Why You Can't Build Wealth (And How To Fix Your Money Mindset) | Lewis Howes

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Dec 17, 2025

Discover the surprising truth behind financial struggles—most stem from childhood beliefs about money. Lewis Howes shares his own journey from anxiety to abundance, revealing how deeply ingrained ideas like 'money is hard to make' can sabotage wealth creation. Learn the importance of healing early money wounds and shifting your mindset to foster a healthier relationship with finances. He emphasizes that understanding and transforming these beliefs can unleash financial freedom, making money feel light and enjoyable.

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INSIGHT

Money Is A Learned Relationship

Your relationship with money is learned and encoded early in life.
Unhealed money wounds make money always feel stressful regardless of income.

ADVICE

Two Shifts To Fix Money

Put financial systems and structures in place as a first shift.
Then focus on healing early money wounds as the second essential shift.

ANECDOTE

Childhood Fights Taught Money Fear

Lewis Howes recounts growing up in a small Ohio town with parental fights about money.
Those childhood scenes taught his nervous system that money equals stress and conflict.

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"You cannot build wealth with a mindset that was designed to keep you small." - Lewis Howes

Lewis grew up in a small town in Ohio where money meant one thing: stress. His parents loved him, but they argued about finances, and his nervous system learned to associate money with fights, uncertainty, and fear. At 5, 8, 12 years old, he didn't understand what was happening, but his body was recording every moment. That programming followed him into adulthood. No matter what strategies he tried, no matter how much he earned, the anxiety stayed. He kept sabotaging himself without even realizing it. Then came the breaking point where he said, "No more. I need to learn." He started interviewing experts, not just about making money, but about managing it emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. What he discovered became his New York Times bestseller "Make Money Easy," and it starts with a truth most people miss: your financial problems aren't about dollars, they're about wounds.

Here's what Lewis wants you to understand. Most of us are carrying the financial beliefs and burdens we learned as kids. Beliefs like "money is hard to make," "money makes people fight," "we can't afford that." These aren't just thoughts, they're identities. And if your identity says money is scary or you're not good with it, no strategy today will save you. Lewis shares the two shifts that changed everything for him. First, getting the right systems in place. Second, and more importantly, healing your early money wounds. He walks you through how to identify your earliest memory around money, whether that's parents digging through couch cushions for change or being told you can't have ice cream because there's no money. Once you start healing those wounds, you stop repeating them. You stop living with that constant knot in your stomach. Money becomes something light, even fun, instead of the heavy burden that's been taxing your life. This isn't about positive thinking, it's about understanding why you are the way you are with money, and then doing the real work to change it.

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