The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we discuss a strange passage from Jeremiah 12:9 about the great “speckled bird.” What in the world does that weird verse have to do with us today? Everything. If you’re wondering why everything in our current culture seems so hard, scary, and ever-changing, this trip back in time for a conversation with the old prophet will help. Listen to learn from Tata how some things never change, what the speckled bird is all about, and that no matter what, there’s always hope! Scriptures: Jeremiah 12:9-11, Jeremiah 6: 14 Books mentioned: Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed by Alisa Childers Run with the Horses by Eugene Peterson Music by Roy Acuff and Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

When it feels impossible for us, God reminds us it's possible for Him! (It’s Replay Monday; I have an urgent surgery this morning, so I’m bringing you this super-helpful classic episode, and then I’m on my way to work!) Here's a quick list of times in scripture when God made something IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE. So, He can do it for us too! Sometimes, God... Whistles Zechariah 10:8, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 7:18 (FLIES, BEES, AND PEOPLE) Roars Hosea 11:10 Gets up Isaiah 30:18 Roams the earth 2 Chronicles 16:9 Sees the end from the beginning (not surprised) Isaiah 46:10 Finishes what He starts/Ends it like he says he will/Calls his shots Isaiah 46:11 Floats axe heads 2 Kings 6:1-7 Sends bears 2 Kings 2:23-25 Calls for birds and leaders Isaiah 46:11 Parts waters Genesis 1:6 (Beginning), Exodus 14 (Red Sea), Joshua 4:10 (Jordan), 2 Kings 2:8 (Elijah), 2 Kings 2:13-14 (Elisha) Knocks down walls Joshua 6 Moves the sun Joshua 10:12-14 Raises up dry bones Dry bones in Ezekiel 37 Sends angels Daniel 10 Coins in fish Matthew 17:24-27 Fish to Swallow Prophet Jonah 1-2 Manna and Quail Exodus 16 Water from a rock Exodus 17 Loaves and fishes Mark 6:30-44 Makes wine John 2 Oil that doesn't run out I Kings 17:7-16 Raises the dead Luke 7:11–17, Luke 8:49–56, : John 11:1-44 Calms storms Matthew 8 Walks on Water Matthew 14 Heals disease and disability John 5 Heals ears Luke 22 Eats His Homework? John 4:34 ("My food is to the work my Father gave me.") And if that's not enough- he will lay down his life for you: Romans 5:8 And didn't stay dead: I Cor. 15, Colossians 2 And he's praying for you! John 17 Music by Lincoln Brewster (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Today’s operation is a little switch between worrying and preparing, and then getting after it. A few thoughts on golf, football, and self-brain surgery will help us stop worrying and start preparing to take action when it’s time! Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34, I Corinthians 9:24-26 Music by Tommy Walker Newsletter mentioned: James Clear (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Lisa Bevere is a powerful voice for troubled times Join me for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author and international minister Lisa Bevere. We talk about her important book, Adamant, how holding onto truth and embracing our God-given strength helps up face any situation in life. Lisa’s Official Bio: Lisa Bevere has spent nearly three decades empowering women to find their identity and purpose. She is a cancer survivor and a New York Times bestselling author. Her books include Without Rival, Adamant, Lioness Arising, and Girls with Swords. Lisa and her husband, John, cofounded Messenger International to develop uncompromising followers of Christ who transform their world. To this end, Messenger has given away over 30 million resources in 111 languages. Get the Messenger X app here for iOS, and here for Android. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It’s good to know you’ve got a friend who will always come through for you That’s what our daughter Kalyn told me when she picked the James Taylor song, You’ve Got a Friend for her to dance to with me at her wedding last weekend in Alabama. Kalyn only asked two things of me for her wedding: to dance with her to that old song (I used to sing it to her when she was little), and to make a short speech at the reception. I’m not much of a dancer, but we got through it. The speech, though, was harder. What do you say to bless your youngest child as she starts her married life? I chose to remind her and her husband Noah that the only solid ground for our lives is found on the reliability of God’s promises. Our friend Lisa Bevere wrote, “Your children will either inherit God’s promises or your fears.” Today’s podcast is a look at the scripture I shared with Kalyn and Noah, and the good news is, it’s for you (and me) today, too! You don’t have to be afraid of life, as long as you have promises to hold onto. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13, NIV We finish with my friend Tommy Walker’s version of one of my favorite hymns, Standing on the Promises. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

