The 4 Chemicals Secretly Controlling Your Motivation and Mood

Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik

Jim Kwik, Your Brain Coach, Founder www.KwikLearning.com

Education, Brain, Memory, Jimkwik, Productivity, Business, Kwikbrain

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Did you know four brain chemicals secretly control your motivation, mood, and mental energy every single day?

In this episode, Jim sits down with neuroscientist and bestselling author TJ Power to break down the DOSE Effect. It is a science backed framework for activating the four key neurochemicals that shape your daily experience: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins.

TJ shares how our modern digital lifestyles are draining these natural feel good chemicals and how you can rebalance them through small, evidence based habits. You will learn the difference between natural and artificial dopamine, how to boost oxytocin through real human connection, the serotonin and sunlight link that stabilizes your mood, and the surprising power of endorphins to calm stress.

You will also hear why technology is hijacking your motivation system, how to design your environment to protect your brain, and a simple daily ritual to reset your chemistry in under five minutes.

By the end, you will have a clear roadmap to upgrade your focus, energy, and emotional balance without relying on caffeine, willpower, or scrolling.

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0:00.0	Welcome the Quick Brain, bite-size brain hacks for busy people who want to learn faster and achieve more.
0:06.1	I'm your coach, Jim Quick.
0:08.5	Free.
0:09.7	You're mine.
0:10.6	Let's imagine if we could access 100% of our brain's capacity.
0:15.5	I wasn't high, wasn't wired, just clear.
0:18.2	I knew what I needed to do and how to do it.
0:20.6	I know Kung Fu.
0:23.4	Show me.
0:24.4	So what if your mood, your motivation, even your memory wasn't just based on your willpower,
0:30.7	but on four powerful chemicals inside of your brain?
0:34.6	What if the anxiety, the burnout, the distraction that most of us are battling right
0:39.5	now actually comes from, they're symptoms of a dose deficiency. Welcome back, QuickBrains. I'm your
0:47.8	host and your brain coach, Jim Quick. Today's guest is here to change the way that we think
0:53.2	about our mental health and mental
0:55.2	performance.
0:55.7	He's a neuroscientist educator, a best-selling author of the Dost Effect.
1:02.1	In this episode, we'll decode how dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins shape your brain,
1:09.2	and most importantly, how to activate each one naturally using small daily habits.
1:14.8	We always talk about S3s, right?
1:16.3	Small, simple steps.
1:18.0	You'll learn T.J.'s protocols, why your phone may be stealing your dopamine and what a dose
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