TJ Power

I think they can actually dissuade you from how you're feeling.

They can always convince you you're not feeling good when maybe you were.

So I think there's nuance with these different approaches.

I think really it comes down to deeply learning to listen to your own intuition.

I see these brain chemicals as...

almost like our friends that live within our system.

And they're simply trying to guide you towards your greatest experience of life.

And if you make them unhappy, they're going to create some tricky symptoms within you.

They're going to try and get you away from that state.

And if you make them happy, they're going to say, good job, keep heading down that lane.

And the more you build a relationship with them and almost a conversation with them, I think the better you can feel.

And I think we're just in a world, I like to call our world dopamine land now, where we're so in our heads and so focused on more, more, more and digital stimulation.

And

I think our general relationship with having a good feeling and connection with what's going on in our body is reducing.

I think wearables on top of that is outsourcing it even further.

I then think with the advent of AI and how much we're utilizing that, I think also outsourcing our capacity to think deeply is a challenge.

And I'm someone that's very pro-tech, like I love tech, but I do think there's a really specific balance to strike with it in order for humanity to thrive and live in harmony with it.

Yeah, these are the ones that I went deep into throughout my time at university.

So I was just learning a huge amount about them.

Dopamine really was the beginning for me of understanding more about neurochemistry.