TJ Power

Like this is obviously the original model that really helped people's minds to thrive. And I think what's interesting in the church environment, when you look at a relationship with God, that is putting you more in the pursuit of oxytocin as an experience of life. It's a very oxytocin dominant moment in the church.

Like this is obviously the original model that really helped people's minds to thrive. And I think what's interesting in the church environment, when you look at a relationship with God, that is putting you more in the pursuit of oxytocin as an experience of life. It's a very oxytocin dominant moment in the church.

It's like this thanking to God is this contribution to everyone, like everyone kind of

It's like this thanking to God is this contribution to everyone, like everyone kind of

shakes their hands says peace be with you and connects with one another it's this singing it's this like celebration of what has been and that is the pursuit of oxytocin and love and i basically believe that for much of the experience of humanity oxytocin was the driving chemical it was how does this group prosper how does this group survive and dopamine was required in our brain to make sure we were giving the resources to the group but i think we are in the pursuit of others and i think nowadays a lot of us are in the pursuit of serving ourself basically it's

shakes their hands says peace be with you and connects with one another it's this singing it's this like celebration of what has been and that is the pursuit of oxytocin and love and i basically believe that for much of the experience of humanity oxytocin was the driving chemical it was how does this group prosper how does this group survive and dopamine was required in our brain to make sure we were giving the resources to the group but i think we are in the pursuit of others and i think nowadays a lot of us are in the pursuit of serving ourself basically it's

How do I make myself feel good all the time? My phone, alcohol, sugar, all this stuff. And I think when I'm sitting in church, I'm thinking, wow, this is not about me anymore. This is about a group and God. And that feels like a much better place for the human brain. It feels like it's stepping you out of your own problems.

How do I make myself feel good all the time? My phone, alcohol, sugar, all this stuff. And I think when I'm sitting in church, I'm thinking, wow, this is not about me anymore. This is about a group and God. And that feels like a much better place for the human brain. It feels like it's stepping you out of your own problems.

Definitely. Effectively, dopamine is about taking away the overstimulation and getting it back into natural stimulation. And then with the other ones, we haven't necessarily learned how to hack them like we have with dopamine, but they're very low as a result of our lifestyle. All of those three, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins, are underproducing themselves. So we get them boosted.

Definitely. Effectively, dopamine is about taking away the overstimulation and getting it back into natural stimulation. And then with the other ones, we haven't necessarily learned how to hack them like we have with dopamine, but they're very low as a result of our lifestyle. All of those three, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins, are underproducing themselves. So we get them boosted.

Dopamine equals motivation. So that's just completely driving your ability to take action in your life.

Dopamine equals motivation. So that's just completely driving your ability to take action in your life.

Connection.

Connection.

Energy.

Energy.

De-stress. It effectively has evolved to de-stress our brain.

De-stress. It effectively has evolved to de-stress our brain.

They wouldn't. It's an interesting idea. Like would phone fasting serve the other chemicals? So it's like, yes, it definitely is serving dopamine coming away from any dopamine hits from the phone. So that's definitely serving dopamine. But then if you were just to sit in your bed and do nothing in your phone fast and meditate, that would stay in quite a dopamine type world.

They wouldn't. It's an interesting idea. Like would phone fasting serve the other chemicals? So it's like, yes, it definitely is serving dopamine coming away from any dopamine hits from the phone. So that's definitely serving dopamine. But then if you were just to sit in your bed and do nothing in your phone fast and meditate, that would stay in quite a dopamine type world.