If you want to make real progress in your life, stop putting mountains in our own way. Here are some thoughts from Hebrews 12:12-13 on making level paths for our feet. Music from Elevation Worship (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

The last three years have felt like we're all being sifted! Jesus told Peter that Satan had asked to "sift you like wheat." What happened next is a remarkable story. It's Tuesdays with Tata and we have a great conversation for you! (Replay of TWT #19, from November 2021. Back with all new episodes tomorrow!) Scriptures: Luke 5 Luke 22 Ephesians 1 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

The 5 R's of Mind Management Will Set You Up For Success! Renew. "Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image. Instead, be transformed from the inside out by renewing your mind. As a result, you will be able to discern what God wills and whatever God finds good, pleasing, and complete." (Romans 12:2) Reset. "Finally, brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy." (Philippians 4:8) Retake. "We are taking prisoners of every thought, every emotion, and subduing them into obedience to the Anointed One." (II Corinthians 10:5) Be Realistic. "If we go around bragging, "We have no sin," then we are fooling ourselves and are strangers to the truth. But if we own up to our sins, God shows that He is faithful and just by forgiving us of our sins and purifying us from the pollution of all the bad things we have done. If we say, "We have not sinned," then we depict God as a liar and show that we have not let His word find its way into our hearts." (Noting the truth of our own issues allows us to set our minds/hearts towards defeating them) (I John 1:8-10) Ready to Roll. "Stay focused (set your mind) on what’s above, not on earthly things, because your old life is dead and gone. Your new life is now hidden, enmeshed with the Anointed who is in God." (Colossians 3: 2-3) Music by Shane and Shane This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Surgery Is A Balance Between Power and Finesse (Note: I'm taking a day off! Here's a helpful episode from last year, one of my favorites!) So is life. Here are some musings on paradox, on baseball, on things that sound opposite but have to coexist, on how to be tender in a hard world. Thanks to Jon Swanson for inspiration. Here's Jon's essential daily blog. Scriptures mentioned Romans 11:22 “Note then the kindness and the severity of God..” Romans 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” Isaiah 2:4He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples.They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords,and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” Kate Bowler's book, Everything Happens for a Reason Kelly Corrigan's book Tell Me More Amazing podcast with Kate and Kelly! Listen to this! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Sometimes We Need to Adjust Our Own Attitudes IF We Want to Make Progress! Click here to download the transcript! In this episode, we'll take the bad thought biopsy results from last week and use them to accomplish real life change. We dig in under the hood and learn to lobotomize our lousy attitudes. Negative thoughts come in two categories: those there to motivate us when we need to make positive changes, and those that are the result of disordered, negative thinking. Learning to tell the difference is important if we want to become healthier, feel better, and be happier. If you want a better tomorrow, you have to make changes in your life, and you have to start today. Music by Toby Mac (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Science and Faith Do Not Have to Fight Each Other Join me for an amazing conversation with Dr. Michael Guillen, Ph.D. about his important book, Believing is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith. Dr. Guillen was born in East Los Angeles, where he dreamed of becoming a scientist. The dream took him to UCLA, where he earned a B.S. in physics and mathematics. Then to Cornell, where he earned an M.S. in experimental physics and Ph.D. degrees in physics, mathematics and astronomy. For eight years thereafter, he was an award-winning physics instructor at Harvard University. He’s also received honorary doctorates from the University of Maryland and Pepperdine University. Dr. Guillen is known and loved by millions as the ABC News Science Editor, a post he filled for fourteen years (1988-2002). He appeared regularly on Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight. He also hosted Where Did It Come From?, a weekly, one-hour primetime series for The History Channel. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner and a member of the renowned Explorers Club.​​ He has a wonderful podcast also! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

How Do We Maintain Hope When Science Says It's Hopeless? (Throwback Thursday replay) Thoughts on how to use science AND faith together even when all seems lost. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Here’s a powerful way to spend some quiet time today. Question: What did Jesus say was the key to being set free from anything that holds us back? Listen for the answer! Scripture: Luke 4:18-19, John 8:31-32 Music by Paul Baloche and David Crowder (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we pick apart an old Hebrew proverb, and mine it for a great lesson that’s as timely today as it was in those days. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge. We talk about what that means, and how it applies to our lives today. Scripture: Ezekiel 18:2, Jeremiah 31:28PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!

