Magic Minute A Lucky Break By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Do we really know what our kids get up to when our backs are turned? Not long back my neighbour was telling me about the time her seven-year-old son Callum received a hairline fracture to his arm and had to have the whole thing […]
Magic Minute A Lucky Break Read More »
Magic Minute Dr Michael Mosley’s Legacy By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The untimely death of Dr Michael Mosley while out walking on a Greek island left millions of his admirers in shock. This likeable TV presenter charmed his way into our hearts with his homely approach to our well-being and general health for years.
Magic Minute Dr Michael Mosley’s Legacy Read More »
Magic Minute Try A Little Kindness By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Being kind to young folk doing their best shouldn’t be hard. I recently overheard a lady placing an order at a fast food drive-thru. “I’ll have two free senior coffees” she said. “Large!” “I’m sorry,” said the teenager. “The senior coffees only come
Magic Minute Try A Little Kindness Read More »
Magic Minute Train Drivers & Surgeons? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // What have train drivers and surgeons got in common? Well, on a recent train trip to picturesque Williamstown with an avid train enthusiast, something happened. On our arrival my friend said, “Let’s see if we can catch a word with the driver before
Magic Minute Train Drivers & Surgeons? Read More »
Magic Minute Following Your Dream By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE //Leanne simply couldn’t believe it. The powers that be had rejected her fervent desire to become a physiotherapist. They’d somehow deemed she simply didn’t have what it takes. But she knew different and was determined to follow her dream whatever the obstacles in her way.
Magic Minute Following Your Dream Read More »
Magic Minute Explaining It Simply By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Ever wonder what the term antioxidants in the food we eat means? Well I have! Till I heard Dr Norman Swan’s simple explanation on his ABC Health Report. Put simply, antioxidant means anti-rusting. Just like we see old iron rusting away in nature, the
Magic Minute Explaining It Simply Read More »
Magic Minute Smiling Magic By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Barely 5 weeks old my tiny grandson Vincent gave his proud Granddad a wonderful captivating smile which filled me with joy. In contrast, I often come across a wizened old Chinese lady shuffling along with her walker on my Sunday walks. I’d say she’s in
Magic Minute Smiling Magic Read More »
Magic Minute Another Language Broadens Your Mind By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Why don’t you speak English?” and “Go back where you come from!” was the awful way newcomers were treated in 1960s Australia. Working in an Italian glass factory as a poorly educated 14-year-old opened my eyes to the truth. I eagerly soaked
Magic Minute Another Language Broadens Your Mind Read More »
Magic Minute A Student Teacher’s Heroism By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Our young student teacher had just settled her class of preschoolers down for a nice story in the shelter shed of the Donald Primary School when an enraged bull appeared before us, snorting drooling and pawing the ground. We little preppies screamed in
Magic Minute A Student Teacher’s Heroism Read More »
Magic Minute True Self Worth By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE //Someone once asked me: “What makes you a Master speaking coach?” So I said, “At 14 I was already out there fending for myself, poorly educated and very insecure. By my early 30s I’d wheedled my way into the role of camping tour leader in
Magic Minute True Self Worth Read More »
