Joan Small

Joan Small AUA QBE was born in Western Australia during WWII but spent most of her life in Australia's Northern Territory, moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2001. She is a freelance journalist, and since becoming an author has written several personal development books and a YA Fantasy Adventure Fiction novel. Joan trained and worked as a school teacher and has had careers in tourism, politics, administration and management as well as running her own businesses and taking on leadership...See more

Joan Small AUA QBE was born in Western Australia during WWII but spent most of her life in Australia's Northern Territory, moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland in 2001. She is a freelance journalist, and since becoming an author has written several personal development books and a YA Fantasy Adventure Fiction novel. Joan trained and worked as a school teacher and has had careers in tourism, politics, administration and management as well as running her own businesses and taking on leadership roles in a number of voluntary and non-profit organisations, including Girl Guide leadership and breast feeding counselling, and Joan has run courses in customer service, as well as health and nutrition, writing and publishing. As an active member Gold Coast Business SWAP, she was President of the Year of the Club of the Year for Queensland in 2003, and has achieved the highest speaking level in Toastmasters International as 'Advanced Toastmaster Gold'. The nutrition industry was a major part of Joan's life for more than 15 years. Joan raised three sons who are all happily married with children and successful in their careers. In addition to writing and speaking about how to Energize Your Life, Joan designs websites, is a ghost writer and helps others to get their books into print and onto the internet. She has put into practice with success for herself many techniques for re-inventing herself and staying youthful. See less