The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

It's Mind-Change Monday! Today, a conversation with world-renowned researcher, bestselling author, and founder of Emotional Freedom Therapy, Dr. Dawson Church. Some thoughts for Christians about EFT Tapping Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:10) - Introducing Dr. Dawson Church (03:14) - Techniques for Emotional Freedom (05:18) - Engaging with Dr. Dawson Church (06:42) - Welcoming Dr. Dawson Church (11:02) - The Power of EFT Tapping (18:10) - Helping Others Through Trauma (23:10) - Synthesizing Scientific Discoveries (26:53) - Thoughts Becoming Things (29:37) - Influence of Emotions on Cell Molecules (43:08) - Morning Rituals for Positive Epigenetic Influence (47:52) - Tapping Technique for Emotional Management (56:24) - Future Project: Spiritual Intelligence and Brain Remodeling

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today, we talk about the problem of NOT wanting to have surgery. What happens if you believe that someone else is responsible for your happiness, or that circumstances have to be a particular way for you to be okay? We'll go deep into the science and faith elements of learning that if we don't learn self-brain surgery, we can never overcome trauma, drama, tragedy, or any other massive thing. This episode will bring you HOPE! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (02:07) - Conversations and Endorsements (06:47) - The Promise of Self-Brain Surgery (20:24) - The Last Resort: Surgery (27:25) - Contemplating vs. Operating (31:11) - The Illusion of Happiness (34:19) - Anesthesia in Self-Brain Surgery

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, a lesson about anesthesia, a review of some of the commandments of Self-Brain Surgery, and a few thoughts about how to heal and move forward in our lives! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (02:40) - Numbing Behaviors (03:52) - Anesthesia Providers (06:54) - The Role of Anesthesia (09:32) - Healing Through Feeling (15:46) - Feel It to Heal It (19:01) - Changing Your Mind (19:26) - Conclusion

It's Theology Thursday! Today, another look at light, and some surprising lessons from Psalm 119, quantum physics, and 21st-century neuroscience. Check out this video from Tara-Leigh Cobble and The Bible Recap!Check out this article on the two kinds of light mentioned in Psalm 119!Check out this book (specifically chapter 4) to learn more about how light may be how God communicates with our minds!Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (01:03) - The Power of Light (02:28) - Opening Question (05:20) - Constant Communication with Creator (06:08) - Prehab Process for Mental Health (10:50) - The Word as a Guide (11:52) - The Light of God's Word (15:50) - Revelation on Light from Scripture (18:44) - The Significance of God's Word (20:11) - Walking in Freedom with the Word (23:39) - Overcoming Darkness with Light (24:56) - Conclusion & Resources

Help Me Pick the Best Podcast Conversation of 2024!Every week for Wildcard Wednesday, I'll give you one of my (and your) top-four favorite interviews for the first quarter of the year. Then we'll have a survey for you to vote and choose a winner to move onto the semi-finals. After next quarter is over, we'll pick a winner from Q2, and then you can choose the finalist from the first half of the year by voting between those two. At the end of the year, we'll let the two semi-finalist winners battle to become the inaugural Dr. Lee Warren Podcast Award winner! Let's listen to these amazing conversations and then honor our guests for sharing their stories and their wisdom with us. Follow me @drleewarren on Instagram to keep up with the tournament as the year progresses!Mattie Jackson Smith's World Was Shattered Just shy of her one-year anniversary with her husband Ben, a seemingly small accident left her widowed and wondering where God was. Her story is full of grief, pain, and loss, but lands on hope and a future full of God's kept promises. Her book Lemons on Friday is one of the best books on finding your way through grief I've ever read, and Mattie is on the podcast today to give you hope! Mattie's podcast is incredible: In Joy Life(Click here to listen to my appearance on her show)Mattie's book is available everywhere books are sold. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction: Self-Brain Surgery on Wild Card Wednesday (00:52) - Dr. Lee Warren Podcast Awards 2024 (02:23) - Maddie Jackson Smith: Lemons on Friday (04:47) - Maddie Jackson's Tragic Story Unfolds (07:26) - Welcome to Self-Brain Surgery School (35:44) - Finding Hope and Love After Tragedy (37:48) - Encouragement for Those in Early Days of Grief (41:18) - Conclusion: Hope is the First Dose

It's Tuesdays with Tata! (This is a classic episode about being ready for whatever life brings. It's important for me today, as I'm dealing with a big work issue. Back with multiple new episodes later this week!) Today, a great talk about the importance of getting your mind ready for whatever comes along. Does life jump up and knock you out? Or do you have a plan in place for how you're going to use your mind to handle anything that happens? Tata takes us through I Peter and other scriptures to show us how to keep our minds ready! Key Scripture: I Peter 1:13 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction to Tuesdays with Tata (02:20) - Conversations by the Riverside (06:52) - The Importance of Being Mindful (09:17) - Resisting the Devil (11:55) - Preparing for Hardships (15:18) - Seeking Understanding from God (17:44) - Girded with Truth (20:41) - Reflecting on Lessons Learned (22:04) - Pondering the Apostle Peter's Life

An Episode About Anxious Thoughts: It's Default Mode Monday! Today, some compelling research about the connection between the default mode network (DMN) and the Central Executive Network (CEN). We'll learn how thinking more about God trains your brain to ruminate less about past traumas and possible future troubles, and to connect with the present and others more effectively. This, my friend, is how you can become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life. Book Mentioned for Memorial Day: No Place to Hide by meLeave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (03:24) - The Default Mode Network (05:37) - Self-Brain Surgery School (05:48) - Understanding the Default Mode Network (09:43) - Neuroscience and Faith (16:10) - The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Depression (23:32) - Shifting Focus from Self to Spirituality (27:06) - Value of Religious and Spiritual Activities (29:28) - Conclusion

