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Become Happier by Eradicating These Two Thought Cancers

Become Happier by Eradicating These Two Thought Cancers

S8E49 · · 34:47

If you're stressed about anything, take heart!Good morning my friend! I hope you’re well. We had an amazing book signing event yesterday at Bible Supplies here in North Platt. Craig,...

Thoughts Regulate Gene Expression: Positive Thinking Isn't a Trick

Thoughts Regulate Gene Expression: Positive Thinking Isn't a Trick

S9E48 · · 39:09

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a look at the question of whether "changing our minds" is just another self-help gimmick, or if it's really possible to change our lives by ch...

Tricking Your Brain, or Changing Your Mind?

Tricking Your Brain, or Changing Your Mind?

S9E46 · · 34:19

Training Your Brain to Look for the Bright Side Takes WorkBut it's the secret to becoming healthier, feeling better, and being happier. People who learn to look at every situation an...

What's So Amazing?, with Philip Yancey

What's So Amazing?, with Philip Yancey

S9E45 · · 39:07

Join me for another incredible conversation with New York Times Bestselling author, Philip Yancey!We had a great talk about his book What's So Amazing About Grace?, which is now avai...

When You Know it's Time to Start

When You Know it's Time to Start

S9E44 · · 26:03

Sometimes, God puts something on your heart, and you know: It's time to start.What do you do then?Real life change is hard, scary, and often seems impossible. There's so much inertia...

Let Creation Speak, with Dr. Michael Guillen

Let Creation Speak, with Dr. Michael Guillen

S9E43 · · 45:02

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, we have a special guest! Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be...

Feeling Stuck? This will help.

Feeling Stuck? This will help.

S9E42 · · 50:41

Do You Feel Stuck? Here's a look at the brain imaging, neuroscience, and scripture around the ways in which major loss can make us feel stuck. Here’s the science, and what to do abou...

Remember Where the Storm Is

Remember Where the Storm Is

S8E56 · · 22:31

What to Do When Your Brain Won't Let You SleepOne night last year, there was a terrible storm, and I couldn't sleep. After hours of tossing and turning, I remembered a song from Matt...

Am I Just a Sack of Neurons?

Am I Just a Sack of Neurons?

S9E41 · · 39:40

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 ...

All-In Friendship

All-In Friendship

S8E58 · · 24:31

To Go All-In, We Need Friends To Come Alongside UsA short talk about the power of real friends. Book mentioned: The Prophet by Khalil GibranPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you ...

Near-Death Experiences Can Teach Us About God: John Burke

Near-Death Experiences Can Teach Us About God: John Burke

S9E40 · · 01:06:29

John Burke Has Interviewed Over 1,500 People After Their Near-Death ExperiencesToday for Frontal Lobe Friday, we learn from New York Times Bestselling author and pastor John Burke wh...

All-In: Fear is a Liar, but Doubt Can be Helpful

All-In: Fear is a Liar, but Doubt Can be Helpful

S8E59 · · 18:00

Doubt isn't your enemy. You just have to change your mind about it. Self-brain surgery tip #8:Doubt is not a symptom of faithlessness. It says, “I don’t know,” & is a fork in the roa...

Mistakes

Mistakes

S9E39 · · 14:24

If You Keep Making the Same Mistakes, Don't Give Up!Quiet time around mistakes for Throwback Thursday (Adapted from Season 6, Episode 6)Scripture: Colossians 3:13PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to ...

New Thing November

New Thing November

S6E53 · · 27:51

It’s New Thing November!It’s a new month, and God wants to do new things in your life. But sometimes, it feels like he’s fallen silent, like he’s not answering our prayers or coming ...

New Thing November 2023

New Thing November 2023

S9E38 · · 58:32

It’s New Thing November!Today, we look at three ideas from neuroscience and three ideas from scripture about how to finally cast off everything that's holding us back and accomplish ...

