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 Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer by Pete Greig Great article by Lisa Appelo on gratitud...
Nov 01, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 53
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 & Tommy Walker (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 a...
Nov 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 38
It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, a great talk about the importance of getting your mind ready for whatever comes along. Does life jump up and knock you out? Or do you have a plan in place for how you're going to use your mind to handle anything that happens? Tata takes us through I Peter and other scriptures to show us how to keep our minds ready!Key Scripture: I Peter 1:13PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing...
Oct 31, 2023•27 min•Season 9Ep. 37
It's Mind Change Monday!Today, a look at how suffering turns out to be good for our brains, and is instrumental to the formation of a hopeful person. Scripture: Romans 5:3-5, II Corinthians 10:5, Romans 12:2, Ephesians 4PLEASE 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...
Oct 30, 2023•32 min•Season 9Ep. 36
There are some incredible lessons to be learned from Psalm 30 (Replay with new transcript available) Here's a quiet time around the idea of letting God make joy come in the morning, by being willing to feel the sorrow tonight. The secret? Love tomorrow more. Scripture: Psalm 30 Music by Matt Maher (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is t...
Oct 29, 2023•19 min•Season 8Ep. 50
It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Today, we talk about a curious passage from Zechariah 8:20-23, and what it means to be the light of the world! Plus, a new Tata-ism, fiat lux (“Let there be light”)! Scriptures: Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 5:13-16, John 1:1-5, Titus 2:10 Music: Tim Hughes (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playl...
Oct 29, 2023•29 min•Season 7Ep. 51
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, an incredible talk with Greg Pruett, author and president of Pioneer Bible Translators, about how to hear God. Greg's book, Extraordinary Hearing, will change your life and your relationship with God. I can't think of anything more important on Self-Brain Surgery Saturday than learning to change our minds about how God communicates with us. Click here for more information about Pioneer Bible translators! Key Scripture: Isaiah 30:15, I Peter 1:13(Note: This...
Oct 28, 2023•47 min•Season 9Ep. 35
It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! “Pain is inevitable. But suffering is optional” Haruki Murakami Today, a very personal talk about how to reframe our thinking about long-held narratives, God’s answer to our prayers, and the difference between pain and suffering. “After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord’s Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips. “ Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for ...
Oct 27, 2023•33 min•Season 7Ep. 21
It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we look at the incredible design and function of your prefrontal cortex, and how God uses it to help you find your way even in the hardest moments of your life. A talk about why it's so important to protect your brain, avoid things that harm it, and stay alert so you can let your brain work the way it's meant to so you can become healthier, feel better, and be happier!Book Mentioned: You, Happier by Dr. Daniel AmenHere's some great research about the effect of al...
Oct 27, 2023•32 min•Season 9Ep. 34
Laura Barringer is a Teacher, Writer, and TMT Survivor We had a wonderful talk about what to do in the acute phase of your massive thing (TMT), what to do when you’re stuck, and how God is faithful in all of it. You can pre-order Laura’s new book, Pivot: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture, by clicking the button below. Laura’s first book, A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing was one ...
Oct 26, 2023•41 min•Season 8Ep. 61
It's Day #13 of All-In August, but it's Always Day One! A few thoughts on how to start every day, finding a path forward, and learning to find the light again. Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 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 News...
Oct 26, 2023•24 min•Season 8Ep. 62
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 13:8PLEASE 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...
Oct 26, 2023•27 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 7:24-27PLEASE 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 25, 2023•39 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 ne...
Oct 25, 2023•32 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 on ...
Oct 24, 2023•33 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 HellerPLEASE 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 Pod...
Oct 23, 2023•26 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 free 5...
Oct 22, 2023•19 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 10:5PLEASE 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-Bra...
Oct 20, 2023•30 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 10:5Book mentioned: The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'ConnorPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hop...
Oct 19, 2023•27 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 19Book mentioned: Never Split the Difference by Chris VossPLEASE 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'...
Oct 18, 2023•33 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: JobPLEASE 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) - Exploring...
Oct 17, 2023•35 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 ThompsonScripture mentioned: Titus 3:4-6, John 1: 1-5Podcast mentioned: The Huberman Lab PodcastClick here to watch my interview on The 700 Club from last week.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE t...
Oct 16, 2023•41 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•39 min•Season 9Ep. 22
Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All TraumaToday 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 5-...
Oct 13, 2023•39 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 SwindollPLEASE 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 fre...
Oct 12, 2023•42 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•40 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 fre...
Oct 09, 2023•19 min•Season 9Ep. 17
Anxiety, Labels, and Gratitude: Highlights from last weekPLEASE 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 09, 2023•18 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 VossArticle on the Greek word for anxiety by Abarim PublicationsScriptures mentioned: Isaiah 30:18, Philippians 4PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the ...
Oct 06, 2023•43 min•Season 9Ep. 14
You Did it Again: Now What? A Strategy to Find Hope When You Blame YourselfSometimes, 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 fi...
Oct 05, 2023•36 min•Season 9Ep. 13