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! (This is a carefully-selected re-release of an episode that will get you ready for next week’s focus on the #1 secret to changing your mind and your life. Even if you’ve heard it before, please check it out and be ready for Mind-Change Monday!) Today, we learn a little operation that will help us escape the inner "Me Show" we all hear in our heads, stop worrying about the suffering of the past or potential problems in the future, and to capture our thoughts so we can be fully present in the now. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction: Self Brain Surgery Saturday (00:33) - Exploring the Default Mode Network and Task Positive Network (02:10) - The Importance of Abundance and Resilience in the Christian Life (04:28) - Exploring Techniques to Control and Calm the Brain (07:09) - The Benefits of Meditation and Rewiring the Brain (11:15) - The Limitations of Traditional Brain Functioning (15:00) - Expanding Brain Capabilities through Connection to the Universe (20:43) - Shifting from victimhood to positive influence (23:07) - Shifting from self-centered thoughts to objective perspective (26:53) - Introduction and Book Sponsorship Announcement

Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All Trauma(Classic Episode as I'm on a short sabbatical) Today for Frontal Lobe Friday, a reminder that you’re not always in a fight. If you’re so tired of being so tired, this will help. (Based on Season 8, Episode 45) Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16, Isaiah 43:19, I John 3:8, John 10:10 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction and Setting the Stage for Frontal Lobe Friday (02:44) - Gearing up for Frontal Lobe Friday and the Episode's Focus (05:32) - Self Brain Surgery and Changing Your Mind (06:18) - Erwin McManus and the Power of Mind Shift (14:47) - Breaking Free from Constant Fear and Danger (16:48) - Jesus came to destroy the devil's work (19:26) - Sever synapses, redirect your brain for a better life (21:22) - Break free from the constant battle and victim mindset (23:07) - Rest and fight when necessary, find healing synaptic connections (25:03) - Learning to switch from fight to rest mode (27:28) - The experience of going into trauma mode (33:44) - Finding Peace in the Midst of the Fire (35:53) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book

If You Keep Trying, It Will Eventually Click For Theology Thursday today, we're going to talk about how to master your mind, overcome negative thinking, structurally improve your brain, and the process of overcoming shame and doubt. When it all clicks, you'll realize that you've become a master self-brain surgeon, but it didn't happen overnight. This episode is dedicated to my professor and friend, Dr. Takanori Fukushima (1942-2024). Guiding Principle: What you're doing you're getting better at (9th Commandment) ProblemGoalApproach TechniquePitfalls/RisksExpected Outcome (Consequences and rewards) Pros/Cons/Alternatives Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3, 2 Corinthians 10:5, John 1:3, Philippians 2:13, Romans 8:1, I Corinthians 2:16, II Corinthians 9:10 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (01:58) - Remembering Dr. Fukushima (07:36) - The Surprising Arrival of Mastery (10:11) - Encouragement for Mastering Your Mind (10:27) - Scriptures for Self-Brain Surgery (11:08) - Music, Mastery, and Meeting Lisa (14:35) - Developing Discipline and Strategy (17:16) - Identifying the Problem and Setting Goals (20:35) - Moving from Contemplation to Action (23:13) - Surgical Approaches and Techniques (24:15) - Choosing Your Approach in Self-Brain Surgery (25:15) - Approaches to Changing Your Thinking (26:17) - Science-Based Approaches for Happiness (27:55) - Identifying the Problem and Choosing an Approach (30:03) - Anticipating Pitfalls in Self-Brain Surgery (32:01) - Awareness of Pitfalls in Surgical Approaches (32:59) - Risks and Complications in Surgical Techniques (34:19) - Expecting Outcomes and Consequences (35:57) - Scriptural Guidance for Mastery (39:22) - Achieving Mastery in Self-Brain Surgery (42:21) - Choosing the Right Approach for Change

It's Wildcard Wednesday!(Still on sabbatical, so here's a classic episode for you, originally a Self-Brain Surgery Saturday operation!) Every week, we'll learn a specific neuroscience operation you can master to change your mind and change your life. Today, we learn the basics, and we start with Self-brain surgery tip #19: “There is almost nothing outside you that will help in any kind of lasting way, unless you are waiting for a donor organ.” - Anne Lamott in her book Almost Everything Real help comes from within, from the Spirit inside us! See John 14:26-27 Learning how your brain works helps you see how to manage it in a healthier way. Here's five self-brain surgery techniques to help you change your mind and change your life. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:03) - Introduction and Recap of Appearance on 700 Club (03:28) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery Tip Number 19 (07:41) - The Importance of Mental Health in Patient Care (09:27) - Understanding the Role of Neurochemistry in Happiness (11:16) - The Cost of Depression and Related Disorders (14:01) - Neuroscience Validates the Power of Mind over Brain (17:05) - Recognizing and managing negative thoughts (19:18) - Thinking about thoughts and questioning their validity (22:11) - Overcoming a bad attitude and its impact on happiness (25:12) - Letting go of regrets and living in the past (27:00) - Severing Sick Synapses (29:06) - Drain Your Doubts and Fill Up Your Faith (36:04) - Introduction and Book Promotion

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Since we've been talking about light lately, here's a classic Tuesdays with Tata episode in which we talk about a curious passage from Zechariah 8:20-23, and what it means to be the light of the world! Plus, a new Tata-ism, fiat lux (“Let there be light”)! Scriptures: Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 5:13-16, John 1:1-5, Titus 2:10 Music: Tim Hughes (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction and Special Episode Announcement (01:25) - Journey to Health and Transformation (01:47) - Reflections on Scripture and Witnessing (13:33) - Explaining Tata-isms and Let There Be Light (17:11) - The Importance of Belief and Submission (19:01) - God's Promise of Light in Dark Times (20:27) - Ending with a Song and Encouragement to Reflect (21:10) - Taking Action: Let There Be Light

A Super Weird and Hopeful Episode About Light (Mind-Change Monday) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Mind Change Monday (02:45) - The Impact of Newton and the Revolution in Physics (14:05) - The Bizarre World of Quantum Physics Unveiled (15:21) - Exploring How Thoughts Become Things (23:26) - Discovering Purpose Through Quantum Physics (27:09) - The Link Between Mental Energy and Physical Reality

