TJ Power

But if you were to, during your phone fast, cook and serve your family when cooking and socialize with them, or if you go out and exercise or whatever it might be, then the other chemicals are going to rise. So effectively, I think dopamine is largely distracting us from pursuing the other chemicals.

But if you were to, during your phone fast, cook and serve your family when cooking and socialize with them, or if you go out and exercise or whatever it might be, then the other chemicals are going to rise. So effectively, I think dopamine is largely distracting us from pursuing the other chemicals.

If you step away from a lot of the quick dopamine, naturally, just as a human being, you're going to think, oh, I need to entertain myself because I'm bored. And then the other actions are going to cause a rise in the other ones.

If you step away from a lot of the quick dopamine, naturally, just as a human being, you're going to think, oh, I need to entertain myself because I'm bored. And then the other actions are going to cause a rise in the other ones.

What is the- They've basically evolved to de-stress our brain. If ever we were in a situation where we were in extreme physical and psychological danger, like we were under threat of seeing an animal and it began to chase us, we were forced into a moment of extreme physical exertion to try and survive that situation.

What is the- They've basically evolved to de-stress our brain. If ever we were in a situation where we were in extreme physical and psychological danger, like we were under threat of seeing an animal and it began to chase us, we were forced into a moment of extreme physical exertion to try and survive that situation.

and it'd obviously be very annoying in that moment if one your brain was like oh my god i'm gonna die i'm gonna die and if it was two also experiencing like a stitch and stuff like that and endorphins has this incredible capacity to just eliminate the stress from our mind and take pain out of our physiology as well in order to help us survive in that moment where we're no longer running away from bears which is great we are still stressed as hell and in moments where you feel extremely stressed out endorphins can be an incredible response and action that builds endorphins is a really good way to respond to it

and it'd obviously be very annoying in that moment if one your brain was like oh my god i'm gonna die i'm gonna die and if it was two also experiencing like a stitch and stuff like that and endorphins has this incredible capacity to just eliminate the stress from our mind and take pain out of our physiology as well in order to help us survive in that moment where we're no longer running away from bears which is great we are still stressed as hell and in moments where you feel extremely stressed out endorphins can be an incredible response and action that builds endorphins is a really good way to respond to it

Because it's going to release in your brain and your brain's going to settle itself.

Because it's going to release in your brain and your brain's going to settle itself.

Yeah, I think stress is a very interesting topic and I do want to touch on the laughter because

Yeah, I think stress is a very interesting topic and I do want to touch on the laughter because

stress is like very widely researched and cortisol this other hormone is also very impactful and a lot of the work we look at in stress is about calming the body down and there is so much truth in that our heart rates are racing in the modern world and having breathing practices and nature and good sleep and everything is very important for calming our stress endorphins is taking a slightly different lane on that idea if we look evolutionarily

stress is like very widely researched and cortisol this other hormone is also very impactful and a lot of the work we look at in stress is about calming the body down and there is so much truth in that our heart rates are racing in the modern world and having breathing practices and nature and good sleep and everything is very important for calming our stress endorphins is taking a slightly different lane on that idea if we look evolutionarily

We never really experienced stress for 300,000 years that wasn't accompanied with a physical action immediately after it. So if we were super stressed because we were starving, food was the only thing that was going to settle that stress. Hunting, getting up and moving. Getting up and moving. And if we were in some kind of physical danger from a human or an animal or...

We never really experienced stress for 300,000 years that wasn't accompanied with a physical action immediately after it. So if we were super stressed because we were starving, food was the only thing that was going to settle that stress. Hunting, getting up and moving. Getting up and moving. And if we were in some kind of physical danger from a human or an animal or...

Our environment was under threat, whatever it may be. Physical action always was accompanying the stress to calm us back down. And I think for me, I do feel stressed by life. Life can be stressful for sure. And in stressful moments, I've done a lot of the breathing stuff, which I think is great, breathing and sleep and so on.

Our environment was under threat, whatever it may be. Physical action always was accompanying the stress to calm us back down. And I think for me, I do feel stressed by life. Life can be stressful for sure. And in stressful moments, I've done a lot of the breathing stuff, which I think is great, breathing and sleep and so on.

But I actually think the most useful thing is utilizing physical action first. And then after the physical action, chilling out and slowing down is even easier because you've kind of completely settled the system. But I think a lot of us just feel stressed and we're like, I feel really stressed. So I need an evening on the sofa with my glass of wine and the TV show.

But I actually think the most useful thing is utilizing physical action first. And then after the physical action, chilling out and slowing down is even easier because you've kind of completely settled the system. But I think a lot of us just feel stressed and we're like, I feel really stressed. So I need an evening on the sofa with my glass of wine and the TV show.