Why Mindset Matters
Eslana Lower is an author, speaker, resilience mindset coach, nurse, midwife and mother of 4 who is also navigating life following the tragic loss of her teenage daughter Rylee to suicide because of bullying.
Why Mindset Matters is the podcast that explores how resilience, gratitude, and intentional thinking can transform even the most challenging seasons of life. Each episode offers raw conversations, empowering tools, and real-life stories to help you shift your perspective and reclaim your power.
This podcast is for you if you’ve ever asked yourself…
- How do I survive the heartbreak of a breakup or betrayal?
- How do I keep going after the death of someone I love?
- Is it possible to live and grieve at the same time?
- Will I ever feel happiness again after so much loss?
- How can I begin to heal when everything feels broken?
- What can I do to strengthen my mental and emotional wellbeing?
- How do I build resilience for the inevitable challenges life brings?
- What does happiness really mean—and how do I find it for myself?
- How do I create a life that feels meaningful and aligned?
- Can I truly manifest the life, love, and peace I long for?
- How do I call in the kind of relationship I truly deserve?
- What steps can I take to live the life I know I’m meant for?
Trigger Warning: This podcast contains discussions about suicide and may include occasional strong language. Listener discretion is advised, especially for those who may find these topics distressing.
Why Mindset Matters
I Wrote a Book!
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 wouldn’t.”* Hearing that on repeat made me pause and ask myself: I’m not special… so what is it that am I doing that has people convinced that they couldn't?
That question became the heartbeat of my book, Resilience After Great Loss: Learning to Live and Grieve Simultaneously.
In the book, I talk about the tools, practices, and mindset shifts that helped me not just survive unimaginable loss and trauma, but learn how to thrive and in doing so build a life where grief and joy coexist.
I talk about the power of intentional living, community, and manifestation in creating a life that still feels meaningful — even when it looks nothing like what you imagined. I provide insights on how we can use the things mentioned within the book as an insurance policy if you like, for the inevitable losses and challenges of life; and as such set ourselves up to navigate them in a way that is a little softer and kinder to soul. I also get honest about my struggles with procrastination and self-doubt as I chase my goals, and why it’s so important to honour and validate our own grief experiences without judgment, as it is by validating our grief, loss and lived experience that we open ourselves up to more joy and contentment in life.
This episode is for EVERYONE... Because none of us get out of this life unscathed. It is my love letter to world written from a place of unimaginable heartbreak intended to be your personal reminder that (like me) you are capable of so much more than you could imagine and with the right tools, supports and mindset shifts you absolutely can survive the very things you were convinced would be your destruction.
