TMIT 24: How to Build a Dopamine Moat Around Your Family
Update: 2025-08-25
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TMIT 24🎙️: From sugar crashes to screen-time meltdowns—what’s really going on in our kids’ brains?
In this episode, we unpack dopamine: the energy juice that fuels motivation (and sometimes chaos). We explore how to build a “dopamine moat” around your family—so your kids can develop resilience, focus, and joy in a world of instant gratification.
We talk about:
• Why the crash matters more than the high
• How to flip the seesaw and earn your dopamine
• Simple tools for building motivation and buffering burnout
• Sleep, breathwork, and what parmesan cheese has to do with it
Whether you’re raising toddlers or teens, this episode will change how you think about mood, motivation, and modern family culture.
In this episode, we unpack dopamine: the energy juice that fuels motivation (and sometimes chaos). We explore how to build a “dopamine moat” around your family—so your kids can develop resilience, focus, and joy in a world of instant gratification.
We talk about:
• Why the crash matters more than the high
• How to flip the seesaw and earn your dopamine
• Simple tools for building motivation and buffering burnout
• Sleep, breathwork, and what parmesan cheese has to do with it
Whether you’re raising toddlers or teens, this episode will change how you think about mood, motivation, and modern family culture.
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