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Repost: How to Recover From Your Vacation

This post was originally shared last July, but felt so important to remember as we begin Vacation Season--so enjoy, friends! About a month ago, my best friend and I each went away on different trips. Neither were overly adventurous, but nor were they super restful either. Then three days after we returned, we checked in over text. We were both exhausted. Our bodies were detoxing from eating food that we don’t normally eat, and we were finding it hard to readjust back to our normal lives. Through our conversation, I was reminded, that though it seems completely opposite of how [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-06-06T19:11:10+00:00June 14th, 2018|Categories: Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success, Travel|Comments Off

The Team Schlies Travel Guide

For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort. —Aldous Huxley For those of us who love to travel, Huxley’s words seem both dramatic, and somewhat true. Leaving one’s home to explore the world, can take our time, money, energy, and even, our comfort. But, if you’ve been bitten by the wanderlust bug, like we have—for the most part, you’re ok with it. Good, even. Because what little we’ve seen of our big world, has left us wanting more. Only, Huxley does point [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:36:17+00:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Food, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love: Podcasts for Summer

A number of years ago, I remember a friend telling me about NPR—aka talk radio. She raved about it. She told me she loved the creative stories featured on the station, designed to make people think. But despite also loving stories and being a storyteller, I couldn’t imagine just listening to people talk while driving my car. It seemed so boring to me. Fast forward to about three years ago, when I discovered podcasts. A writer I love was a guest on one, and after listening to her interview, I got hooked on the show. Then, I found other shows. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:38:00+00:00June 7th, 2018|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love, Uncategorized|Comments Off

5 Things I’m Doing This Summer

Summer is one of the best times of the year. The days are longer, and the weather (usually) is nice enough to spend our evenings and weekends outside. Only, as adults these few months will never feel as free as they did when we were kids, and out of school for the whole summer. Staying up late, or deciding on a whim to go on a road trip with your friends, isn’t that easy when you have responsibilities. Yet this doesn’t mean the fun days of summer are over for us. It just means, we need to be more intentional. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:40:16+00:00June 4th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Relationships, Travel, Uncategorized|5 Comments

Lead May 31, 2018

This month, I want us to look at some very important aspects of leadership—including why leaders fail. But I also want to try and equip you with some lessons I have learned over the years, about being a leader. For this reason, every Thursday this month, I will share one of my leadership tips. If you are just beginning your leadership journey, it is my hope that these will give you some practical help in fully embracing your current role. Or, if you’ve been leading for a while that they will assist you as you begin empowering others to lead. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:43:28+00:00May 31st, 2018|Categories: Balance, Health, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

When Leaders Rest

“Right now, we take better care of our smart phones than we do of ourselves. Like I bet everyone…right now knows how much battery remains on their smart phones—if it gets below thirteen percent we get anxious…’what would happen if it died?’…Until I collapsed, I was unaware I was at zero percent.” — Ariana Huffington, Interview with Chase Jarvis Do you know how much “battery power” you have left? Not in your smart phone, but in you? When I first got out of college, I thought that to succeed, I had to be “on” at all times. No matter what [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-05T12:30:06+00:00May 28th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Good Books, Health, Leadership, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|6 Comments

Lead May 24, 2018

This month, I want us to look at some very important aspects of leadership—including why leaders fail. But I also want to try and equip you with some lessons I have learned over the years, about being a leader. For this reason, every Thursday this month, I will share one of my leadership tips. If you are just beginning your leadership journey, it is my hope that these will give you some practical help in fully embracing your current role. Or, if you’ve been leading for a while that they will assist you as you begin empowering others to lead. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:32:10+00:00May 24th, 2018|Categories: Health, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Uncategorized|Comments Off

When Leaders Fall

A cause that is excruciatingly dear to my heart, is churches ordaining women pastors. As slow as equal rights for women have moved in the workplace, in the church they have moved even slower. Toxic rhetoric around the role of women, is recited often as clearly as scripture in many church leadership circles. And when I left church ministry for related reasons, I quickly started looking for churches that empower women. In the denomination I had served in, I found few. However one of those churches was a rather large one, lead by a world renown, influential leader. I started [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-05T12:34:18+00:00May 21st, 2018|Categories: Character, Failure, Leadership, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Lead May 17, 2018

This month, I want us to look at some very important aspects of leadership—including why leaders fail. But I also want to try and equip you with some lessons I have learned over the years, about being a leader. For this reason, every Thursday this month, I will share one of my leadership tips. If you are just beginning your leadership journey, it is my hope that these will give you some practical help in fully embracing your current role. Or, if you’ve been leading for a while that they will assist you as you begin empowering others to lead. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:33:45+00:00May 17th, 2018|Categories: Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

When Leaders Stand

“The mark of a true leader is when you get to a scary place, you stand. Instead of turning and running, you stand.” —Lisa Harper One of my favorite somewhat older movies, is About a Boy, with Hugh Grant. In it, Grant plays a self-absorbed bachelor, Will, who becomes a reluctant mentor to an awkward yet endearing teenage boy, named Marcus. If you’ve watched it, you know there is this unforgettable scene toward the end of the movie, where Will tries to save Marcus from the ultimate embarrassment—singing horribly in front of his entire school. Hoping to cheer up his [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:34:17+00:00May 14th, 2018|Categories: Character, Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized|2 Comments

About Melissa Schlies

Repost: How to Recover From Your Vacation

The Team Schlies Travel Guide

Love: Podcasts for Summer

5 Things I’m Doing This Summer

Lead May 31, 2018

When Leaders Rest

Lead May 24, 2018

When Leaders Fall

Lead May 17, 2018

When Leaders Stand

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