Self-Brain Surgery: Transform Your Life - with Dr. Lee Warren & Jim Koetting

What if the biggest problem in your leadership… isn’t your team—but your thinking?

In this powerful episode of Speaking With Authority, Jim Koetting sits down with Dr. Lee Warren, a brain surgeon who has performed over 200 surgeries in Iraq—and then faced something far more difficult: rebuilding his own mind after unimaginable loss.

This conversation goes far beyond neuroscience.

It reveals a truth most leaders miss:

You are not stuck with your thinking—and the way you think is shaping everything in your life.

Dr. Warren breaks down:

• Why your brain creates “ruts” that control your behavior
• How your thoughts physically rewire your brain (not metaphor—biology)
• Why leaders fail—not from lack of knowledge, but flawed thinking
• The difference between your brain and your mind (this will challenge you)
• How trauma doesn’t define you—your response does
• The concept of “Self-Brain Surgery”—and how to apply it immediately

Jim connects it directly to leadership:

Why people don’t change… even with evidence

Why leaders struggle to influence others

And why the hardest leadership challenge is leading yourself

This is not theory.

This is practical, life-changing insight that can transform how you think, lead, and live.

If you’ve ever thought:

“Why do I keep doing this?”

“Why can’t I change this pattern?”

“Why won’t people see what I see?”

This episode will hit you hard—in the best way.

W. LEE WARREN, M.D. is an award-winning author, practicing neurosurgeon, and Iraq War veteran. Outside of the operating room, his writing and teaching serve as prescriptions for connecting neuroscience to faith for radical life transformation. He teaches the art and science of human flourishing on The Dr. Lee Warren Podcast, which is heard in 150 countries around the world weekly, on Substack (the bestselling Self-Brain Surgery™ Letter), and in his books. His latest book is The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life. His book, Hope is the First Dose: A Treatment Plan for Recovering from Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things, was Outreach Magazine’s 2024 award winner for counseling and relationships. His stunning medical memoir, I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know, was the Christian Book Award winner for Biography/Memoir in 2021. His first book, No Place to Hide, was named to the 2015 U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff's Professional Reading List. Dr. Warren lives in Nebraska with his wife Lisa.

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