Johanna Laurent: Can Positive Phrases Really Change Your Life?

A Mission Fueled by Faith and Light

Johanna Laurent is not just an entrepreneur. She’s a radiant force on a mission to ignite self-belief through positivity. After 25 years in business, Johanna created Positive Phrases—a collection of tools, books, and affirmations aimed at helping people reclaim their inner light and live with purpose.

In this powerful episode of 21st Century Entrepreneurship, Johanna shares how positivity is more than a mindset—it’s a movement. And at the heart of it lies her compact, pocket-sized tool: Everything’s Perfect, a book designed to quickly shift your mindset and remind you that “you deserve to win.”

Why We Resist Positivity

Despite knowing that positive thinking leads to better outcomes, many of us struggle to accept it. Johanna points out how negative feedback tends to linger while kind words bounce off. “Someone says you're beautiful,” she reflects, “you’re like, yeah, but not really. You can’t accept it because you can’t accept your own beauty.”

This internal resistance inspired Johanna to create tools that don't just preach positivity—they instill it. Her goal? To help us hear positive words often enough that we finally start to believe them.

The Power of Visual Cues and Repetition

Johanna’s journey began with something as simple as seeing a positive word while facing adversity. Words like “smile” or “believe” became signs from the universe. “That really helped me get through so much in life,” she says.

So she turned that experience into action, creating mugs, canvases, and mini-books that repeat affirmations wherever you are—on your desk, kitchen counter, or dashboard. These tools are reminders that you’re not alone and that you can shift your mindset within seconds.

“The subconscious is always being fed. Even when you think it’s not, it is. So you have to put things around you that feed you positively.”

The Pocket-Sized Shift: Everything’s Perfect

The centerpiece of Johanna’s Positive Phrases collection is Everything’s Perfect, a minimalist book of affirmations with fewer than 200 words—but each one carefully chosen. You can flip to any page, and it will give you “the perfect message for the moment.”

When life feels chaotic or you’re overwhelmed, Johanna encourages a simple act: pause, open the book, and let its words reroute your thoughts. “Focus on the good,” one page reads. And in that moment, your entire energy shifts.

The goal isn’t just positivity—it’s transformation through presence.

Blind Faith and the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Johanna relates deeply to the entrepreneurial journey. She emphasizes how every step forward in life or business requires blind faith:

“When you start in business, God doesn’t reveal to you how it’s going to look. If you knew what it was going to take, you would never start.”

This speaks to the heart of entrepreneurship—stepping into the unknown, guided not by certainty, but by belief. Her message to anyone on the edge of giving up? Feed the original excitement. Reignite the joy you felt when you started. And never stop.

“Stop”: The Second Tool for Living in the Now

In addition to Everything’s Perfect, Johanna created a second book, Stop. It’s another minimalistic yet powerful guide with messages like:

• Stop waiting for the right time to start your life.

• Stop living in the past.

• Stop fearing, worrying, and overthinking.

  
  

According to Johanna, we often live in our heads—paralyzed by fear or future-thinking. Stop is a manual for disruption. A literal stop sign for your negative thought spirals.

“Live in the present. Give yourself a chance.”

Redefining Love and Worthiness

One of the most moving parts of Johanna’s story is her honest admission: she didn’t know how to love herself. Raised with a spirit of service, she found joy in giving to others, but struggled to receive love in return.

She had a breakthrough when she realized that blocking others from loving her was also selfish. “How is God going to give me love if I don’t allow it to be given through other people?” she asked.

Her healing came from understanding that loving herself didn’t take away from others—it multiplied the love she could give.

The Bigger Message: You Are the Hero

Johanna believes we’re all born with a light—but the world teaches us to dim it. Her work, her message, and her business are all rooted in one transformative idea:

“You’re not just doing something to see if it’s going to work out. You’re doing something because you want it to work out.”

Through Positive Phrases, she invites us to remember we are the creators of our experience. We are our own superheroes.

Key Takeaways

• Positivity needs repetition. It takes hundreds of affirmations before we truly believe them.

• Small tools make big shifts. A single word at the right time can change your entire mood.

• Start before you’re ready. Faith and action are more powerful than over-preparation.

• Love yourself first. It’s not selfish—it’s essential to having more love to give.

• You matter. And your dream matters. Feed the original spark that started your journey.

Final Word: Choose the Light

In a world filled with fast-moving negativity, Johanna Laurent’s message is clear: you have the power to interrupt it. Not with hours of meditation or long self-help books, but with a single phrase. A shift. A stop.

You deserve to win—and the tools are already within your reach.

Ready to shift your mindset in seconds? Visit positivephrases.com and carry your light with you, everywhere you go.