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A Tiny, and Sufficient, Taste of Hope (Wildcard Wednesday)

A Tiny, and Sufficient, Taste of Hope (Wildcard Wednesday)

S10E · · 30:10

It's Wildcard Wednesday!Today, a word study ("Limen," "Liminal," "Liminality") and a decision to learn to slow down enough, even in the midst of your massive thing/trauma/tragedy, to...

The Grief Carousel (Mind Change Monday)

The Grief Carousel (Mind Change Monday)

S10E14 · · 21:54

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, a compassionate message for you, or for someone you love, who's having a hard time understanding grief. This one is about the process, the "stages," an...

Fast to Faith: Dr. Tabatha Barber's Radical Life Change

Fast to Faith: Dr. Tabatha Barber's Radical Life Change

S10E13 · · 42:01

Dr. Tabatha Barber Was a Teen Mom and High School Dropout. Now She's a World-Renowned Physician. What changed for Dr. Barber? She changed her mind and decided that God had more for h...

Emotions, Thoughts, and a Reason for Sadness, with Jennie Allen (Frontal Lobe Friday)

Emotions, Thoughts, and a Reason for Sadness, with Jennie Allen (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S10E12 · · 01:14:21

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, a look at the interplay between feelings and thoughts, a part of your brain called the corpus striatum, the importance of tonically active neurons, an...

Valentine's Day, Lent, and Particle Physics? (Wildcard Wednesday)

Valentine's Day, Lent, and Particle Physics? (Wildcard Wednesday)

S10E11 · · 17:42

What do Valentine's Day, Particle Physics, and Lent Have to Do With Each Other?Check out today's Wildcard Wednesday episode to find out!Be sure to follow The Faith Filled Therapist o...

Four Ways to Operate Your Brain: Which One is Best? (Part I)

Four Ways to Operate Your Brain: Which One is Best? (Part I)

S10E10 · · 27:08

It's Mind Change Monday!You spend your entire life performing self-brain surgery, whether you do it intentionally or not. This is the biggest single realization of my life, and it sh...

When You Don't Know What to Do (Self-Brain Surgery Saturday)

When You Don't Know What to Do (Self-Brain Surgery Saturday)

S10E9 · · 20:57

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Sometimes the wound is so fresh or so persistent that you don't have the energy or mental capability to even try to change your mind. You're overwhel...

Pay Attention to the Tears (Frontal Lobe Friday)

Pay Attention to the Tears (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S10E8 · · 15:26

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!A few final thoughts (for now) about suffering, self-directed neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and telling ourselves better (and truer) stories). (Be sure to ch...

The Neurobiology of Suffering (Part 2 for Theology Thursday)

The Neurobiology of Suffering (Part 2 for Theology Thursday)

S10E7 · · 36:01

What Happens in Our Brains and Bodies When We Suffer?(Be sure to check out part 1 of this talk, on the Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast earlier today!)A look at the neurobiology of su...

Where Shame Goes to Die

Where Shame Goes to Die

S10E · · 30:41

Shame and Fear Thrive in Isolation, but shame dies in community.It's Wildcard Wednesday. so here's a talk from Season 5 that's been unavailble for a while. Listen to learn how to ret...

Quantum Change (Mind Change Monday)

Quantum Change (Mind Change Monday)

S10E6 · · 33:00

It's Mind Change Monday!We're continuing to learn a new way to pray and learn to use our minds to change our brains, and help us seek the abundance and peace Jesus promised us in Joh...

Changing Our Brains with the ABIDE Method (Self-Brain Surgery Saturday)

Changing Our Brains with the ABIDE Method (Self-Brain Surgery Saturday)

S10E5 · · 41:42

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!We're learning a new way to pray and learn to use our minds to change our brains, and help us seek the abundance and peace Jesus promised us in John ...

Prayer and Your Brain (Frontal Lobe Friday)

Prayer and Your Brain (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S10E4 · · 41:21

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!What happens in your brain when you pray? Here's a look at some surprising neuroscience research into how prayer changes your brain, and some ways you can us...

Heart Surgery for Hope

Heart Surgery for Hope

S10E3 · · 34:37

It's Time for Some Heart Surgery.An overview of the mind-heart-brain-body connection, heart rate variability and heart coherence, and how you can use them to help you become healthie...

