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 the First Dose ! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign u...
Nov 16, 2023•47 min•Season 9Ep. 52
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 the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, h...
Nov 15, 2023•28 min•Season 8Ep. 47
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 Change Monday episode gets into the philosophical underpinnings of modern Western thought, and two lies o...
Nov 15, 2023•39 min•Season 9Ep. 51
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 generational views of authority, and emerging social trends within the military community post-9/11. Whe...
Nov 14, 2023•46 min•Season 9Ep. 50
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 show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healin...
Nov 13, 2023•38 min•Season 9Ep. 49
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, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Dose ! Here's a free 5-day Bible ...
Nov 12, 2023•20 min•Season 8Ep. 48
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 and change your life. Learn to transplant THOUGH and YET for the thought cancers IF and WHEN, and you'l...
Nov 12, 2023•35 min•Season 8Ep. 49
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 Scripture: II Corinthians 1, 10:5 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to ac...
Nov 11, 2023•40 min•Season 9Ep. 48
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. Today, a new introduction to Positivity Bias is a Superpower (S8E54) for Throwback Thursday, as a setup ...
Nov 09, 2023•35 min•Season 9Ep. 46
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 life: amazing, radical, life-changing grace. Millions of lives have been changed by award-winning autho...
Nov 08, 2023•40 min•Season 9Ep. 45
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 start today. Join me as we go back in time to the very first episode of the You Start Today Podcast, a...
Nov 07, 2023•27 min•Season 9Ep. 44
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 depend on faith, but faith is actually the mightiest power in the universe. Book mentioned: Let Creat...
Nov 06, 2023•46 min•Season 9Ep. 43
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 While We’re Waiting Podcast This Naked Mind Podcast Science: This amazing article. Books mentioned: Dar...
Nov 05, 2023•51 min•Season 9Ep. 42
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 night! Most of the time when I can't sleep, though, it's not because of a storm outside. Usually, it's...
Nov 04, 2023•23 min•Season 8Ep. 56
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 problem. No diagnosis is more powerful than the incredible smashing together of your brain, mind, and s...
Nov 04, 2023•40 min•Season 9Ep. 41
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 my new book! Sign up for my weekly Self-Brain Surgery Newsletter here !...
Nov 03, 2023•25 min•Season 8Ep. 58
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 Wanted , available everywhere books are sold on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 ( pre-order now here ). Learn ...
Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 40
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 First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing songs! Be sure to check out my new book, Hope Is the First Do...
Nov 02, 2023•18 min•Season 8Ep. 59
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 ! Here's a free 5-day Bible study on YouVersion/BibleApp based on my new book! Sign up for my weekly Se...
Nov 02, 2023•15 min•Season 9Ep. 39
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•28 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•59 min•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 1:13 PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen! Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, heal...
Oct 31, 2023•26 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 4 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 ...
Oct 30, 2023•31 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•18 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 play...
Oct 29, 2023•28 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: T...
Oct 28, 2023•46 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•32 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 Amen Here's some great research about the effect of ...
Oct 27, 2023•31 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•40 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 New...
Oct 26, 2023•23 min•Season 8Ep. 62
