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Gavin Smithen Professional Coach, Thrive Again Founder

Gavin is a Professional & Developmental Coach supporting leaders and high performers who feel stretched by the pace, pressure, and expectations of modern life. 


With 24 years in the technology sector across corporates and high-growth scale-ups, he brings deep experience in how people operate under pressure. 


He helps clients recognise the thinking and behavioural patterns shaping their experience so they can create ways of working and living that feel more sustainable, energising, and meaningful.

Meet Gavin Smithen

Supporting leaders and high performers to navigate pressure, rethink success, and thrive again.

Snapshot

24 years’ experience in sales and leadership roles for corporates

and scale-ups

Focus areas: navigating change, building resilience, behaviour patterns, sustainable performance

Certified Resilience Coach, NLP Practitioner and Integral Professional Coach

Works with clients globally online and in person across Australia

Gavin’s story

Gavin’s career began in large technology organisations before moving into high-growth environments and fast-moving scale-ups.  He has led teams, navigated constant change, and managed the competing demands of senior roles while raising a family.

Gavin has experienced the thrill of growth, the strain of ambiguity, and the quiet personal cost that can accumulate in high-expectation environments.

This taught him an important lesson: success can look impressive externally while feeling unsustainable internally. He saw how even the most capable professionals can push through pressure without noticing the gradual toll it takes on their motivation and inner resources. This insight sits at the heart of the work he does today. 

 

This lived experience is what allows Gavin to sit beside you in your coaching journey.

Cozy desk setup with a laptop, office supplies, and a wooden chair

Gavin’s coaching philosophy

Gavin’s coaching helps you turn insight into action, creating change that lasts

Awareness that creates choice

Real change begins with recognising that something deeper is shaping your experience. When you start seeing the patterns driving your thinking and behaviour, you unlock the freedom to choose differently.

Reflective inquiry as a catalyst for growth

Through guided reflection and NLP informed approaches, Gavin helps you move from reactive routines to more conscious and intentional ways of being, strengthening clarity, self leadership, and decision making.

Change that holds up in real life

The focus is on change that translates into everyday life. Coaching helps you sustain energy, stay aligned with what matters, and lead yourself effectively at work and beyond.

What clients gain from working with Gavin

Clarity on what’s truly driving stagnation, stress or overwhelm

Resilience through tools that support emotional and cognitive balance

Confidence grounded in self-awareness and aligned decision-making

Sustainable success built on intention, not exhaustion

Gavin Smithen Professional Coach, Thrive Again Founder

Who this coaching is for

Leaders managing complexity and high expectations

High performers feeling stretched or depleted

Professionals questioning their next steps

People quietly heading toward burnout or disconnection

Anyone seeking a more conscious, intentional relationship with work and life

Thriving clients

Ready to explore coaching with Gavin?

If you're curious whether coaching could support your next chapter, you are welcome to start with a conversation.

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