

The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast
Dr. Lee Warren
Neurosurgeon and award-winning author Dr. W. Lee Warren, MD delivers weekly prescriptions from neuroscience, faith, and common sense on how to lead a healthier, better, happier life. You can’t change your life until you change your mind, and Dr. Warren will teach you the art of self-brain surgery™ to get it done. His latest book, Hope Is the First Dose, is available everywhere books are sold.
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Sep 2, 2023 • 50min
Susie Larson: How to Be Fully Alive
Our physical bodies are intimately linked to our mental and spiritual health.Join me for another incredible talk about how to come fully alive with author, speaker, and radio host Susie Larson! She’ll help you understand the complex interplay and connections between your emotional, spiritual, and physical health.This is one of the best conversations I’ve ever been a part of, and I’m excited to share another dose of hope from one of the best Christian writers alive, Susie Larson!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
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Sep 1, 2023 • 29min
Take Charge of Your Own Brain
It’s Time to Take ChargeIt’s September 1, and it’s time to take command of the incredible ability we all have to change our own minds. Today, we talk about self-directed neuroplasticity, what we can learn from Augustine of Hippo, and how to be a good self-brain surgeon.Things to remember in September:
What got me here won’t get me there
I’d rather be the first domino than the last one
What I am actually doing is what I am getting better at
I will either take charge of shaping my brain, or it will be shaped for me be circumstances, emotions, or other people
Scripture: Psalm 37Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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Aug 31, 2023 • 30min
Radical Mind Shift
It’s Time to Radically Examine Our WorldviewDo you know where your worldview came from, and who influenced it the most? Was it “caught,” or “taught?” Is it Biblically based, influenced by Augustine or Freud or culture?It’s time to radically examine how we think, how we live, and to decide whether it’s working for us or not. And if we want to change our lives, we have to change our minds first. That’s what we’re doing in September.Scripture: Psalm 37:4Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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Aug 30, 2023 • 15min
Small Beginnings
It's Time to Pick Up the Hammer and Get After It!All-In August is almost over, and it's go time. Here are some thoughts about how God rejoices when we start today. Scripture: Zechariah 4:10Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistMusic by Patty Loveless(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )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!
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Aug 29, 2023 • 30min
The Type of Relationship We Need (Tuesdays with Tata #88)
It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today, Tata takes us through the arrival of three visitors at Abraham’s house in Genesis 18. It’s a great talk about the kind of relationship we should all seek with God.Tata points out that Abraham was so close to God that he:
Immediately recognized him
Immediately was hospitable and welcoming to the presence of God in his life
Comfortable telling God what he was worried about, how he felt, and what he needed
Sought God’s help and protection for others
Trusted God’s good, gentle, and humble character to do what was right.
Book mentioned: Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund.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!
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Aug 28, 2023 • 13min
Same Old Mistakes
If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up!Quiet time around mistakes.Colossians 3:13PLEASE 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 Unspoken (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )
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Aug 28, 2023 • 13min
Mind Change Monday: The 10 Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery
It’s Mind Change Monday!Today, a quick run through the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery.If you want to change your life, you have to change your mind first, and these ten ideas will help you get it done.Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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Aug 27, 2023 • 27min
All In: Feelings vs. Faith
Today, we talk about the difference between feelings and faith. Scripture: Proverbs 3:4-5, James 1:6Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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Aug 26, 2023 • 40min
Everyday Hope: Hayden Vroegop
An Inspiring Story of Overcoming Moral InjuryThe Covid pandemic of 2020 caused all of us problems, and cost many people their lives. We are still counting the costs as a society, and there are innumerable questions about the different ways the disease AND our individual and governmental responses to it that may never be fully answered.But one thing is certain: healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, medics, chaplains, and many others) paid a high price, often with their personal safety and emotional health on the line as well.Today on Everyday Hope I’m joined by an incredible young man whose career as a critical care nurse in Indiana was just getting started in 2020, when he found himself thrust into the heart of a global pandemic. The ways in which it affected his emotional and spiritual health, and how he found his way back to hope and faith again are inspiring, and will help you when you face your Massive Thing.Meet Hayden Vroegop, a flight and critical care nurse, who has lived a great example of implementing the treatment plan of self-brain surgery when life gets hard.Click the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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Aug 25, 2023 • 52min
Theology and Self-Brain Surgery
Today, we’re talking about how getting your theology right is the key to changing your mind and changing your life.Scripture: Isaiah 55:11, Galatians 5Books mentioned:The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. TozerAnother Gospel? by Alisa ChildersLive Your Truth and Other Lies by Alisa ChildersThe Jesus I Never Knew by Philip YanceyWhat’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip YanceyHelp is Here by Max LucadoClick the link below to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs!Hope PlaylistBe 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!
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