An Episode About Anxious Thoughts: It's Default Mode Monday! Today, some compelling research about the connection between the default mode network (DMN) and the Central Executive Network (CEN). We'll learn how thinking more about God trains your brain to ruminate less about past traumas and possible future troubles, and to connect with the present and others more effectively. This, my friend, is how you can become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life. Book Mentioned for Memorial D...
May 27, 2024•32 min•Season 10Ep. 75
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! (This is a carefully-selected re-release of an episode that will get you ready for next week’s focus on the #1 secret to changing your mind and your life. Even if you’ve heard it before, please check it out and be ready for Mind-Change Monday!) Today, we learn a little operation that will help us escape the inner "Me Show" we all hear in our heads, stop worrying about the suffering of the past or potential problems in the future, and to capture our thoughts so w...
May 25, 2024•30 min
Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All Trauma(Classic Episode as I'm on a short sabbatical) 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 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have...
May 24, 2024•39 min
If You Keep Trying, It Will Eventually Click For Theology Thursday today, we're going to talk about how to master your mind, overcome negative thinking, structurally improve your brain, and the process of overcoming shame and doubt. When it all clicks, you'll realize that you've become a master self-brain surgeon, but it didn't happen overnight. This episode is dedicated to my professor and friend, Dr. Takanori Fukushima (1942-2024). Guiding Principle: What you're doing you're getting better at ...
May 23, 2024•46 min•Season 10Ep. 74
It's Wildcard Wednesday!(Still on sabbatical, so here's a classic episode for you, originally a Self-Brain Surgery Saturday operation!) 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 hel...
May 22, 2024•39 min
It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Since we've been talking about light lately, here's a classic Tuesdays with Tata episode in which 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 ) Leave a voic...
May 21, 2024•29 min
A Super Weird and Hopeful Episode About Light (Mind-Change Monday) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Visit one of our affiliate partners and consider using their products (we u...
May 20, 2024•33 min•Season 10Ep. 73
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Here's a look at four approaches to using self-brain surgery to help us become healthier, feel better, and be happier in our lives. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more co...
May 18, 2024•37 min•Season 10Ep. 72
Here's a self-brain surgery operation you can learn to deal with anxiety in any situation. It's Frontal Lobe Friday! I have to operate today, so I'm giving you back this important Frontal Lobe Friday episode! Come back tomorrow for an all-new Self-Brain Surgery Saturday operation on how to deal with difficult situations. 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, H...
May 17, 2024•43 min
Self-Brain Surgery is a Fight to Become Healthier, Feel Better and Be Happier Here are some thoughts on how you can win. Our guiding principles: Words of my mouth AND the meditation of my heart: Psalm 19:14 Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, strength: Mt 22:37 Every thought captive: II Cor 10:5 Operate out of renewed minds: Romans 12:2 Worship with our brains as part of body: Romans 12:1 means hurting brain is an act of anti-worship, using consecrated things for unholy purposes Atten...
May 16, 2024•20 min•Season 10Ep. 71
Our current society has a big worldview problem. Today for Wildcard Wednesday, We Talk About WorldviewToday, 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 of ...
May 15, 2024•33 min•Season 10Ep. 70
The American Family is Under Attack, and it is a Perilous Fight for the Soul of Our Nation and the Souls of our Children Join me for a chilling but hopeful conversation with world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, bestselling author, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson! Dr. Carson's new book is The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family Dr. Carson's American Cornerstone Institute is doing great work. You can join more than 341,000 sub...
May 14, 2024•46 min•Season 10Ep. 69
It's Mind Change Monday! An overview of what self-brain surgery can do for you, and some tools to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life. Scripture: Ephesians 4 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast is now live everywhere! Please consider listening and subscribing by clicking one of the links below! Spiritual Brain Surgery on AppleSpiritual Brain Surgery on SpotifySpiritual Brain Surgery on Amazon Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! F...
May 13, 2024•36 min•Season 10Ep. 68
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! Sometimes the wound is so fresh or so persistent that you don't have the energy or mental capability to even try to change your mind. You're overwhelmed and it's all just too fresh and heavy, and it doesn't feel possible to do anything but hurt. If you're there, it's okay. Here's one little tool that will help you hold on until you heal enough to start seeing the light again, and the hope that is found in patience and waiting. Here's what to do when you don't kn...
May 11, 2024•24 min•Season 10Ep. 67
The Things We Think About Turn Into Real Things Today, a look at the 10th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must understand that thoughts become things. Scripture: Philippians 4:6-9, II Corinthians 10:5 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s...
May 10, 2024•45 min•Season 10Ep. 66
What You're Doing, You're Getting Better AtToday, a look at the 9th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. Scripture: Psalm 19:14, Matthew 22:37, Psalm 51:17, II Corinthians 10:5 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain i...
