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🌸 Self-Care Sunday: Pause & Pour In

This Sunday, choose yourself.
Take a moment to rest, reflect, and recharge—whether it’s through a quiet walk, a favorite meal, or simply breathing deeply.
Self-care is the pause that strengthens both your spirit and your voice.

✨ “In Toastmasters, we learn the power of the pause. In life, self-care is that pause—giving us clarity, confidence, and calm to speak and lead with heart.”

🗣️ Speaker Ritual Tip
Before your next meeting, take a self-care pause.
A calm heart and a clear mind make every message land with warmth and impact.

👇 What’s your self-care ritual today?
Share it below and inspire others to rest, reset, and ROAR.

Why join and STAY at Toastmasters?

Hastings Morning Talkers

Why join Toastmasters International?

Only YOU can share your story.

The Privilege of Being Heard The International President talks about the meaning of giving speeches.

Ever been at a training day that has role plays?
Ever dreaded having to participate?
If so, did you know that Toastmasters can turn that fear 😰 into fun 🤩?
Hastings Morning Talkers club Secretary 👨‍💼/Treasurer 💰 Neil Langstaff was recently one of few volunteers for such a training role play 👨‍⚖️.
Neil was not only all up for it, but really enjoyed playing a character in mock court - having a lot of fun dressing up like a chief justice in a training day in the Banco Court, Supreme Court of NSW courtroom.
Neil admits he is guilty of gaining the confidence to take on this challenge because of Toastmasters.
WHERE COULD TOASTMASTERS TAKE YOU?

🎩🪖 Put on your thinking caps and join us! 🌟 Ready to boost your public speaking skills? Join our **online Toastmasters meeting** this **Saturday, 14 March 2026**, from **12:15–2:30 PM AEDT (UTC+11/Sydney time)**.

💬 Connect with a supportive community, practice speaking, and gain confidence—all from the comfort of your home. Everyone is welcome! RSVP and get the link: https://tinyurl.com/EastwoodTM

🎓 Wear your metaphorical “headgear” — whether it’s a crown of confidence, helmet of courage, or cap of creativity — and step up to the virtual lectern!

Wise words from Maya Angelou.

It may sound straightforward, but it’s deeply empowering.

It reminds us that growth is a journey. We act with the knowledge, skills, and awareness we have today. We make decisions. We try. We stretch. And when we learn something new we don’t stay where we were. We raise our standard.

There’s no shame in not knowing. The only responsibility is to grow once we do.

That’s what conferences are for. They help us know better—through powerful speakers, shared experiences, fresh ideas, and meaningful connections—so that we can go back to our clubs, workplaces, and communities ready to do better.

Join us at the District 91 Toastmasters Conference.
📍 2–3 May 2026 | De Vere Latimer Estate
🎟️ Early Bird tickets available until the end of February
👉 Secure your place now: https://conference.d91toastmasters.org.uk/

Come and know better. So you can do better.

Check them out this Sunday!!

Join us this Sunday evening...see ..hear...experience how we encourage and support public speaking skills...be our guest and observe...

💕😍🌺💐🌹Thank you for playing along!!!

Did you guess the theme right?

It was… ROMANCE FLORA 🌸!

What a fun meeting we had Hastings Morning Talkers, with recommendations of meeting, selected by the wheel 🛞🎨 at the start of our meeting! Thank you to all those who suggested a theme! District 90 Toastmasters NSW

The Word of Day was: Serendipity eg. “Meeting you was pure serendipity”.

Our Round Robin was “what does romance flora mean to you?”

4 members competed in our Table Topics, being:
1. Describe love using only scents from a garden 🪴.
2. Describe a moment in your life that felt like something quietly blooming 🌷.
3. Some flowers thrive in harsh conditions - what has helped you grow despite difficulty 🍄?
4. What would you wear to a romance flora themed function ❤️‍🔥?

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