TJ Power

So if you were like, I need to work hard on a project or I need to get myself to go to the gym or I need to spend longer cooking so that I can eat healthier.

If the dopamine is low, it's very hard to get momentum.

oxytocin is much more about the love and connection we feel if you're feeling lonely and disconnected and potentially struggling with your confidence about who you are that could be oxytocin serotonin explores our energy levels and the stability of our mood

If your mood is very fluctuating, you're thinking a lot in your brain, you're very worried and you're very tired, that would be serotonin.

And then endorphins really help us to tolerate stress through physical action.

If you're feeling a lot of tension inside you, stressed out, angry, frustrated, it's going to be tricky there.

And the useful thing about understanding your own dose is that if you end up not feeling good for whatever reason, you're then going to be able to create a game plan as we'll explore today as to how you could alleviate that challenge.

Yeah, I think –

It's great to have awareness, for example, understanding that the food system is a complicated one and it can really disrupt the chemical balance within our system or the phones could disrupt us.

Awareness and understanding is an amazing first step.

So you can understand, okay, so this is causing that.

But what we're really trying to do is provide really achievable actions that people can take so they can actually get themselves out of these states.

And

When we learn about these brain chemicals as well, it's not necessarily just about learning what happens if the chemical is not in balance and if we're not feeling good.

It's really about learning what happens if the chemical is really, really thriving.

And I think in general with mental and physical health...

rather than kind of the mindset of running away from feeling bad, I think learning to chase feeling really, really good is actually often something that will lead to better results.

So once you understand that case, if my dopamine is charged up, I'm going to feel super focused and driven towards my goals or oxytocin, I'm going to feel a lot of deep love and fulfillment and safety within my life.

Once you chase feeling really good on these chemicals, it can be pretty profound.

Yeah, interesting.