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Gordon SmithTransformation coach
Transformation coaching · Gordon Smith

The habit. The stress. The ceiling. Whatever's holding you back — it's rarely what you think.

The pattern you can see is almost never the real problem. I help you resolve what sits underneath it — so the change you've been chasing finally lasts.

2 minutes · instant personal result · no obligation
Gordon Smith, transformation coach, Break State Coaching
International Coaching Institute Credentialed Professional Coach Associate Member — International Coach Guild
Credentialed Professional Coach — trained with the International Coaching Institute  ·  Associate Member, International Coach Guild  ·  Previous Tony Robbins Platinum Partnership member
The five doors people walk in through

Five ways in. The same work underneath.

Different starting points, the same patterns beneath them. Choose the door that sounds like you.

What you think you want

Wealth Mindset

Stressed about money — or ready to create real wealth? Your results follow the story you hold about money. We rewrite it at the level where decisions are actually made.

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What you actually need

Executive Leadership

For executives, business owners — and parents. Lead with clarity, communicate so people move, and stay steady when everything around you isn't.

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What you want to be free of

Breaking Free

The habit, the craving, the fear — that's never the real problem. The problem is what sits underneath it. That's what I resolve, so freedom stops being a daily fight.

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What you keep repeating

Relationships

Every relationship runs on patterns — how you communicate, how you react, how you protect yourself when it matters most. Identify the pattern and you can change it. That's the whole of this work, and it's the work I know best.

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What you've drifted from

Values & Purpose

You've built the life you were supposed to want, and something still doesn't sit right. This maps the five values you say matter most against how you actually spend your week — and shows you precisely where the two came apart.

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Gordon skydiving over the Gold Coast — the freedom on the other side of the work
Gordon at Machu Picchu, arms raised at the summit
Gordon training in the gym, mid push-up — doing the work
Why this works when willpower hasn't

Most people chase the wealth, grind at the leadership, or white-knuckle the habit.

Underneath all three sits the same inner work: your values, the parts of you pulling in different directions, and the states and patterns quietly running the show.

That's the layer we work together — beneath all three. It's why your change finally holds.

Gordon sitting with an elderly woman in the Peruvian Andes, holding her hand

Apurímac, Peru — with a mobile dental unit reaching villages that have no clinic of their own.

Values alignment

Leadership that holds is leadership that's aligned

You can drive results on ambition alone for a while. It doesn't last. What lasts is when the way you lead stops arguing with what you actually value — and most people have never sat down and named what that is. That's where this work begins for you.

Gordon knows this from living it. Time in the Andes with a mobile dental team, in villages a long way from the nearest clinic, taught him a lesson no business ever had:

They gave me far more than I gave them.

That isn't a footnote to the coaching work. It's the same process you'll go through: find what you genuinely value, then build a life and a business that stop pulling against it.

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Simple to start

Four steps, starting free

1

Take the free Snapshot

Two minutes. It pinpoints which of the five areas — wealth, health, leadership, purpose or relationships — is really driving what's going on.

2

Receive your tailor-made questionnaire

Your Snapshot decides which of five more detailed questionnaires comes to you automatically. Completing it is what generates your profile — and it's free.

3

Get your personal profile

The in-depth Break State Profile for your area — your pattern, what it's costing you, and your first shift. Genuinely useful on its own.

4

Talk it through with me

A free 20-minute Discovery Call — no cost, no pressure, no script. You choose the time of day that suits; I'll confirm it with you personally.

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Our complimentary gift to you

Five personalised profiles — and yours is free

The short Snapshot points you to the one that fits where you're most stuck right now — yours to keep, no cost. Here's everything the Break State Profiles can open up, so you can see exactly where we help.

01
When you hold it together for everyone but you

The Leadership Profile

For business owners, executives and parents alike. Lead with clarity, communicate so people move, and stay steady when everything around you isn't.

02
When money runs the show

The Wealth Mindset Profile

Stressed about money, or ready to build real wealth — either way, your results follow the story you carry about it. See the pattern driving your decisions, and the first shift.

03
When you know what to do but can't stay consistent

The Vitality Profile

Energy, eating, movement, sleep and stress — or a habit you're ready to be free of. Find the pattern underneath, and a way forward that doesn't run on willpower.

