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Layne
Beachley AO

7-time World Champion Surfer, Co-Founder of Awake Academy, Champion of Mental Wellness

Many people will tell you that you can't. What you must do is turn around and say Watch me!

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Layne Beachley AO is a national treasure, entrepreneur, passionate environmental campaigner and advocate for mental wellness. With a legacy as a seven-time World Surfing Champion between 1998 and 2006, she has transcended her athletic achievements to become a prominent voice in the fields of personal development and mental health.

In recent years, Layne has focused her energy on empowering individuals through her work with Awake Academy, an organization she co-founded that emphasizes holistic approaches to mental wellness. Awake Academy offers transformative programs designed to help people unlock their potential, cultivate resilience and navigate life's challenges. Layne's passion for mental wellness stems from her own experiences with mental, physical and emotional tribulations and she is dedicated to creating safe spaces for individuals to explore self-discovery and personal growth.

Additionally, through workshops, keynote speaking engagements and her own writings, Layne shares her insights on overcoming adversity, fostering a positive mindset and embracing self-care. Her commitment to supporting mental health initiatives and empowering others reflects her belief in the power of community and connection.

Layne's work today is a powerful extension of her surfing legacy, as she continues to inspire and uplift individuals on their journeys to wellness and self-realization. Her contributions to both the surfing world and mental wellness advocate for a holistic approach to living fully and authentically.

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Achieving Sustained Success

Why do some people achieve greatness while others are left with the disappointment of unfulfilled potential? Layne shares her profound model for sustained success with anecdotes from lived experience, which will inspire your audience to clearly define their vision of success, build their dream team and have them on the edge of their seats riding 50-foot waves. Practical tools for a purpose driven life.

A Winning Mindset

A thought provoking and interactive presentation utilising Layne’s personal toolkit designed to boost your energy, shatter self-limiting beliefs and embrace self-care. This presentation focusses on practical tips and tools to enhance personal wellbeing, uncover the missing link in goal setting and offers a simple yet powerful 5-step self-care plan to prevent burnout so you can win the morning to win the day!

BOLD Leadership

The world is crying out for real, courageous, bold leaders. But what does it mean to be a bold leader? It begins with knowing who you are, what you want and what you stand for. In this presentation, Layne draws on science backed data and her online course material to empower people to establish clear boundaries, reframe challenges, laugh and have fun and build their dream team. Feasible and easily applicable tools fuelling clarity, confident decision making and stronger connections.

Workshop: Resilient Mindset Masterclass

Constant stress without recovery periods severely impacts our quality of life. Simply observe how the fear-based negative narratives of the daily news cycles makes you feel and you may notice the damaging impact on your ability to bounce back from challenges. Resilience is learned, but it takes practice! This practical, interactive masterclass contains exercises anchored in positive psychology and neuroscience. A session designed to equip people with the tools Layne uses to support her mental, physical and emotional wellbeing and master a positive mindset.

Workshop: Awake Academy

Cultivating connection, growth and happiness in Humanity. This 2hour session draws on science-backed activities to help develop positive mental health practices, delivering empowering lifehacks to transform the way you lead, live and love. Delivered and facilitated by Layne and Awake Academy co-founder and former corporate executive Tess Brouwer, this workshop rehumanises the workforce to be more centred, connected and confident.

Expect to be challenged, inspired & enlightened by Layne’s tips & tools that enabled her to become a 7-time world champion surfer & today, a champion of mental wellness.
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Layne's presentation was excellent “ combining entertaining anecdotes from her journey to becoming a world champion, relatable personal challenges and a professional approach to achieving individual & team goals. The audience was engaged from start to finish, and I'm confident there will be a lasting impact from Layne's message. Layne was also very generous with her time, and was more than happy to have a chat and pose for some photos with staff. American Express International

Layne was fantastic! Her story and the way she presented it ensured there was something for everyone in it. We also appreciated the generosity of time and graciousness she showed with our attendees for the many photos that were requested. We would have no hesitation in recommending her to others.

Waples Marketing Group Pty Ltd

Layne was amazing. Very engaging and our staff were captivated with what she had to say. The presentation was perfectly pitched towards our high achieving staff with all key messages covered off. Layne also was able to engage with our staff on a more personal level with her stories and this had a huge impact on the group. Layne attended our dinner and spent the evening mixing with our staff which was fantastic.

MyState

Layne was a standout speaker, attendee and VIP at our 2018 conference in Noosa. Layne coached some of our VIP delegates and sponsors for a once in a lifetime surfing lesson and the feedback was incredible. She also attended many of our conference sessions too which was great to see and signed books for our excited delegates at a major sponsor's stand, a wonderful touch and very much appreciated. Her keynote was exceptional. Emotive, considered and inspiring in equal measure. I cannot rate her highly enough.

Recruitment & Consulting Services Association

I loved Layne's energy and passion. She was really engaging and made me feel excited and interested in the discussion. She also made me feel involved in the conversation, even though I was online and not in the same room. Layne helped me to realise that while work/leadership can be stressful & my monkey mind goes crazy, it's super important to take the time to centre myself and bring my mind back to the present and focus on what is important now.

Women & Leadership Australia

Layne was fantastic. She spoke well and her story was shared with great passion and humour which was well received by our clients. The feedback has been fantastic with many saying she is the best speaker we have had to date. The auction of her surfboard and her book signing afterwards was a huge success. Layne was great to work with and interacted extremely well with our client. She was perfect for our Client Breakfast!

CitiPower and Powercor Australia

Working alongside Kirk and Layne on our Legends at their game event was one of the most inspiring days I’ve had in my career. The whole community and those that were lucky enough to hear from these at our event were blown away by their kindness and commitment to sharing their story to help others. Highly recommend this legendary duo for your next fundraising or business event.

Toowoomba Hospital Foundation

Layne's down to earth approach really resonated with the team. They appreciated her honesty and vulnerability which in turn encouraged others to be brave and fully engage in the exercise. Well done Layne. Great Session.

Thales Australia Limited

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