Why Mindset Matters
About the Host Eslana Lower is an author, speaker, resilience mindset coach, nurse, midwife, and mother of four. Through her own lived experience of profound grief, trauma, and healing following the loss of her daughter, Rylee, Eslana has developed a powerful voice and framework for helping others navigate life’s most difficult seasons with greater resilience, intention, and hope. She is the creator of The GRACE Method and author of Resilience After Great Loss: Learning to Live and Grieve Simultaneously—work rooted in the belief that while grief may change us, it does not have to define us. About the Podcast Why Mindset Matters is a podcast for anyone navigating grief, loss, trauma, life transitions, or simply seeking to live with greater awareness, purpose, and emotional resilience. Across two powerful seasons, Eslana has shared raw reflections, honest conversations, practical tools, and mindset shifts designed to help listeners reclaim their story, strengthen their inner world, and learn how to live and grieve simultaneously. This podcast explores the intersection of resilience, gratitude, intentional living, healing, personal growth, and emotional wellbeing—offering compassionate guidance for those ready to stop simply surviving and start consciously participating in their own healing and transformation. This podcast is for you if you’ve ever asked yourself: • How do I keep going after life changes forever? • Is it possible to grieve and still experience joy? • How do I rebuild after loss, heartbreak, or trauma? • Will I ever feel like myself again? • How do I strengthen my mindset when life feels heavy? • What does resilience really look like in everyday life? • How can I create a life that feels meaningful and aligned? • How do I move from surviving… to truly thriving? Whether you’re in the middle of heartbreak, rebuilding after loss, or simply seeking deeper connection to yourself and your life, this space exists to remind you of something important: You already have within you the capacity to rise. You’re also warmly invited to join the free Resilience Mindset Community on Skool—a supportive online space for connection, reflection, and ongoing conversations around healing, growth, and resilience. It’s also where you’ll find access to The GRACE Method: Resilience Mindset Workshop, additional resources, and upcoming offerings. Join the community here: https://www.skool.com/why-mindset-matters-6748 Trigger Warning: This podcast may include discussions surrounding grief, suicide, trauma, and loss, as well as occasional strong language. Listener discretion is advised, especially for those who may find these topics distressing.
Episodes
The GRACE Method Is Here | Announcing My Resilience Mindset Workshop
In today’s episode, I’m sharing something I’ve been quietly building behind the scenes—and something I’m incredibly proud to finally announce.
My Resilience Mindset Workshop is officially here.
Born from lived experience, deep reflection, and years of personal healing and integration, this workshop brings together everything I teach through my GRACE f...
Season 3 Episode 1 : Self-Sabotage, Safety & Saying Yes to Life
In the very first episode of Season Three of Why Mindset Matters, I open up about something I’ve realised I’ve done for most of my adult life — pulling back from the very things I say that I want.
Recording from beautiful Tasmania, I share the story of almost cancelling this trip and the pattern of self-sabotage, fear, and nervous system protection th...
Season 2: Episode 8 - Unfiltered Grief: Why We Need to Stop Censoring the Conversation
This episode comes straight from the heart. I’m diving into a topic that’s been weighing on me for a little while — the way we’ve started to censor how we talk about grief, loss, and especially suicide. If we are not careful it will become less about connection and more about correctness. And the truth is, when we start policing la...
Season 2 : Episode 7 - Go ALL IN on every day!
In this very special episode — my first ever guest interview — I sit down with Darcy from DRC Fit. Darcy’s story is one of resilience, strength, and the power of mindset. We talk about the tools and beliefs that have carried him through recovery from drug addiction and helped him keep moving forward after the heartbreaking loss of his mum to cancer. Darcy shares how he w...
Season 2 Episode 6: When You Just Don’t Have It In You
In this episode, I open up about the days when you just don’t have it in you — when the weight of it all feels like too much and even the smallest steps forward feel impossible. I talk about my own experiences with emotional overwhelm, grief, and the pressure to keep showing up when your body and heart are asking you to slow down.
I share how learning to truly li...
Season 2 Episode 5 - When Mindset Meets Physiology: The Real Work of Healing
In this episode, I talk about the truth that while mindset really does matter — it isn’t everything. There are times in life, especially through grief and trauma, when we can be doing all the “right” things and still feel stuck, heavy, or disconnected. And that’s okay.
I share my own experiences of navigating deep loss and healing, and how I ...
Season 2 Episode 4: Breaking the Silence - Why Talking About Our Pain Saves Lives
In this episode of the Why Mindset Matters podcast, I dive into the darkness so many people find themselves in before taking their own life — that silent, heavy space where it feels like no one else could possibly understand. I know that place, and I know how isolating it can feel. But I also know the power of breaking the silence...
