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A wonderful weekend of information, inspiration and motivation awaits at The Gawler Foundation’s 2008 profound healing, sustainable wellbeing conference coming up on the weekend of November 15 and 16.
Be enlightened by speakers at the threshold, gain access to knowledge at the forefront of research findings, participate in interactive workshops covering a wide range of topics and learn critical factors that can make a difference to your health and life.
The conference will be held at Hilton on the Park in East Melbourne and is ideal for anyone interested in the prevention of illness and wellbeing, as well as people, their families or carers affected by cancer, MS or other serious illness.
For health professionals, the conference is approved by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and is part of their continuing professional development program.

> 2008 conference brochure (PDF)

What: The Gawler Foundation’s profound healing, sustainable wellbeing conference
When: Sat 15 & Sun 16 November, 2008
Where: Hilton on the Park – Melbourne

Associate Professor Lily Stojanovska BSc MSc PhD

Involved in medical research, teaching and supervising post-graduate students in the area of women’s health and prevention of chronic diseases at the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Victoria University. Co-author of The Other Fact of Life; Taking Control of Menopause; Menopause for Dummies; Food and
Nutrition for Dummies. Lily’s achievements have been listed in Who’s Who of Australian Women and Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

Julie Stafford
Famous for her Taste of Life healthy eating cookbook series, including Juicing for Health with over 2.2million copies sold. Julie’s new website is full of good health education, health topics from health gurus, recipes for everyday good health and motivations from her best selling motivation book Stepping Out.
She will feed your spirit and desire to live an extraordinary taste of life, and her other life passion – innovative cancer research.

Dr Nimrod Sheinman BSc ND
Founder and director of the Israel Centre for Mind-Body Medicine; international expert and teacher of Mind-Body Medicine and in the clinical applications of Interactive Guided Imagery. Over the last twenty years Nimrod has taught and led seminars and trainings in the USA, Europe, Australia and Israel. He is a
graduate (1983) of the National College of Natural Medicine in Oregon, USA and lives in Israel with his family.

Professor Timothy Sharp PhD MPsychol(Clinical) BSc(Hons)
Founder/Chief Happiness Officer of The Happiness Institute. Tim has three degrees in psychology; runs one of Sydney’s largest clinical psychology practices; taught at all major NSW universities; currently Clinical Lecturer University of Sydney (Clinical Psychology) and Adjunct Professor (Positive Psychology) School of Management, Faculty of Business at UTS. A sought after speaker and best selling author, including The Happiness Handbook.

Professor Avni Sali MBBS PhD FRACS FACS FACNEM
Director National Institute of Integrative Medicine; President of Australasian Integrative Medicine Association; President of International Council of Integrative Medicine; International Advisory Board of the American Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine and Board Member of The Gawler Foundation.

Michelle Russell
Michelle founded THRIVE in 2002 and brings her passion for food, its cleansing, healing and re-energizing properties to her classes. A hands-on healthy food and lifestyle education facility, with friendly informative vegetarian and vegan cookery classes held in Ballarat and Melbourne. Learn the foundation to eating well, protecting your health using natural, fresh foods to manage allergies and prevent disease.

Dr Carolyn Russell MBBS FRACGP MCouns DipRACOG GP
A general practitioner for 24 years, Carolyn now works as a GP Counsellor and Medical Educator in Queensland. She enjoys quilting and crazy patchwork, music, cycling and time with her family. With her work in Medical and Counselling education, Carolyn provides advocacy for persons for whom the health system has become a non-negotiable maze. Carolyn loves to facilitate others in thinking about life, meaning and sustainability.

Dr Jonathan Page MBBS BSc(Med) FRACP
Jonathan has been a Medical Oncologist for 25 years, treating patients with advanced cancer and those with high-risk early cancer. Such treatment may involve surgery, radiation and chemotherapy but must reflect the wishes of each individual (and family); addressing the physical, psychological and spiritual domains of care, communicating with great mindfulness and provide ongoing holistic support, particularly if cure is not possible.

Professor Rob Moodie MBBS MPH FRACGP FAFPHM
Professor of Global Health at the Nossal Institute, University of Melbourne; CEO of VicHealth 1998-2007 and Chair of the National Preventative Health Task Force. Rob has worked for Save the Children Fund; Medicins Sans Frontieres; Aboriginal Health Services; the Burnet Institute; WHO and UNAIDS. Victorian Father of the Year 2005, he is co-writer and editor of four books including Recipes for a Great Life with Chef Gabriel Gaté.

Louise Mahler PhD BEcon BMus MAppSc GradDipMus LMusA
Louise’s work, Vocal Intelligence, has made a dramatic impact for many individuals and organizations. At the peak of her career as a former opera singer with a soloists contract at the Vienna State Opera, Louise ‘lost her voice’ in a crisis of confidence. She found it again through award winning study that connects voice, body and mind in pathways to knowledge applied to all aspects of life and work.

Dr Daniel Lewis MBBS FRACP
Rheumatologist and Physician with honorary appointments at Monash and Deakin Universities; Director of the Lewis Institute for Health and Wellbeing; Co-Director of Deakin University Integrative Health Research Unit. Daniel’s passion is integrating lifestyle strategies in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and meditation into mainstream management of medical problems. He recently published My Health Organiser, a personal health record system for enhancing healthcare.

Professor George Jelinek MBBS MD DipDHM FACEM
Professorial Fellow, Dept of Medicine, University of Melbourne (St Vincents Hospital); Professor of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the University of W.A.; former President of the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine and Member of the Senior Court of Examiners of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. George is an MS survivor and author of Taking Control of Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr Craig Hassed MBBS FRACGP
A General Practitioner and Senior Lecturer at Monash University Dept of General Practice. Craig’s teaching, research and clinical interests involve mindfulnessbased stress management, mind-body medicine, meditation, counselling, holistic healthcare, complementary therapies and medical ethics. Author of New
Frontiers in Medicine (Vols 1&2) and Know Thyself’, Craig also writes regularly for medical journals.

Dr Sherelle Dye BMus(Hons) BLitt(Hons) MPsych(Clinical) PhD
Sherelle is The Gawler Foundation’s inaugural Research Officer. With a PhD and Masters degree in psychology, plus Honours degrees in music therapy, psychology and linguistics, Sherelle has a wide range of clinical and research experience. She is also a certified hatha yoga instructor and enjoys helping people develop a more easeful body and a peaceful mind.

Paul Bedson BA BAcup BCouns
(Facilitator – Chi Gong sessions during conference lunch breaks)
A counsellor, psychotherapist, meditation instructor and natural therapist, Paul has been working in the field of mind-body medicine for over 20 years. Senior Therapist at The Gawler Foundation, his particular interest is helping people deal with emotional issues associated with their healing journey including grief, anxiety and relationship problems. Paul also facilitates Chi Gong sessions during residential programs.

Michael Johnson – Harp
Resident harpist at Royal Botanic Gardens, he plays tranquil and meditative music.
Megan Kenny – Flute
Performed with many orchestras including MSO and toured extensively overseas.