What's On : Wellbeing - October 2026
Updated: Sep 30
This section aims to highlight ways that we can care for others, ourselves and our community in these uncertain times...
The Pause Sessions
Saturday 17 October • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Women's Wellbeing Group - Take a gentle pause from the demands of everyday life and reconnect with yourself in a welcoming, supportive space
Our Women's Wellbeing Group offers an opportunity to nurture your emotional, mental, creative, and spiritual wellbeing through meaningful conversations, guided reflection, mindfulness, creative expression, and practical self-care strategies. No artistic experience is needed - just a willingness to explore, connect, and be yourself.
Whether you're navigating change, feeling overwhelmed, seeking greater balance, or simply longing for connection with other women, this group provides a safe and encouraging environment where you can slow down, reflect, and grow.
Together we'll cultivate resilience, self-compassion, confidence, and a deeper connection with what matters most to you.
Come as you are. Leave feeling nourished, inspired, and supported.
We are excited to announce new categories for our Odd Socks parade! It is now the Funkiest Sock Parade! The categories are: Most holey socks
Most sporty socks
Loudest socks
Snuggliest socks
Odd socks
Peoples Choice award for best overall
Prizes for all categories! Dress up to match your socks!
Everyone welcome to enjoy the fun, includes afternoon tea
Parkrun: Join free, weekly 5 km walks, jogs, or runs on Saturday mornings at 9:00 am at Parkrun – North West locations including Bells Parade (Latrobe), Burnie SLSC, Devonport Bluff, and Port Sorell.
Free Learn to Swim: The Waratah-Wynyard Council offers seasonal community swimming and recreation programs at the Wynyard Fitness indoor heated pool.
GROW Support Groups: Free weekly mental health mutual help meetings run in Wynyard, hosted via Live Well Tasmania to support ongoing mental wellbeing.
Tension, uncertainty, and outright conflict can exist between countries, between people, and within ourselves.
Catastrophic worries about the future, or regret or longing for a past that is already gone - these are mental movies that often dominate our minds. Compulsive thinking is like repeatedly shaking a jar of muddy water to try and see more clearly.
“What if…?” Or “I wish I hadn’t….” scenarios pull us away from the only thing we have any control over, the only time that we are actually alive: this present moment.
In difficult times, we need even more to anchor ourselves in our own life, in our body, in our moment to moment actions. We need to teach our brilliant and troublesome thinking mind, that sometimes it’s ok to rest, so that the jar of muddy water can settle of its own accord. This enables us to have more clarity about our lives and world, so we can then take action from a place of calm and stillness.
Mindfulness teaches us how to do this.
Mindfulness is not a religion or dogma.
Mindfulness is a skill, a practice, a tool for bringing ourselves home to the real life that we actually have.
The tree that is deeply rooted in the earth, will hold strong when the storms come.
About Mary: Mary has degrees in Music and psychology and has worked as a teacher, performer, carer, and mindfulness teacher. She studied mindfulness with zenways.org of London. She has been meditating for about 20 years.
NESTS Program: Anglicare Tasmania runs the North West Early Start Therapeutic Support program, a free initiative for families with children aged 0–5 to build strong emotional connections and social wellbeing.
Ongo Group
What if every conversation could bring you closer to others instead of pushing them away?
Experience the relief of speaking your truth without fear of damaging relationships.
This describes the possibilities for people who learn and practice NonViolent Communication or NVC.
When we learn to communicate with empathy and honesty, something beautiful happens—our
relationships deepen, conflicts become opportunities, and we find the courage to speak our truth with both clarity and care.
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"Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you."
Falling in Love with the World substack is an invitation to a weekly email sharing deep ecology practices to help keep us buoyant in these uncertain times. The email also includes a zoom link to join online with a small group any Sunday @5pm AEDT
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