Thrive was created to partner with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential. Offering a variety of options, from personal consultations to group programs and educational events.
Making the world a better place by promoting excellence in all areas of life and driving groups and individuals to become the heroes of future generations.
Making the world a better place by promoting excellence in all areas of life and driving groups and individuals to become the heroes of future generations.
CAROLA POBLETE
Founder & Director of Thrive
Founder & Director of Thrive
I am a registered Coach & Counsellor, trained with the Strategic Intervention Institute (CA), the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors (WA), Encephalon Institute (Dr Joe Dispenza - US) and Positive Psychology through Berkeley University (CA).
In the past decade, I have experienced significant positive changes in my own health and personal life though coaching, understanding of the mind-body relationship and the practice of yoga and meditation. All of which has led me to also become a teacher at both modalities and to implement them into my coaching practice.
A little more about me...
I always had a passion for driving meaningful change, leaving a legacy, creating experiences that helped people evolve their thinking and get them to a new level of inner strength so they could lead the future generations and contribute to their communities.
Since very young age I dedicated my life to make a difference in the world, from years of volunteering and fundraising for different causes to studying behaviour and psychology to increase my understanding of the power of human beings and how we can unleash such power.
I grew up in Argentina, in a working class broken family, I had big dreams of one day helping the world to be a better place, to end suffering, standing up for people’s rights and saving street dogs and cats. After school, I got confused about my calling, as my family thought I should study something practical (and free), like a business degree. When I finished studying, I went travelling and (in a nutshell) I spent 15 years working in Banking and other large corporate companies in Europe and Australia, which somehow prepared me to what I do now.
In my late twenties, I was living in the UK, got married and decided it was time to do what I love: study human behaviour. I procrastinated between the thoughts of starting a family or going back to university and in 2006, a marriage breakup took me by surprise and after a very painful divorce, I needed a radical change to move away from deep depression and suicidal thoughts. I needed to understand why such loving relationship broke down. After 1 year of crying and hardly crawling out of bed, I found meditation and yoga, the only thing that brought me some kind of joy and peace I have never felt before. Few months later, I felt strong (yet still sad) and made a leap: I moved to Australia for a fresh start and commenced the journey of learning non-stop about: relationships, how the mind works, behaviour and how to change habits, neuro-plasticity, effective communication, Positive Psychology and spiritual philosophies from around the world.
I found when I combined all the knowledge, intrinsic motivation (such as love and contribution) and creating meaningful connections (with oneself and others); I experienced incredible positive shifts in my life: I changed my perceptions of the world, many of my previous unhelpful behaviours dropped (drinking, too much shopping, TV, eating processed comfort food) and my feelings grew into gratitude and fulfilment, improved all my relationships with my family, friends and work colleagues and evolved to a new level of life, I felt I was becoming a better human being that is strong no matter what adversities I come across.
In 2014, I felt ready to make another significant change and go after my dream: Thrive Experiences was born, the rest, you may have seen it through my Facebook posts, blog and events, where I share my journey, learnings, weird stuff that happened to me and amazing adventures.
By the way, maybe you can imagine that I am a vegetarian (strange for an Argentine girl), I love bliss balls and real chai tea. I am married to an amazing man and love water sports, the beach, climbing mountains and any other adventure that involves nature.
GIVING BACK
Myself and those who I love working with, believe in giving back to the community and support those who can’t afford private services. Throughout my life, I have volunteered and supported many causes that enhanced the lives of those who are in need. Currently, Thrive is running Resilience Building workshops for LifeLine volunteers, sponsoring education for children in need in South America, hosting educational film nights for the community in Claremont and run community yoga during summer at the local Civic Centre.
In the past decade, I have experienced significant positive changes in my own health and personal life though coaching, understanding of the mind-body relationship and the practice of yoga and meditation. All of which has led me to also become a teacher at both modalities and to implement them into my coaching practice.
A little more about me...
I always had a passion for driving meaningful change, leaving a legacy, creating experiences that helped people evolve their thinking and get them to a new level of inner strength so they could lead the future generations and contribute to their communities.
Since very young age I dedicated my life to make a difference in the world, from years of volunteering and fundraising for different causes to studying behaviour and psychology to increase my understanding of the power of human beings and how we can unleash such power.
I grew up in Argentina, in a working class broken family, I had big dreams of one day helping the world to be a better place, to end suffering, standing up for people’s rights and saving street dogs and cats. After school, I got confused about my calling, as my family thought I should study something practical (and free), like a business degree. When I finished studying, I went travelling and (in a nutshell) I spent 15 years working in Banking and other large corporate companies in Europe and Australia, which somehow prepared me to what I do now.
In my late twenties, I was living in the UK, got married and decided it was time to do what I love: study human behaviour. I procrastinated between the thoughts of starting a family or going back to university and in 2006, a marriage breakup took me by surprise and after a very painful divorce, I needed a radical change to move away from deep depression and suicidal thoughts. I needed to understand why such loving relationship broke down. After 1 year of crying and hardly crawling out of bed, I found meditation and yoga, the only thing that brought me some kind of joy and peace I have never felt before. Few months later, I felt strong (yet still sad) and made a leap: I moved to Australia for a fresh start and commenced the journey of learning non-stop about: relationships, how the mind works, behaviour and how to change habits, neuro-plasticity, effective communication, Positive Psychology and spiritual philosophies from around the world.
I found when I combined all the knowledge, intrinsic motivation (such as love and contribution) and creating meaningful connections (with oneself and others); I experienced incredible positive shifts in my life: I changed my perceptions of the world, many of my previous unhelpful behaviours dropped (drinking, too much shopping, TV, eating processed comfort food) and my feelings grew into gratitude and fulfilment, improved all my relationships with my family, friends and work colleagues and evolved to a new level of life, I felt I was becoming a better human being that is strong no matter what adversities I come across.
In 2014, I felt ready to make another significant change and go after my dream: Thrive Experiences was born, the rest, you may have seen it through my Facebook posts, blog and events, where I share my journey, learnings, weird stuff that happened to me and amazing adventures.
By the way, maybe you can imagine that I am a vegetarian (strange for an Argentine girl), I love bliss balls and real chai tea. I am married to an amazing man and love water sports, the beach, climbing mountains and any other adventure that involves nature.
GIVING BACK
Myself and those who I love working with, believe in giving back to the community and support those who can’t afford private services. Throughout my life, I have volunteered and supported many causes that enhanced the lives of those who are in need. Currently, Thrive is running Resilience Building workshops for LifeLine volunteers, sponsoring education for children in need in South America, hosting educational film nights for the community in Claremont and run community yoga during summer at the local Civic Centre.
COLLABORATORS
Matt Exley - Senior Yoga Teacher
Principal teacher and founder of the Twisting Fish yoga studio in Perth. Finding the practice of yoga in 1992 and having studied with some of the world's leading Ashtanga yoga teachers Matt has built a wealth of knowledge and experience. Through his teaching, Matt shares his knowledge and ancient wisdom with his students through the practice of asana (poses), philosophy and meditation. |
Damian Porter - Fitness Specialist
Damian has been in the health and fitness industry for over 27 years. His passion is to teach, educate and empower others to make easy changes to improve all aspects of their lifestyle. His experience have brought him clients ranging from rugby players and Royal New Zealand Ballerinas, to bodybuilding and fitness competitors. He is also a CHEK Practitioner (Corrective and High Performance Exercise Kinesiologist) and a Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation practitioner, allowing him to help many clients with a variety of injuries. |