It's Theology Thursday! Today we ask one question: What does Jesus's command in Luke 18:1 to, "Always pray, and never give up," have to do with Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and a paper on prayer published in the British Medical Journal about the efficacy of prayer? Listen to find out! Scripture: Luke 18, Hebrews 13:8 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 t...
Oct 26, 2023•26 min•Season 9Ep. 33
When the Storm Hits, Does it Knock You Down? This is a great look at the internal structures that predict success or failure when life brings us defeat, great triumph, or the thing we thought we wanted. What happens next depends on how you’ve built yourself on the inside. Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27 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 ...
Oct 25, 2023•38 min•Season 8Ep. 60
It's Wildcard Wednesday! Today, a word study ("Limen," "Liminal," "Liminality") and a decision to learn to slow down enough, even in the midst of your massive thing/trauma/tragedy, to taste the hope that's always there. This is a good one! 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 ...
Oct 25, 2023•31 min•Season 9Ep. 32
It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, some spiritual brain surgery. We take a look at a curious passage in I Peter 4, and Tata shows us how to find the hope in it. Life is hard. Imagine how much harder it would be if we did not have our hope in Jesus! 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 ...
Oct 24, 2023•32 min•Season 9Ep. 31
Today is Mind-Change Monday, and we’re taking a look at why you need a treatment plan in place for when life hurts. Music by JJ Heller 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 ! (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren ...
Oct 23, 2023•25 min•Season 9Ep. 30
The secret to resilience when The Massive Thing Happens is having a solid base of pre-hab in your heart. Today, I give you four Insight Spots from MyBridge Radio , our favorite place for 24/7 encouragement. MyBridge is a great place for YOU to find hope! Plus, music from my friend 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 f...
Oct 22, 2023•18 min•Season 9Ep. 29
It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, response to some listener questions, and a look at what separates cognitive behavioral therapy from self-brain surgery. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, II Corinthians 10:5 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/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-...
Oct 20, 2023•29 min•Season 9Ep. 27
When we ruminate on old losses and other massive things, it literally changes our brains and our bodies. Today, I'll give the science behind how psychosomatic illnesses work, and some compassionate self-brain surgery tools to change guilt into healthy, healing grief. Podcast Mentioned: While We're Waiting from Jill and Brad Sullivan Scripture: II Corinthians 10:5 Book mentioned: The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the...
Oct 19, 2023•26 min•Season 9Ep. 26
We plan for almost everything, but most of us do not have a plan for what to do when life gets hard. Today, I'll give you some tools to put on your emotional crash cart to use when you face trauma, tragedy, or any massive thing. Scripture: Psalm 19 Book mentioned: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss 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 ! H...
Oct 18, 2023•32 min•Season 9Ep. 25
It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today, a look at the book of Job, and Tata's lessons on how to suffer well. Scripture: Job 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 ! (00:02) - Introduction and Announcement (02:06) - Explo...
Oct 17, 2023•34 min•Season 9Ep. 24
It's Mind Change Monday! Today, we look at the stories we tell ourselves, and learn the value of switching from writer to editor to make real changes in our lives. Plus, a lesson on the powerful part of your brain called the cingulate gyrus, and how it can help or hurt your life. Book Mentioned: The Deepest Place by Curt Thompson Scripture mentioned: Titus 3:4-6, John 1: 1-5 Podcast mentioned: The Huberman Lab Podcast Click here to watch my interview on The 700 Club from last week. PLEASE SUBSCR...
Oct 16, 2023•40 min•Season 9Ep. 23
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Every week, we'll learn a specific neuroscience operation you can master to change your mind and change your life. Today, we learn the basics, and we start with Self-brain surgery tip #19: “There is almost nothing outside you that will help in any kind of lasting way, unless you are waiting for a donor organ.” - Anne Lamott in her book Almost Everything Real help comes from within, from the Spirit inside us! See John 14:26-27 Learning how your brain works helps ...
Oct 14, 2023•38 min•Season 9Ep. 22
Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All Trauma Today for Frontal Lobe Friday, a reminder that you’re not always in a fight. If you’re so tired of being so tired, this will help. (Based on Season 8, Episode 45) Scripture: Jeremiah 6:16, Isaiah 43:19, I John 3:8, John 10:10 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 ...
Oct 13, 2023•38 min•Season 9Ep. 21
What Happens When You Can’t Seem to Solve a Problem? Today, we talk about physical chemistry , downstream goals, unsolvable problems, and the hope that comes from having a God who can handle those things for us! (Adapted from Season 8, Episode 24 for Throwback Thursday) Article by Charles Swindoll 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...
Oct 12, 2023•41 min•Season 9Ep. 20
It's Tuesdays with Tata! Today we talk about how we always want God to show up in a powerful, dramatic way. But a close look at scripture shows that's not how it usually happens. If you're reeling from trauma or tragedy, or some other massive thing, here's a lesson from Tata about how God tends to come alongside you when you're hurting. 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...
Oct 10, 2023•39 min•Season 9Ep. 18
It's Mind Change Monday! Today we learn about the incredible system of immediate early genes that control when or whether thousands of the genes in your body are turned on or off each second. This system is part of why no two people are alike, but it ALSO gives us great hope for real life change. 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 ...
Oct 09, 2023•18 min•Season 9Ep. 17
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 !...
Oct 09, 2023•17 min•Season 9Ep. 16
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 anxiety by Abarim Publications Scriptures mentioned: Isaiah 30:18, Philippians 4 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to t...
Oct 06, 2023•42 min•Season 9Ep. 14
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 when we find ourselves paying that Tomorrow Tax again. Listen to hear the four steps to take if you ...
Oct 05, 2023•35 min•Season 9Ep. 13
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"), but that God had a very different belief about Gideon. We'll see how Gideon had to go all-in to beli...
Oct 03, 2023•45 min•Season 9Ep. 11
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 radical guide, the award-winning author of The Last Arrow illuminates a surprising path toward perso...
Oct 02, 2023•46 min•Season 9Ep. 10
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 called him “Gabriel” in my 3 am- coffee-deprived state! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you lis...
Oct 01, 2023•44 min•Season 9Ep. 9
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 access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new boo...
Sep 30, 2023•46 min•Season 9Ep. 8
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, Hope Is the First Dose ! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new bo...
Sep 29, 2023•29 min•Season 9Ep. 7
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 much from Dr. Chole, and I’m grateful to have her spend this time with us today. You’ll be blessed and ...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 6
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 the First Dose ! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign u...
Sep 27, 2023•21 min•Season 9Ep. 5
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 after “The Massive Thing” or TMT happens. It doesn’t have to be chance for you, friend. But you can...
Sep 26, 2023•31 min•Season 9Ep. 4
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 First Dose ! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up f...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 2
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 the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the Fi...
Sep 23, 2023•31 min•Season 9Ep. 1
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 Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose !...
Sep 22, 2023•32 min•Season 8Ep. 100
