Monday Mindfulness with Lyndal...

This week’s episode marks the close of Monday Mindfulness: Season One, a reflection, a celebration, and a moment to pause before what’s next. I share how this podcast began, what it’s taught me, and how every theme this season has really been about one thing — self-discovery. We revisit the power of showing up, even when it’s messy, and explore why celebration is how wisdom integrates. You’ll also...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I trust my timing" and the thought pattern "My life unfolds at the perfect pace, even when others rush around me". I share how years of rushing, in business, healing, and relationships has taught me that life doesn’t run on my schedule. We explore what happens when we force things before they’re ready, why comparison disconnects us from our i...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I am worthy of gentleness" and the thought pattern "I treat myself with the same kindness I show others". I share how years of overgiving and self-criticism taught me that gentleness isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. We explore why so many of us find it easier to be kind to others than to ourselves, and how learning to soften toward ourselves...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I listen to my body’s wisdom" and the thought pattern "My physical sensations are messengers, not enemies". I share how years of rescuing others at the cost of myself led me to total exhaustion and illness, to the point where my body forced me to stop. It taught me the hard way that ignoring physical signals doesn’t make them go away; it make...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I honour my seasons" and the thought pattern "Like nature, I have times for growth and times for rest". I share how my corporate years taught me the hard way what happens when we try to live in perpetual summer, always producing, pushing, and achieving without space for rest or renewal. Burnout became my winter, and it forced me to start payi...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I embrace my complexity" and the thought pattern "My complexity is my hidden superpower". I share how for years I believed my complexity was something to fix or tone down, that being “too much” or “hard to figure out” was a flaw. But over time, I’ve realised that my complexity is not a weakness, it’s a gift. I explore how society has misunder...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I trust my healing" and the thought pattern "My recovery doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s". I share how easy it is to fall into comparison when it comes to healing, looking at other people’s timelines, or even following teachers and practitioners who teach from their own conditioning. It can leave you feeling confused or like you’re “b...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I choose love over fear" and the thought pattern "Fear informs me, love guides my decisions ". I share how fear often shows up as the loudest voice in the room, convincing us to hold back, second guess or stay small. But fear is only meant to inform us not control us. I explore the difference between fear as a messenger and love as a guide, a...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I transform pain into wisdom" and the thought pattern "My struggles become my greatest teachers". I share a conversation with a dear friend about experiencing pain and hard times, and whether i would choose to do it the easy way next time. We explore how pain has its own intelligence and why we spend so much energy trying to avoid what might...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I am my own safe haven" and the thought pattern " My peace comes from within, not from external circumstances ". I talk about my own personal journey of searching for safety and calm outside of myself in others and situations, later knowing that nothing outside of ourselves is constantly safe and peaceful. Being safe means not outsourcing you...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I trust the unknown " and the thought pattern " Mystery is not my enemy; its where magic lives". Most of us crave certainty, we want the outcome before the step, the plan before the journey, but nothing is truly certain, and control is mostly a story we tell ourselves to feel safe. Mystery has always been where magic lives. what we call the u...

This wreks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I practice radical honesty" with the thought pattern, "I speak truth with love, starting with myself" Radical honesty isn't about being blunt, its about speaking from alignment rather than reactivity. In this episode I share my favourite phrase for disagreements, which is simple and clear without needing to justify yourself. Radical honesty b...

This week's Monday Mindfulness Podcast explores the affirmation "I honour my essence" and the thought pattern, "My authenticself is my greatest gift to the world. I share about a time when I used to shape shift to fit into different rooms, spaces, and environments by softening my voice, hiding my spirituality, and avoiding paying too much. I was being adaptable, but i was really erasing myself. Yo...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I embrace vulnerability " with the thought pattern "My openness creates deeper connections with those who matter". Vulnerability is the most honest thing we can offer another human, but it often feels dangerous. I share a personal story about learning to be vulnerable in intimate relationships and how hiding only created disconnection. The tu...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation "I am beautiful", with the thought pattern "My beauty is not defined only by my appearance, but by who I am in its entirety". What makes someone beautiful? I challenge us to redefine beauty as energy, essence, and soul quality rather than external appearance. Through a personal story and reflection on conditioning, we explore the beauty that d...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness unpacks the affirmation - "I honour myself and others", and the thought pattern - "I truly believe that we are all doing the best we can do with the information we have at that point in time." When I truly honour myself and others I stop expecting perfection and start seeking understanding. In this episode, I explore why we are not here to get it all right, we are her...

This week's Monday Mindfulness explores the affirmation - "I am safe to rest" and the thought pattern - "I honour my body's need for stillness and recovery." Why does rest feel so dangerous for achievers and people pleasers? In this episode, I dive into the difference between being a human being vs. a human doing, and why we have been conditioned to lump rest into the category of laziness. We will...

This weeks Monday Mindfulness dives deep into the affirmation - "I trust myself", and the thought pattern - "My inner knowing guides my decisions even when others disagree". In this episode I explore why self-trust is one of the hardest things to rebuild after trauma, betrayal or years of people pleasing. We talk about the difference between fear and intuition, how we learn to override our inner k...