The Positive Mindset Podcast

In this mindset shift from The Positive Mindset Podcast, Henry Lawrence explores what changes when being becomes more important than collecting outcomes. Through a free-will analogy and an honest look at a negotiable identity, he asks you to choose who you are rather than reshape yourself for every result. Doing still matters, but it does not have to lead your sense of self. The selection opens with a life-is-good centering breath and closes with a chosen I-am breath, the rising tide and a prayer. Henry names pursuing Jesus as his own practice while inviting you to choose your statement.
In this episode:
• "So how do I elevate me?"
• "Because love without a choice isn't love, it's like robotic, right?"
• "It's a choice."
• "Being is everything."
• "I can't hide from the thought. I have to be present."
• "And so I didn't have a solid foundation."
• "Who do you want to be?"
• "But if your number one focus is on what to be, then you will expand that."
• "It's a being. It's an alignment within here."
• "Lord, thank you so much for today."
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About Henry Lawrence: Henry is an executive, mindset and identity coach and the host of The Positive Mindset Podcast, on air since 2020 with nearly 17 million plays.
Pulled from the full episode "How to Choose Who You're Being: Going From What You Do to an I Am That Doesn't Bend" (November 7, 2026): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positive-mindset-podcast/episodes/How-to-Choose-Who-Youre-Being-Going-From-What-You-Do-to-an-I-Am-That-Doesnt-Bend-e3rv7u2
Music licensed through Epidemic Sound: “Keep Me Honest (Instrumental Version)” by Maybe; “A Step Ahead” by Experia; “Anything for You (Instrumental Version)” by Adelyn Paik; “With the Dawn” by Megan Wofford; “Rise Beyond” by Megan Wofford; “Echoes of Illumination” by Megan Wofford.

What if you could wake up tomorrow and the day already mattered? In this episode, Henry talks about becoming the you that you were always meant to be — not by waiting for the right day, the right season, or the right month when life finally calms down, but by making who you're becoming the primary thing. He walks through how a lot of people only solve the problems in front of them — how do I get through school, buy a house, get a car, have a family, have kids, have a retirement — and end up living a life of "how do I do this," completing task after task, like somebody else's checklist.
From shifting those tasks to the secondary part of your life, to waking up and choosing who you are every single day, Henry talks about what happens when you fulfill your purpose, step into your dream, and truly connect to why you're here: days don't matter, months don't matter, seasons don't matter, because you wake up fulfilled with the promise of life every single day. He shares four practices you can repeat: the morning who choice, identity statements, reframing the list so the tasks serve the who, and a midday return when you forget. The episode includes breathing exercises and closes with a prayer.
In this episode:
• "What if you could wake up tomorrow and the day already mattered?"
• "Not because of what you had to get done, but because of who you were being."
• "When you fulfill your purpose, when you step into your dream, when you actually connect to your passion, when you truly connect to why you're here, days don't matter, months don't matter, seasons don't matter, years don't matter, because you wake up fulfilled with the promise of life every single day."
• "And so you're living a life of how do I do this?"
• "It's like you're living somebody else's checklist."
• "You are a human being, not a human doing."
• "The primary, the number one focus is who we're becoming."
• "We can wake up and choose who we are every single day"
• "If you wait until the tasks are finished to start living your purpose, to start walking in your dream, to start connecting to why you're here, you will wait your whole life."
• "You don't let the task tell you who you are. You let who you are tell you how to do the task."
• "Because you're in love with the who, and when you're in love with the who, every single day matters, no matter what it consists of."
• "Purpose is not a destination you arrive at after you get your life in order."
• "Purpose is the way you walk while you get in your life order."
• "The biggest, most powerful life is not the one with the most tasks. It's the one where the tasks serve the who."
• "So rise up and become the rising tide that lifts all ships."
Take the free Alignment Score: https://vibeabundant.com/alignment-score/
More from Henry Lawrence: https://vibeabundant.com
Follow @realhenryg on Instagram and TikTok.
About Henry Lawrence: Henry is the host of The Positive Mindset Podcast.
Join Dream University for free: https://www.skool.com/dream-university-7023

