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Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
Sean Crane shares his story of Redemption and how his struggles early on in life helped him develop a mindset and perspective that he has used to cultivate the life of his dreams. Sean walks you through his most gruesome moments from seeing his mother overdose as a kid to watching his father in a standoff with police. After years of experiencing a living hell Sean was arrested and faced life in prison. Sean shares the most impactful moments behind bars and how they changed his life forever. After 5 1/2 years incarcerated Sean returned home a different person with a compelling vision to inspire the world. Now, a family man, successful entrepreneur and person of influence, Sean is on a mission to spread his message and impact lives across the globe with his lessons and the same breakthroughs that have helped him in his life to this point.
Sean Michael Crane's Unstoppable Mindset
From Prison Pain to Powerful Purpose
Have you ever wondered if your darkest moments might actually be redirecting you toward your greatest purpose? That's the profound revelation I experienced after discovering that the crime I served 5.5 years in prison for—a crime I didn't commit—could have been cleared from my record.
The perpetrator actually confessed to police. Witnesses from the party knew I was innocent but remained silent. The justice system had no interest in correcting their mistake. Learning these truths could have crushed me with bitterness and regret. Instead, it confirmed what I already knew deep down: that wrongful conviction saved my life.
Before prison, I was on a self-destructive path of addiction and emptiness. Those years behind bars forced me to confront my demons, find sobriety, and discover my true purpose. I used every single day of my incarceration to rebuild myself from the ground up. The transformation wasn't comfortable—it required facing trauma, addiction, and regret—but it awakened something powerful within me that continues to guide my life today.
So many of us resist the challenging paths we're being guided toward, fighting against difficulties rather than recognizing them as essential parts of our journey. What if you surrendered to that inner voice calling you toward something greater? What if you stopped running from pain and instead moved through it? The person you're meant to become exists on the other side of those fears and challenges.
Ready to wake up to your true potential? Listen to this episode to discover how accepting your path—even when it seems unfair or painful—might be the key to creating the exceptional life you've always wanted. Your darkest moment could be preparing you for your greatest purpose.
This is the craziest thing about life and this is how you know that God's plan is so much bigger than yours. If I had not gone to prison, I would be dead. It was the scariest thing I've ever gone through, but it woke me up. See, a lot of you guys are walking around, but you're sleeping. You're sleeping on your goals, your truth, your purpose, and I just realized, gosh man, god has a massive plan for me. God has a plan for me. I went through all that just so that I could get myself right. Welcome back to another episode of the Unstoppable Mindset Podcast. I'm your host, sean Crane, and I got some breaking news for you guys. I got some breaking news pertaining to my incarceration and my time in prison. My entire case could have been exonerated, my name could have been cleared. I could have actually walked out of that jail a free man, never gone to prison, not serving five and a half years, not having my picture on the front page of the news press, not having my name smutted up, not having people think that my life was over, not being put in that horrible environment. But you know what? I wouldn't be here today. This is the craziest thing about life and this is how you know that God's plan is so much bigger than yours. If I had not gone to prison, I would be dead. I wouldn't have my family, I wouldn't be here talking to you guys, I definitely wouldn't have sobriety, I'd have nothing. I wouldn't have sobriety. I'd have nothing. I wouldn't have the inner peace in my heart that I have. I wouldn't be as driven and motivated as I am. I wouldn't even be here. If I was lucky enough to be alive at this point, I would be a deadbeat. I'd be addicted to drugs and alcohol, I'd have so much suppressed pain and trauma that I hadn't dealt with, and I don't even know who I would have become. I don't even want to ever think of that or envision what it would have been like to meet that version of me by now. But I know that I would have been dead and I know God spared my life. But how crazy is this? So I never really shared this publicly, but about two years ago, the individual who committed the crimes that I went to prison for he was actually in prison too, and he got out and he sent me a message on Facebook messenger and he said hey, man just got out and he sent me a message on Facebook Messenger and he said hey, man, just got out of prison. I'm not supposed to be talking to you, but I want you to know that I'm going to go down to the police department and tell them that you were innocent of the crime that you went to prison for. He goes I know you already did the time, but at the very least, maybe they could exonerate your name and you can get your name cleared from that stuff, because, if you don't know, I went to prison for five and a half years stemming from an assault with a deadly weapon uh, in what?
