TJ Power

Yeah, for sure. So these are these fascinating brain chemicals that live within us, and each of them have a very specific function for us. Dopamine is effectively our motivation chemical, creates the capacity and the desire to do hard things. Oxytocin connects us together and creates the desire to socially bond.

Yeah, for sure. So these are these fascinating brain chemicals that live within us, and each of them have a very specific function for us. Dopamine is effectively our motivation chemical, creates the capacity and the desire to do hard things. Oxytocin connects us together and creates the desire to socially bond.

Serotonin is our kind of mood stabilizing chemical that really wants us to live very natural experiences of life as a human. And then endorphins is this very useful chemical that can de-stress our brain whenever we need.

Serotonin is our kind of mood stabilizing chemical that really wants us to live very natural experiences of life as a human. And then endorphins is this very useful chemical that can de-stress our brain whenever we need.

We want naturally high dopamine. There's differences between just any old high dopamine or naturally high.

We want naturally high dopamine. There's differences between just any old high dopamine or naturally high.

Yeah, effectively your brain has the capacity to build dopamine. They're called dopamine vesicles. They get built in an area of the brain called the ventral tegmental area. You can imagine it as like a little dopamine factory. And some things will naturally and slowly build these bubbles and then send them to what we call the reward center.

Yeah, effectively your brain has the capacity to build dopamine. They're called dopamine vesicles. They get built in an area of the brain called the ventral tegmental area. You can imagine it as like a little dopamine factory. And some things will naturally and slowly build these bubbles and then send them to what we call the reward center.

If you took something as basic as cleaning your house, that would be slow dopamine. It's not super fun to do it, but you feel kind of satisfied after you've got it all organized and clean. You've built some of these bubbles and send some of them to your reward center.

If you took something as basic as cleaning your house, that would be slow dopamine. It's not super fun to do it, but you feel kind of satisfied after you've got it all organized and clean. You've built some of these bubbles and send some of them to your reward center.

When you take something like social media, we open social media, your brain starts mass shipping these bubbles to the reward center. But because there's no effort involved, it doesn't actually manufacture any. And then you get into low dopamine as a result.

When you take something like social media, we open social media, your brain starts mass shipping these bubbles to the reward center. But because there's no effort involved, it doesn't actually manufacture any. And then you get into low dopamine as a result.

Yeah, I would say nothing is quite like the experience of flow state for our dopamine levels. Flow state being a really deep immersion in a task for a prolonged period of time. And everyone in the world has unique things that could enable them to access flow state. There might be a specific access of your work that enables you to access flow state. You might do creative things, musical things.

Yeah, I would say nothing is quite like the experience of flow state for our dopamine levels. Flow state being a really deep immersion in a task for a prolonged period of time. And everyone in the world has unique things that could enable them to access flow state. There might be a specific access of your work that enables you to access flow state. You might do creative things, musical things.

You might build stuff out in nature. But if we can Find a task in our life that we can enter a prolonged state of focus, sort of 45 minutes to an hour where we don't do anything else. We don't think about anything else. We just do that one thing. That's a magical way to build dopamine.

You might build stuff out in nature. But if we can Find a task in our life that we can enter a prolonged state of focus, sort of 45 minutes to an hour where we don't do anything else. We don't think about anything else. We just do that one thing. That's a magical way to build dopamine.

Yeah, I think you have to have a reason to avoid picking it up. There has to be something that you care for that motivates you to not. Because I grew up, I had like a phone since I was 11 years old, an iPhone. So I really grew up inside technology and social media. And

Yeah, I think you have to have a reason to avoid picking it up. There has to be something that you care for that motivates you to not. Because I grew up, I had like a phone since I was 11 years old, an iPhone. So I really grew up inside technology and social media. And

When I attempted to break the addiction to it, moments like that, where you're in traffic or even you're in a coffee shop with your partner and they go to the bathroom and you're like on your own for two minutes. And you're like, I have to go on my phone in this two minute gap. There's like that massive desire and pull towards it.

When I attempted to break the addiction to it, moments like that, where you're in traffic or even you're in a coffee shop with your partner and they go to the bathroom and you're like on your own for two minutes. And you're like, I have to go on my phone in this two minute gap. There's like that massive desire and pull towards it.