-risk mindfulness technique that helps you ride out anxious urges until they pass like a wave.

  • Start by noticing that moment of discomfort — maybe it’s tension, anxiety, or the itch to pick, scroll, or eat. That’s the wave starting to rise.

  • Tap Habit Bandz to ground yourself. Focus on the sensation in your body as the vibration creates space between the urge and your reaction. Keep tapping or fidgeting for 2–4 minutes—let the urge rise and fall like a wave without acting on it. This is urge surfing.

  • Review your data in the Habit Bandz App, along with automatic reports that show when urges occurred and how you felt. These help you reflect and have meaningful conversations with someone you trust.

Habit Bandz helps you through the moment, so you don’t face it alone.

  • A person wearing a smartwatch on their left wrist is pressing the screen with their right index finger, while resting their left arm on a wooden surface.

    Just A Tap Away

    Soothing pulses keep your hands busy while the urge fades naturally. Just relief you can feel.

  • Person using a fidget-focused smartphone app to log a skin picking urge and begin urge surfing to prevent bleeding.

    Instant Relief, Anytime.

    Use your iPhone or Apple Watch to fidget instantly — just press and breathe.

  • Close-up of the Habit Bandz app showing anxiety and skin picking data to support habit tracking and self-awareness.

    Track the Pattern.

    Your taps turn into insights — see when and how often you feel the urge. Track your mood for detailed insights.

  • Parent and teen smiling while reviewing shared skin picking reports and bleeding triggers in the Habit Bandz habit tracking app.

    Share What Matters

    Send your report to someone you trust to reflect and grow together.

Real People. Real Change.

Inspired by clinical practice, hear how Habit Bandz is helping people build awareness, break cycles, and take control.

“I can see my progress.”

“It helped me see the pattern of my habit better and take more ownership of it. I like that this device is easy to use with just a button press, but it still provides applicable data for me to assess my progress.”


— Sydney S., 29

“It flipped my urges 180.”

“Habit Bandz helped bring awareness to my unwanted habit... I would say the Habit Bandz flipped my urges almost 180, and it helped me stay motivated to continue to work towards breaking my habit completely.”


— Sam R. 22

4.7/5

Average rating after a 4-week pilot with early users.

1985

The year Urge Surfing was first introduced in clinical practice.

91%

Early users reported reduced anxious behaviors after using Habit Bandz.

Empower your mental health with Habit Bandz.

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