We know how hard it can be trying to balance it all – keeping active, eating well, and looking after your mental health.
ConnectWell Community
It’s a journey and we’re here with you! Start the program with an online welcome session to get all the information and motivation you need and meet your fellow ConnectWell members. Each week you’ll receive recordings, resources and prompts to support your health and wellbeing goals. Celebrate your achievements at the end of six weeks with an online closing session.
ConnectWell is a free online program specially curated to support your health and wellbeing focusing on three key pillars – exercise, mindfulness and nutrition. The program is delivered by a team of wellness experts and structured so that it’s easy, accessible and keeps you motivated all the way through and beyond. ConnectWell begins in January 2024 with a six-week program giving you the foundations to set healthy habits and achieve your health and wellbeing goals.
ConnectWell six-week program includes:
ConnectWell returns in July for an additional four-week program to check in and keep your goals on track.
This program is designed for people under 65 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people under 50) living with a chronic health or mental health condition or experiencing isolation. If you are over the age limit and would like to participate, please contact us.
Professor Craig Hassed OAM has been working within the Faculty of Medicine at Monash University since 1989 but also teaches into various other faculties, and is coordinator of mindfulness programs across Monash. In 2021, he became the founding Director of Education at the Monash Centre for Consciousness and Contemplative Studies (M3CS). His teaching, research and clinical interests include mindfulness, mind-body medicine, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine and medical ethics.
Craig developed and integrated into the Monash medical curriculum the world-first mindfulness-based healthy lifestyle course called the Health Enhancement Program and has collaborated with Australian and international universities helping them to integrate similar content. He has authored over 110 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has published 14 books and 17 book chapters.
Craig is regularly invited to speak and run courses in Australia and overseas in health, educational, government and corporate contexts. He was the founding president and patron of Meditation Australia, is a Smiling Mind ambassador and a regular media commentator having featured in the documentaries, The Connection, and My Year of Living Mindfully. He co-authored with Richard Chambers two free Mindfulness MOOCs (massive open online courses) in collaboration with Monash University and FutureLearn, both of which are rated by Class Central as the two leading online mindfulness courses and among the 10 top online courses for any subject globally. In 2019 Craig was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to Medicine.
Nick Laverty holds accreditations in both Exercise Physiology and Remedial Massage, and is passionate about the combination of the two disciplines to develop a holistic approach to musculoskeletal concerns, enabling his patients to achieve a functionally strong and healthy body.
His interest in injury treatment and rehabilitation began in his teenage years, where he played a variety of sports and suffered from injuries that led him to numerous different treatment types to keep him playing. This sparked his interest in anatomy and physiology, leading to him undertaking his studies in the area.
His main area of interest is in elite athletes, musculoskeletal injuries and rehabilitation, where he combines exercise physiology into his skill set as a remedial masseuse in order to provide a comprehensive and progressive approach to his patient’s individual needs.
Nick endeavours to provide assistance wherever he can to aid his patients to reach their goals through both movement and massage.
Steph Geddes is a Registered Nutritionist specialising in culinary nutrition with a passion for inspiring others to enjoy eating seasonal nutritious food. Steph works as a creative recipe developer, corporate public speaker, cooking class teacher and ambassador for some of Australia’s most well-known kitchen brands. Her recipes and nutrition advice are featured in everything from worldwide cafes, to blogs, mainstream media and celebrity cookbooks. You can find Steph and her balanced yet fun approach to nutrition on Instagram and her website.
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