The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast

It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today’s operation is the Thought Autopsy. It’s a super-powerful technique you can use to look critically at what your were thinking about during times that were particularly good or bad, successful or not, happy or sad. Thoughts become things, and learning to go back and retrospectively dissecting our own thinking during such times is a superpower for learning how...

Are We Managing Our Lives, or Really Changing Them? Our last good decision for September is to commit to real change, instead of just managing things over and over! I see people in my office every week who are hurting, and often times I can offer them a fix for their problem. But some folks just want to manage their pain, take a pill, or do something that's quicker and less scary than having surge...

Cashing Out Paper Losses Turns Them Into Real Losses (Throwback Thursday replay!) That's tragic in investing, but it's a disaster in the rest of your life too. Here are some principles to help manage our minds and behaviors when life seems to be handing us big losses. We'll look at the psychology of investing, and apply it to the rest of our lives. And we'll see God as the God who can give us late...

Storms are going to come in life. How we prepare for them makes all the difference. When my last book came out, I did a podcast interview in which I was asked a strange question: When did Noah build the arc? The answer: Before it started raining. Look, storms happen in life. Hard times come, but when things get hard, strong people get busy. And when great opportunities come, we need to be ready. ...

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we talk about something called “high places” in the Bible. It’s a great lesson about the power of culture to draw us away from what really matters. 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

It’s Mind Change Monday! (Back tomorrow with a brand-new Tuesdays with Tata! ) Today I want to remind you that it’s okay to say no. Here’s Self-Brain Surgery Tip #10: No is not a cuss word. You need margin and space to be efficient and do the things you commit to well. It’s better to say no kindly than to say yes and then let more important things suffer. Scripture: Matthew 5:37 Music by Tommy Wal...

You Can't Trust Every Thought That Pops Into Your Head In 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...

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 th...

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...

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 Bi...

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 a...

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 Walker 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 mor...

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 Walker 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 m...

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 Baloche Scripture: Acts 17 Books mentioned: Happiness by Randy Alcorn, and Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Mus...

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up! Make a new decision about the same old mistakes, starting today! Scripture: Colossians 3:13 Music 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...

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 Baloche Scripture: Acts 17 Books mentioned: Happiness by Randy Alcorn, and Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis Sign up for my Substack letter here. (Mus...

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up! Make a new decision about the same old mistakes, starting today! Scripture: Colossians 3:13 Music 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, th...

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Today's operation is The Gratitude Graft. 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 in Christ Jesus for you. Psalm 118:24 ESV This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice an...

Welcome to the first episode of Friday Conversations! There Are Some Things We Need to Line Up This conversation with  New York Times bestselling author Philip Yancey will help you get there. 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cal...

Welcome to the first episode of Friday Conversations! There Are Some Things We Need to Line Up This conversation with New York Times bestselling author Philip Yancey will help you get there.    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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...

Decide to Use Your Words for Good Use the power of neuroscience to make the world a better place! Plus, some thoughts about how to handle dark times and help other people make it through. Scripture: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of th...

Decide to Use Your Words for Good Use the power of neuroscience to make the world a better place! Plus, some thoughts about how to handle dark times and help other people make it through. Music by Tommy Walker Scripture: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NIV The words of the reckless pierce like swords...

Psalm 116 Shows Us How to Keep Our Faith During Hard Times (Quiet Time Classic for Throwback Thursday ) Here'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 AS...

Psalm 116 Shows Us How to Keep Our Faith During Hard Times Here'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 ) This is a public epi...

Tata and I take on II Corinthians 4:7-18! (Classic episode from last November that's a perfect way to start Season 6. We'll be back with an all-new Tuesdays with Tata episode next week!) Another "Tata-ism" is, "I feel like I've been folded, stapled, spindled, and mutilated." We break that down, and more! Music by Chris Rice and Dave Brubeck (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized...