Our Events
Our Events
GMHBA offers a range of events and initiatives to help our members and the wider community improve their health and wellbeing.
We believe that providing information is vital to achieving this goal. The GMHBA Health Seminars help communities understand and cope with a variety of health topics that affect our communities.
Upcoming Events
Brain Food with Dr Joanna McMillan
How does the food we eat and our lifestyle impact brain health?
Acclaimed doctor of nutritional science, dietician and health advocate Dr Joanna McMillan joins us in Geelong for GMHBA's Healthier Together Seminar. Joanna will share with us insights into her latest book 'Brain Food with Dr Joanna McMillan'.
Read more and register here
Past Health Seminars and Events
Free Health Screens for GMHBA members and non-members
Look after your health with screens and giveaways at GMHBA Eye Care, Geelong.
This event has now passed, read more here.
Building resilience in children and teens
How do we give our children 'the happy knack of being able to
This event has passed, you can read more here.
Free Health Screens for GMHBA members, Corio
Look after your health with screens and giveaways at GMHBA Eye Care, Corio.
This event has now passed, read more here.
Healthy parents = healthy baby
How what we do, eat and feel before, during and after pregnancy create a healthy child.
Pregnant, or planning on becoming a new parent? In GMHBA’s upcoming maternal wellbeing seminar, we learn how modern lifestyle and the diet of parents before, during and after pregnancy can impact the mental health and overall wellbeing of our whole family.
This event has now passed, read more here.
R U OK Day – Geelong and Bendigo mindfulness and meditation events.
R U OK Day is the perfect opportunity to centre yourself, connect with others in a beautiful community space, and come together to celebrate and promote mental health conversations.
Join us for free meditation classes and healthy snacks throughout the day in Geelong or Bendigo with qualified meditation experts.
This event has now passed, read more here.
Master your health: tools to create lasting change.
We all aim to be the best we can be, but sometimes it isn’t easy. Most people know what to do to be healthy, but struggle to modify behaviours to create lasting change.
Join us for this health seminar in
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Women’s Stuff – A night of fun, facts and the latest on women’s health
Women of all ages and backgrounds can have their health questions answered on a wide range of topics at ‘Women’s Stuff’, a free event in Geelong on Wednesday 16 May and Ballarat on Wednesday 23 May.
This event has now passed, read more here
Gut microbiota and mood– How your diet and gut microbiota can affect mental and brain health - With Professor Felice Jacka
After a fantastic seminar last year on preventing and treating mental disorders through what we eat, Professor Felice Jacka is returning to the GMHBA community to explain more about how the gut microbiota influences mental health and what you can do about it via diet or probiotics for children, teens and adults.
This event has now passed, read more here
Ballarat Free Health Screens
Wednesday 14th March and Wednesday 23 May
10am - 4pm
Free health screens were offered to the Ballarat community including:
- bone health
- hearing test
- mental health
- vision screen
- blood pressure and other key health
measures
Food and mood – How your diet can affect mental and brain health - With Professor Felice Jacka
Professor Felice Jacka presented her findings on establishing a new approach to the prevention and treatment of mental disorders by looking at what we eat.
To view the slides and recording from the seminar click here
Can we prevent depression – GMHBA Health Seminar
Depression can affect any one of us and there are many possible risk factors for depression, which vary from person to person. Professor Michael Berk explores the risk factors associated with depression and how these risks can be managed. To access the slides and recording from the seminar please visit here
Eating Your Way to Awesome – with Dr Joanna McMillan
Dr Joanna McMillan is one of Australia’s best-known health, nutrition and lifestyle experts.
Dr Joanna as she explores how food, drink, exercise, activity, stress and sleep can all influence how you feel today and how they affect your health in the long term.
Click here to watch the seminar.
Sleep and Mental Health with Dr Richard Chambers
Sleep is essential for your health - it refreshes the mind and repairs the body. We recently held a health seminar with Clinical Psychologist and Mindfulness consultant Dr Richard Chambers where he explored how the relationship between sleep and mental health is closely entwined.