The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

It's Theology Thursday!BRAND NEW EPISODE DROPS TOMORROW, January 26, 2024!Here's a look at what scripture and neuroscience have to say about the reason you're able to change your mind about the traumas, tragedies, and massive things of your life.See transcript for scripture references. (We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here! (00:02) - Exploring the Orbital Frontal Cortex for Spiritual Practice (01:12) - Preparing for Trauma and Tragedy with a Treatment Plan (02:34) - Self-Brain Surgery School: Changing Your Mind for Real Hope (03:06) - The Role of God in Personal Transformation (04:09) - Statement of Faith: Glorifying God and Enjoying Him Forever (06:15) - The Effectiveness of Self-Help Industry without Spiritual Context (07:27) - The Middle Road: Deeper Understanding of Brain and Mental Health (09:12) - Magic Precedes Science: Understanding Phenomena and the Why (11:02) - Understanding the How vs. the Why: Replicating Phenomena (12:26) - General Grace: God's Provision for All, Regardless of Beliefs (15:25) - The importance of seeking God and finding Him in life (19:17) - The significance of rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks to God (22:20) - Living differently from the Gentiles (24:19) - Neuroscience and the secret to becoming infinitely happier (25:19) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" Treatment Plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 ComerFaithfully Different by Natasha CrainLive Your Truth and Other Lies by Alisa ChildersThe Daniel Dilemma by Chris HodgesMusic by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction to the importance of worldview and its impact on life (03:31) - The danger of allowing a secular worldview to influence thinking (07:35) - The Power of Changing Your Mind and Finding Hope (15:34) - Redefining Happiness: Jesus' Definition vs. the World's Definition (18:49) - The Shift from Authority to Authenticity: Influence of Freud (25:20) - Freud's Influence on Modern Culture (28:09) - Pursuing Desires Doesn't Lead to Happiness (36:39) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today, 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 2:10Music: Tim Hughes(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Let There Be Light - Introduction and Background (01:44) - Reflections on the Impact of Tuesdays with Tata (09:37) - Choosing hope in the face of grief and pain. (12:07) - Holding on to God's promises for life and godliness. (13:18) - Finding comfort in Scripture's promises during hard times. (15:47) - Fiat Lux: Let there be light, Jesus is the light. (17:24) - Believing in Jesus as the Son of God and finding light. (19:03) - Understanding God's nature and asking Him for understanding (27:09) - Introduction and Book Promotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Mind-Change Monday!And today is also DEFAULT MODE MONDAY!Your brain uses the same amount of energy at rest as it does when you're actively thinking about or engaged in a task. We're going to look at the task-positive network and the default mode network today, and learn how to improve our brain's baseline behavior so we can become healthier, feel better, and be happier.Plus: an incredible email from a listener, a new book from Susie Larson, and more!Scriptures: 2 Timothy 1:6-8, Acts 17:26-28, Matthew 5:44-46Books Mentioned: Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy by Dawson Church, Waking Up to the Goodness of God: 40 Days Toward Healing and Wholeness by Susie Larson, Am I Just My Brain? by Sharon Dirckx, Switch On Your Brain by Caroline Leaf(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:10) - Mind Change Monday: Understanding Your Default Mode Network (01:58) - Self-Brain Surgery School: Transforming Minds for a Better Life (02:10) - Kathleen's Email: Embracing Happiness and God's Mercy (04:04) - Maintaining Resilience and Being a Light for Others (10:20) - Retraining Your Brain to Notice God's Goodness (12:43) - Default Mode Network: The Power of Connection and Resilience (19:41) - The Default Mode Network and Autopilot Brain Activity (23:05) - The Default Mode Network: Past, Future, and Emotion (28:59) - The Brain's Protective Mechanism and God's Love (31:19) - The Spirit God Has Given Us: Power, Love, and a Sound Mind (33:31) - Understanding Our Calling and Purpose in Life (35:45) - Capturing Thoughts and Enhancing Brain Function and Health (37:58) - Finding Hope through Memory and Movement (43:18) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a talk about whether we're stuck with our feelings, diagnoses, or past traumas, or not. Am I just a skin sack of neurons? Or I am I fearfully and wonderfully made? What if we actually have a tremendous amount of control over these things? The good news is, we do! How we think changes how we live, even if we've been through TBI, TMT, or any other type of problem. No diagnosis is more powerful than the incredible smashing together of your brain, mind, and spirit. Why? Because you have a Great Physician, my friend.Scripture: II Timothy 1:7Book mentioned: Am I Just My Brain? by Sharon Dirckx(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction to Season 