Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. Most people feel burned out right about now.

In fact, a recent Gallup survey of 7,500 full-time employees found that 86% of people say that they feel burned out at least some of the time.

And burnout leads to a long list of physical and mental health issues if it's left unchecked.

Fortunately, there are things you can do to manage and prevent burnout.

Here to talk about burnout and managing mental health is Kelly Slater, the greatest professional

surfer of all time.

He's been the World Surf League champion 11 times, and he holds 56 championship tour victories.

He's the oldest surfer in the World Surf League at the age of 51, and he's still winning championships.

He won his eighth Bilobong Pipeline Master's title at the age of 49.

And as you'll hear in this episode, he's headed to the Olympics, too. Kelly started surfing when he was

five. By age 10, though, he was already winning titles. So I wanted to know how he stayed so passionate

about surfing for more than 45 years without burning out.

We see so many other people who, after just a few years of doing something they love, walk away

because it's no longer fun anymore. This seems to be especially true when people turn their

passion into a competition or when they try to earn more money by doing something they love.

Sometimes it just isn't fun

anymore. So today, Kelly talks about how he manages his mental health, and he explains how he

stayed passionate and competitive without burning out. Make sure to stick around until the end of the

episode for the therapist take. It's the part of the show where I'll give you my take on Kelly's

mental strength building strategies, and I'll give you my take on Kelly's mental

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