Change Your Mind, Change Your Brain: The Art of Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren

What if the way you think is shaping the way your brain functions, how your body responds, and how you experience the world?

In this episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry Nickelston sits down with neurosurgeon and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Lee Warren to explore the fascinating intersection of neuroscience, neuroplasticity, faith, and healing.

Dr. Warren is the author of The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life. His work explores how we can become more intentional about our thoughts, interrupt destructive mental patterns, develop resilience, and create meaningful changes in our lives.

Topics we explore:

• How thoughts and experiences influence the brain through neuroplasticity

• What Dr. Warren means by "self-brain surgery"

• Why changing your thinking can change how you experience life

• The relationship between stress, emotions, thoughts, and healing

• Breaking free from limiting beliefs and repetitive mental patterns

• How hope, resilience, and personal responsibility influence recovery

• The intersection of neuroscience, faith, and human transformation

At Stop Chasing Pain, we often talk about looking beyond symptoms to understand the systems influencing health. This conversation extends that philosophy to the mind and brain.

Healing isn't always about doing more. Sometimes it's about learning to think, respond, and live differently.

Connect with Dr. Lee Warren

Website: https://wleewarrenmd.com

Book — The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery:

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Website: https://www.stopchasingpain.com

Explore more about the lymphatic system, nervous system regulation, movement, and whole-body healing at Stop Chasing Pain.

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What if the biggest breakthrough in healing isn't learning something new, but getting back to what you've been overlooking all along?

After 30 years in clinical practice, I have learned something that completely changed how he approaches pain, health, and healing:

The human body isn't nearly as complicated as we make it.

In this solo episode of the Stop Chasing Pain Podcast, Dr. Perry kicks off a new series sharing the lessons he wishes he'd known when he first started practicing three decades ago.

These aren't lessons from textbooks or research papers. They're insights gained from working with real people, making mistakes, changing perspectives, and discovering what matters when conventional approaches aren't getting results.

One of the biggest lessons? When things go wrong, simplify.

We live in a world obsessed with the next supplement, biohack, complicated exercise program, or magic solution. But sometimes the very things you're overlooking are the fundamentals your body needs most.

• Why 30 years of clinical experience taught Dr. Perry to stop overcomplicating the human body.

• Why chronic pain and persistent symptoms may be a signal to return to the basics.

• The importance of hydration and its relationship to lymphatic function, circulation, and recovery.

• How simple breathing strategies can support better function.

• Why walking and fundamental human movement deserve more attention.

• How the BIG 6® fits into Dr. Perry's approach to daily self-care.

• Why consistency matters more than constantly searching for another technique.

• How removing unhealthy habits can sometimes accomplish more than adding new supplements or routines.

• Why the overwhelming amount of health information available today can actually make healing feel harder.

If you've been struggling with pain, trying everything, and feeling overwhelmed by conflicting advice, consider simplifying your approach.

Start with the fundamentals.

Hydrate. Breathe. Move. Remove unnecessary negatives. Be consistent.

You don't necessarily need another complicated strategy. You may need to start consistently doing the simple things you already know.

And remember one of Dr. Perry's favorite sayings:

"The human body is under no obligation to make sense to you."

Your body is constantly adapting and responding. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is stop trying to outsmart it and start supporting its fundamental needs.

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What if everything you were told about your heart was missing the bigger picture?

At 34, Dr. Stephen Hussey was doing everything "right." He ate whole foods, exercised, avoided toxins, and kept his type 1 diabetes under tight control. On paper his labs looked great. Then he had a massive "widowmaker" heart attack. In this episode, Stephen shares how the hospital's standard approach left him with more questions than answers, and how he chose a different path. He used infrared sauna, sunlight, grounding and circadian rhythm to bring his heart back to normal function within months. Over the next two years, a 70–99% blockage in his leg cleared to a normal artery.

We get into ideas that challenge conventional cardiology. Stephen explains why he sees the heart less as a pressure pump and more as a vortexing hydraulic ram, and how infrared light and structured water help move blood, lymph and spinal fluid. He also covers why many heart attacks may be driven by nervous system imbalance rather than plaque alone, and why they spike on Monday mornings, holidays and after daylight saving time changes. The thread running through all of it is oscillation. Light and dark, warm and cold, stress and recovery: the body is built to move between them, and modern life keeps us stuck in one state.

This conversation will change the way you think about your heart, your nervous system and your environment. Stephen closes with two simple, no-cost habits you can start tonight. Keep asking better questions, and live with MOJO, because MOJO means magic.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How a health-conscious type 1 diabetic with "perfect" labs still had a 100% widowmaker blockage
• The infrared sauna, sunlight, grounding and circadian strategy Stephen used to recover his heart and reverse peripheral artery disease
• Why the heart may not be the main pump, with evidence from embryos and stopped-heart studies, plus Dr. Gerald Pollack's research
• The three roles of the heart: vortexing the blood, slowing blood flow during exertion, and sensing coherence
• What structured water is, and how infrared light builds it while toxins and wireless signals break it down
• How nervous system imbalance can trigger heart attacks with no blockages (MINOCA), and the "dog on a leash" analogy for the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
• Why heart attacks cluster on Monday mornings, holidays and daylight saving time changes
• The overlooked research of forensic pathologist Dr. Giorgio Baroldi suggesting some blockages may result from a heart attack rather than cause it
• Why oscillation and rhythm are the foundation of adaptability and health
• Two simple habits to start now: limit blue light after sunset, and stop eating 4–5 hours before bed to support melatonin, deep sleep and nighttime lymphatic flow

Dr. Stephen Hussey — Resource Your Health

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