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Aislin’s Story: Why Supporting Women Through Trauma and Burnout Matters
After years of living with PTSD, burnout and profound exhaustion, Aislin shares a deeply personal story of what became possible when she finally found the space, support and safety to begin healing.
“Healing Isn’t a Solo Sport”: Professor Phoebe Phillips’ Journey from Trauma to Hope
From caregiving through heartbreak to rediscovering her own strength, Professor Phoebe Phillips shares a courageous journey of healing, support, and renewal.
From the Edge of Life to a Life of Purpose
Petrea King’s journey from life-threatening illness to founding the Quest for Life Foundation is a moving story of resilience, healing, and hope.
Hope in Hard Times: Reflections from Quest’s Recent Regional Workshops
Quest’s Kate Szymanski and Candice Piper reflect on our recent Your Life Matters workshops across regional NSW—stories of courage, challenge, resilience, and hope.
Why Men Struggle to Talk About Feelings
Why is it so hard for men to talk about their feelings? From stigma to old-school masculine norms, there are real barriers. Learn what’s behind the silence — and how we can change the conversation.
Strength in Community: A Healing Force
Why community is essential to the healing process. It’s often through connection with others that people rediscover hope, strength and a sense of belonging.
How Mentally Healthy is Your Workplace?
Mentally healthy workplaces—where individuals are supported and culture is aligned—foster job satisfaction, morale, empathy, retention, and resilience while reducing stress-related issues.
My experience with burnout – and what helps
Petrea experienced burnout early on in her career. Here she describes how she felt, the symptoms she experienced, and how she recovered. The 3rd in our blog series on Burnout.
Beyond Survival: Karen’s Healing Journey and the Ripple of One Act of Kindness
Discover how one woman’s healing journey at Quest for Life not only transformed her own life after cancer and loss—but ignited a ripple effect of hope, advocacy, and impact for thousands more.
Big Skies, Bigger Hearts: Cultivating Resilience in Regional Communities
Quest for Life Facilitator, Kate Szymanski, shares her account of Quest’s inspiring wellbeing workshop in Tamworth NSW.
Who Am I Now? Embracing Change After a Challenge or Diagnosis
Quest Facilitator, Tamika Dwight-Scott, explores identity shifts, grief, and ways to embrace new beginnings when going through a challenge or health diagnosis.
Reflecting on a Quarter Century of Hope and Healing at Quest for Life
Petrea reflects on 25 years of Quest for Life in Bundanoon: a sanctuary for healing, transforming lives, and empowering hope through community generosity.
The Power of Generosity: 25 Years of Hope at Quest for Life
Discover how Quest for Life’s healing sanctuary in Bundanoon was built 25 years ago through generosity and hard work, and learn how you can support its mission this Christmas.
Christmas Appeal 2024: Be the Miracle in Someone’s Healing Journey
Celebrate 25 years of healing at Quest for Life by giving the gift of hope and resilience to those in need this Christmas.
Living Life to the Fullest: Josh’s Story of Inspiration and Discovery
Josh gives his account of how he found a community of strength at Quest for Life, which gave him the courage and confidence to pursue his best life.
From Trauma to Triumph: Donna’s Story of Recovery and Resilience
Donna, a survivor of horrendous domestic violence, shares her journey of courage and resilience with the help of Quest for Life.
Nina’s Story of Resilience and Transformation
Nina tells her story of learning to heal herself physically by healing herself emotionally, with the help of Quest for Life’s programs.
Empowerment Through Wellness: Arming Rural and Regional Communities with Resilience
Quest Facilitator Kate Szymanski gives her take on an amazing week she had with fellow facilitator Kate Kilby hosting empowering workshops for struggling communities in western New South Wales.
Surviving Trauma: Finding Strength Within
Petrea shares empowering insights and practical strategies for navigating the journey of healing and overcoming traumatic events.
Cancer: Let’s Weed Out the War Language
Let’s change the language about people’s journey through cancer from negative and war-like to words that enliven and inspire.
Celebrating peace and solitude at Christmas
Many people face the challenge of being alone at Christmas time. All around us is the expectation...
Grief at Christmas
Petrea offers helpful strategies for coping with grief on those special days of the year when our sadness may be in sharp contrast with other people’s expectations.
It’s All About Resilience: Supporting Rural Communities in North-Western NSW
Margie Braunstein gives an account of her amazing week with fellow facilitator Kate hosting empowering workshops for people in rural north-western New South Wales who are facing difficulties and challenges.
