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Neurosurgeon and writer Dr. W. Lee Warren, MD delivers daily prescriptions from neuroscience, faith, and common sense on how to lead a healthier, better, happier life. You can‘t change your life until you change your mind, and Dr. Warren will teach you the art of self brain surgery to get it done. Patrons have access to special episodes, transcripts, free books, and more! Music shared on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast is authorized under BMI license #61063253 and ASCAP license #400010513. Go to my website www.wleewarrenmd.com for more information about my letter, this show, my books, and more.
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Monday Sep 12, 2022
Mind Change Monday #2: Three Crucial Changes (S5E100)
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
It's Mind Change Monday!
Here are three crucial decisions you need to change your mind about, starting today.
Scripture:
I Corinthians 10:13
Isaiah 44:22
Isaiah 46:10
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
A Good Decision About Reading (S5E99)
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
There is a type of reading that's more than just quickly scanning the words.
It's called lectio divina, and learning to read in this way will change your life.
Scriptures Mentioned:
Proverbs 15:23
Ezekiel chapters 2 and 3
Revelation chapter 10
Psalm 34
Isaiah chapters 31 and 38
Psalm 1
Books mentioned:
Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
You Were Made for This Moment by Max Lucado
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Deeper by Dane Ortlund
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Self-Brain Surgery Saturday #2: Thermometers and Thermostats (S5E98)
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!
Today, we talk about how we're wired, the importance of changing our minds, and the difference between thermometers and thermostats.
Scripture: Romans 12:2, II Corinthians 10:5
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Great Works (S5E97)
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
How do you know when you're being called to something great?
A conversation about great, and small, works. Inspired by Jon Swanson and James Clear.
Scripture:
I John 4:1-3
Hebrews 12:1-2
Music by Tommy Walker
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
30 Good Decisions: Hobson’s Choices (S5E96)
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
It's Throwback Thursday!
In September, we're making 30 good decisions. One of them is to learn to settle Hobson's Choices.
Life is a Series of Hobson's Choices
Hobson's choice
There are some things you need to settle if you’re going to be happy. What are those for you? Write them down. Start praying for peace around them. Start clarifying the true things in your life, and disavow yourself from the notion that you need to have a pain-free life in order to be happy. The degree to which you couple emotion and circumstance in your life is inversely proportional to your ability to be happy.
And what kills us, is the unwillingness to accept the quantum duality that life is hard and we can be happy anyway. We focus on the but and the and and the woe and the oh no and we forget the tho and yet.
Scriptures Mentioned
John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Mark 9:28-29 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 29 He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.
Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
Hebrews 12:1-4
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Love Tomorrow More (S5E95)
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
There are some incredible lessons to be learned from Psalm 30
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
Substack combines all the things I'm doing online into one place, gives me the opportunity to bring additional content to paid subscribers, and will make my online life a lot more efficient.
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesdays with Tata #54: I Have Decided (S5E94)
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
It's Tuesdays with Tata!
Today, we talk about the most important good decision you need to make in your life: Have you decided to follow Jesus?
Music by Lydia Walker and Tommy Walker (I don't think they're related)
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Mind Change Monday #1 with Dr. Daniel Amen (S5E92)
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
It's Mind Change Monday!
Today's special guest is my friend, Dr. Daniel Amen
From his official bio on his website, danielamenmd.com.
Dr. Daniel Amen’s mission is to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health. He is dedicated to providing the education, products, and services to accomplish this goal. Dr. Amen is a physician, adult and child psychiatrist, and founder of Amen Clinics with 10 locations across the U.S. Amen Clinics has the world’s largest database of brain scans for psychiatry totaling more than 200,000 SPECT scans on patients from 155 countries. He is the founder of BrainMD, a fast growing, science-based nutraceutical company, and Amen University, which has trained thousands of medical and mental health professionals on the methods he has developed. In addition, he has produced 16 national public television shows about the brain and his online videos on brain and mental health have been viewed over 300 million times. Dr. Amen is a 12-time New York Times bestselling author, including Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, The End of Mental Illness, Healing ADD and many more. You, Happier was published March 2022.
Here are my three favorite books by Dr. Amen:
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Life Change Starts in Your Brain with Dr. Daniel Amen (S5E91)
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Tomorrow Is Mind Change Monday #1!
I recently spoke to my friend, probably the world's most famous psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel. That will come out tomorrow, on the first episode of Mind Change Monday.
To get ready, I'm giving to a throwback to an amazing conversation I had a while back Dr. Amen!
(Originally YST021, August 2014)
Dr. Daniel Amen is a bestselling author, internationally renowned psychiatrist, and founder of the Amen Clinic.
Dr. Amen was one of the first neuroscientists to realize that traditional psychiatric diagnostic testing was inadequate for many patients. He began using functional brain imaging to find out what was really happening inside people's minds, and his work has saved or improved literally thousands of people's lives. His books and his influence have impacted my life and practice, and he's an incredibly gracious and inspirational man.
This is a great interview. Dr. Amen is so passionate, and his message is simple: your brain dictates almost everything about how you experience life. You can change it if you try; you're not stuck with the same old problems and behaviors you've always had. Change your brain, change your life.
You can learn more about Dr. Amen by clicking here.
Remember: If you want a better tomorrow, you have to make changes in your life, and you have to start today.
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Self-Brain Surgery Saturday #1 (S5E90)
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
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 you see how to manage it in a healthier way.
Here's five self-brain surgery techniques to help you change your mind and change your life.