04
When success came at a cost you can feel

The Values Compass

Map the five values you say matter most against how you actually spend your life — and see exactly where the two have drifted apart.

05
When the same pattern keeps repeating

The Relationship Profile

Understand your attachment style and inner security — and why connection plays out the way it does with the people closest to you.

Every profile is genuinely useful on its own — no payment, no obligation. The Snapshot simply shows you which door to start with.

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2 minutes · instant result · your matching profile is free
Yours to explore, free

Three libraries to fuel your journey

Years of reading, listening and watching, distilled into something you can actually use — every entry summarised so you can find what fits you without wading through the rest. Whatever you're working on, there's something here for it. No sign-up, no email required.

The summaries and recommendations are Break State's own work — the books, music and films remain with their creators.

Two to take with you

Daily images to keep you inspired

Fine-art photography paired with a line worth carrying into your day. Take these two with you now — one everyday motivation, one faith-based reflection — as a desktop wallpaper or on your phone. They’re a taste of the daily series I share with the people I work with.

Daily motivational wallpaper preview — Amazing, Maya Angelou Preview — click to enlarge
For everyone · secular

Daily Motivational Images

A timeless quote set on stunning photography — a steadying line to open the day, whatever you believe. A reflection and a small action come with it. Here’s a real example — Amazing (Maya Angelou).

Faith-based reflection wallpaper preview — Renewed Mind, Romans 12:2 Preview — click to enlarge
Optional · Scripture-based

Faith-Based Inspirational Images

A verse, a reflection and a small practice, from Fit for Purpose: 365 Days of Biblical Reflections. Here’s a real example — Renewed Mind (Romans 12:2).

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It takes two minutes and shows you which area of your life most wants attention — and it’s how you join the daily series.
Gordon completing the firewalk at Unleash the Power Within
Why you can trust me with this

Experience

I studied for four years at Monash University in Business and Arts, majoring in Mandarin Language and Psychology. I've since spent thousands of hours collectively studying, practising and coaching in the field of personal development and life coaching, and invested tens of thousands of dollars in coaching courses and professional memberships.

I didn't just learn this from a book

"I built several successful businesses, employed dozens of people, and had every trapping of success you could name. Then I lost all of it — the businesses, the money, the lifestyle, and for a while, myself. Rebuilding my life taught me what actually matters. It's from that place — not a highlight reel — that I do this work now."

Scuba diving, skydiving and walking on burning coals were my three greatest fears — I faced down every one. My clients don't need to jump out of a plane. But I know what it takes to move through the fear that keeps you small.

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Experience

I studied for four years at Monash University in Business and Arts, majoring in Mandarin Language and Psychology. Beyond university, I've spent decades qualified and working in the finance, financial planning and real estate industries — years spent sitting alongside people as they made some of the biggest financial decisions of their lives.

I've since spent thousands of hours collectively studying, practising and coaching in the field of personal development and life coaching, and invested tens of thousands of dollars in coaching courses and professional memberships.

The rise, the fall, and what it taught me

I didn't learn this from a textbook. I built several successful businesses, employed dozens of people, and had every trapping of success you could name. Then I lost all of it — the businesses, the money, the lifestyle, and for a while, myself. In the wreckage I discovered what no amount of money had ever given me: that the things we chase to feel worthy are rarely the things that make us happy — and are sometimes the very things quietly pulling us apart.

Rebuilding my life taught me what actually matters. It's from that place — not a highlight reel — that I do this work now. Not for money, but to help others find what it took me losing everything to understand.

My three greatest fears

Gordon Smith in boxing gloves
Still showing up for the work.

Scuba diving, skydiving, and walking across a bed of burning coals were my three greatest fears — and I faced down every one of them. Not because I had to, but because I refuse to let fear run my life. My clients don't need to jump out of a plane or walk on hot coals. But I know what it takes to move through the fear that keeps you small — and I love helping them do exactly that, so they can live beyond their limiting beliefs and finally experience the fulfilment, happiness, love, peace and joy they deserve. That's what spurs me on to serve them.

Training with the best

Gordon Smith with Tony Robbins, wearing his Platinum Partnership delegate pass
With Tony Robbins during my year in the Platinum Partnership.

