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Setting Our Intentions For Fall

Sometimes, the things that seem so simple—or perhaps even, silly—are those we need most to do in life. Brush your teeth. Make your bed. Drink plenty of water. Wash your hands. All of these examples have become obvious necessities in our culture. Yet, with some of them we still struggle. Maybe it’s because we don’t like being told what to do. Maybe it’s that life is too busy to pull the covers over our bed in the morning. Or, who has the time to make sure they’re drinking sixty-four ounces of water a day? Only deep down, we all know [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-17T19:54:35+00:00August 26th, 2019|Categories: Balance, Change, Declutter Your Mind, discipline, Habit Making, Preparation, Purpose, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead August 22, 2019

Every now and then, I hear a woman my age or older lament that they didn’t have Pinterest when they got married. That it would have been so much easier to plan their wedding if they had been able to pin countless ideas of what to do for centerpieces. But whenever I hear this, I disagree. Yes, there are certainly benefits to having a million decorative ideas at our fingertips. Especially, for those of us who are design challenged. But what I am finding with Pinterest and so much of our online world, is that on some level, it is [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-17T18:58:00+00:00August 22nd, 2019|Categories: Balance, Change, Declutter Your Mind, Health, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Declutter Your Mind (With This Free New Resource!)

Sometimes, things are quieter on the outside of us than they are on the inside. To an observer we may seem calm, cool, collected. But in our mind, it’s the complete opposite. Worries over a project we have at work or tension with our boss weigh on us heavily. Then there are those dreams we’ve been longing to make reality, only it’s never the right time. Not to mention, our mother, father, sister, or brother called yesterday and shared some concerning news about a family member. Earlier, we took a minute to escape from the world. We opened up [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-17T18:27:02+00:00August 19th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Balance, Declutter Your Mind, Freedom, Health, Making Decisions, Preparation, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Three Lies We Believe About Exercise

At the beginning of this summer, Tony pulled out our bikes. He dusted them off, pumped up the tires, and loaded them on the back of our car. Then, for a few weekends in a row, we hit some of our local trails. It had been a few years since we had been biking, and I’d forgotten how much fun it can be. Each ride, we went for a longer distance than we had before. We found a trail nearby that is mostly paved and shaded, which became our favorite. Tony and I were having a great time and I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-15T11:48:14+00:00August 15th, 2019|Categories: #mybodyhas, Body Image, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Trouble with Self Care? Start With Scrambled Eggs

Often, the first thing to go when I hit a busy season, or we return from a trip, is exercise. Though I’d also say it’s tied with maintaining a healthy diet. Once our routines are interrupted, Tony and I seem to gravitate more easily toward snack foods and the couch, than our running shoes and a protein packed smoothie. This makes the summer a perfect time for us to slack off when it comes to taking care of ourselves. And, I have a feeling, we’re not alone. But, fall is coming. Once our routines are interrupted, Tony and I seem [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-09T14:50:46+00:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: #mybodyhas, Balance, Body Image, discipline, Food, Freedom, Habit Making, Health, Self Care, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead August 8, 2019

In my previous life, ok about eight years ago, I was a youth pastor. For part of my job, a couple of times a year, I would take a group of teens on trips. Sometimes they were mission trips to other countries, during the winters it was weekend retreats, and for a few summers we used to take over a hundred teenagers on a four day camping trip to a music festival. You read that right, over a hundred students. I am sure there are ministries who have much bigger groups than we did, but it was quite an undertaking. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-07-29T20:09:37+00:00August 8th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Change, Habit Making, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Back to Basics (Before the Fall)

Two weeks ago, I ran into Target to pick up a few things. I worked my way through the personal care and grocery sections. Then, as I came around a corner, there it was: the back to school section. It was only the middle of July, and Target was telling me to get ready for fall. Now, I could go on and on about how stores are always trying to push us into the next season. Putting Christmas candy out the day after Halloween, putting Easter Candy out the day after Valentine’s Day, etc. But when they put up these [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-07-29T19:52:23+00:00August 5th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Change, Habit Making, Health, Making Decisions, Preparation, Purpose, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

My Summer Bucket List

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” —Regina Brett Friends, can you believe it is the first day of August? My mind can’t even wrap itself around this fact. Though this means we technically have seven weeks left of summer, it feels like we only have four. Many of us have a fall schedule that begins when September does, cutting our summers short. In other words, Summer is going to be [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-07-29T16:09:04+00:00August 1st, 2019|Categories: Balance, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Preparation, Saying No, Uncategorized|Comments Off

What If…It’s Good?

Recently, one night after work, Tony was working out to a video he was streaming in our living room. I was making dinner, and not paying much attention. But then, after putting our meal in the oven, I started scrolling through Instagram. And, as it is so easy to do, I began half listening to the workout instructor as he started to lead Tony and his online audience through cool down. Following stretching and some time in Savasana, he said, “Now picture what success looks like for you today. Then imagine yourself succeeding.” At these words, I almost laughed out [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-07-16T15:37:25+00:00July 29th, 2019|Categories: Balance, Courage, Fear, Habit Making, Hope, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Three Questions to Ask After Rejection

As I shared on Monday, I recently joined a new writers group. The very first time we got together, I was so nervous. I was the first to arrive at the coffee shop where we met, and as I waited in line to order my coffee, I had a realization. All my nerves centered on this one question: “What if they don’t like me?” I felt like I was in junior high all over again. But then I realized, I probably wasn’t the only one who felt nervous about showing up to our newly formed group. Putting ourselves out there [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-07-25T15:12:05+00:00July 25th, 2019|Categories: Fear, Friendship, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Rejection, Relationships, Uncategorized|Comments Off

About Melissa Schlies

Setting Our Intentions For Fall

Love Learn Lead August 22, 2019

Declutter Your Mind (With This Free New Resource!)

Three Lies We Believe About Exercise

Trouble with Self Care? Start With Scrambled Eggs

Love Learn Lead August 8, 2019

Back to Basics (Before the Fall)

My Summer Bucket List

What If…It’s Good?

Three Questions to Ask After Rejection

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