Crisis as a Catalyst for Personal Growth

Founder and CEO - Quest for Life Foundation

Petrea King is CEO of the Quest for Life Foundation which she established in 1989 after a series of personal traumas stretching back to childhood. Petrea established the Quest for Life Foundation in 1989 after unexpectedly recovering from acute myeloid leukaemia.

Petrea has conducted hundreds of support groups and, in 1998 opened the Quest for Life Centre in Bundanoon.

Today, the Quest for Life Centre hosts 32 5-day residential programs and dozens of workshops in rural, regional and remote Australia each year.

Petrea is a best-selling author of 9 books and a dozen meditation practices. She is a frequent keynote speaker, a facilitator, teacher and trainer and, for the past 24 years has been a monthly guest on ABC Sydney’s Midweek Conference with Richard Glover where hey discuss the challenges of living well in challenging situations.

Petrea has received the Advance Australia Award, Citizen of the Year and the Centenary Medal for her contribution to the community. She has been nominated for Australian of the year each year since 2003 as well as being a NSW finalist for Senior Australian of the Year in 2011. In 2003 she was celebrated on Channel 9’s This Is Your Life and has been featured twice on Australian Story, Compass and many other television and radio productions.