I've been fortunate enough to spend a year as a member of Tony Robbins' elite Platinum Partnership, training alongside him at some of his most exclusive events worldwide — from his Life & Wealth Mastery program at his private resort in Namale, Fiji, to the Ultimate Relationship Program at One&Only Palmilla in Los Cabos, Mexico. Some of the moments that shaped me most weren't on stage at all — like handing out food hampers on the streets of Mexico to people who had almost nothing, and being reminded what a life that stands for something really looks like.

Gordon Smith with Tony and Sage Robbins during his year in the Platinum Partnership
With Tony and Sage Robbins.

Peru — why I do this

Contribution is one of my highest values. I joined and helped sponsor a dental charity mission into the Andahuaylas mountains of Peru's Apurímac region, where our team relieved hundreds of malnourished people of years of constant mouth pain. Putting smiles on their faces and giving them hope was one of the most transformative experiences of my life. They gave me far more than I gave them — and helping you reconnect with your own contribution is part of the work we do together.

Gordon Smith beside the helicopter he flew on his first flight, an instructor alongside him
The first time I ever flew a helicopter — a gift, about twelve years ago, with an instructor beside me.

Years ago I was approved for a helicopter flying course I'd always dreamed of. I chose instead to return home to be close to my aging parents. I've never regretted it — because a life aligned with your values will always beat a life of trophies. That's the work. If any of this sounds like the conversation you've been needing to have, the free Snapshot below is the place to start.

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Gordon helped me identify my main blocks and get to a place where I can make clearer, more effective decisions in my business. He genuinely wants to see his clients improve — and he goes the extra mile.

— EWAN, NSW
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Gordon has helped me get really clear and aligned to my values. This, on top of further sessions, is giving me clarity on the person that I want to be and become. Gordon is more than just a coach — he's someone who cares and believes in you.

— JAMES, SYDNEYFormer Director of Organisational Development & Management, Earthbanc
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Break State Coaching helped me work through and overcome an emotional blockage that I had suppressed and buried as a means of coping. That breakthrough has allowed me peace after years of pain. Gordon’s faith-aligned support helped greatly.

— MARKE, BRISBANE
Now, about our logo

Why a gecko?

It isn't decoration — it's the whole philosophy of Break State in one small creature. Everything a gecko does naturally is what this work helps you do deliberately. Choose a trait to see what it means for you.

Break State gecko logo
Seven traits. Seven things you'll learn.
A gecko on a moonlit boulder beside a rainforest stream, inspired by Mossman Gorge, Queensland
A gecko on a moonlit boulder beside a rainforest stream, inspired by Mossman Gorge, Queensland

Choose a trait to see how it becomes yours.

Identity. Behaviour. Patterns. And the ability to reset all three at will.
That's what the gecko stands for — and that's what this work gives you.

Something else I do

I build websites too — for values-driven sole traders and small businesses.

If your website has been “coming soon” for years, I'll work out your strategy and brand with you first, then build the site and connect the bookings. Live within seven days of your answers. Built by someone who's run businesses, not just a web shop.

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Websites · Foundation package
From $2,860 AUDStrategy, brand and a five-page site · logo and colours included · no lock-in, no monthly rent
Websites — the details →
Two founding places at this price for the full Accelerator — details on the page.
Free · 2 minutes · instant result

Find out what's really been holding you back.

Take the Break State Snapshot now — and get your personal profile, your pattern, and your first shift. Then, if it speaks to you, we'll talk.

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Emergency

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Suicide Call Back Service

Counselling for anyone affected by suicide.

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Beyond Blue

Anxiety, depression and low mood.

1300 22 4636
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Crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Domestic, family and sexual violence.

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Free counselling for young people aged 5 to 25.

1800 55 1800
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Support for men with relationship and family concerns.

1300 78 99 78
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National Alcohol & Other Drug Hotline

Alcohol and other drugs, for you or someone you care about.

1800 250 015
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Gambling Helpline

Free, confidential gambling counselling.

1800 858 858
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Butterfly National Helpline

Eating disorders and body image concerns.

1800 33 4673
Weekdays, 8am – midnight

Blue Knot Foundation

Complex trauma, including childhood trauma and abuse.

1300 657 380
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QLife

Peer support for LGBTIQ+ people.

1800 184 527
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Griefline

Grief, loss and loneliness.

1300 845 745
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Quitline

Support to stop smoking or vaping.

13 7848
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