Rekindling Hope: Sharni’s Inspiring Journey from Burnout
Sharni gives an inspiring account of her recovery burnout and how hope and healing were possible with the tools and strategies she learned at Quest.
Mark’s Story of Hope and Resilience
Mark shares his journey, recounting how Quest played a pivotal role in his healing from significant life hurdles and realigning his life in a positive direction.
Christmas Appeal: Your Gift, Their Hope and Healing
Petrea King, CEO & Founder of the Quest for Life Foundation, writes about her personal...
6 Keys to Unlocking Your Brain’s Potential
Learn how maintaining and improving our memory and cognitive abilities as we age is entirely achievable.
Explore Our Newest Online Courses with Petrea King and Margie Braunstein
For those seeking help in navigating life’s challenges, Quest for Life is offering three new online courses: Healing Trauma, Gift of Forgiveness, and Living with Grief.
Ways to Prioritise your Mental Health
Too much exposure to the troubles we face contributes to communal stress, anxiety and/or generalised fear of the future. What can you do to support your mental health and flourish?
The upside and downside of perfectionism
What is perfectionism and why does it drive so many of us? Margie Braunstein writes about her experiences and insight, and how perfectionists are more prone to burnout.
Maintaining your memory – Julia’s expert insights
Julia Willoughby explains how we can have great influence over the functioning of our brain and shares her journey in staying mentally healthy.
Suicide Safe Language
Choosing the right words has the power to save lives as well as reduce the stigma around mental health and suicide.
Supporting Think of the Five, Arrive ALIVE Initiative
Quest for Life’s Hope and Healing Tree in Bundanoon is adorned with pink, orange, purple, blue and...
Building Peace and Resilience: Out West in June 2023
Quest team members Margie and Kate recently hosted empowering workshops for people living with the difficulties and challenges of rural and regional life in rural NSW.
How to deal with a breakup or divorce
Petrea King shares some strategies for men and women in coping with a relationship breakup or divorce.
Trauma Changes a Person
Around 12% of Australians are likely to experience a Post-Traumatic Stress Injury in their...
Where Your Donations to Quest Go
Find out where your dollars go when you donate to the Quest for Life Foundation, an organisation dedicated to helping people overcome trauma and heal the past.
John’s Story: Putting My Life Back Together
John shares his story of how Quest was able to help him heal from some tough life challenges and get his life back on track.
Are Giving and Receiving the Same?
Learn why it’s important to be both a good giver and a good receiver – one cannot happen without the other, as they’re intrinsically entwined.
Helping Communities Recover from Disasters
Quest for Life has helped thousands of people in Australian communities recover from trauma from endless natural disasters. See how we help.
Quest’s EOFY Appeal: Collaboration, Connection & Community
Help those who have experienced trauma access life-changing care and find hope, healing and peace.
What To Say and Do When Someone You Love is Diagnosed
Petrea King shares some supportive and meaningful insights into what to say and do when someone you care about is diagnosed with cancer or a serious disease.
How To Make Anxiety Your Friend
Learn how to ease anxiety so we can learn to befriend it, rather than resist it, enabling us to find freedom from its debilitating effects.
Ralph and Kathy Kelly: Staying Kind with Quest
Quest was delighted to welcome Ralph and Kathy Kelly to our Centre in Bundanoon this week....
Helping Northern Rivers Flood Communities
While the Lismore and Northern Rivers floods have subsided, one year on, physical and emotional...
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Margie Braunstein writes about Random Acts of Kindness Day, how it came about, why it’s important...
Moving Beyond Trauma: Heal the Past and Bring Relief to Your Troubled Body, Mind and Spirit
Our Moving Beyond Trauma program assists people with post-trauma stress symptoms to reclaim their lives and bring relief to the troubled body, mind and spirit.
The Biochemistry of Love – Don’t Wait for the One!
Petrea King writes about the biochemistry of love, what happens when we're 'in love' and ways to...
Healing Your Life: Reclaim Your Life With Renewed Confidence
Feeling depressed, burnt-out, stressed, anxious or sad? Our Healing Your Life program can make a profound and positive difference to your life.
False Positive: Providing Emotional Support to a Loved One with Cancer
Someone with cancer needs support, care and concern about their fears & emotions. Learn practical ways to provide emotional support, & not a false positive.
