Port Macquarie Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program

18/05/2025

HISTORY 2025 - a great, innovative community service by Port Macquarie Adventist Church.

18/05/2025

Yes!

Make checking in a part of your every day.
Because a conversation could change a life.

Find tips at www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask

30/12/2024

Such a great initiative for men in our community. On every Sunday at 7 am at Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie 🌊

Every week, we have a welcoming space for men to connect. Join us for a walk, good chats, and delicious bacon and egg rolls.

We listen, we support, and no one walks alone. While we’re not professionals, we’re a group of men who have faced dark times and continue to navigate challenges together. Our goal is to provide a platform for men to find camaraderie and support.

We meet Sundays at 7am at Shelly Beach.

30/12/2024

So true!

30/12/2024

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST 2024 is a great FREE community event held on Christmas morning at Port Macquarie Adventist Community Centre, 500 Ocean Drive. This is where we held our 8 week Port Macquarie Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program in 2024.

18/11/2024

DARP 2024 GRADUATION DINNER { PART III } 🍽🎓🎉

On Saturday evening, 9 November 2024 the Graduation Dinner for the Port Macquarie Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program was held at the Port Macquarie Adventist Community Centre.

Over the last 8 weeks participants in the program have learnt positive thinking skills; overcoming loss & grief; frontal lobe health - including nutrition, sleep, music, physical activity and more.

Participants had the opportunity to invite their friends and family to the dinner and were greeted to a beautifully decorated room in the Port Macquarie Community Centre. Each graduate received a certificate and a gift of sparkling Pattriti and spoke of their personal experience with the program with everyone. Congratulations! 🎉👏

The evenings menu was catered by our fabulous team of cooks and assistants, led by the extremely talented head cook Jenelle.

ENTREE 🍉🍈🍊
Sparkling Melon ball cups

MAINS 🥗🍚🍲
Vegetable Korma (with rice)
Mushroom Stroganoff (with rice)
Arancini Balls
Broccolini & Sundried Tomato pasta
Wild Green Salad
Crunchy Carrot Salad
Roast Vegetable Salad

DESSERT 🍰🍮🍒
Carrot Cake with whipped cashew cream
Creamy Coconut & Cherry Panna Cotta

Thank you to our amazing team of staff - Associate Director - Julia; Facilitators - Stephen and Bec; Assistants - Brionhy, Cindy and David; and Marketing/Admin - Selinah and Interior Decorator - Ineka who made the DARP 2024 such a success!

18/11/2024

DARP 2024 GRADUATION DINNER { PART II } 🍽🎓🎉

On Saturday evening, 9 November 2024 the Graduation Dinner for the Port Macquarie Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program was held at the Port Macquarie Adventist Community Centre.

Over the last 8 weeks participants in the program have learnt positive thinking skills; overcoming loss & grief; frontal lobe health - including nutrition, sleep, music, physical activity and more.

Participants had the opportunity to invite their friends and family to the dinner and were greeted to a beautifully decorated room in the Port Macquarie Community Centre. Each graduate received a certificate and a gift of sparkling Pattriti and spoke of their personal experience with the program with everyone. Congratulations! 🎉👏

The evenings menu was catered by our fabulous team of cooks and assistants, led by the extremely talented head cook Jenelle.

ENTREE 🍉🍈🍊
Sparkling Melon ball cups
MAINS 🥗🍚🍲
Vegetable Korma (with rice)
Mushroom Stroganoff (with rice)
Arancini Balls
Broccolini & Sundried Tomato pasta
Wild Green Salad
Crunchy Carrot Salad
Roast Vegetable Salad

DESSERT 🍰🍮🍒
Carrot Cake with whipped cashew cream
Creamy Coconut & Cherry Panna Cotta

Thank you to our amazing team of staff - Associate Director - Julia; Facilitators - Stephen and Bec; Assistants - Brionhy, Cindy and David; and Marketing/Admin - Selinah and Interior Decorator - Ineka who made the DARP 2024 such a success!

18/11/2024

DARP 2024 GRADUATION DINNER { PART I } 🍽🎓🎉

On Saturday evening, 9 November 2024 the Graduation Dinner for the Port Macquarie Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program was held at the Port Macquarie Adventist Community Centre.

Over the last 8 weeks participants in the program have learnt positive thinking skills; overcoming loss & grief; frontal lobe health - including nutrition, sleep, music, physical activity and more.

Participants had the opportunity to invite their friends and family to the dinner and were greeted to a beautifully decorated room in the Port Macquarie Community Centre. Each graduate received a certificate and a gift of sparkling Pattriti and spoke of their personal experience with the program with everyone. Congratulations! 🎉👏

The evenings menu was catered by our fabulous team of cooks and assistants, led by the extremely talented head cook Jenelle.

ENTREE 🍉🍈🍊
Sparkling Melon ball cups

MAINS 🥗🍚🍲
Vegetable Korma (with rice)
Mushroom Stroganoff (with rice)
Arancini Balls
Broccolini & Sundried Tomato pasta
Wild Green Salad
Crunchy Carrot Salad
Roast Vegetable Salad

DESSERT 🍰🍮🍒
Carrot Cake with whipped cashew cream
Creamy Coconut & Cherry Panna Cotta

Thank you to our amazing team of staff - Associate Director - Julia; Facilitators - Stephen and Bec; Assistants - Brionhy, Cindy and David; and Marketing/Admin - Selinah and Interior Decorator - Ineka who made the DARP 2024 such a success!

11/11/2024

On Monday, 4 November was our final Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program session for 2024. It was a great night where we reviewed the last eight weeks and assisted participants with their final DARP test.

Our associate director Julia, gave a cooking demonstration of easy and delicious plant based alternatives for fillings and cheese for soft tacos. Everything was so delicious and we enjoyed eating them as our nightly food tasting.

13/09/2024

We 💙 Port Macquarie!

07/09/2024

ABOUT DR NEDLEY 💙🌱

Dr Neil Nedley MD, is founder and medical director of the community based and residential Nedley Depression and Anxiety Recovery Programs™ and Optimize Your Brain™.

Dr Nedley is an award-winning practicing physician who also serves as president of Weimar University, a higher education college that houses the NEWSTART program. He has presented and published numerous scientific studies in the medical/scientific literature and is well known as an author, international public speaker and teacher.

He is the author of ‘Depression, the Way Out’, ‘SOS Help for your Emotions’ and ‘The Lost Art of Thinking’, ‘Proof Positive’ and Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program workbooks.

The Nedley Depression & Anxiety Program™ has helped 1000’s of documented participants from numerous countries to achieve improved mental health. Many people have been able to eliminate depression and/or anxiety by following the proven principles of this program.

The 8-week Port Macquarie Community Depression & Anxiety Recovery program will run on Monday nights at 6 pm starting from 9 SEPTEMBER to 4 NOVEMBER at Port Macquarie Adventist Community Centre, 500 Ocean Drive.

Reserve your spot for SESSION ONE - starting this MONDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER at 5:30 pm! For more information and bookings, please call 0403 943 378 or go to portadventistchurch.org/depression-program