Season 2 Episode 3 : Perfectly Imperfect: Finding the Beauty in the Mess
In this episode, I dive into the messy, beautiful truth about imperfection and why waiting for everything to be “just right” can actually hold us back. I share honestly about my own journey with podcasting, the pressure I’ve felt to make things perfect, and the lessons I’ve learned about showing up authentically instead. Perfection isn’t where t...
Episode 2 - Resilience After Great Loss
In this episode, I share an exciting milestone — my book 'Resilience After Great Loss - Learning To Live & Grieve Simultaneously' is finally ready to purchase. I open up about my own journey through unimaginable loss and trauma, and how those experiences reshaped everything I thought I knew about survival, joy, and what it really means to live. I also talk about m...
Episode 1 - Manifesting: Why the Setbacks Are Still Part of the Setup
In this first episode of Season Two, I dive into one of the biggest shifts that’s transformed my life: learning to say yes, not just to the things that feel easy, but also to the uncertainty, the change, and even the challenges. I’ve come to believe that even when things don’t look like they’re working out, they actually are — just not always in th...
Episode 23: Speak Life: Rewriting Self-Talk & The Power of Genuine Compliments
In this season finale of Why Mindset Matters, I’m reflecting on the incredible power of words — the ones we speak to ourselves and the ones we share with others. For so long, I lived inside negative self-talk and limiting narratives that kept me small. But through grief, healing, and growth, I’ve learned that when we rewrite those stor...
Episode 22: Manifestation in Action - Even When Things Aren't Working Out... They Are ALWAYS Working Out!
In this episode of the Why Mindset Matters podcast, I share my own journey with manifestation and how tools like the 369 journal have helped me create real change in my life.
I talk about some of the personal mottos I live by (Start saying YES to life! & Even when things aren't working out... ...
Episode 21: Choose Your Circle Wisely
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I’m diving into something that’s been absolutely crucial in my own healing and growth journey — the power of choosing your circle wisely. The people we surround ourselves with become our mirrors, our anchors, and sometimes our lifelines — especially when life hands us the unimaginable.
I talk about how the right circle won’t need to be asked...
Episode 20: The Body Keeps The Score
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I talk about something I’ve come to understand deeply through my own experience with grief and trauma — the toll that chronic stress and survival mode can take on our bodies. Recently having my grief exacerbated by the unexpected loss of our family dog, I found myself stuck in fight-or-flight without even realising it. And over time, that em...
Epidsode 19: Honouring The Truth of Loss
In this episode, I share a deeply personal chapter of my grief journey — navigating the very recent loss of our beloved family dog (who was also Rylee's dog). I open up about something that’s often misunderstood: the instinct to shield others from the pain of loss. While well-intentioned, trying to protect someone from grief can actually deny them the opportunity to fully...
Episode 18: I Wrote a Book!
In this episode, I open up about how my journey of resilience after losing my daughter, Rylee, not only shaped every part of who I am today but also led me to write a book that I believe would benefit anyone brave enough to read it.
For the longest time after losing Rylee, anytime I’d share pieces of my story people would respond by saying “How the fck are you still standing? I couldn’t. I...
Episode 17: The Stories That Keep Us Stuck
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I get real about the stories we cling to — the ones that feel safe but quietly keep us stuck in self-imposed prisons we more commonly refer to as comfort zones. These narratives might feel like protection, but they’re really holding us back from the growth and change we deeply crave.
I talk about what it takes to face the fear behind t...
Episode 16 : Freedom From Attachment
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I’m diving into something that’s been both one of my hardest lessons and deepest teachers — attachment. I speak a lot about grief, healing, and mindset here, but underneath all of it is this quiet, often unseen force: the illusion of control.
I share how our attachments (to people, outcomes, and the life we thought we'd have) only serve ...
Episode 15: Why “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” Isn’t the Whole Truth
In this episode, I dive into the complexities of grief and the widely accepted phrase, “It’s okay to not be okay.” And while I understand the intention behind it, I’m challenging that narrative — because I don’t actually believe we’ve mastered what it truly means. When someone says they’re not okay, the instinct — whether from others or ourselves — is o...
Episode 14
Rewired : Letting Go of Limits & Living On Purpose
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I dive deep into the beliefs, patterns, and inner narratives that quietly shape how we show up in life.
I talk about the limits we inherit, absorb, or create — and how resilience and mindset can set us free.
This is an honest conversation about resilience, radical responsibility, and what it really tak...
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