Residential Programs  

30 years of healing and wellbeing. The Quest for Life Foundation provides interactive group programs to educate, empower and encourage people living with the challenges of cancer, chronic illness, loss, grief, trauma, anxiety and depression.

Our programs recognise that unexpected and unthinkable things can happen to all of us. With an understanding of the latest healing strategies and neuroplasticity - the ability to change our brain through conscious choice - our acclaimed professionally run programs help you to find peace of mind and healing. 

5 Day Programs

Our programs run from our facilities in the beautiful Southern Highlands, NSW allowing you to focus on your own life without distraction and learn valuable life skills and strategies for healing and peace. 

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Reclaiming Your Brain

A program focusing on factors that influence having a healthy brain and aging well
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Healing Your Life

For people living with depression, grief, loss, anxiety, chronic illness and pain
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Moving Beyond Trauma

For people living with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Quest for Life

For people living with cancer, MS, Parkinsons, chronic pain, MND, SLE, autoimmune diseases and chronic illness
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Taking Control of Chronic Pain

For people living with ongoing chronic pain
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Your Life Matters - for young people

For people aged 14-20 living with depression, grief, loss, anxiety, chronic illness

Weekend Programs

Our weekend programs are short stay, intensive programs designed for maximum impact.


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ReQuest - Weekend Refresher

Feel motivated, connected and empowered to live your best life!

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Living with Grief Weekend

Finding a way forward
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NeuroSlimming Retreat

With Dr Helena Popovic MBBS. Discover how to rewire your brain to reshape your body
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Peace in Practice - for Health Professionals

Increasing compassion, skills, knowledge, capacities (approved for 12 CPE points)

"These programs give you the tools to lead a more meaningful life. Each day builds on the day before to increase this knowledge. It does not prescribe but offers insights. The participant can accept or reject these." - Elizabeth
"All my impressions of QFL, its objectives and program content were exceeded. Staff were warm and empathic, accommodation and venue first rate, while the food was imaginative and excellent. Daily programs were wonderfully and richly constituted with superb facilitation." - Professor Gordon Parker AO, Scientia Professor, School of Psychiatry UNSW