It’s Mind Change Monday! Today, I have one question for you: how high is your floor? It’s a quick mindset shift, a decision to finally gain control of anything that’s been holding us back. Scripture mentioned: Job 38:11 Music by CeCe Winans (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Life is hard. And it can produce stress and anxiety for all of us sometimes. But synapses that fire together wire together, and it’s possible to teach our brains how to live an anxiety lifestyle, so that we frequently slip into anxiety and stress even when nothing is actually happening. This episode will help us learn to break the cycle of fear and anxiety, cultivate calm, and make a huge difference in our quality of life. Scripture: II Corinthians 1:8-11 This episode was inspired by Jon Swanson and Brené Brown. Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today’s operation is the Thought Autopsy. It’s a super-powerful technique you can use to look critically at what your were thinking about during times that were particularly good or bad, successful or not, happy or sad. Thoughts become things, and learning to go back and retrospectively dissecting our own thinking during such times is a superpower for learning how to replicate the good and avoid the bad outcomes next time we encounter a similar circumstance. Scripture: Isaiah 44:14-20, Isaiah 45:20 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Are We Managing Our Lives, or Really Changing Them? Our last good decision for September is to commit to real change, instead of just managing things over and over! I see people in my office every week who are hurting, and often times I can offer them a fix for their problem. But some folks just want to manage their pain, take a pill, or do something that's quicker and less scary than having surgery. This episode was inspired by Tommy Walker's song Water Into Wine, which was written out of the story in John 2:1-5 . In the story, Jesus changed water into wine. This wasn't just a little change of the water. He didn't add some powder to it and stir it up. He actually transformed it into the best wine the people had ever tasted. Take a few minutes and look into this question with me: are you tired of just trying to manage the issues and problems you're dealing with in your life, or do you have the courage to actually change them for good? Scriptures mentioned: John 2:1-5 , Isaiah 51:1-2, Isaiah 61:1-3 (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Links: Water Into Wine by Tommy Walker video The Book of John in Song by Tommy Walker My appearance at First Presbyterian Church Bonita Springs Florida This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Cashing Out Paper Losses Turns Them Into Real Losses (Throwback Thursday replay!) That's tragic in investing, but it's a disaster in the rest of your life too. Here are some principles to help manage our minds and behaviors when life seems to be handing us big losses. We'll look at the psychology of investing, and apply it to the rest of our lives. And we'll see God as the God who can give us late-market rallies, 4th quarter comebacks, and who makes a way where there is no way. PLUS! A story about my friends, Rested Ronnie and Sweaty Sam! Books mentioned: Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money David Richo, Five True Things: A Little Guide to Embracing Life's Big Challenges Scriptures mentioned: Psalm 77 The book of Habakkuk Isaiah 43:19 Resources: Get the MessengerX App from Messenger International Tommy Walker Ministries This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Storms are going to come in life. How we prepare for them makes all the difference. When my last book came out, I did a podcast interview in which I was asked a strange question: When did Noah build the arc? The answer: Before it started raining. Look, storms happen in life. Hard times come, but when things get hard, strong people get busy. And when great opportunities come, we need to be ready. Let’s pick up the hammer and start building that arc. Because the rain is coming. Because something great is coming, and we need to be ready. Something hard is coming, and we need to get our feet on more solid ground, even if we have to build a boat to get there. Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we talk about something called “high places” in the Bible. It’s a great lesson about the power of culture to draw us away from what really matters. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It’s Mind Change Monday! (Back tomorrow with a brand-new Tuesdays with Tata!) Today I want to remind you that it’s okay to say no. Here’s Self-Brain Surgery Tip #10: No is not a cuss word. You need margin and space to be efficient and do the things you commit to well. It’s better to say no kindly than to say yes and then let more important things suffer. Scripture: Matthew 5:37 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