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Here's a look at four approaches to using self-brain surgery to help us become healthier, feel better, and be happier in our lives. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (01:27) - Starting the Journey of Self-Brain Surgery (01:39) - Approaching Surgical Training for the Mind (03:13) - Navigating the Nervous System: Work for or Against? (04:19) - The Need for Tools in Self-Brain Surgery (04:35) - Clarifying Self-Brain Surgery vs. Therapy (06:08) - Join the Self-Brain Surgery Community (09:27) - Scouring Worldviews in Therapy Practice (14:01) - Honesty and Pursuit of Truth in Science (15:40) - Importance of Different Approaches in Surgery (22:35) - Exploring Different Approaches in Self-Brain Surgery (29:59) - Embracing the Infinitely Happier Approach (32:33) - Understanding Specific Operations vs. Approaches (33:32) - Science and Faith Supporting Your Journey

Here's a self-brain surgery operation you can learn to deal with anxiety in any situation. It's Frontal Lobe Friday! I have to operate today, so I'm giving you back this important Frontal Lobe Friday episode! Come back tomorrow for an all-new Self-Brain Surgery Saturday operation on how to deal with difficult situations. Today, we develop a strategy to handle anxiety, learn resilience, and become better equipped to face whatever comes along in life. Books Mentioned: Rest and War by Ben Stuart, Hope Is the First Dose by me, and Never Split the Difference by Chris VossArticle on the Greek word for anxiety by Abarim Publications Scriptures mentioned: Isaiah 30:18, Philippians 4 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Frontal Lobe Friday: Talking about Anxiety (02:07) - Self-Brain Surgery School: Transforming Minds and Finding Hope (02:19) - Divine Timing: Email Listener Receives Encouragement in Car (04:35) - Finding Rest and Intimacy with God in the Midst of Battle (06:50) - Finding solace in pictures of Jesus and loved ones (09:29) - Taking control of your thought life and setting your agenda (11:50) - Having a plan in place for when things get tough (14:43) - Deeply studying the Word of God for answers (16:39) - Understanding the Command to Not be Anxious (20:19) - The concept of being pulled in multiple directions (23:36) - The root of anxiety: being distracted and torn apart mentally (26:08) - Three steps to replace anxiety with intimacy with God (29:16) - Gratitude in approaching God with worries and troubles (32:14) - Utilizing the tool of gratitude to access God's help (38:23) - Meeting for Growth: Learning from the Past (40:42) - Introduction and Book Promotion

Self-Brain Surgery is a Fight to Become Healthier, Feel Better and Be Happier Here are some thoughts on how you can win. Our guiding principles: Words of my mouth AND the meditation of my heart: Psalm 19:14 Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, strength: Mt 22:37 Every thought captive: II Cor 10:5 Operate out of renewed minds: Romans 12:2 Worship with our brains as part of body: Romans 12:1 means hurting brain is an act of anti-worship, using consecrated things for unholy purposes Attention affects reality Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (02:10) - General Buford's Vision of the Coming Fight (04:50) - The Difference Between Self-Brain Surgery and Therapy (07:26) - The Battle for Changing Your Brain (08:35) - Overcoming Trauma and Moving Forward (09:17) - The Impact of Prayer, Meditation, and Faith (11:32) - Guiding Principles for Self-Brain Surgery (13:05) - Loving God with Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength (15:38) - The Call to Engage in Self-Brain Surgery

Our current society has a big worldview problem. Today for Wildcard Wednesday, We Talk About WorldviewToday, we talk about John Mark Comer’s book Live No Lies, and two ideas that he really helped me clarify: What was the biggest idealogical mindset shift in Western civilization in the past 200 years? What cultural credo did we pick up from Shakespeare, and why is it so ironic? Today’s Mind Change Monday episode gets into the philosophical underpinnings of modern Western thought, and two lies of the devil that have shaped so many people’s thoughts on happiness: Live your truth What makes you unhappy is anyone telling you what to do or not to do Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Books mentioned: Live No Lies by John Mark Comer Faithfully Different by Natasha Crain Live Your Truth and Other Lies by Alisa Childers The Daniel Dilemma by Chris Hodges Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (00:39) - The Impact of Trauma (01:33) - Influence of John Mark Comer (02:34) - Guarding Your Worldview (03:14) - Reminder on Worldview Stewardship (04:26) - Guiding Others to Truth (05:51) - Commitment to Change (11:03) - Influence of Secular Worldview (12:45) - Pursuit of Happiness and Truth (16:23) - Unmasking Cultural Ideals (20:59) - The Importance of Order in Desires (26:20) - Deception of "Be True to Yourself" (28:27) - True Identity & Happiness (29:58) - Conclusion & Book Promotion

The American Family is Under Attack, and it is a Perilous Fight for the Soul of Our Nation and the Souls of our Children Join me for a chilling but hopeful conversation with world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, bestselling author, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson! Dr. Carson's new book is The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family Dr. Carson's American Cornerstone Institute is doing great work. You can join more than 341,000 subscribers and receive updates and educational content from Dr. Ben Carson and the American Cornerstone Institute by signing up for his free newsletter by clicking here. More information about Dr. Carson's important new book below. From Amazon.com:Learn from one of our leading conservative voices how we can return to the biblical values our nation was founded upon, especially the vital importance of the family, in order to secure a prosperous future for generations to come.Does America no longer feel like home? Widespread divorce rates, the erosion of traditional marriage, the popular rise of radical ideologies, attacks on faith, and government interference are only a few of the factors contributing to the struggles of families in our culture. And because of the importance of healthy families to every part of our national life, the breakdown of the family threatens to rob us of the country we love. But it doesn't have to be this way.Like many of us, Dr. Ben Carson fears we are losing the country we love. In this provocative and ultimately hopeful book, he gives us the facts, inspiration, and theory-to-action answers we need to restore a key foundation of America: the family. The Perilous Fight equips us to understand: The hard data behind the breakdown of the family and its effects on our society, including poverty, crime, and deteriorating education. The core biblical beliefs that led our nation into unprecedented freedom and prosperity--and why abandoning those beliefs led to the social decline we see today. The fresh ideas and public policy options that could reverse negative trends impacting the family while maintaining a balance between constitutional freedoms and governmental involvement. This is a practical and inspiring book for anyone who: Feels discouraged about the state of our country and its institutions. Needs hope that there are commonsense, attainable solutions that we all can practice. Appreciates a conservative, Scripture-based approach to restoring faith, liberty, community, and life in America. Strong families are the cornerstone of strong communities. Strong communities build a strong nation. Only when we prioritize the family as an institution established by God will we proudly remain the land of the free and the home of the brave. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (03:17) - Welcoming Dr. Ben Carson (08:04) - Transition to Dr. Carson's Career (29:52) - Discussion on Decline of the Family (35:35) - Vision for the Future of America (39:48) - Finding Hope in the Fight (41:20) - Connecting with American Cornerstone Institute (42:00) - Closing Remarks and Gratitude

