TJ POWER: PHONE ADDICTION IS REAL & HERE'S HOW WE BEAT IT

I am addicted to my phone. I use it for work, I use it for my personal life, I use it to unwind to and be entertained by, but I’m also very aware I probably use it too much. TJ Power is a neuroscientist whose mission is to explain and help us take control of the dopamine addictions so many of us nurture - be it co-dependence on our phones, overwatching porn or struggling to motivate ourselves through the day.

Author of ‘The DOSE Effect’, TJ explains the roles dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins play on our decision making, the importance of finding balance and harmony between them.

We cover:
How chasing dopamine is impacting your dating life or long term relationship
Why watching porn is destroying the male brain
Tips to reduce your phone usage
How we’re flooded with oxytocin in childbirth
The power of nature in rebalancing our brain chemistry
Tips to make us less dopamine addicted

This conversation seriously blew me away and has inspired me to be more proactive in my relationship with my phone

00:00 Trailer
00:30 Introducing TJ
1:55 Navigating the challenges of the modern world
2:37 Being tired leads to bad decisions
3:20 WHAT is tiredness?
4:00 Life expectancy isn’t what you thought it was!
4:55 Growing up and facing loss
08:00 Chasing Dopamine
10:00 How I got myself out of an unhealthy lifestyle
12:45 What is dopamine?
20:50 Oxytocin and dopamine within relationships
23:22 Less dating, more focus on alignment of values
25:30 Novelty is great for dopamine
26:17 THIS is why we’re having less sex
27:37 How bad is porn for us?
35:08 Smartphones are shrinking our brain
38:41 Listening to podcasts is good for you!
38:56 Steps to decreasing phone time
41:26 My happiest life is the other side of not being addicted to my phone
42:32 How long does it take to break a habit?
43:48 FOMO
45:46 Oxytocin is the answer
50:00 Expectation vs reality
51:20 The science of hangxiety
52:35 Serotonin and the gut feeling
52:22 The best discipline is love
55:05 What is Serotonin?
56:06 The last 30 years
57:34 Increasing Serotonin
58:53 What are Endorphins?
1:02:44 Holding on to what makes us human
1:04:25 The DOSE Effect
1:05:44 We can do this together
1:06:13 Final Eight Questions

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THE CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone
Producer: Helen Burke
Assistant Producer: Ceyda Uzun
Editor: Dan King
Video: Jake Ji
Audio: Rafi Amsili
Social Media: Laura Coughlan

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