The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

Anxiety, Labels, and Gratitude: Highlights from last week 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 ! See Privacy P...

Here's a self-brain surgery operation you can learn to deal with anxiety in any situation. It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we develop a strategy to handle anxiety, learn resilience, and become better equipped to face whatever comes along in life. Books Mentioned: Rest and War by Ben Stuart, Hope Is the First Dose by me, and Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Article on the Greek word for an...

You Did it Again: Now What? A Strategy to Find Hope When You Blame Yourself Sometimes, we make a decision or choice today that threatens our success, happiness, family, work, or health tomorrow. Lisa and I call this the “Tomorrow Tax.” (Adapted from Season 8, Episode 10 for Throwback Thursday) This episode is in response to a listener named Julie, who asked me to prescribe an “Emergency Dose” for...

It's Tuesdays with Tata! Hard to believe, but this is episode #87 in the Tuesdays with Tata series. Today, Tata walks us through the story of Gideon in Judges 6 and 7 in the Old Testament. It's a familiar story, but it's so easy to miss some huge lessons. We talk about how Gideon believed a story about himself ("I'm the weakest member of the weakest clan of the weakest tribe in my weak country"),...

It's Mind Change Monday! Today, we have the incredible Erwin Raphael McManus on the show to talk about his new book, Mind Shift: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Think Like One . This is the best personal transformation book I've ever read, and it's perfect for Mind Change Monday! Mental toughness, mental clarity, and mental health all have one thing in common: The journey begins in your mind. In this...

I Came Home From the War and Never Unpacked the "Bags" of My Trauma That 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 c...

Robin Long is a Pilates instructor, wellness coach, author, and mother. She helps us see the different ways our mindset can keep us stuck in unhealthy or inactive lifestyles, and gives us powerful tools to break old habits, reframe our ideas around wellness, and get moving in our lives. Book mentioned: Well to the Core by Robin Long Robin's website and online community, Lindywell . Click here to a...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! What do epigenetics and childhood trauma have to do with your life now, and what can you do about it? It's time to become the CEO of your own brain! Scripture mentioned: Proverbs 23:7, II Corinthians 10:5 Book mentioned: Genie In Your Genes by Dawson Church Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book...

What Do We Do In Times of Disillusionment? When in seasons of pain or when we’ve lost things we thought we were sure of, it can feel as though we’ve been plunged into spiritual darkness. Today, a powerful talk with author and mentor, Dr. Alicia Britt Chole about how even though these times are scary and painful, the night is actually a normal part of God’s plan to help us grow. I’ve learned so muc...

Your Body is Intimately Connected to Your Brain Here's a talk about neurophysiology, faith, the ways stress affects healing, and how to pray for a new mind! Scripture: Romans 12:2, Psalm 51:10, Matthew 7:7-8, Psalm 19:13-14 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...

I’ve Discovered Four Different Ways People Respond to the Hard Things Life Brings The question is, are you going to wait to discover how you respond to your massive thing, or are you going to try to build your life so as to predict a healthier response when it happens to you? Is it up to chance, or is it your choice how you respond? This episode breaks down the four types of responses I’ve noticed...

Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things Impact Our Brains and Can Sink Our Hope Here's a one-hour talk with my friend Max Lucado about how we can re-engage our faith, get our brains unstuck, and find hope again. Full-length video available from Baker Book House here . 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...

Life Is Hard. It's Harder if You Don't Know How to Operate Your Brain. Welcome to Season 9, where we're going deeper into how our brains are designed, so that we can use them like God intender. Want to become more resilient? Healthier? Feel better? Be happier, no matter what happens? If so, then season 9 is for you. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is...

Today, a recap of the 100 Doses of Hope we covered in Season 8! Plus, a new self-brain surgery operation based on the Quaker prayer/meditation technique called “palms down/palms up,” as a sort of Trust Transplant. Book Mentioned: Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. Scripture: Psalm 71:14, Psalm 34 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First...

When Life Brings Your Massive Thing, You Only Have Two Choices This episode was inspired by a letter I received from a listener. We talk about suffering and hope, and it will help you. Scripture : Isaiah 48:10, II Corinthians 1 Books : Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston and The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Leave a comment...

It's Mind Change Monday! Today, a plan for what to do when life thrown The Massive Thing at you. Here's how to develop a plan so that you're more resilient to life's troubles, starting today. Scripture: Ephesians 4, Philippians 4:6-8, Romans 12:2 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 f...

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! 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 thinking, change your mind, and change your life! 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...

Trailer for the Dr. Lee Warren Podcast, Season 9 New season premiers September 22, 2023! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What Do Grief, Loss, Hope, and Faith Have to Do With Quantum Physics?  (Adapted from Season 1, Episode 7 for Throwback Thursday) Life is uncertain. You can observe that in the real world, and you will. But it takes a quantum view to really see what’s happening down deep. And it’s beautiful, and terrifying, and hard to understand but it explains everything. Losing my son was awful and horrifying an...

What Does God Say When We're Hurting? Join Lisa and me for a conversation with Tommy Walker and his daughter Eileen Walker about how to hear God's voice when things are hard, what worship does to help us re-center when life knocks us down, and how to live in the place where grief and joy co-exist. (Adapted from Season 5, Episode 31) Music by Tommy and Eileen Walker. Click here to play their latest...

Defined or Refined? A short talk about how to answer the question of whether suffering will define us, or refine us. Scripture: Isaiah 48:10, Romans 5:3-5 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/BibleA...

Mind Change Monday: A Thread of Hope A long talk about 9/11, the value in connecting the dots of your life, and the hope found in the long arc of a story. 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/BibleA...

When life hits you hard, sometimes you don't know what to do next. In this episode, we'll find out.  Music by Tommy Walker 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...

A short talk about recent tech problems, and a simple request for you. 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 !...

Recurring Negative Thinking Can Harm Your Life Today, some self-brain surgery tools to help you learn to be kind to yourself. Scripture: Psalm 28, Psalm 143, Psalm 139, II Samuel 12 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...