The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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