Dr. W. Lee Warren is a practicing neurosurgeon, Iraq War veteran and New York Times bestselling author whose latest book, The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery, teaches how to put your mind in charge of your brain.
Dr. Lee Warren believes your mind and your brain are not the same thing, and that the moment you understand which one is in charge, your mental health can get better instead of worse. In this conversation, we explore what a functional MRI reveals about a single thought, the day in the scanner that changed how he grieved losing his son, why self-help is not self-reliance, what neuroplasticity does whether or not you direct it, how faith measurably changes the brain, the trunk of war memories he left in his garage for five years, why two things can be true at the same time, and the danger of making an idol out of your pain. You are not stuck with the brain you have.
How to Connect with Dr. Lee Warren:
Website: https://drleewarren.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drleewarren
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drleewarren
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drleewarren
The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: https://wleewarrenmd.com/books/the-life-changing-art-of-self-brain-surgery/
Hope Is the First Dose: https://wleewarrenmd.com/books/hope-is-the-first-dose/
Timestamps:
00:00 Why Mental Health Keeps Getting Worse
02:10 Mind and Brain Are Not the Same Thing
05:50 The Day in the Scanner After Mitch
07:32 Self-Brain Surgery Is Born
09:51 Self-Help, Not Self-Reliance
13:43 Neuroplasticity Doesn't Need Your Consent
16:53 How Faith Changes the Brain
24:45 Materialism, Med School and the Afterlife
30:38 Iraq: Brain Surgery in a Tent
35:12 The Trunk in the Garage
39:02 Two Things Can Be True at the Same Time
41:45 Making an Idol Out of Your Pain
43:48 Healing vs. Recovery
48:06 Why "Live Your Truth" Is a Disaster
53:25 The Tomorrow Tax: Numbing Yourself
55:32 Alcohol and Social Media on the Brain
1:00:40 Old Environments, Old Wiring
1:02:21 Practicing Self-Brain Surgery Every Day
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