A Good Talk About Being Stuck, and How to Help Your Brain Help YOU!As we close out 2023, let's make some decisions together about how 2024 can be the year we finally break through.This episode gives a good overview of the neuroscience of how making hard decisions helps us become more resilient, and overcome any challenges we face. Scripture: Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 43, Hebrews 12Book mentioned: This Naked Mind by Annie GraceYou can become a paid partner of the podcast and get special bonus episodes and lots more content by clicking here. Support and boost your immune system with Armra! Use DRLEEWARREN code at checkout for a discount!Improve your gut health, immune system, and protect your brain with Pique!We have a YouTube Channel! Click here to subscribe.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the show wherever you listen!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!

(00:02) - The Holiday Break and Travel Adventures
(01:52) - Driving Through a Tremendous Blizzard
(03:25) - Grateful to Be Home and Busy Days Ahead
(06:45) - Changing Your Mind for Life Transformation
(07:33) - Introduction to the Power of Directed Thinking
(09:43) - The Automated Negative Process in the Brain
(10:30) - The Power of Rewiring Your Cells
(12:07) - Making a Lasting Change and New Year's Resolutions
(16:32) - Making the Decision to Change and Setting Boundaries
(18:01) - Putting Skin in the Game, Seeking Witnesses
(22:14) - The Challenge of Making Changes in Automated Lives
(28:47) - Removing Alcohol for Improved Mental Health
(31:35) - Embracing God's Plan for the New Year
(32:25) - Introducing "Hope is the First Dose" book