From the book: If You Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life by John Maurice
“Most people are praying for change while protecting the patterns that keep them the same.”
John Maurice, If You Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life
THE REAL TRAP ISN’T WHAT HAPPENED IT’S WHAT YOU KEEP BELIEVING
The biggest reason change doesn’t happen has nothing to do with lack of opportunity, support, money, or information. The real trap is mental loyalty staying committed to an outdated belief system that was built during your lowest season. You can cry out for breakthrough, declare you’re ready, or even take action—but if you’re still mentally guarding the thoughts that were created in survival, your progress will always collapse under the weight of your mindset.
We tend to protect beliefs like:
- “That’s just how I am.”
- “I’ve already missed my chance.”
- “Nothing ever works out for me.”
- “I’ve been through too much to change now.”
These are not facts. These are fear-based patterns. They once served you, but now they sabotage you.
THE MIND TRAP THAT SILENTLY CONTROLS YOUR RESULTS
In If You Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life, I introduce a concept called the mind trap a subconscious contract we make with limiting beliefs that no longer reflect who we are becoming. These beliefs are familiar, internalized, and rarely questioned. That’s what makes them dangerous. They don’t just block progress they create a false identity around struggle.
This is why I wrote one of the most important lines in the book:
“The longer you argue for your limitations, the longer they’ll stay in charge of your life.”
Let that hit.
Because the thought you’ve been protecting might be the very thing keeping your future on hold.
REAL STORY: HOW ONE THOUGHT KEPT HER STUCK
I worked with a woman who had built her entire life around survival. After years of emotional trauma and a painful divorce, she told me, “I don’t know who I am anymore but I know I’m not meant to start over.” That wasn’t her truth. That was her trauma speaking.
Over time, she realized her identity had fused with the belief that she was too broken to rebuild. But once she challenged that belief—once she shifted it—everything changed. She said out loud, “That’s not the truth anymore.” That moment broke the spell.
Within six months, she launched a business, began mentoring other women, and started speaking on stages. Her transformation wasn’t the result of a perfect plan. It was the result of a new agreement.
MINDSET RESET EXERCISE
Do this now. Write this out. Speak it out loud.
The thought I’ve been protecting is:
But the truth I’m stepping into now is:
Now choose one simple action today that aligns with your new truth—not the old belief. Don’t just think differently. Move differently.
WITHOUT A MENTAL SHIFT, NOTHING CHANGE
You can journal. You can pray. You can visualize the life you want. But if your mind is still programmed with survival-level beliefs, you’ll stay in cycles. The mind controls the outcomes. And if your subconscious is still trying to protect you from pain, it will block you from purpose.
That’s why I didn’t write this book to inspire you—I wrote it to train your mind to release what no longer serves your next season.
IF YOU’RE READY FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
If You Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life
by John Maurice
Available now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/3bgOu18
This book is more than words it’s your tool to finally disrupt the mental pattern keeping you stuck. It’s time to stop feeding the thoughts that no longer deserve your loyalty.
I believe in you. And now that you’re believing more in yourself, I know I’ll see you on the other side of your desired reality.
Until next time
Love Always,
John Maurice
