#281 Phone Fasting and Nature can build Dopamine and support your brain with TJ Power
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, TJ is going to walk us through a single day in the life of your brain through the lens of 4 neurochemicals - dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins.
From the moment you wake up to the way you wind down at night, TJ will guide us through the incredible influence of our brain chemistry and how simple, everyday habits can reshape our mental and physical health.
TJ’s new book, The DOSE Effect, shares practical tools to unlock the power of your brain chemistry and create a happier, healthier, and more connected life. Available in all good book stores.
We talk about the importance of “fasting” from your phone
The impact of nature on our brains
Push up challenges to boost endorphins
How doing hard things changes our physical brain and can help us stay more disciplined and motivated
Cold and Heat therapies
TJ is a renowned neuroscientist, international speaker, and co-founder of Neurify, an organisation dedicated to transforming mental health through accessible, science-backed strategies. He’s worked with 1000s of people helping them break down the barriers between modern lifestyles and optimal mental well-being.
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| 0:00.0 | Doctor's Kitchen |
| 0:02.0 | Recipes, Health, Lifestyle |
| 0:05.0 | It's literally just create physical separation from the device as often as you possibly can. |
| 0:10.0 | Okay. |
| 0:11.0 | Meaning you don't charge the phone in the bedroom, so you don't go on it as soon as you wake up, |
| 0:15.0 | but you don't cook with it right next to you, |
| 0:17.0 | you don't watch TV with it right next to you, |
| 0:18.0 | you don't work with it right next to you, |
| 0:20.0 | you don't socialize with it right next to you, you don't work with it right next to you, you don't socialize with it right next to you. |
| 0:21.9 | And then very quickly, like that quick dopaminergic urge to pick it up begins to dissipate |
| 0:27.1 | because it's not right there. |
| 0:28.4 | And the phone is a different addiction to all like other things like alcohol and cigarettes |
| 0:32.1 | and stuff because you can if you're really addicted to those things, just quit them. |
| 0:36.4 | Where it's hard to do, but you can quit them. |
| 0:38.1 | Whereas the phone, obviously, we can't just quit unless you want to just leave modern society. |
| 0:42.3 | So you have to develop a different framework of how you're going to manage the addiction. |
| 0:46.7 | Welcome to The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast. |
| 0:51.7 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor. I study nutrition and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 1:10.2 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what allows |
| 1:15.5 | you to lead your best life. |
| 1:22.8 | Today we're diving into the world of neuroscience with my guest, T.J. Power. |
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