It's Mind Change Monday! An overview of what self-brain surgery can do for you, and some tools to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life. Scripture: Ephesians 4 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast is now live everywhere! Please consider listening and subscribing by clicking one of the links below! Spiritual Brain Surgery on AppleSpiritual Brain Surgery on SpotifySpiritual Brain Surgery on Amazon Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction to Mind Change Monday (09:19) - Choose Your Own Adventure: The Power of Selective Attention (22:27) - Taking Responsibility for Changing Your Mind (25:44) - The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (31:29) - Protecting Your Brain: Healthy Brain Habits (32:01) - Mental First Aid for Others: Caring for Each Other (33:16) - The Connection Between Changing Your Mind and Changing Your Life

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Sometimes the wound is so fresh or so persistent that you don't have the energy or mental capability to even try to change your mind. You're overwhelmed and it's all just too fresh and heavy, and it doesn't feel possible to do anything but hurt. If you're there, it's okay. Here's one little tool that will help you hold on until you heal enough to start seeing the light again, and the hope that is found in patience and waiting. Here's what to do when you don't know what to do. Remember the ABIDE prayer/meditation practice:Level I (Hearing):ApproachBreatheInviteDependExperience Level II (Self-Brain Surgery Practice):AssessBelieveIncisionDeepenExpect Scripture: Psalm 34:18 Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Don't forget: The Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast is now live everywhere! Please consider listening and subscribing by clicking one of the links below! Spiritual Brain Surgery on AppleSpiritual Brain Surgery on SpotifySpiritual Brain Surgery on Amazon Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (04:23) - Navigating Hard Times (12:05) - Finding Gratitude in Hard Moments

The Things We Think About Turn Into Real Things Today, a look at the 10th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must understand that thoughts become things. Scripture: Philippians 4:6-9, II Corinthians 10:5 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs) I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. (No Tomorrow Tax! Corollary: I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.) I must stop making an operation out of everything. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. I must understand that thoughts become things. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, support your immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (07:07) - The Power of Hope (07:30) - Unveiling Self-Brain Surgery Saturday (43:02) - Closing Remarks

What You're Doing, You're Getting Better AtToday, a look at the 9th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. Scripture: Psalm 19:14, Matthew 22:37, Psalm 51:17, II Corinthians 10:5 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs) I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. (No Tomorrow Tax! Corollary: I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.) I must stop making an operation out of everything. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. I must understand that thoughts become things. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, support your immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (02:29) - Exploring the Brilliance of William James (04:57) - William James on the Plasticity of the Brain (11:28) - The Ninth Commandment: Believing in Improvement (16:19) - Locus Minoris Resistentes: Synaptic Scars (21:51) - God's Desire for Your Thoughts (23:43) - Thoughts Become Things (25:37) - Choosing to Get Better at Getting Better

Your Brain is the Most Important Organ in Your BodyToday, a look at the 8th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain SurgeryI must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs) I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. (No Tomorrow Tax! Corollary: I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.) I must stop making an operation out of everything. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. I must understand that thoughts become things. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (01:24) - Protecting Your Brain: Physical Organ Maintenance (02:47) - Understanding the Mind-Brain Connection (05:05) - CDC Recommendations for Brain Health (06:52) - Lifestyle Factors for Brain Health (09:37) - Addressing Weight and Brain Health (11:28) - Importance of Managing Blood Sugar (14:27) - The Truth About Alcohol and Brain Health (16:58) - The Importance of Wearing Helmets (19:39) - Managing Mental Health for Brain Protection (24:24) - Embracing Your Brain as a Gift

When Trouble Comes, You Fall to the Level of Your Preparation If you're hurting, here's a classic episode to help you learn a new way to navigate suffering. That includes the way you view God's role in suffering. Here's a new thought from Job, and a couple of insights that will help you when trauma, tragedy, and other massive things (TMTs) strike. (Replay: Adapted and expanded from S9E75 Get a Good Theology Around Suffering)When hard times come, you will be overwhelmed with doubt, fear, and you'll be unsure of what to do next. Unless, that is, you have a good theology in place to answer the inevitable "why" questions. This episode will help you get your head on straight when life hurts.Scripture: Job 23:8-9, Psalm 139, Psalm 121, Psalm 29, Psalm 143 (00:02) - Introduction on suffering and trauma (02:20) - Insights from Bible study on prehab and new insights (04:39) - Trusting in God's work in the midst of suffering (06:21) - Finding hope and purpose in the midst of suffering (10:36) - Preparing for suffering and having a good theology in place (11:48) - Finding Purpose in Suffering (13:26) - Theology of Suffering and Doubts about God's Love (16:59) - The Fallacy of a Perfect Environment for Happiness (19:56) - David's Cry for God's Presence in the Pit (21:34) - Psalm 139: God's Intimate Knowledge of David (22:01) - David's Assurance: God's Presence in Every Situation (24:12) - Filtering Thoughts: Is it True, Necessary, and Compassionate? (27:15) - Don't Harm Yourself: Purposeful Mindset Change and Good Theology (30:00) - Theology of suffering and the search for truth (32:20) - Changing our mindset about suffering and finding hope (39:39) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" Book