May 09, 2024•30 min•Season 10Ep. 65
Your Brain is the Most Important Organ in Your BodyToday, a look at the 8th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it. The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain SurgeryI must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs) I must ...
May 08, 2024•28 min•Season 10Ep. 64
When Trouble Comes, You Fall to the Level of Your Preparation If you're hurting, here's a classic episode to help you learn a new way to navigate suffering. That includes the way you view God's role in suffering. Here's a new thought from Job, and a couple of insights that will help you when trauma, tragedy, and other massive things (TMTs) strike. (Replay: Adapted and expanded from S9E75 Get a Good Theology Around Suffering)When hard times come, you will be overwhelmed with doubt, fear, and you'...
May 07, 2024•42 min
Dr. Joseph Maroon is a World-Renowned Neurosurgeon He's also my mentor, friend, and the primary reason I became a neurosurgeon.Today, an incredible talk with one of the giants of my profession about legacy, hardship, mindset, faith, and more. You should read Dr. Maroon's excellent book, Square One:A Simple Guide To A Balanced Life. Official Bio:Joe is clinical professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsbu...
May 06, 2024•1 hr•Season 10Ep. 63
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a look at the 7th commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones. The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain SurgeryI must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. I must believe that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain. I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue. I must believe that my brain is designed to heal (Ryker’s Regular Legs)...
May 04, 2024•26 min•Season 10Ep. 62
It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Every Friday, we talk 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! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and ...
May 03, 2024•25 min
Is Self-Brain Surgery "Real Surgery"?This episode answers that question! Leave a voicemail with your question or comment!Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts!...
May 02, 2024•24 min•Season 10Ep. 61
Your Brain is an Amazing, Constantly Changing Architectural Wonder! In today's episode, we'll look at how fearfully and wonderfully made you are, learn about the scaffolding (microtubules) and gardeners (microglia) that God gave you to help form the connections between neurons to constantly reshape your brain. Did you know that you can make new connections in your brain within 30 minutes of directed thought, and that within one month of learning to calm your mind, you can increase emotional regu...
May 01, 2024•26 min
What Can We Learn About the Meaning of Life from a Homicide Detective? Today's special guest is J. Warner Wallace, bestselling author of Cold Case Christianity and several other books, and one of America's leading cold case detectives. Jim's new book is The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life. and it's amazing. Order before May 7, 2024 and receive some great bonuses! J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline-featured homicide detective, popular national speak...
Apr 30, 2024•56 min•Season 10Ep. 60
It's Mind Change Monday! We're continuing to learn a new way to pray and learn to use our minds to change our brains, and help us seek the abundance and peace Jesus promised us in John 10:10! Quantum physics gives us two principles of how constantly looking at a situation can keep it stuck in that state, and the same is true in our lives. Learning to shift our viewpoint, relax, and trust God's promises can help us change our minds and begin to move forward. Today, we take another look the ABIDE ...
Apr 29, 2024•36 min•Season 10Ep. 59
Does Your Mind Exist Outside of Your Brain? Or Are "You" Really Just A Bunch of Neurons? Join me for a fascinating conversation with author and brain imaging scientist Dr. Sharon Dirckx to answer the question. It's a great talk that's full of awe, wonder, and hope! This was the last episode of season 9, re-releasing today to get you ready for a week of learning about the mind-brain problem and its surprising solution. This week is full of hope, meaning, and purpose! Book mentioned: Am I Just My ...
Apr 28, 2024•49 min
Learning to Biopsy Our Thoughts is a Key to Healing But sometimes, we biopsy those negative thoughts, and they turn out to be true. What then? Today’s dose of hope is learning what to do when your trauma, tragedy, or other massive thing has filled your head and heart with harmful thoughts, especially when the harmful thought is based on something true. Scripture: II Corinthians 10:5 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like...
Apr 27, 2024•30 min•Season 10Ep. 58
Is Multitasking Good For Us? Is it Even Possible?It's Frontal Lobe Friday, and today we're taking a look at the science behind multitasking, and some surprising facts that may just change your mind. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to podcasts! You can become a paid partner of the podcast and get specia...
Apr 26, 2024•27 min•Season 10Ep. 57
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. Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even have a YouTube channel!) Leave reviews and comments wherever you listen to...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 10Ep. 56
When did Noah build the arc? 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. Let’s pick up the hammer and start building that ark. Because the rain is coming. Because something great is coming, and we need to be ready. Something hard is coming, and we need to get our feet on more solid ground, even if we have to build a boat to get there. Leave a voicemail with your ...
Apr 24, 2024•39 min•Season 10Ep. 55
