The Difference Between "Self-Help" and Renewing Your Mind Makes ALL the Difference!Today, a response to a reader's letter about whether it's us or God who provides to power for our ability to change our minds and change our lives. This episode will: Relieve you of the burden of thinking that it's all up to you Answer your question of, "What am I supposed to do now?" when life throws massive things at you Help you understand the difference between "Self-Help" and the transforming power of a renew...
Apr 05, 2024•26 min•Season 10Ep. 40
Hardship can bring us to a crossroads: will this be the end, or a new beginning? Some thoughts on how to change our brain to learn to see new possibility in seemingly impossible situations. Scripture: Psalm 121 Music: Kari Jobe (Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Book: Eugene Peterson All-day-long encouragement on MyBridge Radio! "Impossible things God makes possible" list: Whistles Zechariah 10:8, Isaiah 5:26, Isai...
Apr 04, 2024•46 min•Season 10Ep. 39
It's Wildcard Wednesday!Today, a look at the sixth commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must stop making an operation out of everything. Scripture: Isaiah 30:15 Article about Dr. Peter Jannetta Book Mentioned: 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 (Ryke...
Apr 03, 2024•26 min•Season 10Ep. 38
Today, a look at the restated fifth commandment of Self-Brain Surgery: I must love tomorrow more than I hate what I'm feeling right now/I must not treat a bad feeling with a bad operation. Scripture: Matthew 6:34 Book Mentioned: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace 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 mus...
Apr 03, 2024•27 min•Season 10Ep. 34
It's Mind Change Monday, and Leanne Ellington is going to help us jump into Action April!Leeanne Ellington has an incredible story of chasing healing through silence, and finding God in the process. In her own words, she describes her faith journey: Picture this: a skeptical, bacon-loving, Hebrew-speaking Jew, embarking on a quest to explore faith after a transformative 100-pound weight loss and a series of "quarter-life crisis".It began with a whisper in my heart: "I think I might want God?!" B...
Apr 01, 2024•44 min•Season 10Ep. 37
It's almost Action April!Today, a recap of ABIDE, and a call to stop contemplating and start operating on our minds to change our lives. Three Levels of ABIDE Contemplate:ApproachBreatheInviteDependExperience Operate:AssessBelieveIncisionDeepenExpect Recover:AcknowledgeBleedInformed ConsentDecideExcise Scripture: II Corinthians 9:10, Mark 4, II Corinthians 10:5, Romans 12:2 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and sha...
Mar 30, 2024•33 min•Season 10Ep. 36
It's Frontal Lobe Friday! (Flashback to the first edition of Frontal Lobe Friday for new listeners! Back with an all-new Self-Brain Surgery Saturday episode tomorrow!) The first episode in an almost-weekly series 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 ...
Mar 29, 2024•21 min
What Do You When You're Stuck on the Mat?Here's a Theology Thursday look at what we can do when Jesus says, "Do you want to get well?" That's a life-changing question, but what happens next makes all the difference. We've learned to ABIDE, now let's become ABIDERS! We're self-brain surgeons, and we're willing to help others see where we're from and what we've become. Three Levels of ABIDE Contemplate: ApproachBreatheInviteDependExperience Operate: AssessBelieveIncisionDeepenExpect Recover:Acknow...
Mar 28, 2024•31 min•Season 10Ep. 35
Frustrated? Stuck? Feel Like God Expects You to be More Squared Away?(Replay for Wildcard Wednesday) Here are some thoughts about how God rejoices when we start today. Music by Patty Loveless(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Scripture: Zechariah 4:10 Book Mentioned: A Great Work by Jon Swanson Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and sh...
Mar 27, 2024•13 min
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!A new operation for you, The Blame Ablation. This will help you stop being stuck in the past, and start moving forward towards becoming healthier, feeling better, and being happier. Also, an update to the Fourth and Fifth Commandments of Self Brain Surgery! Scripture: James 1:2-4 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!) Leav...
Mar 23, 2024•33 min•Season 10Ep. 33
It's Frontal Lobe Friday!A few thoughts on attention, perspective, and how to navigate the difficulties in life without missing the beauty all around us. 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 cli...
Mar 22, 2024•36 min•Season 10Ep. 32
When Life Brings Your Massive Thing, You Only Have Two Choices This episode was inspired by a letter I received from a listener. We talk about suffering and hope, and it will help you. Scripture: Isaiah 48:10, II Corinthians 1 Books: Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Gordon Livingston and The Grieving Brain by Mary-Frances O'Connor (Bonus classic episode for Throwback Thursday) Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and s...
Mar 21, 2024•38 min•Season 10Ep. 31
A Listener Asked a Question: "Do Thoughts Have Mass?" The answer requires some philosophy, some science, and some faith! Today, we'll smash them together like ingredients in a recipe, and see what we can cook up. This episode will help you process the things you go through with the right perspective, using the ABIDE meditation method. Scripture: Isaiah 30:25, Ephesians 4 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share ...
Mar 20, 2024•23 min•Season 10Ep. 30
It's Mind Change Monday! Lisa and I will be at the First Presbyterian Church in Bonita Springs, Florida tonight! Come by if you're in the area, and we can sign a book and say hello The event starts at 5:30 PM Eastern. You can also watch it live by clicking this link! Today, a plan for what to do when life thrown The Massive Thing at you. (Throwback travel episode) Here's how to develop a plan so that you're more resilient to life's troubles, starting today. Scripture: Ephesians 4, Philippians 4:...
Mar 18, 2024•33 min
Ignorance is Bliss, Right? WRONG!Today, we talk about what happens once you know that you can change your mind. It’s about the difference between self-care and self-malpractice. Scripture: James 4:17, Psalm 34:8 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! (...