Dr. Joseph Maroon is a World-Renowned Neurosurgeon He's also my mentor, friend, and the primary reason I became a neurosurgeon.Today, an incredible talk with one of the giants of my profession about legacy, hardship, mindset, faith, and more. You should read Dr. Maroon's excellent book, Square One:A Simple Guide To A Balanced Life. Official Bio:Joe is clinical professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his education at Georgetown and Oxford Universities, the University of Vermont, and Indiana University in Bloomington, where he is a distinguished alumnus. He has authored over 280 peer-reviewed scientific papers and six previous books, including Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-Inflammatory and The Longevity Factor: How Resveratrol and Red Wine Activate Genes for a Longer and Healthier Life. Joe is a sports medicine expert and has served as the team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers for over 20 years. He is also a member of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee, and is the medical director for World Wrestling Entertainment. In the early 1990s, Joe co-developed the ImPACT concussion test, the only FDA-approved, worldwide standard tool to assess concussions. He is the senior vice president of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; chairs the scientific advisory board of both Mylan and Stemedica; and is the scientific consultant for GNC. Joe is an inductee in both the National Fitness and the Lou Holtz Halls of Fame and remains a dedicated athlete, having completed eight Ironman triathlons-including five world championships in Kona, Hawaii-as well as over 70 other elite marathon and triathlon events. To learn more about Dr. Maroon, visit www.josephmaroon.com Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Dr. Joe Maroon (08:24) - Visionary Microsurgery Techniques (12:25) - Reconnecting with Dr. Maroon (16:14) - Honoring the Opportunity to Train (21:46) - Importance of Faith and Gratitude (25:58) - Transformation Through Running and Triathlons (29:59) - The Power of Preparation (33:25) - The Influence of Early Connections (37:49) - Understanding the Frontal Lobes (40:46) - Benefiting from Past Innovations (42:18) - Building on the Legacy of Pioneers (46:32) - Navigating Major Adversity (49:09) - Mindful Awareness and Stress Management (53:31) - Gratitude and Mindset Shifts (56:47) - Changing Your Mind, Changing Your Life

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a look at the 7th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain SurgeryI must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs) I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. (No Tomorrow Tax! Corollary: I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.) I must stop making an operation out of everything. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. I must understand that thoughts become things. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (01:33) - The Power of Ten Commandments (03:10) - Understanding Epigenetics (07:23) - The Impact of Generational Thought and Behavior (11:10) - Ephesians 5 and Self-Brain Surgery (18:24) - The Physical Restoration of Epigenetics (21:59) - Breaking Generational Cycles (23:37) - Conclusion and Action Steps

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Every Friday, we talk about how to get the different parts of your brain working in the way they're designed to take control of your thinking, change your mind, and change your life! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (00:12) - Announcements and Book Winners (01:25) - Back in Time (03:13) - Upcoming Podcast Guests (03:48) - Explanation of Frontal Lobe Friday (04:37) - Self-Brain Surgery School (05:06) - New Season Intro (05:42) - Frontal Lobe Friday Explained (08:41) - The Role of Executives in a Company (10:59) - Wisdom from T.D. Jakes (11:06) - Seeking God's Voice (15:42) - The Power of Decision-Making (18:04) - Breaking Generational Cycles (20:17) - Be Patient and Kind to Yourself (22:06) - Empowering Your Future (23:08) - Conclusion

Is Self-Brain Surgery "Real Surgery"?This episode answers that question! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (01:42) - The Reality of Self-Brain Surgery (05:22) - The Evolution of Neuroscience Beliefs (08:09) - Challenging the Reductionist Worldview (10:42) - Tugging on Threads of Scientific Discoveries (13:58) - The Purpose of the Podcast (16:02) - Taking Every Thought Captive (18:17) - Finding Hope in Suffering (19:42) - The Surprising Arrival of Mastery (20:48) - Becoming Healthier, Feeling Better, Being Happier

Your Brain is an Amazing, Constantly Changing Architectural Wonder! In today's episode, we'll look at how fearfully and wonderfully made you are, learn about the scaffolding (microtubules) and gardeners (microglia) that God gave you to help form the connections between neurons to constantly reshape your brain. Did you know that you can make new connections in your brain within 30 minutes of directed thought, and that within one month of learning to calm your mind, you can increase emotional regulation capacity by over 20%? Join me for a deep dive into the wonder of microtubules, and learn how to actively shape your brain to become more resilient, healthier, feel better, and be happier. Scripture: Ephesians 4, Deuteronomy 6, Psalm 46:10, John 15:2 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (03:06) - Understanding the Universe and Phenomena (08:25) - The Dynamic Nature of Microtubules (10:38) - The Impact of Meditation on Brain Changes (16:14) - Taking Control: Self-Brain Surgery (17:53) - Passive Conformity or Active Transformation? (19:18) - Changing Your Mind, Changing Your Life

What Can We Learn About the Meaning of Life from a Homicide Detective? Today's special guest is J. Warner Wallace, bestselling author of Cold Case Christianity and several other books, and one of America's leading cold case detectives. Jim's new book is The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life. and it's amazing. Order before May 7, 2024 and receive some great bonuses! J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline-featured homicide detective, popular national speaker, and best-selling author. Relying on over two decades of investigative experience, Wallace provides the tools needed to investigate the claims of Christianity and make a convincing case for the truth of the Christian worldview. (Official bio) From Jim's Website: CRIME STORIES, LIFE LESSONS, AND THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE!For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another for months as he attempted to solve the case. In The Truth in True Crime, Wallace explores the clues lying behind our human nature as he uncovers fifteen life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient Biblical wisdom.Explore fifteen life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient biblical wisdom."Every murder investigation teaches two lessons: a death lesson and a life lesson." For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another as he attempted to solve the case. Several of these cases remain open, unsolved mysteries. . . But even those that haven't yet revealed the identity of the killer do expose the truths of human nature: what's important to us, what threatens our well-being, and what causes us to flourish. Join Wallace as he investigates life lessons he learned as a detective, so that you can: Better understand your own identity and the identity of your Creator. Rethink the nature of death so you can live a better life. Uncover life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient biblical wisdom. Discover profound attributes of human beings that will guide you down the path of true self-discovery. Each chapter introduces you to an investigation of a death as Wallace and his partner Rick chase down leads and along the way learn guiding principles to help you thrive and flourish as a human being created in the image of God. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery (03:46) - Welcoming Back with Excitement (09:25) - Starting the Conversation with J. Warner Wallace (21:17) - Exploring Identity with Jim (25:04) - The Vulnerability of Outside-in Identity (26:28) - Embracing a Stable Identity (27:33) - Identity in Christ vs. Worldly Pride (30:14) - Overcoming Trauma (35:20) - Post-Traumatic Stress and Hope (38:02) - Impact of the Book (41:07) - Embracing the Gospel for Flourishing