Speaker 1:2011? From a party at a fight where guys brought knives to a fist fight and I was there watching it and I got brought into this melee and it looked horrible. I had blood all over my shirt. I was seen wrestling around with guys that were stabbed and everyone at the party told the cops that they saw me fighting with a guy that almost died. So the cops came looking for me and the next day with AR-15s, arrested me, booked me into the county jail for attempt to murder and for eight months I fought my case, ended up being sentenced to seven years in prison and I ended up doing five and a half.
Speaker 1:That time in prison changed my life drastically. It helped me to get sober, helped me to get clear on my goals, my true purpose, commit to a path of excellence, and I used every day in prison to rebuild my life. I didn't miss a day. I did not miss one day and I'm here today because of the choices I made going through those circumstances. It was the scariest thing I've ever gone through, but it woke me up. See, a lot of you guys are walking around, but you're sleeping. You're sleeping on your goals, your truth, your purpose. You don't feel it. You're just going through the motions. That was me for many years. But going to prison and thinking my life was over woke me up. Okay, now, when I got out, I started rebuilding my life and I just put everything behind me and my mindset was that I'm going to show the world who I truly am. I'm going to show people in my community, people on social media, my family, my friends, everybody, my true self through my daily actions. That was all I cared about and that's all I focused on. So then, about two years ago, I'd already been out, three, four years, five years.
Speaker 1:At this point, I get a message from the individual who committed the crimes I went to prison for, and he said hey, I'm going to go down to the police station and I'm going to tell them that I did it and that you were innocent. So he did that. He went down, spoke to a police officer, they put him in a police car while they were talking to him, said that they had the audio recording of him confessing, committing the crimes that I was accused of and sentenced to prison for, and actually spoke through Facebook Messenger to the police officer that interviewed him. But he got spooked. Once I started asking him questions about the situation and if he was going to bring the information to the DA and if he could kind of speak up on my behalf. He told me that he was actually going to quit the police department. He had been burnt out on being a police officer and going to the fire department. And shortly after that he blocked me on Facebook Messenger and his last message was that man, I don't want to get involved in this, I'm moving on in my life Like you guys handle that. And so at that point I was pretty discouraged.
Speaker 1:I went down to the police station in Santa Barbara and what I was told is the district attorney didn't want to reopen the case because, you know, there wasn't enough evidence. And the crazy thing is, yeah, like it wouldn't have got any of my life back or my time back, but it would have been really cool for the district attorney and the police department to admit that they had falsely arrested me and accused me of a crime I didn't commit and admit, that new evidence had come out that proclaimed and showcased my innocence. Like that would have felt really good, right. But they're not in the business of admitting when they make mistakes unless there's so much tangible evidence I'm talking about, like DNA evidence, eyewitness testimony, like there has to be an overwhelming amount of evidence for them to go back and overturn a conviction.
Speaker 1:And something else recently happened too. I met an individual and she told me her boyfriend knew who I was and I was like, okay, well, that's interesting, like what about it? You know? And I'd actually given her a copy of my book because we had a lot in common I wanted to share my story with her and she came to me the next day and she said yeah, my boyfriend was actually at that party and he's the one that held the victim, you know, held him up so that he didn't bleed out. And the cops got there and he was covered in blood and he knows that you didn't commit the crime. And I'm like, well, so he was holding the victim and he knew I didn't commit the crime. Why didn't he say anything?
Speaker 1:Back then? I come to find out all of these people at the party knew the truth. All these individuals I'm talking about dozens of individuals knew that I didn't commit the crime that I went to prison for. And I started thinking, gosh man, you know, there's a saying that people speak often, it's true Like a poor man's felony is a rich man's misdemeanor. And I started thinking about that. I'm like, damn, if I would have had the money back then to hire lawyers and I would have taken my case to trial, I would have beat it. There was so much evidence that was just wishy-washy right, just stuff that was written in the police report that wasn't true. People that said I did something that I did not do, that on the stand could have been cross-examined and easily created doubt in the eyes of the jurors if not had them admit that they were lying or that they didn't know and the police report was actually fictitious.