You Can't Trust Every Thought That Pops Into Your Head In this episode, we'll make more progress on our journey towards achieving real life change. We peek under the hood of our thought patterns and behaviors and learn to diagnose the ones we need to change. Once we understand how we think, we can start making things better. If you want a better tomorrow, you have to make changes in your life, and you have to start today. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Synapses are where the business of the nervous system happens. Lately, we’ve been talking about the basics of self-brain surgery to learn how to think about our thinking, and the ideas behind my new book, Hope is the First Dose. But this isn’t just some “self-help” or motivational speaker-type thing. Because the vast majority of your life, the decisions you make, the relationships you have, the things you accomplish or strive for come out of how you think: your attitudes, your thought patterns. Everything about how you handle stress, unexpected challenges, and the hard parts of life is determined by your thinking. But the problem is, most of us spend our lives reacting to our thinking, because we never think about our thinking. And the reality is, our baseline thoughts are not very reliable most of the time. Why? That answer is rooted in the science of how our nervous systems are wired. The bad news is that your nervous system has a set of responses to challenges, threats, and stresses, and that set of responses isn’t very specific. In other words, you basically feel the same things in your body when a tiger is actually chasing you as you do when you hear a sound in the next room and wonder if someone’s breaking into your house- even if it’s just the ice maker. Those triggered responses aren’t very helpful when they make us reflexively freak out. But the good news is, your brain can be trained to separate the response from the stimulus. But it requires brain surgery. That’s why I’m always saying, “You can’t change your life until you change your mind.” In other words, if you keep thinking the same thoughts- if you never change how you look at things or the mental framework from which you approach the world- then you’re going to keep experiencing the same patterns and outcomes. And the part of the nervous system that connects two nerves, or nerves and muscles or other organs, is called a synapse. In your brain, there are about 100 trillion of them. Trillion with a T. And when those synapses don’t work right, you don’t work right. Today, we’re going to look at two diseases that affect the synapses between your nerves and your muscles. And I want to show you a little of how the nervous system works, so we can see how important it is to make sure we have healthy synapses. If you want to become healthier, feel better, and be happier, you’ve got to think about your thinking. But sometimes life creates unhealthy connections- sick synapses- that trigger thought patterns and behaviors in us we’re not even aware of. You can’t change your life until you change your mind. And severing sick synapses- breaking down those bad connections life has created and making better ones- is a key to getting that done. Remember Proverbs 17:27-28 in The Passion Translation (TPT): 27 Can you bridle your tongue when your heart is under pressure? That’s how you show that you are wise. An understanding heart keeps you cool, calm, and collected, no matter what you’re facing. That’s one of the secrets to becoming infinitely happier, friend. Learning to stay cool, calm, and collected no matter what we’re facing. That’s useful during any problem you’re facing, but it’s also useful in everyday life. And it doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by severing sick synapses. My friend, we’re going to learn how, and we’re going to start today. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Do you find yourself wondering where God is? Wondering why God seems to be taking forever to answer your prayers? Wondering why everything seems so hard all the time? Are you so tired of being so tired? If so, a good decision you can make is to learn to grow while you’re waiting! Here’s a short lesson about the latin phrase mutatis mutandis, which means “after the necessary changes have been made.” Scriptures: Psalm 13 Habakkuk 1 Isaiah 42:8-9 Joshua 3 Micah 7:7 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Self-Brain Surgery Tip #7:(It's Tata's birthday! Email him if you'd like to say hello! [email protected] ) When you make a mistake, admit it to yourself and correct it going forward. Excuses build the false idea in your brain that it’s not really your fault, and you’ll be more likely to do it again. Own it, recalibrate, move forward and you’ll be happier! It's No-Slip November friend! In the Bible, we read of how the Israelites turned an 11-day trip into a 40-year-long journey through the desert. And many of us are tired of covering the same ground over and over in our lives instead of finally breaking through to where God wants us to go. So it's time to use that self-brain surgery tip, stop making excuses, and get after it! Are you with us? Scriptures Mentioned:Hebrews 12:1 Deuteronomy 1:1-8 Music from Building 429(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

