Spiritual Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren Dr. Lee Warren

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.
(Putting these here for your ease of access. New Spiritual Brain Surgery episodes coming this week!)
Scripture: Matthew 6:34
Book Mentioned: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
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 love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now. (No Tomorrow Tax! Corollary: I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations.)I must stop making an operation out of everything.I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones.I must love my brain and live in such a way as to protect and improve it.I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at.I must understand that thoughts become things.
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(00:01) - Introduction
(00:41) - Retooling the Ten Commandments
(03:32) - The Fifth Commandment
(23:50) - Embracing the Fifth Commandment

Better Beats Blame!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.
(Placing the Ten Commandments here for your easy reference)
Also, an update to the Fourth and Fifth Commandments of Self Brain Surgery!
Scripture: James 1:2-4
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(00:01) - Introduction
(00:20) - The 10 Commandments Evolution
(01:19) - Reordering the Commandments
(02:57) - Introducing the New Fourth Commandment
(04:31) - Self-Brain Surgery Saturday
(05:10) - The Blame Ablation Operation
(06:32) - Shifting Worldviews
(08:19) - The Need for a Brain Transplant
(10:33) - The Importance of Adversity
(11:57) - Personal Growth through Challenges
(17:35) - The Futility of Blaming
(20:40) - The Fourth Commandment: Brain's Healing Ability
(22:33) - Your Brain's Design to Heal
(24:57) - The Concept of Design to Heal
(27:45) - Embracing the Blame Ablation Operation
(29:04) - Directing the Healing Process
(29:42) - Starting Today

You have tens of thousands of thoughts per day. Most of them are not true. 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 that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain.  
3. I must recognize that most of my thoughts are untrue. 
4. I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now.  
5. I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations. 
6. I must stop making an operation out of everything. 
7. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones.  
8. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to improve it.  
9. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. 
10. I must understand that thoughts become things. 
 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 use them every day):Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Other Helpful Links:
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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here!

(00:09) - Self-Brain Surgery Saturday
(03:21) - Let's Get After It
(05:43) - The Intersection of Science and Faith
(10:37) - Ursula Le Guin's Three Writing Questions
(16:40) - Examining Thought Biopsy Results
(25:45) - Changing Your Mind, Changing Your Life

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!
(Placing the Ten Commandments here for your ease of reference. These episodes played on The Dr. Warren Podcast earlier)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; corollaries coming soon)1. I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. 
2. I must recognize that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain.  
3. I must recognize that most of my thoughts are untrue. 
4. I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now.  
5. I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations. 
6. I must stop making an operation out of everything. 
7. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones.  
8. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to improve it.  
9. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. 
10. I must understand that thoughts become things. 
 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 use them every day):Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Other Helpful Links:
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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here!

(00:01) - Introduction
(02:08) - Medical School Interviews
(14:14) - Understanding Feelings
(25:47) - Imposter Syndrome
(29:03) - Formulating the Chief Complaint

Life Is Hard. Here's a Practice to Keep from Making it Unnecessarily HarderToday, 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 (More corollaries coming soon)1. I must relentlessly refuse to participate in my own demise. 
2. I must recognize that feelings are not facts, they are chemical events in my brain.  
3. I must recognize that most of my thoughts are untrue. 
4. I must love tomorrow more than I hate how I feel right now.  
5. I must not treat bad feelings with bad operations. 
6. I must stop making an operation out of everything. 
7. I must not perpetuate generational thought or behavioral issues in my family or start any new ones.  
8. I must love my brain and live in such a way as to improve it.  
9. I must believe that what I’m doing I’m getting better at. 
10. I must understand that thoughts become things. 
 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 use them every day):Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Other Helpful Links:
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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here!

Tara-Leigh Cobble Changed Her Mind About God
Today's guest is the host of The Bible Recap Podcast. Tara-Leigh Cobble helps millions of people read, understand, and love the Word of God every day. But before she could do that, she had to change her mind. This is a perfect conversation for self-brain surgeons, because you can't change your life until you change your mind, and learning to love God's word is the first step to getting that done.
Check out The Bible Recap website!
Tara-Leigh is also a sought-after public speaker and teacher.
She also founded D-Group International, which exists to help people READ, UNDERSTAND, and LOVE the Bible, as they encounter God in a way that transforms their entire lives.
Follow Tara-Leigh on Instagram to learn more!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 use them every day):Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!Other Helpful Links:
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!All recent episodes with transcripts are available here!