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The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery

Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life

W. Lee Warren M.D.

Written by
W. Lee Warren M.D.
Read by
W. Lee Warren M.D.
Length
9 hrs 44 min
Rating
4.8 / 5
Publisher
Tyndale Refresh
Released
2026-02-03

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What it is

A New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller!

What if it were possible for you to make structural changes to your own brain so it’s healthier and less prone to depression, anxiety, grief, worry, and other issues that make you unhappy and keep you stuck?

In this neuroscience-based, faith-infused, and immensely practical guide, Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing neurosurgeon, trauma survivor, and award-winning writer, reveals how to take control of your own mental, emotional, and physical healing by reordering your mind to change your brain-resulting in a radically transformed life that is healthier, happier, and more hopeful.

Since the development of functional brain imaging in the early 2000’s, we now know that thoughts can direct structural changes in the brain as or more effectively than medicines or surgery and can do so more quickly. That means, whether we know it or not, we’re all brain surgeons.

The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery will help you:

learn and master several types of “self-brain surgery” operations to move from floundering to flourishingheal from trauma, tragedy, and other types of hardshipovercome anxiety, depression, loneliness and other emotional and mental health strugglesconquer limiting or negative thinkingbreak old habits and create new onesbuild resilience and wellbeingbecome an empowered, hopeful person no matter what you’re facingWith the skill of a surgeon, the wounds of a trauma-survivor, the lessons of a scientist, and a hard-won faith that we are wired for happiness here on earth and not just in the hereafter, Dr. Warren walks readers into nothing less than a new way of life.

On the charts

Last charted October 3, 2026. Its best position was 10 on Bestsellers in Health & Wellness, reached September 28, 2026. Seen on 2 charts over 10 days of readings, the first on September 24, 2026.

1 20 10 September 24, 2026 October 3, 2026 September 24, 2026 — position 18September 27, 2026 — position 20September 28, 2026 — position 10September 29, 2026 — position 11September 30, 2026 — position 14October 2, 2026 — position 20October 3, 2026 — position 20
Bestsellers in Health & Wellness — position by day.
ChartBestDaysLast seen
Health & Wellness
Bestsellers 10 7 days October 3, 2026
Religion & Spirituality
Bestsellers 10 6 days September 30, 2026

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