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A Packet of Hope for Pre-Hab

A Packet of Hope for Pre-Hab

S9E29 · · 17:39

The secret to resilience when The Massive Thing Happens is having a solid base of pre-hab in your heart. Today, I give you four Insight Spots from MyBridge Radio, our favorite place ...

Finding Hope in the Hardest Moments (Frontal Lobe Friday)

Finding Hope in the Hardest Moments (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S9E27 · · 28:29

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, response to some listener questions, and a look at what separates cognitive behavioral therapy from self-brain surgery. Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, ...

The Psychobiology of Old Memories

The Psychobiology of Old Memories

S9E26 · · 25:27

When we ruminate on old losses and other massive things, it literally changes our brains and our bodies.Today, I'll give the science behind how psychosomatic illnesses work, and some...

Code Red for Emotional Emergencies

Code Red for Emotional Emergencies

S9E25 · · 31:07

We plan for almost everything, but most of us do not have a plan for what to do when life gets hard.Today, I'll give you some tools to put on your emotional crash cart to use when yo...

A Theology of Suffering: Lessons from Job

A Theology of Suffering: Lessons from Job

S9E24 · · 33:41

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, a look at the book of Job, and Tata's lessons on how to suffer well. Scripture: JobPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to acces...

Look Hard at Your Internal Stories

Look Hard at Your Internal Stories

S9E23 · · 39:59

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, we look at the stories we tell ourselves, and learn the value of switching from writer to editor to make real changes in our lives. Plus, a lesson on t...

Five Ways to Change Your Mind

Five Ways to Change Your Mind

S9E22 · · 37:21

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...

You're Not Always in a Fight

You're Not Always in a Fight

S9E21 · · 37:09

Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All TraumaToday for Frontal Lobe Friday, a reminder that you’re not always in a fight. If you’re so tired of being so tired, t...

A Problem You Can't Solve

A Problem You Can't Solve

S9E20 · · 40:47

What Happens When You Can’t Seem to Solve a Problem?Today, we talk about physical chemistry, downstream goals, unsolvable problems, and the hope that comes from having a God who can ...

How He Shows Up

How He Shows Up

S9E18 · · 38:06

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today we talk about how we always want God to show up in a powerful, dramatic way. But a close look at scripture shows that's not how it usually happens. If y...

Immediate, Early Hope

Immediate, Early Hope

S9E17 · · 17:45

It's Mind Change Monday!Today we learn about the incredible system of immediate early genes that control when or whether thousands of the genes in your body are turned on or off each...

Weekly Recap: Rich in Gratitude/Thin on Anxiety

Weekly Recap: Rich in Gratitude/Thin on Anxiety

S9E16 · · 16:09

Anxiety, Labels, and Gratitude: Highlights from last weekPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Click here to access the Hope Is the First Dose playlist of hopeful, healing...

An Operation for Anxiety (Frontal Lobe Friday)

An Operation for Anxiety (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S9E14 · · 41:59

Here's a self-brain surgery operation you can learn to deal with anxiety in any situation. It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we develop a strategy to handle anxiety, learn resilience,...

You Did it Again: Now What?

You Did it Again: Now What?

S9E13 · · 34:39

You Did it Again: Now What?A Strategy to Find Hope When You Blame YourselfSometimes, we make a decision or choice today that threatens our success, happiness, family, work, or health...

Believing False Stories About Ourselves: Gideon and Self-Brain Surgery

Believing False Stories About Ourselves: Gideon and Self-Brain Surgery

S9E11 · · 44:05

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Hard to believe, but this is episode #87 in the Tuesdays with Tata series. Today, Tata walks us through the story of Gideon in Judges 6 and 7 in the Old Testa...

Mind Shift with Erwin Raphael McManus

Mind Shift with Erwin Raphael McManus

S9E10 · · 45:01

It's Mind Change Monday! Today, we have the incredible Erwin Raphael McManus on the show to talk about his new book, Mind Shift: It Doesn't Take a Genius to Think Like One. This is t...