When You Can't Hear Truth in Your Own Brain, You Need Better Words(REPLAY of Season 5, Episode 89 for Wild Card Wednesday) “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.” (Deuteronomy 32:46–47) In this episode, we’re going to look at how God’s words- all of them- have the ability to give meaning and purpose to our lives. How we have need of them for all the things we’ll face in our lives. How we can rely on them when the massive thing happens. And how sometimes God says, “You can’t have that.” So what do we do when it feels empty and void? We need some words in there, and God always has them. But we have to start today. Scripture: Isaiah 55:11 Music by Tommy Walker Sign up for my Substack letter here.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we talk about Romans 12, to find the incredible hope that lies in changing our minds. Music by Tommy Walker Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, we talk about Romans 12, to find the incredible hope that lies in changing our minds. Music by Tommy Walker Sign up for my Substack letter here.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Mind Change Monday! Gratitude is a key superpower for happiness. C.S. Lewis teaches us how to find the little evidences, the "Godlight" around us, that can fill us with gratitude and hope no matter how tough our circumstances are. Music by Paul Baloche Scripture: Acts 17 Books mentioned: Happiness by Randy Alcorn, and Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up! Make a new decision about the same old mistakes, starting today! Scripture: Colossians 3:13 Music by Unspoken Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Mind Change Monday!Gratitude is a key superpower for happiness. C.S. Lewis teaches us how to find the little evidences, the "Godlight" around us, that can fill us with gratitude and hope no matter how tough our circumstances are. Music by Paul Baloche Scripture: Acts 17 Books mentioned: Happiness by Randy Alcorn, and Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis Sign up for my Substack letter here.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up!Make a new decision about the same old mistakes, starting today! Scripture: Colossians 3:13Music by Unspoken Sign up for my Substack letter here.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today's operation is The Gratitude Graft. Learning how to be grateful in any situation is a neuroscience superpower that will increase resilience, hope, and happiness. Scriptures: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Psalm 118:24 ESV This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Colossians 3:17 ESV And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Psalm 136:1 ESV Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Helpful Article: The Neuroscience of Gratitude and Effects on the Brain Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by CC Winans (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) (00:04) - Introducing the Gratitude Graft: Changing Your Mind and Life (01:34) - Introduction and Purpose of Predictable Podcast Episodes (10:13) - Changing your mind: From ingratitude to gratitude (19:21) - Gratitude: A Game Changer (21:44) - Rediscovering Wonder and Gratitude (29:05) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book

Welcome to the first episode of Friday Conversations! There Are Some Things We Need to Line Up This conversation with New York Times bestselling author Philip Yancey will help you get there. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the first episode of Friday Conversations!There Are Some Things We Need to Line Up This conversation with New York Times bestselling author Philip Yancey will help you get there. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Decide to Use Your Words for Good Use the power of neuroscience to make the world a better place! Plus, some thoughts about how to handle dark times and help other people make it through. Scripture: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18 NIV Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Decide to Use Your Words for GoodUse the power of neuroscience to make the world a better place! Plus, some thoughts about how to handle dark times and help other people make it through. Music by Tommy Walker Scripture:Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18 NIV Sign up for my Substack letter here.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Psalm 116 Shows Us How to Keep Our Faith During Hard Times (Quiet Time Classic for Throwback Thursday) Here's some thoughts and prayer through Psalm 116. Plus, excepts from Dane Ortlund's beautiful devotional, In the Lord I Take Refuge! Music from Tommy Walker, Eddie Ruth Bradford, and Paul Baloche. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Psalm 116 Shows Us How to Keep Our Faith During Hard TimesHere's some thoughts and prayer through Psalm 116. Plus, excepts from Dane Ortlund's beautiful devotional, In the Lord I Take Refuge! Music from Tommy Walker, Eddie Ruth Bradford, and Paul Baloche. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Tata and I take on II Corinthians 4:7-18! (Classic episode from last November that's a perfect way to start Season 6. We'll be back with an all-new Tuesdays with Tata episode next week!) Another "Tata-ism" is, "I feel like I've been folded, stapled, spindled, and mutilated." We break that down, and more! Music by Chris Rice and Dave Brubeck (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Mind Change Monday! Here are three crucial decisions you need to change your mind about, starting today. Scripture: I Corinthians 10:13 Isaiah 44:22 Isaiah 46:10 Music by Tommy Walker You can sign up for my Substack letter here. (Note: There are options to sign up for free, or to become a paid subscriber in this link. The normal newsletter will always be free!) (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Tata and I take on II Corinthians 4:7-18!(Classic episode from last November that's a perfect way to start Season 6. We'll be back with an all-new Tuesdays with Tata episode next week!) Another "Tata-ism" is, "I feel like I've been folded, stapled, spindled, and mutilated." We break that down, and more! Music by Chris Rice and Dave Brubeck (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Mind Change Monday! Here are three crucial decisions you need to change your mind about, starting today. Scripture: I Corinthians 10:13 Isaiah 44:22 Isaiah 46:10 Music by Tommy Walker You can sign up for my Substack letter here. (Note: There are options to sign up for free, or to become a paid subscriber in this link. The normal newsletter will always be free!) (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

