The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

How do we glorify God and help others when we're exhausted and our lives seem impossibly busy? Today we have a great conversation with writer and editor Drew Dyck about how just showing up is sometimes the most important thing we can do. This powerful talk will encourage you and change your mind about calling and purpose.  Book : Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Gu...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today's operation is The Gratitude Graft. (Originally released in 2022, re-released today in preparation for Thanksgiving, with transcript!) Learning how to be grateful in any situation is a neuroscience superpower that will increase resilience, hope, and happiness. Scriptures: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESV Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! A look at how bringing mindfulness into your breathing can get your frontal lobes under control, to help you retake the high mental ground when life throws hard things at you. This is a superpower to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier! Book Mentioned: Every Season Sacred by Kayla Craig Scripture: Hebrews12:1, Isaiah 43:18-19, Isaiah 14:16 Support and b...

No matter where you find yourself, or what you're going through, God will be there for you if you ask him to. A quiet time about God’s sovereignty, and how we can trust in it no matter what.  Scriptures shared today: Psalm 281 To you, LORD, I call;    you are my Rock,    do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent,    I will be like those who go down to the pit. Psalm 139:7-87 Can I go...

It's Theology Thursday. Today, a look at happiness, joy, and contentment. Books Mentioned: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott and Happiness by Randy Alcorn 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 songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is...

Learning the Discipline of Waiting is a Powerful Self-Brain Surgery Tool If you can't say no to something you want today so that you can have something you need tomorrow, you can never be free. Here's some thoughts on delayed gratification, as one of the super powers in our quest for infinite happiness. Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to...

Our current society has a big worldview problem. Today for Wildcard Wednesday, We Talk About Worldview Today, 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 Chang...

On Veterans Day, I had a great talk with Corie Weathers about the challenges our veterans, their families, and our active duty military members are facing as we transition from two decades of war. Based on more than 15 years of research, Military Culture Shift offers insights from the counseling office as well as perspectives on the effect of Department of Defense budget decisions, changes in gene...

It's Mind Change Monday! Today, a look at the gut microbiome and it's role in immune and brain health. And, the first in a series of weekly segments, Three Things I Learned from Three Books I Love ! Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique! Books Mentioned: Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop and The Mind-Gut Connection by Emeran Mayer PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the s...

Today’s operation is a little switch between worrying and preparing, and then getting after it. A few thoughts on golf, football, and self-brain surgery will help us stop worrying and start preparing to take action when it’s time! Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34, I Corinthians 9:24-26 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful,...

If you're stressed about anything, take heart! Good morning my friend! I hope you’re well. We had an amazing book signing event yesterday at Bible Supplies here in North Platt. Craig, Nancy, and Alyssa are so wonderful, and we’re grateful to have had a chance to meet so many readers and new friends.  Today I've got six lessons from the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk to help you change your mind an...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today, a look at the question of whether "changing our minds" is just another self-help gimmick, or if it's really possible to change our lives by changing how we think. This one gets deep into neurobiology and biochemistry, with some surprising answers! Book mentioned: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention by Dawson Church...

Training Your Brain to Look for the Bright Side Takes Work But it's the secret to becoming healthier, feeling better, and being happier. People who learn to look at every situation and look for some hope or possibility have incredible resilience, better neurochemistry, and are more effective and successful in every measurable way. Here's a talk about why it matters, and how you can get there. Toda...

Join me for another incredible conversation with New York Times Bestselling author, Philip Yancey! We had a great talk about his book What's So Amazing About Grace? , which is now available in a revised and updated 25th anniversary edition. From Amazon: OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD! It's the most powerful force in the universe, our only hope for love and forgiveness, and a foretaste of eternal lif...

Sometimes, God puts something on your heart, and you know: It's time to start. What do you do then? Real life change is hard, scary, and often seems impossible. There's so much inertia in staying put, because even if where you are isn't great, at least you know it and understand it. But sometimes, your mind and your heart just know , and you can't stay still any longer. That's when it's time to st...

It's Mind Change Monday! Today, we have a special guest! Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an Atheist―until science changed his mind. Once of the opinion that people of faith are weak, small-minded folks who just don’t understand science, Dr. Guillen ultimately concluded that not only does science itself d...

Do You Feel Stuck?  Here's a look at the brain imaging, neuroscience, and scripture around the ways in which major loss can make us feel stuck. Here’s the science, and what to do about it! (Updated with new material from Season 8, Episode 55, All In for Getting Unstuck ) This episode has a video and video transcript available! Click here to watch.  Scripture: Lamentations 3 Jesus Calling Podcast W...

What to Do When Your Brain Won't Let You Sleep One night last year, there was a terrible storm, and I couldn't sleep. After hours of tossing and turning, I remembered a song from Matt Redman called Songs in the Night . One of the lines is, "So when I am in the storm, Lord the storm is not in me." Then I remembered Psalm 77 , in which Asaph handles anxiety and insomnia by singing... songs in the ni...

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 pro...

To Go All-In, We Need Friends To Come Alongside Us A short talk about the power of real friends.  Book mentioned: The Prophet by Khalil Gibran 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...

John Burke Has Interviewed Over 1,500 People After Their Near-Death Experiences Today for Frontal Lobe Friday, we learn from New York Times Bestselling author and pastor John Burke what these events can teach us about God. This is one of my all-time favorite Friday Conversations.  John's new book is Imagine the God of Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Revelation, and the Love You’ve Always Wan...

Doubt isn't your enemy. You just have to change your mind about it.  Self-brain surgery tip #8: Doubt is not a symptom of faithlessness. It says, “I don’t know,” & is a fork in the road. Fear says, “No.” Faith says, “Yes.” Doubt isn’t weakness; it’s an opportunity to trust in the Yes. Scripture: Romans 4:18 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the...

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up! Quiet time around mistakes for Throwback Thursday (Adapted from Season 6, Episode 6) Scripture: Colossians 3:13 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Please subscribe to our YouTube channel! 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 ! H...

It’s New Thing November! It’s a new month, and God wants to do new things in your life. But sometimes, it feels like he’s fallen silent, like he’s not answering our prayers or coming through for us.  Why? Today’s podcast looks into how we can’t expect God to do new things if we refuse to change old things that are holding us back.  Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19, Hebrews 12:1-2 Book mentioned: God on...

It’s New Thing November! Today, we look at three ideas from neuroscience and three ideas from scripture about how to finally cast off everything that's holding us back and accomplish real life change. If you're ready to become healthier, feel better, and be happier, this is your podcast.  Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19, Hebrews 12:1-2, Psalm 37, Isaiah 61, Luke 4 Music by Matthew West and Eileen &...