Self-Brain Surgery: A Choose-Your-Own Adventure for Your Life!

Self-Brain Surgery: A Choose-Your-Own Adventure for Your Life!

S10E2 · · 33:36

It's Mind Change Monday!An overview of what self-brain surgery can do for you, and some tools to help you become healthier, feel better, and be happier in your life. Scripture: Ephes...

Build Up Your Base of Pre-hab

Build Up Your Base of Pre-hab

S10E · · 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 f...

Trauma Rounds: What to Say When Someone is Devastated

Trauma Rounds: What to Say When Someone is Devastated

S10E1 · · 21:18

It's Season 10! Today, we respond to a listener who asked the important question of what to do and say when someone has just experienced trauma, tragedy, or some other massive thing ...

Spiritual Brain Surgery (Frontal Lobe Friday)

Spiritual Brain Surgery (Frontal Lobe Friday)

S10E · · 33:29

It's Frontal Lobe Friday!Today, an overview of the new Spiritual Brain Surgery podcast that's coming on Tuesday, and a few thoughts on Jesus's brain!Check out our appearance on Dayst...

Theology Thursday: The How and the Why

Theology Thursday: The How and the Why

S10E · · 26:35

It's Theology Thursday!BRAND NEW EPISODE DROPS TOMORROW, January 26, 2024!Here's a look at what scripture and neuroscience have to say about the reason you're able to change your min...

Worldview Changes Everything

Worldview Changes Everything

S10E · · 37:53

Our current society has a big worldview problem.Today for Wildcard Wednesday, We Talk About WorldviewToday, we talk about John Mark Comer’s book Live No Lies, and two ideas that he r...

Let There Be Light (Tuesdays with Tata Classic)

Let There Be Light (Tuesdays with Tata Classic)

S10E · · 28:23

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today, we talk about a curious passage from Zechariah 8:20-23, and what it means to be the light of the world!Plus, a new Tata-ism, fiat lux (“Let there be li...

Default Mode Monday: How to Unself

Default Mode Monday: How to Unself

S10E · · 44:33

It's Mind-Change Monday!And today is also DEFAULT MODE MONDAY!Your brain uses the same amount of energy at rest as it does when you're actively thinking about or engaged in a task. W...

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Me and My Brain

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Me and My Brain

S10E · · 41:25

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a talk about whether we're stuck with our feelings, diagnoses, or past traumas, or not. Am I just a skin sack of neurons? Or I am I fearfully ...

Frontal Lobe Friday: Hope in the Hardest Moments

Frontal Lobe Friday: Hope in the Hardest Moments

S10E · · 30:57

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, I...

Old Memories and Psychobiology

Old Memories and Psychobiology

S10E · · 29:37

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...

Label Maker: Who Decides Who You Really Are?

Label Maker: Who Decides Who You Really Are?

S9E19 · · 40:57

What Power Do Labels Have to Change Reality?It's Wild Card Wednesday, and today we look at labels, our true identity, and the power of changing our minds. Books mentioned: Redefined ...

Taking the "Self" Out of Self-Brain Surgery

Taking the "Self" Out of Self-Brain Surgery

S9E15 · · 24:31

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 a...

Treadmills, Prisons, and Finding Hope When You're Stuck

Treadmills, Prisons, and Finding Hope When You're Stuck

S9E12 · · 23:58

When You're Stuck, You Have A Choice: How Will You Use the Time?How you use the time WHILE you're stuck determines the quality of your life in the future. Books Mentioned: Run With t...

Software Update for Your Brain

Software Update for Your Brain

S9E3 · · 25:21

It's Mind Change Monday!A look at the fascinating truth that our genetics do not tell the whole story of our lives. A quick overview of neurobiology, epigenetics, and the powerful in...

Am I Just My Brain? with Dr. Sharon Dirckx

Am I Just My Brain? with Dr. Sharon Dirckx

S9E100 · · 47:24

Does Your Mind Exist Outside of Your Brain? Or Are "You" Really Just A Bunch of Neurons?Join me for a fascinating conversation with author and brain imaging scientist Dr. Sharon Dirc...