TJ Power

But when we look specifically at the emotion of stress, like when we feel really stressed and really heightened, evolutionarily, stress was much more simple for our ancestors.

But when we look specifically at the emotion of stress, like when we feel really stressed and really heightened, evolutionarily, stress was much more simple for our ancestors.

Rather than all these micro stresses that we have in the modern world, we were basically really stressed if we were starving and we didn't have any food or if we were going to get eaten by some kind of animal and we were in extreme physical danger for our life. And in both of those moments of extreme stress, the significant thing that would occur is physical action within our body.

Rather than all these micro stresses that we have in the modern world, we were basically really stressed if we were starving and we didn't have any food or if we were going to get eaten by some kind of animal and we were in extreme physical danger for our life. And in both of those moments of extreme stress, the significant thing that would occur is physical action within our body.

We'd have to go hunt and search for that food or we'd have to fight for our life or climb a tree or sprint as fast as we can. And our body over hundreds of thousands of years paired together the idea of I'm stressed, physical action is coming next.

We'd have to go hunt and search for that food or we'd have to fight for our life or climb a tree or sprint as fast as we can. And our body over hundreds of thousands of years paired together the idea of I'm stressed, physical action is coming next.

During this physical action, endorphins are going to flood through the brain and body in order to de-stress my brain to make it more likely that I can survive this threat or find this food.

During this physical action, endorphins are going to flood through the brain and body in order to de-stress my brain to make it more likely that I can survive this threat or find this food.

And I think often in the modern world, we're experiencing stress via our computers, via our phones, by someone saying something, a colleague, whatever it might be, a political opinion, but we're staying sedentary and we're effectively swallowing the stress into our body. And I think Really good calming practices in your mornings and evenings are super important.

And I think often in the modern world, we're experiencing stress via our computers, via our phones, by someone saying something, a colleague, whatever it might be, a political opinion, but we're staying sedentary and we're effectively swallowing the stress into our body. And I think Really good calming practices in your mornings and evenings are super important.

But I think whenever you're really stressed and really heightened, you need to have a framework in your mind where you need to literally physically release it through your system, through physical activity.

But I think whenever you're really stressed and really heightened, you need to have a framework in your mind where you need to literally physically release it through your system, through physical activity.

sauna that's good stress yes these things that these things are healthy for our system our system is very physically capable it survived outside for a very long time those deep colds and extreme heats and lack of food all kinds of things and our body is much more physically capable than it experiences today now it's in perfect regulated temperature all the time and most often it's seated and that's just not what the system was designed for it's designed for much more physical stress than that

sauna that's good stress yes these things that these things are healthy for our system our system is very physically capable it survived outside for a very long time those deep colds and extreme heats and lack of food all kinds of things and our body is much more physically capable than it experiences today now it's in perfect regulated temperature all the time and most often it's seated and that's just not what the system was designed for it's designed for much more physical stress than that

Exercise is interesting. If it's completing some form of goal, you're getting a dopaminergic experience. Like if you're making progress towards some kind of accomplishment that you're seeking for. If you were exercising with someone, playing sport, gymming with someone, you're in a class, you'd get oxytocin.

Exercise is interesting. If it's completing some form of goal, you're getting a dopaminergic experience. Like if you're making progress towards some kind of accomplishment that you're seeking for. If you were exercising with someone, playing sport, gymming with someone, you're in a class, you'd get oxytocin.

If you were outside whilst exercising, you'd get serotonin through the nature and the sunlight. And then obviously through the physical activity, you get endorphins. And we are very sedentary now. I think some people are great with their exercise. And I imagine lots of your listeners are really good with their exercise. So it's an important thing to continue to nail. But

If you were outside whilst exercising, you'd get serotonin through the nature and the sunlight. And then obviously through the physical activity, you get endorphins. And we are very sedentary now. I think some people are great with their exercise. And I imagine lots of your listeners are really good with their exercise. So it's an important thing to continue to nail. But

I do think, I mean, for example, I spend a lot of time in schools with thousands of teenagers. If I could get them all to just start doing press-ups and squats and pull-ups and like really physically using their bodies, I know their mental health would improve a lot.

I do think, I mean, for example, I spend a lot of time in schools with thousands of teenagers. If I could get them all to just start doing press-ups and squats and pull-ups and like really physically using their bodies, I know their mental health would improve a lot.