Layne Beachley AO is regarded as one of the most successful surfers in history.

She is the only professional surfer to win SIX consecutive world titles between 1998 and 2003. Layne went on to win a 7th world title in 2006 before retiring from the ASP World Tour in 2008. Now retired, Layne travels nationally and internationally as a motivational Keynote speaker for some of the world’s top commercial firms, sharing her stories about sustaining success, overcoming challenge and maintaining a winning mindset.

Layne is also the Founder and Director of her own foundation, Aim For The Stars, Chairperson of Surfing Australia, an Officer of the Order of Australia and has recently launched her online course: Awake Academy. Layne shares over 40 years of lived and learned personal experiences to empower you to awaken, evolve and transform. The platform brings together much of the work Beachley has been offering for years through face-to-face workshops and keynote presentations.

Layne and Mark discuss the meaning of success, Layne’s personal struggles, how to develop and maintain a champion mindset, how to overcome fear and a whole lot more in a cracking Straight Talk episode.

If you’d worked harder than you ever had before, for decades, and see hundreds of millions of dollars in your bank account, do you think you’d be able to relax? For Mark Bouris, this wasn’t the case. In this revealing Straight Talk, Layne Beachley flips the script and puts Mark under the spotlight.

What drives Mark? Is it money? Fame? Success? Ego?

“I won seven world titles. I won six in a row. I won five in a state of fear.” Layne Beachley reflects on her unprecedented career success, revealing how she would change her mindset if she could have her time over again.

Layne says, “It’s reasonable to have fears about the future, but if you allow your future fears to dictate how you approach the current moment, then you’re sabotaging your present opportunity.”

“There’s no deeper, burning desire in a human being than to belong. If you’ve found a tribe of people you belong to, that you KNOW is sabotaging your quality of life, then sooner or later you’ve got to take ownership of the choices you’re making and say to yourself: ‘I don’t want to be this person anymore.'” – Layne Beachley.

Mark and Layne discuss a significant issue for people, particularly in the younger generations. Mark said, “If you’re hanging around people who are contributing to some level of dissatisfaction with your life, it may be time to cut them out.”

“Look in the mirror and ask yourself: ‘Am I happy with who I am at the moment?’ If not, move away from the things bringing you down. How do you start? Find your allies. Spend more time with them.”