Most people think that suffering is a downside to life, but what we've learned from neuroscience,

suffering is actually designed to make us stronger and to give us the resilience to face whatever

comes along in the future. People that have resilient and healthy brains are usually folks that have

gone through hard things in the past. That tends to make us stronger. Dr. Lee Warren is an award-winning

neurosurgeon, podcaster, an author who integrates

neuroscience and faith.

He helps people navigate trauma and achieve radical life transformation through his books

and global podcast.

Life doesn't have to be what it has been if you're struggling with negative thoughts or anxiety

or depression or trauma or you lose a child.

The trauma itself doesn't get the opportunity to write the story unless

you descend into those thoughts and let that become the future for you. People who have low hope,

have low frontal lobe activity. But what's really interesting is the insular cortex on both sides

really low when hope goes low. Hope is tomorrow can be better and I have a role in it.

Where did you find hope after your son was murdered?

So for us it was...

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