Mental Wealth Leadership: From High Performer to Sustainable Success
Business Owners, Leaders, Executives, when was the last time you put yourself first?
Be inspired by Tanya Mills, executive coach, business adviser, and entrepreneur who successfully built an IT company, expanded to New York, and exited through a successful sale, where she reveals how top leaders can avoid burnout and create sustainable success.
In this episode of the Business Women Australia Podcast Show, hosted by National Director, Lyn Hawkins, Tanya shares her professional and personal story that is full of lessons for high-performing business owners and managers.
Hear practical ways leaders can reclaim their energy, sharpen their decision-making, and lead with clarity.
Research shows that the majority of CEOs and senior leaders are running on empty. Calendars are packed, decisions pile up, and personal energy is the first thing sacrificed. But what if the secret to better leadership wasn’t pushing harder - but investing in you.
Now is the time to stop and learn about the concept of Mental Wealth.
In this powerful discussion, Tanya Mills, entrepreneur, certified coach, and founder of Aligned Success, shares how she went from building and selling a global business to rebuilding her life and leadership after burnout.
You’ll hear about tools you can use immediately to prioritise yourself without losing momentum. This is a wake-up call for executives who know that sustainable success starts with leading themselves first.
Episode Takeaways: A proven framework for high performance, without burnout.
Meet Tanya Mills
Tanya Mills is an executive coach, entrepreneur, and the founder of Aligned Success, specialising in coaching CEOs, senior executives, and enterprise leaders to achieve sustainable performance without sacrificing themselves.
Her leadership journey began as a high-performing entrepreneur - building and selling businesses, expanding her company from Perth to New York, and successfully leading teams of up to 200 people. Alongside her professional triumphs, Tanya navigated personal challenges and the realities of rebuilding during the pandemic. These experiences shaped her conviction that true leadership begins with self-leadership.
Today, Tanya combines her entrepreneurial track record with certified business and life coaching to deliver practical, evidence-informed tools for executives. Her signature approach - “Structure + Flow”- helps leaders set boundaries, reset their energy, and create workplace cultures that foster both performance and wellbeing.
Known for her engaging style as a coach, facilitator, and speaker, Tanya challenges leaders to invest in their own Mental Wealth as the foundation of organisational success. Through keynote talks, workshops, and executive coaching, she equips leaders to reduce burnout, sharpen decision-making, and drive cultural change from the top down.
Tanya’s mission is clear: to help the world’s busiest leaders reclaim their energy, align with their best selves, and lead in a way that is both effective and sustainable.
About Lyn Hawkins
Lyn Hawkins is the National Director of Business Women Australia and Principal of Hawkins Marketing. With decades of experience advising organisations from startups to enterprises, Lyn is a highly sought-after strategist, facilitator, and executive coach. Her expertise spans business growth strategy, leadership development, cultural change, marketing and business development.
Passionate about creating opportunities for women, Lyn leads Business Women Australia’s national community, fostering collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and peer-to-peer support. She is dedicated to helping women elevate their careers, businesses, and influence.
35 min