No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp Dr. Lee Warren: You’re Not Stuck With the Mind You Have
Feb 4, 2026
Dr. Lee Warren, a practicing neurosurgeon, Iraq War veteran, and author, blends neuroscience and faith. He explains self-brain surgery as intentionally directing brain processes. He shares wartime neurosurgery, PTSD and profound grief, and watching fMRI reveal how thoughts change brain activity.
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You Can Intentionally Reshape Your Brain
- Self-brain surgery means intentionally commanding brain processes God already placed in you to change outcomes.
- Lee Warren equates mental intentionality with surgical-like structural change in the brain.
Neurosurgery In Combat Zones
- Lee Warren served four years active duty and performed 200 brain surgeries in a tent hospital in Iraq during heavy combat.
- He experienced constant mortar attacks and returned with unexpected PTSD and loss of control.
A TV Scene Unlocks Buried Trauma
- A TV scene triggered dissociation and flashbacks that revealed Warren's buried trauma from Iraq.
- He and his wife unpacked a trunk of memorabilia and he began journaling to process those memories.
