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.
Why Mindset Matters
Redefining Happiness
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Episode 13: Redefining Happiness
In this episode of Why Mindset Matters, I explore how my definition of happiness has radically shifted since losing my daughter, Rylee. For a long time, I thought happiness was supposed to be loud, obvious, and permanent — but grief cracked that illusion wide open.
Now, I see happiness as something softer, more sacred — moments of peace, presence, and gratitude woven into the messiness of real life.
I share how I learned to hold both joy and sorrow without apology, and how I’ve made space for meaning, even when life doesn’t feel light. This is a raw and honest conversation about emotional duality — the kind that lets joy and pain coexist. It’s about breaking up with performative positivity and giving yourself full permission to define happiness in a way that actually fits who you are now, not who you used to be.
Ultimately, I invite you to rethink what happiness really means — not as a constant feeling, but as a personal perspective — and to realize just how much your mindset can and does shape the way you experience life, even in the midst of grief.