It's Mind Change Monday! We're continuing to learn a new way to pray and learn to use our minds to change our brains, and help us seek the abundance and peace Jesus promised us in John 10:10! Quantum physics gives us two principles of how constantly looking at a situation can keep it stuck in that state, and the same is true in our lives. Learning to shift our viewpoint, relax, and trust God's promises can help us change our minds and begin to move forward. Today, we take another look the ABIDE practice, take it one level deeper, and learn a self-brain surgery operation that will help us become healthier, feel better, and be happier in any area of our lives. Neuroscience and faith smash together hard in this one! Remember the ABIDE prayer/meditation practice:Level I (Hearing):ApproachBreatheInviteDependExperience Level II (Self-Brain Surgery Practice):AssessBelieveIncisionDeepenExpect SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast is now live everywhere! Please consider listening and subscribing by clicking one of the links below! Spiritual Brain Surgery on AppleSpiritual Brain Surgery on SpotifySpiritual Brain Surgery on Amazon Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): 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! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Mind Change Monday Introduction (01:22) - Exploring Quantum Physics (02:51) - Self-Brain Surgery School Kickoff (11:11) - Focus in Prayer (17:05) - Moving from Contemplation to Action (19:22) - Quantum Physics Principles (27:32) - Generational Traumas and Inheritance (31:42) - Transitioning to a Relaxed Brain State

Does Your Mind Exist Outside of Your Brain? Or Are "You" Really Just A Bunch of Neurons? Join me for a fascinating conversation with author and brain imaging scientist Dr. Sharon Dirckx to answer the question. It's a great talk that's full of awe, wonder, and hope! This was the last episode of season 9, re-releasing today to get you ready for a week of learning about the mind-brain problem and its surprising solution. This week is full of hope, meaning, and purpose! Book mentioned: Am I Just My Brain? by Sharon Dirckx, Ph.D. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introducing the self-brain surgery Saturday and the big questions (04:10) - Sharon Derricks joins to discuss mind-brain conundrum and faith (08:39) - Introduction to Dr. Sharon Diericks and her background (20:17) - The Mind-Brain Debate: Neurons vs. Consciousness (22:10) - Qualia: Evidence for the Mind-Brain Distinction (22:17) - The Limitations of Physical Descriptions and Qualia (24:27) - Different Views on the Mind-Brain Relationship and Their Challenges (27:57) - The Expanding Insights into the Mind of God (30:43) - Slipping into Scientism and the Religion of Science (32:58) - God as a Thinker: Why Can We Think? (42:54) - The Power of Mind and Epigenetics (46:09) - Introduction and Book Announcement

Learning to Biopsy Our Thoughts is a Key to Healing But sometimes, we biopsy those negative thoughts, and they turn out to be true. What then? Today’s dose of hope is learning what to do when your trauma, tragedy, or other massive thing has filled your head and heart with harmful thoughts, especially when the harmful thought is based on something true. Scripture: II Corinthians 10:5 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:06) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery Saturday (04:23) - Extending Pre-Order Bonuses (05:38) - Taking Control of Negative Thoughts (09:47) - Importance of Thought Biopsies (16:23) - Dealing with True Thoughts: Sadness (19:51) - Escaping the Pit of Despair (23:27) - The Power of Scars and Stories (26:13) - Holding onto Hope: Overcoming Wounds

Is Multitasking Good For Us? Is it Even Possible?It's Frontal Lobe Friday, and today we're taking a look at the science behind multitasking, and some surprising facts that may just change your mind. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (00:09) - Frontal Lobe Friday (01:06) - The Myth of Multitasking (09:07) - Multitasking and Distractibility (12:58) - Mistakes and Harm from Multitasking (15:26) - Strategies for Dealing with Multitasking (21:38) - Spiritual Perspective on Multitasking (23:25) - Conclusion

Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things Impact Our Brains and Can Sink Our Hope Here's a one-hour talk with my friend Max Lucado about how we can re-engage our faith, get our brains unstuck, and find hope again.Full-length video available from Baker Book House here. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (00:56) - New Listeners Introduction (02:20) - Interview with Max Lucado (05:47) - Evening Event in Grand Rapids (09:04) - Opening Prayer (12:53) - Gratitude and Reflections (16:28) - Conversation on Trauma and Hope (19:01) - Finding Light in Dark Times (21:03) - Witnessing Brain Research (25:37) - Managing Thoughts and Feelings (29:42) - Thought Transplantation (32:08) - Brain Imaging Research (32:54) - Stuck in Neutral (33:07) - Moving Forward (33:32) - Finding Hope (40:14) - Hope vs. Optimism (43:01) - Purpose in Suffering (54:37) - Dealing with Guilt (57:37) - Coping with Loss (01:00:17) - New Book Announcement (01:02:03) - Closing Prayer

When did Noah build the arc? 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 ark. 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. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (00:33) - Importance of Building the Boat (01:51) - Reflecting on Building the Boat Concept (02:34) - Building the Boat: Preparation in the Heart (05:02) - Scrambling to Find Answers (08:34) - Resetting the Clocks: Starting Over (09:25) - Importance of Building Boats: Preparing for Hard and Good Times (11:34) - Being Prepared for Life's Storms (17:28) - Being Ready for Opportunities (19:06) - Taking a Mulligan: Starting Over (23:23) - Failing Differently Next Time (24:42) - Bible Study: Thing That Will Help (28:27) - Listening to Our Hearts: You Start Today Moment

We plan for almost everything, but most of us do not have a plan for what to do when life gets hard. Today, I'll give you some tools to put on your emotional crash cart to use when you face trauma, tragedy, or any massive thing.Scripture: Psalm 19Book mentioned: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (03:07) - Emergency Response in the Hospital (09:36) - Importance of Preparation for Emergencies (19:16) - Finding Truth and Hope in Scripture (23:39) - Music and Words for Emotional Emergencies (29:44) - Conclusion and Book Promotion

