The Essentialists
Speaker Profile
The Essentialists work to engage, educate and empower individuals, teams and organisations with essential life and wellness skills.
They help people take control of their health, wellbeing and ultimately their happiness by committing to what is essential in both their personal and professional life.
The Essentialists’ way isn’t about getting more things done, it’s about getting the right things done.
Who are The Essentialists?
Shannah Kennedy
Shannah Kennedy is a qualified and accredited life strategist, sought after business advisor, keynote speaker, facilitator and best-selling author. She has more than 10 years’ experience working in senior strategic sports marketing roles working on major events and projects with leading sports brands, Olympians and other elite athletes. She saw first hand case after case of corporate/high performance burn out and she herself succumbed to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. After this experience, Shannah established a new coaching business pioneering the application of wellness principles, working with a range of senior executives, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, organisations, teams and individuals wanting to find real balance and purpose in work and life. Shannah’s coaching process and insights challenge conventional values around what it means to be successful, what drives sustained high performance and find true balance. Shannah lives by the ethos: “Stop being a passenger in life, jump into the driver’s seat and take control with calm confidence.”
Lyndall Mitchell
Lyndall is an author, wellness entrepreneur, qualified and accredited coach, corporate speaker and founder of award-winning Aurora Spa Group. Lyndall brings to her work the “hard yards” of running a thriving business with more than 100 staff, the knowledge gained from creating successful consumer brands and she is recognised as a true wellness trailblazer in Australia for her work at Aurora and previously at Camp Eden where she created individual programs for some of the country’s most stressed out executives. Lyndall has a powerful combination of hands-on business experience and more than two decades working one-on-one and in groups with overworked, overwhelmed and overscheduled people from all walks of life. Lyndall’s clients include global corporate businesses, executives, freelancers, business start-ups and many people in between looking to identify and achieve their vision of success.
Why The Essentialists?
Together and as individuals, Shannah and Lyndall are acknowledged as Australia’s leaders in life and wellness education.
Dubbed the “Thelma and Louise of wellness”, between them they have more than three decades of presenting and executive coaching experience across public and corporate sectors globally. Shannah and Lyndall work with a diverse range of clients including Macquarie Bank, Deloitte, CBA, QBE, Mercedes, Seek, The Body Shop, Kikki K, AFL, NAB and many other ASX-listed companies. They also work with Olympians, other elite athletes and busy people from all walks of life. They are committed to educate, engage and empower through their unique wellness programs and life coaching, challenging their clients to question the pursuit of “success” at all costs.
By coming together, Shannah and Lyndall offer a wealth of experience, complementary expertise and approaches to maximize impact for their clients across Australia and Asia. Shannah and Lyndall have featured on The Today Show, Australian Financial Review, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Switzer News, across social media and through leading lifestyle websites by Deborah Hutton and Jules Sebastian.
“We work to give you the skills and knowledge to transform the way you live and work, to eliminate the distractions and drainers, understand the value of self care and get back to the essentials.”
- Shannah and Lyndall
Client Comments for The Essentialists
Client Comments
Client Comments
- The recently run nationwide Masterclass of Wellness for NAB worked very effectively for our financial planning teams. This engaging presentation was well-crafted, thought provoking and exceeded our expectations. The key wellness concepts and ideas you presented are already making a difference in the way our team approach their day. It gave everyone the much needed opportunity to bring wellness to the forefront.
NAB Wealth Division - We experienced the Masterclass of Wellness at our recent professional development conference. For our team it helped to raise self-awareness and helped to boost focus, creativity and motivation. Lyndall and Shannah gave a variety of skills and techniques to equip our team with the resources to be the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.
Tomorrowland Group - Dear Shannah and Lyndall,
I write to thank you both for your time, effort, enthusiasm, and energy in sharing your knowledge, wisdom and experience with our group last month (Family Business Australia Forum Group). You'll be pleased to know that one minute meditation is making a regular appearance in my lifestyle of late, and I'm all the better for it!
Jimmy Possum Group Pty Ltd - I had the pleasure of meeting Shannah & Lyndall when they presented at our National Advice Development workshops across the country for NAB financial planning. I found Shannah & Lyndall to be engaging and motivating with a genuine interest to ensure their program met the needs of our business & our employees. The messages were extremely relevant for our audience, with practical hints, tips & ideas to start our employees on their wellness journey.
NAB Senior Executive - Lyndall Mitchell and Shannah Kennedy delivered an inspiring workshop, focused on living a balanced life in accordance with your values. The participants were guided to evaluate different areas of their lives, identify any drainers and were given tools to help them live towards their values.
All participants found the workshop very helpful and they could each take away new knowledge about how to create the best versions of themselves and get back into the driver's seat of their lives.
I recommend the Master Class in Wellness with Lyndall & Shannah to anyone aiming to live a balanced and – essentially - fulfilling life, and I believe that all people can benefit from attending as it allows participants to evaluate and plan their lives no matter what position they are currently in.
Pelazzo Versace - We recently bought our entire sales group together to focus on the teams mindfulness, wellness and mental health. Shannah and Lyndall ran a perfect session using a very thoughtful combination of storytelling, life experience, humour and practical examples to demonstrate how our people can achieve more balance in their working and professional lives. This session is a must-do for any business wanting the absolute best for their teams
Director of Sales and Service, SEEK - Shannah and Lyndall's session made me realise the impact I could have on my own health, my families and the team of people I work with. Great changes can be achieved through little modifications to my everyday life. Who would have thought that so much could be achieved through mindfulness, focus, water, sleep and breathing. I highly recommend enlisting Shannah and Lyndall to open your teams minds to the opportunity…
Sales Leader, SEEK
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I write to thank you both for your time, effort, enthusiasm, and energy in sharing your knowledge, wisdom and experience with our group last month (Family Business Australia Forum Group). You'll be pleased to know that one minute meditation is making a regular appearance in my lifestyle of late, and I'm all the better for it!