The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! The problem with trying to change our minds is that when life stresses us, it's so easy to fall back into old thinking patterns. Here's a plan to help us perform better under pressure. Scripture : II Corinthians 10:5, I Corinthians 10:13, Ephesians 5:18, Psalm 104:14-15, Proverbs 31:6-7 Book Mentioned : How to Pray by Pete Greig Support and boost your immune syste...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Understanding the diagnosis, prognosis, and prescription to apply to your thinking, and discerning the nature of a thought is the key to being able to engage your frontal lobes. This allows you to use the gift of selective attention to transform your thinking and change your life. Scripture : II Kings 6:17, Ephesians 6:10-18, Hebrews 4:12, II Timothy 1:7 Book Mentioned :...

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 : Psalm 139, Psalm 121, Psalm 29, Pslm 143 Music by Tommy Walker (Music shared on The...

Frustrated? Stuck? Feel Like God Expects You to be More Squared Away? Here are some thoughts about how God rejoices when we start today.  Music by Patty Loveless (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Scripture : Zechariah 4:10 Book Mentioned : A Great Work by Jon Swanson Support and boost your immune system with Armra!...

It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, a look at the little book of Jonah from the Old Testament, and some surprising lessons. It's not all about the "whale," but this talk with Tata has a lot for us to learn! Scripture : The book of Jonah Book Mentioned : The Prodigal Prophet by Timothy Keller Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show whereve...

It's Mind Change Monday! Cancer often starts with one cell mutation. If the body fails to detect and eliminate the mutated cell, then it can grow from that single cell into a disease that can kill us. Thoughts work the same way. In this episode, we discuss the importance of taking our thoughts captive, interpersonal neurobiology and limbic resonance, and a method for you to perform self-brain surg...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! You have an incredible gift: you can choose to think about what you think about. The question is, what will you do with that gift? In this episode, we learn the self-brain surgery of calming our minds and learning to direct the show of what happens in our thought life. You get this right, and you'll become healthier, feel better, and be happier. If you don't, you'...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we talk about how going through hard things makes us more resilient, increases character, and produces hope. Faith and neuroscience smash together hard here, and show us the path forward when life brings us pain. Scriptures: Deuteronomy 22:22, Hosea 2:15, Romans 5:3-4, Proverbs 4:26, Hebrews 12:13 Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN cod...

A New Definition of H.O.P.E. Today, we talk about two Hebrew words for hope, a great song from our Hope Is the First Dose playlist. (Computer crash this morning kept me from recording today's episode. Tomorrow we'll be back with "You Can Do Hard Things, Part 2"!) Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount! Improve your gut health, immune system...

This time of year can be hard. But hey- you can do hard things! You can! Today, we go back a bit to learn the art of looking hard at our internal stories, and tomorrow we'll have a good talk about how our brains are wired to help us do hard things, and even grow from them! Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount! Improve your gut health, imm...

It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, a great talk about agriculture, reaping what we sow, and lessons from the Old Testament book of Hosea. 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! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! You can become a paid partner of the podca...

It's Mind Change Monday! Your hippocampus is a seahorse-shaped area in the middle of your limbic system. It's involved in emotional regulation, learning new things, and determining whether something is a threat. Today, we're going to learn how to take the long path to peace, train our limbic systems to help us instead of hurt us, and feed those hungry, hungry hippocampi better stuff to help us bec...

Your facial nerve allows you to close your eyes when you need to. And so does hope.  Good morning my friend!  Today’s dose of hope is a story from my new book, Hope Is the First Dose . Click on the button above to hear the audio version. Paid subscribers can also check your email for a video version of the episode.  If you don’t like to listen, here’s a link to the PDF transcript you can read. (No...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today, a look at why it's normal and okay to feel sad sometimes, but we don't have to be stuck there. Check out the great weekly newsletter at Renovarè! 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! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever yo...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we start new, and then go back in time to the very first Frontal Lobe Friday! We have brand new episodes coming back tomorrow, but here's a new twist on my favorite part of your brain, the frontal lobe! Flashback to the first episode in a new series about how to get the different parts of your brain working in the way they're designed to take control of your thinki...

If you’re stuck, you need a plan. (Short sabbatical while updating the studio!) And the plan you need starts with hope. But my friend: what got you here won’t get you there .  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! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! C...

It's Wildcard Wednesday! Today, a quick look at three different levels of self-brain surgery to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier no matter what happens. Scripture: I Thessalonians 5:16-19 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! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE...

Two Songs, Two Books, Two Movies, and Two Thoughts for Tuesday! Here's a bunch of uplifting and helpful things for you today. Scriptures: 2 Timothy 1:6-8, Acts 17:26-28, Matthew 5:44-46 Books Mentioned: Because of Bethlehem: Love Is Born, Hope Is Here by Max Lucado and Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy Keller Movies Mentioned: The Book of John in Song Kids by Tommy Walker Ministries,...

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...

When Your Heart is Broken, You Need Brain Surgery Today, a powerful talk about how to use the thought biopsy technique to do self-brain surgery and find the path forward to hope again.  Scriptures Mentioned: Isaiah 26:3, Psalm 51:10, Psalm 19:14, Psalm 139:23, Proverbs 3:5, Proverbs 17:27, Philippians 4:6-8, Lamentations 3, John 10:10, John 16:33, Colossians 3:15, Psalm 71:14 Support and boost you...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! 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. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount! Improve your...

Granger Smith is a country music star, bestselling author, and bereaved father. We had an incredible Friday Conversation about the massive trauma of losing a child, and how those major losses can wreck our lives. His story is one of hitting rock bottom, learning to surrender, and finding his faith and the path forward to hope again. Granger's story is told beautifully in his new book, Like a River...

It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States Lisa, Tata, and I pray that you’re safe and happy, and surrounded by people you love today. We pray you're well and surrounded by those you love, but also remember that some people are hurting when it’s holiday season. Here are some thoughts on weeping with those who weep, on gratitude, and some worship music for Thanksgiving! Music by Matt Redman , Shane...

Hope and Help for Families in These Stressful Times! Join me for a great talk with author Kayla Craig about how to build a life that helps ground your kids in their faith, cement them together as a family centered on Jesus, and build them into people who can withstand the pressures of today's hectic life. About Kayla's new book, Every Season Sacred , from Tyndale: What does it look like to live a...

It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, a look at Exodus 32, and a talk about how Moses changed his mind! 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! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing so...