Tara-Leigh Cobble Changed Her Mind About GodIt's Mind-Change Monday, and today's guest is the host of The Bible Recap Podcast. Tara-Leigh Cobble helps millions of people read, understand, and love the Word of God every day. But before she could do that, she had to change her mind. This is a perfect conversation for self-brain surgeons, because you can't change your life until you change your mind, and learning to love God's word is the first step to getting that done. Check out The Bible Recap website! Tara-Leigh is also a sought-after public speaker and teacher. She also founded D-Group International, which exists to help people READ, UNDERSTAND, and LOVE the Bible, as they encounter God in a way that transforms their entire lives. Follow Tara-Leigh on Instagram to learn more!Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (03:06) - Meeting Tara Lee Cobble (16:17) - The Birth of The Bible Recap (27:22) - Building the Boat Before the Storm (31:01) - Future of The Bible Recap (34:03) - Misconceptions About Jesus (37:51) - Finding God's Character in Scripture (38:15) - Mind Change Journey (38:32) - Conclusion

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a reminder that gratitude overwhelms overwhelm. Check out this incredible post from Ann Voskamp!Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Self-Brain Surgery Saturday (00:07) - Operation Gratitude Overwhelms Overwhelm (02:03) - Finding Gratitude in Hardship (05:17) - Overcoming Overwhelm with Gratitude (08:58) - Shift in Perspective: Neuroscience and Gratitude (12:21) - Choosing Gratitude as a Compass (15:29) - Changing Your Mind to Change Your Life

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, a quick thought on the difference between viewing the world from the left side of your brain versus the right, and the better path of integrating the two. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Reunion Excitement (03:04) - The Power of Perspective (09:24) - Left Brain vs. Right Brain (11:19) - The Balance of Life (14:48) - Expanding Perspectives

It's Theology Thursday!Today, a mind transplant we can learn from the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk to help you change your mind and change your life. Learning to transplant THOUGH and YET for the thought cancers IF and WHEN, will help you have faith and joy no matter what you're going through. Part Two is six more things we can learn from Habakkuk, and it is available now on The Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction: Spiritual Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren (03:37) - Addressing Current Issues: Politics, Division, and Faith (07:31) - Understanding the Bible: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive (10:16) - Habakkuk: A Prophet's Cry to God (14:29) - Self-Brain Surgery Techniques from Habakkuk (23:34) - Choosing Joy: Lessons from Habakkuk (32:30) - Mind Transplant: From "If" to "Though" (34:26) - Hope in Action: The Path to Change

Here's a Brand-New Self-Brain Surgery Operation for You: The Mind Transplant! For Wildcard Wednesday, our most ambitious operation yet: we're going to change our minds, literally! Scripture: Psalm 37:4, Philippians 4, I Corinthians 2:16, II Corinthians 10:5, Isaiah 30:15 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Wild Card Wednesday (02:03) - Exploring Philippians Chapter Four (05:56) - Gratitude and Benefits of Following God (20:53) - Commandment of No Self-Malpractice (22:31) - Seeking the Peace of Christ (24:35) - Power of Directed Attention (26:53) - Handling Automatic Negative Thoughts (29:14) - Test of Truth, Necessity, and Compassion

What do you do when God seems far away? How do we learn to hear God? How do we pray when life hurts? These are BIG questions! It's Mind Change Monday, and today's guest is Pete Greig. Pete's official bio and links: Pete Greig is the Senior Pastor of Emmaus Rd church, and the bewildered founder of 24-7 Prayer, an international, inter-denominational movement of prayer, mission and justice operating in more than 100 countries. Pete’s books, which are available in various languages and formats, have won the following awards: + ‘Dirty Glory’ - UK Christian Book of the year + ‘How to Pray’ - short-listed for the ECPA Christian Book of the Year® Award, 2021 + ‘How to Hear God’ - Best Christian Life Book, 2022, Winner, Resources of the Year, 2023 in the Spiritual Growth category. + ‘God on Mute’ has been described as ‘a Christian classic’ by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Pete’s free, online resources include The Prayer Course - downloaded more than three million times, The Lectio Course, and Lectio365 - a daily devotional with more than 225,000 regular users. He and his wife Sammy are members of The Order of the Mustard Seed (OMS). They split their time between a barge on the River Wey near Guildford, England, and a cliff top retreat on the Isle of Wight where they host and mentor leaders from around the world. Pete is an Ambassador for the NGO Tearfund, a visiting lecturer for St Mellitus Theological College and one of the founding conveners of the Wildfires festival. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (05:56) - Scheduling Struggles (07:07) - Pre-Interview Prayer (09:50) - Discovering Pete Gregg (14:33) - The Mystery of Holy Saturday (17:26) - God's Will on Earth (18:55) - Navigating Dark Times (23:09) - Teaching How to Pray (26:04) - The PRAY Model (28:25) - Experiencing God's Presence (29:50) - Yielding in Prayer (30:41) - Prayer Life Evolution (32:26) - Deepening Prayer Practices (53:34) - Finding Hope in Grief (58:11) - Comfort in God's Presence

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!We're all taught in school that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution explains how we got here. But the truth is, modern molecular biology continues to struggle to prove even the most basic elements of that idea. Survival of the fittest is an obvious truth, but survival does not explain arrival, and since Watson and Crick gave us the molecular structure of DNA in the 1950's, the picture has become more and more bleak for the Darwinists. My guest today is Dr. Michael Behe. He is a biochemist from Lehigh University, and his incredible book is Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution. From Amazon.com: Naming Darwin's Black Box to the National Review's list of the 100 most important nonfiction works of the 20th century, George Gilder wrote that it "overthrows Darwin at the end of the 20th century in the same way that quantum theory overthrew Newton at the beginning".Discussing the book in the New Yorker in May 2005, H. Allen Orr said of Behe, "He is the most prominent of the small circle of scientists working on intelligent design, and his arguments are by far the best known." From one end of the spectrum to the other, Darwin's Black Box has established itself as the key text in the Intelligent Design movement - the one argument that must be addressed in order to determine whether Darwinian evolution is sufficient to explain life as we know it, or not. For this edition, Behe has written a major new Afterword tracing the state of the debate in the decade since it began. It is his first major new statement on the subject and will be welcomed by the thousands who wish to continue this intense debate. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Dr. Michael Behe (07:19) - Personal Reflections and Introduction to Dr. Behe (15:20) - Evolutionary Skepticism and Introduction to Darwin's Black Box (18:03) - The Complexity of Cellular Machinery (20:36) - Clarifying Different Aspects of Evolution (25:46) - The Search for Truth in Science (29:07) - The Impact of Scientific Discoveries on Worldviews (37:03) - Recognizing Intelligent Design (43:37) - The State of Evolutionary Research (48:51) - Preparing Children for Scientific Bias (53:40) - Science vs. Religious Approach (55:16) - The Philosophical Foundation of Evolution (57:06) - Arming Children with Scientific Knowledge