The Best News Ever, with Max Lucado

The Best News Ever, with Max Lucado

S8E84 · · 54:35

Max Lucado is One of the World's Best-selling AuthorsBut he's not here today to talk about his earthly success. Max was on the show back in 2015, and on September 7, he and I are goi...

Preparing Your Mind (Tuesdays with Tata)

Preparing Your Mind (Tuesdays with Tata)

S9E37 · · 25:01

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, a great talk about the importance of getting your mind ready for whatever comes along. Does life jump up and knock you out? Or do you have a plan in pl...

How to Manufacture Hope (Mind Change Monday)

How to Manufacture Hope (Mind Change Monday)

S9E36 · · 30:56

It's Mind Change Monday!Today, a look at how suffering turns out to be good for our brains, and is instrumental to the formation of a hopeful person. Scripture: Romans 5:3-5, II Cori...

Love Tomorrow More

Love Tomorrow More

S8E50 · · 17:32

There are some incredible lessons to be learned from Psalm 30(Replay with new transcript available)Here's a quiet time around the idea of letting God make joy come in the morning, by...

Tuesdays with Tata Classic: Let There Be Light

Tuesdays with Tata Classic: Let There Be Light

S7E51 · · 27:55

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...

How to Hear God, Part 1: Greg Pruett

How to Hear God, Part 1: Greg Pruett

S9E35 · · 45:27

It's Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, an incredible talk with Greg Pruett, author and president of Pioneer Bible Translators, about how to hear God. Greg's book, Extraordinary Hear...

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Suffering Substitution

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Suffering Substitution

S7E21 · · 31:48

It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!“Pain is inevitable. But suffering is optional”Haruki MurakamiToday, a very personal talk about how to reframe our thinking about long-held narrative...

Prefrontal Cortex, Downstream Thinking, and Loving Tomorrow More

Prefrontal Cortex, Downstream Thinking, and Loving Tomorrow More

S9E34 · · 30:02

It's Frontal Lobe Friday! Today, we look at the incredible design and function of your prefrontal cortex, and how God uses it to help you find your way even in the hardest moments of...

Hope Talks: Laura Barringer

Hope Talks: Laura Barringer

S8E61 · · 39:13

Laura Barringer is a Teacher, Writer, and TMT SurvivorWe had a wonderful talk about what to do in the acute phase of your massive thing (TMT), what to do when you’re stuck, and how G...

All-In: Every Day is Day One

All-In: Every Day is Day One

S8E62 · · 22:53

It's Day #13 of All-In August, but it's Always Day One!A few thoughts on how to start every day, finding a path forward, and learning to find the light again. Scripture: Proverbs 3:5...

Einstein, Jesus, Non-linear Time, and How Long We Should Pray

Einstein, Jesus, Non-linear Time, and How Long We Should Pray

S9E33 · · 25:23

It's Theology Thursday! Today we ask one question: What does Jesus's command in Luke 18:1 to, "Always pray, and never give up," have to do with Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and a...

All-In: Internal Structure

All-In: Internal Structure

S8E60 · · 37:50

When the Storm Hits, Does it Knock You Down?This is a great look at the internal structures that predict success or failure when life brings us defeat, great triumph, or the thing we...

A Tiny Taste of Hope, and It's Enough

A Tiny Taste of Hope, and It's Enough

S9E32 · · 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...

A Complex Thought That's Full of Hope

A Complex Thought That's Full of Hope

S9E31 · · 31:02

It's Tuesdays with Tata!Today, some spiritual brain surgery. We take a look at a curious passage in I Peter 4, and Tata shows us how to find the hope in it. Life is hard. Imagine how...

The Plan for Hope (Mind Change Monday)

The Plan for Hope (Mind Change Monday)

S9E30 · · 24:57

Today is Mind-Change Monday, and we’re taking a look at why you need a treatment plan in place for when life hurts.Music by JJ HellerPLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!...