Petrea King ND, DBM, DRM, DipClHyp, IYTA

Petrea provides a practical and spiritual perspective in the challenging arenas of life including facing mortality, grief, loss, trauma and crisis. Our changing world demands a robust version of spirituality and Petrea is well versed in the art of articulating that for people. She makes the invisible world real and accessible and is called upon by groups, organizations, individuals and the media to shed light and wisdom on living a meaningful life in the midst of difficult circumstances. Petrea is the author of eight best-selling books and many meditation CDs and is the Founder and CEO of the Quest for Life Foundation. She is a regular nominee for Australian of the Year and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Centenary Medal.

Petrea has practiced many forms of meditation since the age of seventeen and she is qualified as a naturopath, herbalist, hypnotherapist, yoga and meditation teacher.

In 1983 Petrea was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and was not expected to live.  Meditation and the integration of past traumatic experiences became paramount in her recovery, much of which was spent in a monastery near Assisi in Italy.  Since then, Petrea has counselled individually or through residential programs more than 80,000 people living with life-challenging illnesses, grief, loss, trauma, depression and tragedy.

Petrea’s studies in self realisation have pre-occupied her since her teen years and she continues to hold hope and belief in the possibility of peace and unity for all humanity.