Magic Minute Emergency Teacher’s Baptism of Fire! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // My first stint as a mature-age, year 7 emergency teacher would be a cinch! After all, being a camping tour leader for years I knew how to handle young people. As I approached my classroom, I discerned a bit of a hubbub; […]
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Quote You Can Take in The Wonders By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “You can take in the wonders of an author’s pain and hard-earned knowledge from the relaxed comfort of your armchair!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #anauthorspain #hardearnedknowledge #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #takeinthewonders Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook
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Magic Minute The Honest Feedback By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The honest feedback I received from a trusted friend really affected me! I’d spent years compiling everything I’d learned about overcoming public speaking fear into this hefty draft and all I got from him was: “It’s pretty big… a lot of good things in
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Quote Ask For Help By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Ask for help, it’s closer than you think” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #askforhelp #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #closerthanyouthink Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter / X
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Article James and Effie Maloney By Laurie Smale On the surface, 15 year-old James used to wonder why he’d always felt so lost and lonely with not much to laugh about. But deep down, he had more than an inkling of what the real problem was. He was well aware his mother had abandoned him
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Magic Minute Marvelous Smellbourne and The Collingwood Football Club By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // In the early 1900s, some of Marvellous Melbourne’s waterways were really open sewers, like the smelly, Reilly Street Drain, which emptied into the Merrie Creek near where the legendary Aussie Rules, Collingwood Football Club was born. While compiling the club’s
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Quote Even The Smallest Step By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Even the smallest step forward needs a tremendous amount of courage because you have to face everything that’s been holding you back to take it!” Laurie Smale Inspirational Speaker and Author, ‘How to take the Panic out of Public Speaking’ 🎤 #lauriesmalequotes #panicfreepublicspeaking #holdingyouback #courage
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Magic Minute What’s in a Name and a Sandwich By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Legend has it that the name ‘Sandwich’ came about by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, wanting slices of meat between two bits of bread brought to him so he wouldn’t interrupt his gambling session! But ‘sandwich’ can mean
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Quote Decades of Painful Searching By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Decades of painful searching for a secure, happy version of me, brought me to realise that what I’d been looking for had been before me all along but I wasn’t ready to see it!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You”
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Magic Minute “Good Morning” and The Unexpected By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Good morning” I said, as a pensive, middle-aged lady strolled by me on our walking track. She went on a little and stopped. Her reply threw me: “Thank you so much for your warm “Good morning,” she kindly said. “But my morning
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