10 and Spiritual Brain Surgery (05:11) - Stephanie's Struggle with Depression and Brain Injury (07:05) - The Influence of Brain Injury on Thought Life (11:08) - God's Spirit of a Sound Mind vs. Neuronal Determinism (13:51) - Introducing the concept of discussing books on the podcast (16:05) - Challenging the belief of genetic determinism (22:33) - The implications of being just a sack of neurons (24:30) - Depicting cognitive neuroscience in children's entertainment (31:21) - The Importance of Seeking Professional Help (34:41) - Taking Control of Your Mental Health (40:10) - Hope is the First Dose: Recovering from Trauma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, response to some listener questions, and a look at what separates cognitive behavioral therapy from self-brain surgery.Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, II Corinthians 10:5(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Frontal Lobe Friday: Self-Brain Surgery and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (02:34) - Understanding the Difference: Self-Brain Surgery vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (05:21) - Addressing PTSD in Law Enforcement and Listener Questions (06:49) - Introduction and differentiation between therapy and self-brain surgery (08:15) - Importance of seeking professional help and limitations of podcast assistance (16:37) - The Power of Tools and Internal Physician (19:00) - Connecting with Others and Rewiring Our Thoughts (25:45) - The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (27:08) - Stop Making an Operation Out of Everything (28:42) - Tools for Life's Difficulties: Mental First Aid (29:39) - Introduction and Book Advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we ruminate on old losses and other massive things, it literally changes our brains and our bodies.Today, I'll give the science behind how psychosomatic illnesses work, and some compassionate self-brain surgery tools to change guilt into healthy, healing grief.Podcast Mentioned: While We're Waiting from Jill and Brad SullivanScripture: II Corinthians 10:5Book mentioned: The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here! (00:02) - Introduction to the episode and its importance (03:13) - Announcement about changes to the paid subscriber program (06:23) - Introduction and Upcoming Surgery (07:38) - Heartbreaking Story of a Child's Death from Meningitis (08:55) - Providing Tools for Coping with Grief (14:14) - The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery and Grief (16:17) - Counterfactual Thinking and its Impact on Grief Recovery (19:23) - The Habit of Counterfactual Thinking and Guilt (23:09) - The Compassion of Living in the Present (28:20) - Introduction and Book Advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Power Do Labels Have to Change Reality?It's Wild Card Wednesday, and today we look at labels, our true identity, and the power of changing our minds. Books mentioned: Redefined by Arden Bevere, The Deepest Place by Curt ThompsonScriptures mentioned: Daniel 1, John 6:37, II Corinthians 5:17. II Peter 2:9, Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 2:20(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) (00:02) - Introduction and the Power of Labels (03:19) - Storytime: The Problem with Labels and their Lack of Power (07:07) - The Inherent Limitation of Labels in Defining Reality (08:54) - Labels and the Power of Thought (11:04) - Arden Bevere's Book on Redefining Labels (18:06) - The Power of Labels and Mislabeling in Life (20:23) - God's Name for You: Beyond Inherited Labels (27:10) - Daniel and the Power of Self-Identity (29:35) - Neuroscience and the Power to Change Our DNA (39:41) - Introduction and Book Promotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Difference Between "Self-Help" and Renewing Your Mind Makes ALL the Difference!Today, 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(We are on a 2-week sabbatical to prepare for Season 10. This episode will help you get ready!)Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose!Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book!Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here!Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) (00:03) - Introduction and the Power of Changing Your Mind (01:19) - The Importance of Changing Your Mind First (02:24) - Fond Memories of Parents' Faith and Influence (04:12) - The Power of Self-Improvement and Science (08:11) - Significantly Happier with or without a Spiritual Context (11:18) - The Importance of Seeking Help and Learning to Live Again (12:21) - Self-Brain Surgery: Changing Your Thinking for Recovery (14:27) - God's Work in You: Finding Purpose and Meaning (20:45) - Needing More Than Just Hacks for Happiness (21:50) - Transformation Starts with Opening Your Heart and Mind (22:57) - Ready for the Operation to Change Your Mind and Life (23:14) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the concept of being stuck and finding hope in adversity. Understand the importance of directed mental energy for progress. Learn about mentally preparing for tasks and trusting in God's promises. Find hope in challenging circumstances by aligning actions with eternal rewards.