Mar 17, 2024•24 min
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, the third in a series of looking at each of the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery in more detail. The third commandment is, "I must believe that most of my thoughts are untrue." Here are some tools to challenge bad thoughts, and how to manage them. Scripture: II Cor. 10:5, Psalm 34:8 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (Updated 3/8/2024; corollaries coming soon)1. I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. 2. I must recognize t...
Mar 16, 2024•29 min•Season 10Ep. 29
It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, the second in a series of looking at each of the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery in more detail. The second commandment is, "I must recognize that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain." Also, learning to articulate what's really going on so we can begin to get after healing it is a crucial step in becoming great self-brain surgeons! Scripture: II Cor. 10:5, Romans 12:2 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (Updated 3/8/2024; cor...
Mar 15, 2024•33 min•Season 10Ep. 28
Sometimes Life Can Make Us Feel Overwhelmed, Damaged, or Exhausted If that's you, here's a some help through the power of learning to abide in God's presence, and some surprising ideas from scripture and science about learning to heal and hear. Scripture: Isaiah 30, Matthew 12:20 Please listen to, subscribe to, and share the Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast! All episodes are available here! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it with your friends! (We even...
Mar 14, 2024•32 min•Season 10Ep. 27
What Do You Stand On When the World Gives Way Under Your Feet?Today, we talk about how we find our way back to hope, meaning, purpose, and maybe even happiness again when the world falls apart.(Classic episode replay from Season 8 for Wildcard Wednesday) 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...
Mar 13, 2024•41 min
It's Mind Change Monday, and Here Are Some True Things You Need to Remember!1. Your baseline is not your fault, but what you do next is2. People are multidimensional, but your left hemisphere makes them 2-D3. God is a quantum physics God4. You are never stuck- your brain is literally changing its structure every second. All you have to do is decide to be purposeful about it. 5. The way our brains see the world is affected by many factors (culture, genetics, faith, experiences, many others), but ...
Mar 11, 2024•28 min•Season 10Ep. 26
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! I had a computer crash this morning and lost an entire episode I'd just recorded. So, here's a flashback episode that will remind you of the three levels of Self-Brain Surgery. Today, a quick look at three different levels of self-brain surgery to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier no matter what happens. Scripture: I Thessalonians 5:16-19 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subsc...
Mar 09, 2024•18 min
It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, the first in a series of looking at each of the Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery in more detail. The first commandment, just like in medical school, is primum non nocere, First No Harm. Self-Brain Surgeons say it like this: "I will relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise." Scripture: Mark 12:30-31, Romans 12:1-2, Psalm 19:14 The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery (Updated 3/8/2024; corollaries coming soon) 1. I must relentlessly refuse to par...
Mar 08, 2024•22 min•Season 10Ep. 25
Your Brain Has Two Halves, and They See the World Very DifferentlyLearning to integrate what you see from both sides of your brain is a key to becoming healthier, feeling better, and being happier. It turns out that the Bible has a lot to say about that too. Scripture: I Corinthians 2:15-15, II Corinthians 3:18, I Corinthians 13:12, Ephesians 1:18-23, Romans 1:19-20 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it wi...
Mar 07, 2024•24 min•Season 10Ep. 24
Trauma Rounds: Stuck Tina Tisdale is a Character in My New Book She is a real person, with enough details changed to protect her family’s privacy. She had a problem that wouldn’t go away, and it forced her to make some decisions that were tragic. From Tina’s story, we learn the critical importance of learning to accept the reality that God doesn’t always answer our prayers the way we think he should. It’s about faith and doubt, and acceptance. There’s a little bit of Tina in all of us, but we ca...
Mar 06, 2024•19 min•Season 10Ep. 23
Trauma Rounds: All You Can SeeSome thoughts about what to do when you're stuck, and a story from my new book about how to see your life again after trauma or tragedy. If all you can see is The Massive Thing that happened to you, you’ll never be able to see all the other things that are still beautiful. Here’s how to change that. Music by Tommy Walker(Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513 ) Don't forget:The Ten Commandmen...
Mar 05, 2024•28 min•Season 10Ep. 22
It's Mind Change Monday! I've received many requests for a new presentation of The Ten Commandments of Self-Brain Surgery. So, here they are! As I write my next book, tentatively titled Self-Brain Surgery: How to Rewire Your Brain, Reorder Your Mind, and Radically Transform Your Life, these may change or reorder a little as I determine the best way to work them into a format that will fit nicely into book form. But here they are, which is a perfect way to start Mind Change March! These ten princ...
Mar 04, 2024•26 min•Season 10Ep. 21
It's Frontal Lobe Friday! On this first day of Mind Change March, I want to encourage you with some great news: nothing, not your genes, your trauma, your parents, or anything else, has the ultimate power over whether you get to have a healthier, better, happier life. Here are some thoughts to help you change your mind about that! Scripture: Romans 1:25-26, 2 Peter 1:3 Leave a voicemail with your question or comment! Five Ways You Can Support this show: Pray for us! Subscribe, like, and share it...
Mar 01, 2024•26 min•Season 10Ep. 20
When we ruminate on old losses and other massive things, it literally changes our brains and our bodies.(I'm Still Sick, So I'm Giving You An Important Episode Back Today!)In this episode, 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'Conn...
Feb 29, 2024•27 min
It's Wild Card Wednesday, and I Have the Flu. 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! (Some new thoughts on attention, knowledge, and perspective, and a throwback look at gene expression and positivity). Book mentioned: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology ...
Feb 28, 2024•52 min•Season 10Ep. 19
How We Pay Attention Changes Everything About Our Experience. It's Mind Change Monday! Today, and important (and potentially life saving) talk about attention, knowledge, and how to change our minds. Scripture: Romans 8:28, Psalm 34:18 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 ...
Feb 26, 2024•35 min•Season 10Ep. 18