Speaker 1:I start playing these scenarios in my head. I'm like damn, all these people at the party knew I was innocent. The guy who actually committed the crime went to the police station and told them he did it and nobody wants to overturn my case right or look into it and overturn my charges. And so I went through that inner dialogue for like a day, almost feeling frustrated. But Then I realized, man, like I literally would not be here today if I had not gone through that situation. And it's the craziest situation, like at a party, they're drinking, socializing, a fight breaks out. The next day I'm charged with an attempted murder. I didn't do Like. It's something that you read in a book or you see in a movie.
Speaker 1:It's freaking crazy, all the little details that led up to me being accused of that crime and convicted, you know. And I just realized gosh, man, god has a massive plan for me. God has a plan for me. I went through all that just so that I could get myself right. Had I not gone to prison and faced life in prison and been in that situation, I wouldn't have gotten sober, I wouldn't have this second chance, I wouldn't have found this purpose inside of me, I wouldn't have this beautiful family and this life that I always wanted. I wouldn't change a thing. And imagine how crazy is that to look back on five and a half years in prison, my picture on the front page of the news press, all the stuff I had to go through, man, most people that hear my story don't even fathom the pain, the loneliness, the emotions that I had to battle during that time. But I'm a stronger, better man, with more faith and more conviction because of that.
Speaker 1:And here's the thing, two things. The person you want to be is on the other end of all that fear, all those excuses, all that pain that you're trying to avoid. You have to evolve and morph into that person you want to be, and it's not easy, it's not comfortable, it's painful, it's scary. It's all those emotions that you're running from. You have to face them. You have to grow through them. That's what I had to do. I had to face trauma from my youth. I had to get sober. I had to face, you know, the pain involved in my choices in life and who I had become, and that regret and all that stuff. I had to feel it in order to get this fire lit inside of me to then go off and create the person I am today. Right, so that's the first thing.
Speaker 1:The second thing is if you're questioning stuff, if you're always trying to make it work your way, if you're resisting that path that you're being pushed to go down in life, what you're doing is you're going against God's plan for you. God has a purpose for each and every one of you. I'm living proof. I don't know what your purpose is. I don't know what your path is, but I do know that a lot of people resist it. They fight it In their heart. They know who they want to be, but they keep making decisions to get them off track. They keep making decisions to sabotage themselves.
Speaker 1:What would happen if you just let go and trust and believe in that path? What if you just surrendered your will and all the stuff you think you need and you want and you just said these are the pure thoughts I'm having. This is the feeling in my heart of who I want to be Like. There's just something there that you know you need to pursue. What if you gave into that voice and just let it guide you? Imagine where your life would go. That's what happened to me, it's been 13. Control it, but I need to go with it. I need to find out where this journey leads me to, and it led me to the most beautiful fucking place I could ever imagine. It's a place I always wanted to be, but it's more beautiful than I ever thought.
Speaker 1:And so you guys yeah, I could have my name exonerated, my case and all that stuff overturned. I could have maybe the Independent or the Santa Barbara News Press write up an article about how new evidence has emerged and Sean Crain is actually innocent and the whole world would actually know. But you know what? That doesn't matter to me and that's not what I want. You know, what matters to me is that I'm living out God's purpose for my life and I'm being a good human being. I'm here to take care of my family and I'm being the best leader for my children. I'm being the best husband for my wife. I'm being a leader here on social media, sharing the truth through content, through my example. Each and every day, I'm helping men to take control of their lives, to get sober, to eradicate those demons up here, to be better men for their families. There's a massive ripple effect taking place, and so I wouldn't change a thing. I would not change a thing. And it's crazy to get to a position where you can go through so much bad but then look back and go. I wouldn't change it.
Speaker 1:And some of you are in the midst of that right now and you don't realize it. You went through a breakup. You're struggling with sobriety, trying to find your path. You'll look back one day on these moments that felt like they were meaningless or that they were despairing or they're working against you, and you'll realize this is a part of a bigger picture, a bigger plan that God has in store for you. If you have that mindset, if you know that God is guiding you on a path that you always tell yourself this is part of God's plan. This is part of God's plan and you do your best each and every day best attitude, best effort. You don't cut corners, you don't make excuses. You do your part. I promise you're going to create an exceptional life for yourself, just like I've been able to.