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, our last look at perception and perspective, a new way to look at suffering, and learning how to separate circumstance from happiness. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (00:18) - Frontal Lobe Friday Concept (02:10) - Exciting News and Engagements (03:25) - Unveiling Recent Conversations (04:24) - Interview Experiences and Insights (06:04) - Highlighting Dr. Ben Carson Interview (08:32) - Discussion on Family Importance (13:26) - Understanding Trauma Responses (16:07) - Exploring Perception and Perspective (19:16) - Making Informed Decisions (22:31) - Reflecting on Images of Jesus (25:16) - Pursuit of True Happiness (28:58) - Embracing Hope and Peace

It's Theology Thursday!Today, I'll give you a tool to help you document your self-brain surgery progress every day, which will help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life! SOAP stands for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan. Scripture: Romans 12:3, I Peter 5:7 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Introduction (01:45) - The Process of Making Rounds (03:58) - The SOAP Note Tool (09:20) - Objective Assessment (11:43) - Switching Positions - Patient to Doctor (21:03) - Making Evening Rounds (22:24) - Mental Image: Standing on the River Bank (26:56) - Value of Making Rounds (28:42) - Navigating Forward

It's Wildcard Wednesday!Today, a look at the quantum physics principle that what we observe becomes the inevitable reality of the observed thing. This idea will help you understand how trauma and tragedy (or any massive thing) can become either A THING in your life, or THE defining issue of your whole life. Choose wisely. Scripture: Isaiah 43, Hebrews 12 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (07:41) - Recognizing the Need for Change (12:30) - Applying Neuroscience and Faith (15:52) - The Relevance of Quantum Physics in Everyday Life (20:45) - Influence of Observation in Quantum Physics (24:07) - Shifting Focus from Troublesome Labels (26:22) - Embracing a Dual Reality (30:22) - Avoiding Single Reality Defining Life (33:51) - Two Truths Can Coexist (34:51) - Conclusion and Next Steps

The Opposite of Depression Is Not Just Feeling Better, It's Leaning to Live Better Dr. David Carreon is a psychiatrist and expert on helping people with depression learn not just to feel better, but to actually learn to live fulfilling lives. And what he's learned will help all of us become healthier, feel better, and be happier in our lives. Even if you're not depressed, many people are simply worn out and weary. Dr. Carreon's work will offer hope for weariness and those who long to live a life of flourishing as well. This conversation covers a lot of ground- clinical psychiatry, the perils of depression and weariness, the role of medications, the devastation and risk factors for suicide, faith, the importance of community, and much more. Dr. Carreon's Book: The Opposite of Depression: What My Work with Suicidal Patients Has Taught Me about Life, Hope, and How to Flourish by David Carreon, MD Learn more about Dr. Carreon and his work with transcranial magnetic stimulation here. Book Preview from Tyndale.comThere’s hope for greater satisfaction, purpose and joy in your life, even if circumstances have you down….Stanford-trained psychiatrist David Carreon, MD, reveals what it takes to move from nagging disappointment, dissatisfaction, or depression to a life of thriving. One of the pioneers of the use of an intense form of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in severely depressed patients, Dr. Carreon was astonished by how quickly and dramatically most of them recovered. But he also saw very clearly that just eliminating the symptoms of depression wasn't enough. To live a truly fulfilling life, his patients needed to leave old habits behind and embrace the patterns of flourishing. In The Opposite of Depression, he draws on insights from his clinical experience, the latest research, and his Christian faith to point readers to principles and practices that promote thriving in mind, body and soul. Each chapter offers practical steps readers can take to start moving in the direction of greater satisfaction, fulfillment and purpose.Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Dr. David Carrion and His Book (03:53) - Dr. David Carrion's Background and Inspiration (17:11) - Exploring Treatment Options for Depression (22:22) - Addressing the Relationship Between Faith and Depression (24:05) - Embodiment and Spirituality (33:50) - The Challenge of Diagnostic Reliability (40:24) - The Power of Focused Attention (42:42) - Finding Hope in Times of Great Suffering (44:33) - The Concept of Blessedness (46:07) - Keeping Hope Beyond Material Circumstances

It's Mind Change Monday! Here's a look at what scripture and neuroscience (and some old quantum physicists) have to say about how changing your perspective can get you unstuck and help you solve problems when you feel stuck. (From Season 9, getting you ready for a week of perspective shifts!) See transcript for scripture references. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction (01:01) - Preview of Upcoming Book Release (01:32) - Solving Problems by Changing Perspective (02:33) - Welcome to Self-Brain Surgery School (03:01) - Changing Thinking with New Procedure (03:46) - Shifting Perspective with Lawrence Bragg (10:21) - Overcoming Stuckness with Environment Change (17:02) - Analyzing Job's Fear and Dread (20:21) - Encouragement to Stir Up God's Gift (22:05) - Understanding Trauma Response (24:51) - Embracing Mind Change for Life Transformation

Further Thoughts On the Difference Between "Self-Help" and Renewing Your MindToday, the second part of a response to a reader's letter about whether it's us or God who provides to power for our ability to change our minds and change our lives. This episode will: Relieve you of the burden of thinking that it's all up to you Answer your question of, "What am I supposed to do now?" when life throws massive things at you Help you understand the difference between "Self-Help" and the transforming power of a renewed mind Scriptures mentioned: Philippians 2:13, John 6:44, 2 Peter 3:9 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we use them every day): Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Other Helpful Links: 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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:01) - Introduction to Self-Brain Surgery Saturday (03:12) - Self-Brain Surgery School Begins (03:44) - God's Work Within You (05:45) - Unpacking Philippians 2 (09:05) - The Process of Changing Your Brain (10:09) - Three Paths to Change Your Brain (12:51) - Ephesians 4: Self-Brain Surgery Chapter (16:24) - The Purpose and Pleasure of God (17:11) - The Good News: Start Today