TJ Power

Is that ultimately creating a life that you're really loving or is it just creating momentary experiences of pleasure?

Is that ultimately creating a life that you're really loving or is it just creating momentary experiences of pleasure?

And I think when you begin having those conversations with yourself and observing more closely how you feel, and this is why I really like people to understand the symptoms of whether you're low or high on these chemicals, because then people start thinking like, okay, this is why I'm feeling that way.

And I think when you begin having those conversations with yourself and observing more closely how you feel, and this is why I really like people to understand the symptoms of whether you're low or high on these chemicals, because then people start thinking like, okay, this is why I'm feeling that way.

And then they tie it to the phone and then they're like, okay, I need to start phone fasting, which is what we call it, these prolonged breaks from it. So I think it's that mindset shift around pleasure versus happiness.

And then they tie it to the phone and then they're like, okay, I need to start phone fasting, which is what we call it, these prolonged breaks from it. So I think it's that mindset shift around pleasure versus happiness.

I did three years ago, I did seven days.

I did three years ago, I did seven days.

No phone for seven days. I actually wouldn't recommend that as a solution. It's really interesting because I've been really niching into this world of the phone connection. I think fundamentally, when you look at mental health, there has been a lot of quick dopaminergic activities for the last hundred years, be that alcohol or cigarettes or sugary food or whatever it may be.

No phone for seven days. I actually wouldn't recommend that as a solution. It's really interesting because I've been really niching into this world of the phone connection. I think fundamentally, when you look at mental health, there has been a lot of quick dopaminergic activities for the last hundred years, be that alcohol or cigarettes or sugary food or whatever it may be.

But mental health has shifted rapidly since the iPhone became a thing. And then if you look at since COVID, when we started really scrolling the short videos, mental health has declined even further. And I think the big reason that's the case is because we can more frequently engage with dopamine via the phone than the dopamine we used to get from those other sources.

But mental health has shifted rapidly since the iPhone became a thing. And then if you look at since COVID, when we started really scrolling the short videos, mental health has declined even further. And I think the big reason that's the case is because we can more frequently engage with dopamine via the phone than the dopamine we used to get from those other sources.

You might eat sugar three times a day. You might drink once a day. You might watch pornography once a day. social media like with the dosa where we do our research we see people opening their phone about 140 to 150 times a day so it's that frequency of increase which is challenging which brings us to that phone fasting idea now i tried seven days off i tried three days off

You might eat sugar three times a day. You might drink once a day. You might watch pornography once a day. social media like with the dosa where we do our research we see people opening their phone about 140 to 150 times a day so it's that frequency of increase which is challenging which brings us to that phone fasting idea now i tried seven days off i tried three days off

The difficulty is because we're operating in such a rapid society with the amount of information coming at us on our email and WhatsApp and with our jobs, I think big breaks from it can actually be very stressful when you turn the phone back on. And what we've seen in our research is if people commit to short, frequent breaks where they know the morning is a frequent break, they'll always do.

The difficulty is because we're operating in such a rapid society with the amount of information coming at us on our email and WhatsApp and with our jobs, I think big breaks from it can actually be very stressful when you turn the phone back on. And what we've seen in our research is if people commit to short, frequent breaks where they know the morning is a frequent break, they'll always do.

They have a 60-minute phone fast in the evening. They have a prolonged one in the middle of the day. If they have these frequent breaks rather than long breaks, it actually seems to be more effective, definitely for me as well.

They have a 60-minute phone fast in the evening. They have a prolonged one in the middle of the day. If they have these frequent breaks rather than long breaks, it actually seems to be more effective, definitely for me as well.

What do we do? We have these four underlying laws for each of the chemicals, dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins. The underlying law from all of the research we looked into, like in this book, there's like 250 studies we explored around these topics. Fundamentally, the law that we found to be most appropriate with dopamine is take action as soon as you wake every day.

What do we do? We have these four underlying laws for each of the chemicals, dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins. The underlying law from all of the research we looked into, like in this book, there's like 250 studies we explored around these topics. Fundamentally, the law that we found to be most appropriate with dopamine is take action as soon as you wake every day.