Exploring Wellness:
An OCD and Mental Health Event
Proudly brought to you by Northern Mallee Leaders Inc.
Featuring a book signing and live interview
Join us for a heartfelt and powerful community event as part of
Exploring Wellness - A community mental health and wellbeing initiative.
This special event features Penny Moodie, author of
The Joy Thief, mental health advocate, and co-creator of
soocd.com.au, In conversation with her husband, Hugh Van Cuylenburg founder of
The Resilience Project and best-selling author of
Let Go and
The Resilience Project.
Penny will be interviewed by Hugh and together they will explore:
- Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Mental health advocacy and resilience
- Relationships, recovery, and self-compassion
- The role of storytelling and shared experience in healing
Before we dive into a day of powerful conversations around mental health and resilience, join us at 7.30am, for
Mindful Morning Meditation and Breathwork with Mental Health Mallee. Start your day grounded, calm, and connected.
Time: 9.30am
Tickets: $30 each
Join us at Mildura Arts Centre for a heartfelt and real conversation about OCD, mental wellbeing, relationships, and recovery featuring Penny Moodie, author and advocate, in a moderated interview led by her husband, Hugh Van Cuylenburg.
The session will be emceed by Kelly Wandel, General Manager of Northern Mallee Leaders, and will include an engaging Q&A with the audience.
Expect an open, honest, and often humorous look at how Penny and Hugh have navigated mental health together, and how storytelling and support can create stronger, more resilient communities.
Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Tickets: $35 each (includes afternoon tea) - Limited Spaces.
A smaller, workshop-style event at Sunraysia Community Health Services offering tools, insights and peer-informed support strategies for those living with or supporting someone with OCD.
Ideal for:
- Individuals with lived experience of OCD.
- Parents, carers, partners.
- Teachers, health practitioners, HR leaders, support workers.
Key Focus Areas:
- Practical tools for navigating OCD – grounded in real life.
- Peer-informed strategies to better understand and support others.
- Resource sharing, lived experience insights, and supportive discussion.
- Honest, empowering conversations about OCD and recovery.
Tickets: $50
Allows access to both
Exploring Wellness events at a discounted price:
- In Conversation With Penny Moodie presentation at MAC
- OCD Support & Resource Workshop at Sunraysia Community Health Services.
Click here to purchase the Exploring Wellness Bundle.
📚 Book signings will be available on the day,
Pre-order books now to access a limited time 10% off discount,
supported by
Collins Booksellers Mildura.
Click here to pre-order your books.
Exploring Wellness brought to you by
Northern Mallee Leaders Inc. supporting connection, leadership, and resilience in our region. With thanks to our generous sponsors and local supporters for helping make this event possible.
💡 Why Attend?
- Because mental health education saves lives.
- Because the more we understand OCD, the more empowered our communities become.
- Because storytelling, empathy and education make our communities stronger.
If you have a Companion Card, experience issues with stairs or require a wheelchair space please contact the Box Office on 03 5018 8330 between 10am - 4pm, daily to book your seats.
Customers are advised that prams, strollers, baby capsules and other large items cannot be taken into the theatre. These items can be left safely in the cloak room and collected at the conclusion of your visit. Please talk to MAC staff if you have any concerns.