There is a type of reading that's more than just quickly scanning the words. It's called lectio divina, and learning to read in this way will change your life. Scriptures Mentioned: Proverbs 15:23 Ezekiel chapters 2 and 3 Revelation chapter 10 Psalm 34 Isaiah chapters 31 and 38 Psalm 1 Books mentioned: Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson You Were Made for This Moment by Max Lucado The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey Deeper by Dane Ortlund Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop My weekly newsletter is on Substack (download here for Apple, coming soon for Android/Google). It will still come to your inbox via email, so if you don't want to use the app, you'll still be good! You can sign up for my Substack letter here. (Note: There are options to sign up for free, or to become a paid subscriber in this link. The normal newsletter will always be free!) (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today, we talk about how we're wired, the importance of changing our minds, and the difference between thermometers and thermostats. Scripture: Romans 12:2, II Corinthians 10:5 Music by Mercy Me Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

How do you know when you're being called to something great? A conversation about great, and small, works. Inspired by Jon Swanson and James Clear. Scripture: I John 4:1-3 Hebrews 12:1-2 Music by Tommy Walker Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study Some music on the show comes from Tunetank.com This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Mind Change Monday! Here are three crucial decisions you need to change your mind about, starting today. Scripture: I Corinthians 10:13 Isaiah 44:22 Isaiah 46:10 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!

There is a type of reading that's more than just quickly scanning the words. It's called lectio divina, and learning to read in this way will change your life. Scriptures Mentioned:Proverbs 15:23 Ezekiel chapters 2 and 3 Revelation chapter 10 Psalm 34 Isaiah chapters 31 and 38 Psalm 1 Books mentioned:Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson You Were Made for This Moment by Max Lucado The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey Deeper by Dane Ortlund Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop My weekly newsletter is on Substack (download here for Apple, coming soon for Android/Google). It will still come to your inbox via email, so if you don't want to use the app, you'll still be good! You can sign up for my Substack letter here.(Note: There are options to sign up for free, or to become a paid subscriber in this link. The normal newsletter will always be free!) (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more. John to Know, James to Grow bible study This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

It's Throwback Thursday! In September, we're making 30 good decisions. One of them is to learn to settle Hobson's Choices. Life is a Series of Hobson's Choices Hobson's choice A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is offered. Because a person may refuse to accept what is offered, the two options are taking it or taking nothing. In other words, one may "take it or leave it". Wikipedia There are some things you need to settle if you’re going to be happy. What are those for you? Write them down. Start praying for peace around them. Start clarifying the true things in your life, and disavow yourself from the notion that you need to have a pain-free life in order to be happy. The degree to which you couple emotion and circumstance in your life is inversely proportional to your ability to be happy. And what kills us, is the unwillingness to accept the quantum duality that life is hard and we can be happy anyway. We focus on the but and the and and the woe and the oh no and we forget the tho and yet. Scriptures Mentioned John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. Mark 9:28-29 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 29 He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer. Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. Hebrews 12:1-4 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe