

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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Jan 28, 2023 • 40min
Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Faith and Football
It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Join me for a talk about faith and football, strongholds, and the prisons we make out of our own minds. We’ll flex the muscles of hope, and find a way to win, even when it seems impossible!Scripture: Romans 4:18, II Corinthians 10:4-5Two famous Auburn football plays mentioned:Citadel in Bitche, France(Photo credit: click here to learn more about the Citadel)Music by Tommy Walker: The Word Will Stand(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Greek work mentioned: ochurómaochuróma: a stronghold, fortressOriginal Word: ὀχύρωμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, NeuterTransliteration: ochurómaPhonetic Spelling: (okh-oo'-ro-mah)Definition: a stronghold, fortressUsage: a fortress, strong defense, stronghold.HELPS Word-studies3794 oxýrōma (from the root oxyroō, "fortify") – a fortified, military stronghold; a strong-walled fortress (A-S), used only in 2 Cor 10:4. Here 3794/oxýrōma ("a heavily-fortified containment") is used figuratively of a false argument in which a person seeks "shelter" ("a safe place") to escape reality.From Strong’s concordance: https://biblehub.com/greek/3794.htmSelf-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 27, 2023 • 14min
Small Beginnings
Frustrated at how hard it's been to start 2023 in the way you wanted?This quiet time will help.Scripture: Zechariah 4:10Music by Patty Loveless and Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 26, 2023 • 35min
Great Works
How do you know when you're being called to something great?A conversation about the importance of getting after it, and how to define great (and small) works. Inspired by Jon Swanson and James Clear.Scripture:I John 4:1-3Hebrews 12:1-2“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” Zechariah 4:10 NLTArticle mentioned: “What Makes a Work Great?” by Jon SwansonMusic by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 25, 2023 • 29min
Wild Card Wednesday: It's Gonna Be Alright
Psalm 116 Shows Us How to Keep Our Faith During Hard TimesHere's some thoughts and prayer through Psalm 116. Plus, excepts from Dane Ortlund's beautiful devotional, In the Lord I Take Refuge! Music from Tommy Walker, Eddie Ruth Bradford, and Paul Baloche.(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 24, 2023 • 29min
Tuesdays with Tata #75: What is Our Work?
It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today we have a great talk about Jesus’s prayer FOR us in John 16 and 17. If you’ve ever wondered why you’re here, searched for your purpose, or felt uncertain about your value, this episode will help! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 23, 2023 • 25min
Mind Change Monday: Whose Shepherd?
It’s Mind Change Monday!Today, we take a look at how to change our minds by using a Bible study technique aimed at drawing as much meaning as possible from every single word in a verse. If you ever feel alone, unnoticed, unsafe, or unloved, this will help!I’m trying out a new software called Descript. Check out this video I made and tell me if you’d be likely to watch these if I made more! Leave a comment!Scripture: Psalm 23:1Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 22, 2023 • 20min
Love Tomorrow More
There are some incredible lessons to be learned from Psalm 30Here's a quiet time around the idea of letting God make joy come in the morning, by being willing to feel the sorrow tonight.The secret? Love tomorrow more. Scripture: Psalm 30Music by Matt Maher(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 20, 2023 • 1h 12min
Friday Conversations: How to Be Good, with Laura Barringer, Scot McKnight, and Lisa Warren
From the Very First Chapter, the Bible Teaches Us That God is GoodThe original language of the Bible, Hebrew, uses the word tov, which means "good." Join Lisa and me for a fascinating and important conversation with Laura Barringer and Scot McKnight, authors of the incredible book, A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes HealingHere's the book's website, where you can learn all about Laura and Scot.(Note: This conversation originally aired in June 2021. The free books have already been given away)Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 19, 2023 • 23min
Your Brain, Frogs, and Starting Today
Your Brain Has Two Competing SystemsLearning to shut off your “fight or flight” sympathetic responses when you need to engage your “rest and digest” parasympathetics is a key to a happier, better, healthier life. So what do frogs have to do with it? Listen to find out!Show notes coming soon. Music by Tommy and Eileen Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 )Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit drleewarren.substack.com/subscribe

Jan 18, 2023 • 44min
Trauma is What Happens Inside You
I Came Home From the War and Never Unpacked the "Bags" of My TraumaThat was a terrible mistake.Here's an overview of my experience with PTSD from the Iraq War, and answers to questions I received in a letter from a fellow sufferer.It’s an episode from season 1, with a new introduction. In the episode, I talk about the great work done on trauma recovery by Dr. Gabor Maté, but I’m pretty sure I called him “Gabriel” in my 3 am- coffee-deprived state!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