Trauma Is What Happens Inside You

Trauma Is What Happens Inside You

S9E9 · · 43:29

I Came Home From the War and Never Unpacked the "Bags" of My TraumaThat was a terrible mistake.Here's an overview of my experience with PTSD from the Iraq War, and answers to questio...

Well to the Core, with Robin Long

Well to the Core, with Robin Long

S9E8 · · 45:33

Robin Long is a Pilates instructor, wellness coach, author, and mother.She helps us see the different ways our mindset can keep us stuck in unhealthy or inactive lifestyles, and give...

Frontal Lobe Friday: Epigenetics, Childhood Trauma, and Becoming the CEO of Your Brain

Frontal Lobe Friday: Epigenetics, Childhood Trauma, and Becoming the CEO of Your Brain

S9E7 · · 28:30

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!What do epigenetics and childhood trauma have to do with your life now, and what can you do about it? It's time to become the CEO of your own brain!Scripture...

The Night is Normal with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole

The Night is Normal with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole

S9E6 · · 01:00:23

What Do We Do In Times of Disillusionment?When in seasons of pain or when we’ve lost things we thought we were sure of, it can feel as though we’ve been plunged into spiritual darkne...

BodyBrain: Neurophysiology, Faith, and Self-Brain Surgery

BodyBrain: Neurophysiology, Faith, and Self-Brain Surgery

S9E5 · · 20:58

Your Body is Intimately Connected to Your BrainHere's a talk about neurophysiology, faith, the ways stress affects healing, and how to pray for a new mind!Scripture: Romans 12:2, Psa...

How Do You Handle Trauma?

How Do You Handle Trauma?

S9E4 · · 30:19

I’ve Discovered Four Different Ways People Respond to the Hard Things Life BringsThe question is, are you going to wait to discover how you respond to your massive thing, or are you ...

Hope and Your Brain, with Max Lucado

Hope and Your Brain, with Max Lucado

S9E2 · · 01:02:47

Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things Impact Our Brains and Can Sink Our HopeHere's a one-hour talk with my friend Max Lucado about how we can re-engage our faith, get our brains...

Where We're Going (Season 9 Intro)

Where We're Going (Season 9 Intro)

S9E1 · · 30:25

Life Is Hard. It's Harder if You Don't Know How to Operate Your Brain. Welcome to Season 9, where we're going deeper into how our brains are designed, so that we can use them like Go...

Re-Dosing 100 Doses of Hope

Re-Dosing 100 Doses of Hope

S8E100 · · 31:02

Today, a recap of the 100 Doses of Hope we covered in Season 8!Plus, a new self-brain surgery operation based on the Quaker prayer/meditation technique called “palms down/palms up,” ...

What Passes for Hope

What Passes for Hope

S8E99 · · 36:22

When Life Brings Your Massive Thing, You Only Have Two ChoicesThis episode was inspired by a letter I received from a listener. We talk about suffering and hope, and it will help you...

Science and Faith: Enemies or Friends? With Dr. Michael Guillen

Science and Faith: Enemies or Friends? With Dr. Michael Guillen

S8E98 · · 01:03:08

Science and Faith Do Not Have to Fight Each OtherJoin me for an amazing conversation with Dr. Michael Guillen, Ph.D. about his important book, Believing is Seeing: A Physicist Explai...

Mind Change Monday: A Plan for Resilience

Mind Change Monday: A Plan for Resilience

S8E96 · · 29:55

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, a plan for what to do when life thrown The Massive Thing at you.Here's how to develop a plan so that you're more resilient to life's troubles, starting...

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: The Fault Fallacy

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: The Fault Fallacy

S8E95 · · 12:54

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!Today, you'll learn a life-changing operation to apply when the thought biopsy result says that you'...

Frontal Lobe Friday

Frontal Lobe Friday

S8E94 · · 19:07

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!The first episode in a new series about how to get the different parts of your brain working in the way they're designed to take control of your thinking, ch...