Build the day your best self would live, then measure the actions you actually practice.
In this Afternoon Vibe from The Positive Mindset Podcast, Henry Lawrence pairs a practical day-on-paper exercise with teaching on uneven progress. Write down your actual routine and how its activities feel, then compare it with the day of the person you'd be proud to become. Start swapping actions instead of only waiting for a different feeling. The second teaching passage brings the focus back to the habits and daily practice you can follow through on, rather than treating every movement in an external result as the verdict on your progress.
In this episode:
• "Now, think about who you want to be."
• "What is the best version of you?"
• "Then take a piece of paper, a blank one, and write down what their day would look like."
• "And then just look at the mathematics."
• "And then set up a timeline."
• "There's just the answer that's going to allow you to succeed."
• "You'll have that win that nobody can take away from you."
• "There's going to be ups and downs."
• "And that's how we gain a more positive mindset."
Take the free Alignment Score: https://vibeabundant.com/alignment-score/
Join Dream University for free: https://www.skool.com/dream-university-7023
More from Henry Lawrence: https://vibeabundant.com
Follow @realhenryg on Instagram and TikTok.
About Henry Lawrence: Henry is an executive, mindset and identity coach and the host of The Positive Mindset Podcast, on air since 2020 with nearly 17 million plays.
Pulled from the full episode "How to Get Back Up: Going From Knocked Down to Standing Again" (Nov 6): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positive-mindset-podcast/episodes/How-to-Get-Back-Up-Going-From-Knocked-Down-to-Standing-Again-e3rmrsa

What happened to you doesn't have to become the definition of who you are.
In this mindset shift from The Positive Mindset Podcast, Henry Lawrence separates experiencing a setback from becoming the setback. This cut brings together teaching on the stories we repeat after failure and the choice to keep showing up as ourselves when the outcome is uncertain. You can feel sadness and grief without making them your whole identity. Return to the version of you that can rise, practice gratitude, and bring your light into the situation you're facing. It opens with a centering breath and closes with a champion visualization, a prayer, the rising tide and a sign-off.
In this episode:
• "You have to understand that everything is happening for you."
• "You experience through you."
• "I am more than the situation that seems to be failing."
• "This thing failed, this thing lost, and I became stronger."
• "You do not have to repeat the same thing."
• "You are experiencing those things, but you are not those things."
• "Shift it today."
• "I'm gonna be me today."
• "I am in perfect divine alignment with myself."
• "I'm going to operate in gratitude."
Take the free Alignment Score: https://vibeabundant.com/alignment-score/
Join Dream University for free: https://www.skool.com/dream-university-7023
More from Henry Lawrence: https://vibeabundant.com
Follow @realhenryg on Instagram and TikTok.
About Henry Lawrence: Henry is an executive, mindset and identity coach and the host of The Positive Mindset Podcast, on air since 2020 with nearly 17 million plays.
Pulled from the full episode "How to Get Back Up: Going From Knocked Down to Standing Again" (Nov 6): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/positive-mindset-podcast/episodes/How-to-Get-Back-Up-Going-From-Knocked-Down-to-Standing-Again-e3rmrsa
Music licensed through Epidemic Sound: “Keep Me Honest (Instrumental Version)” by Maybe; “A Step Ahead” by Experia; “Anything for You (Instrumental Version)” by Adelyn Paik; “With the Dawn” by Megan Wofford; “Rise Beyond” by Megan Wofford; “Echoes of Illumination” by Megan Wofford.

What if the thing that's falling apart in your life isn't the end? In this episode, Henry talks about real change — not the kind of New Year's plan that ends up in a drawer by February, but the kind where you look back one day and don't recognize the old version of you anymore. He walks through why you can't just add new things on top of the old you, why a new roof won't hold on a broken foundation, and why you have to take it down to the studs, deconstruct, and then rebuild with the right people, places, and things around you.
From tearing down an old identity and the habits that match it, to building on a foundation that doesn't move when everything else does, Henry talks about being equally yoked — pulling in the same direction, at a similar strength, toward the same thing — and how to lovingly let go of people who aren't pulling with you. He covers purpose, why your dream is in your DNA, and how to stop living to survive today's problems and start growing for something bigger. The episode includes breathing exercises and closes with a prayer.
In this episode:
• "What if the thing that's falling apart in your life isn't the end?"
• "You can't put a new roof on a house when the foundation is broken and expect the house to be new."
• "At some point, you have to take it down to the studs. You have to deconstruct."
• "And then, with the right people, places, and things, you rebuild."
• "I want you to see your life not as a problem to solve, but a project worth building."
• "We're gonna stop living to survive today's problems"
• "Deconstructing is when you finally stop patching and you start pulling back the drywall."
• "Instead of asking what do I want, ask who am I becoming?"
• "You're not being thrown away. You're being re-centered."
• "Being equally yoked means you're pulling in the same direction with a similar strength toward the same thing."
• "And you can love somebody and still not be yoked to them."
• "You can't hold the new hand while gripping the old one."
• "Because being equally yoked isn't just about finding the right people. It's also about being the right person to who you're yoked to."
• "It's happening because there's something more for you because you are the rising tide that lifts all ships."
Take the free Alignment Score: https://vibeabundant.com/alignment-score/
More from Henry Lawrence: https://vibeabundant.com
Follow @realhenryg on Instagram and TikTok.
About Henry Lawrence: Henry is the host of The Positive Mindset Podcast.
Join Dream University for free: https://www.skool.com/dream-university-7023