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Love Learn Lead March 16, 2017

It is the middle of March, and we’ve almost fully survived the week after daylight savings. It’s funny because when I choose to stay up later and lose an hour of sleep, it doesn’t seem to affect me. But when I don’t have a choice, it’s a whole other story. Oh, well. As I write this, snow is falling faster and heavier than it has all winter. I have a pot of what will be bone broth, cooking on the stove. And I am fighting the urge to bake just long enough to get some writing done. I am not [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:52:23+00:00March 16th, 2017|Categories: Good Books, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Are You There Yet?

It is a question so classic, it’s almost cliche. We all have heard it. Many of us probably asked it as children. On short trips or long trips, coming from the back seat of a car, someone always asks: “Are we there yet?” Little did any of us know, our family car trips as children were providing us with more preparation for adulthood than we could have ever realized. Life rarely happens when and how we think it should. The waiting to get to where we want to go can seem endless. And, if you grew up with siblings, you [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:53:58+00:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: Hope, Identity, Success, Waiting|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead March 9, 2017

We have almost made it through another week, and many of us are already thinking about the weekend. But in the meantime, today, I am sharing a quote about love, who has surprisingly been my greatest mentor in self care, and a leadership tip that I have found to be crucial in the influential roles I have held. Here is today’s Love, Learn, Lead. Enjoy! Love Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. —Martin Luther King, Jr. Learn “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:55:29+00:00March 9th, 2017|Categories: Faith, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you…?” —Paul to the Galatians (Gal. 5:7) In Galatians, chapter five, the Apostle Paul writes to a group of people who have been mislead. After finding salvation in Christ, another group came around and told the Galatians that believing in Jesus was not enough—that they had to follow certain laws to earn their salvation. They had been moving forward on the right path, when all of a sudden they were misdirected. Their journey stalled. In our world, there are messages that sound “right” and “good,” when they’re not. Very often, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:57:13+00:00March 6th, 2017|Categories: Health, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead March 2, 2017

Happy Thursday! As it is week one of two that we will be talking about Self Love, I thought I’d share that recently Self Love, for me, has looked like a lot of time on the couch. Last week, I came down with a cold that wiped me out for almost a good week. But—it did give me plenty of time to read. Today, I share with you one of the books that kept me company. Here is today’s Love, Learn, Lead. Enjoy! Love This winter, PBS has been airing a new Masterpiece show entitled Victoria, about the life of [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:59:23+00:00March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Good Books, Identity, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Self Love, Part 1: Crucial or Cringe-Worthy?

If you had sat me down eleven years ago—in the midst of some of my busiest seasons in ministry and leadership—and told me I needed to practice Self Love, I’d have brushed you off. I’d have said you were watching too much Oprah. Then, about six months later, I would have given you a call and asked for help. Perhaps it was my stout New England “suck it up, and plow through it” roots. But growing up, “Self Love” wasn’t a thing. If it was, it was looked upon as weak or self-indulgent. To my adolescent self, there were only [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:00:43+00:00February 27th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Mentoring|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead February 23, 2017

A month ago, I was lamenting winter. But here we are, another month down, and only one to go. We will get through this season. The things that have been helping me survive are hot cups of coffee and tea, good books, times with friends, and a quick trip to Texas that I tell you about below. I hope you are finding pockets of comfort and soul sustenance, in this seemingly long season. Here is today’s Love, Learn, Lead. Love “What is done in love is well done. ” —Vincent Van Gogh Learn Two weekends ago, I had the most [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:02:30+00:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring|Comments Off

If You’re Feeling Lonely

There are only so many nights you can eat cereal for supper. If you are single or you have ever lived alone, you know what I mean. The first night, you feel free and maybe a little rebellious as you fill and refill your bowl with your favorite sugar cereal. But after three nights in a row, it begins to get sad. Not only is your body beginning to crave real food, your soul is hungry for some company. Cereal was never meant to be dinner food, and we were never meant to live as solitary creatures. I am convinced that [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:03:43+00:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: Hope, Waiting|Comments Off

Lead: There’s a Good Chance, You’re a Leader

As far as we’ve come technologically and intellectually in our culture, I find it disappointing that we still measure much of our human experience on the superficial. Worse, we base important societal roles on “the look of things,” and miss our own capacity for depth and meaning. Leadership is an excellent example of this. If I were to ask you to picture a leader in your head right now, there is a good chance you would picture someone on a stage. Perhaps they are using their hands to talk, and every word that comes out of their mouth is eloquent. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:05:04+00:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

From the Look of Things

A famous couple arrives on the red carpet. He’s dressed to kill. She’s breathtaking in her designer gown. He places his hand on the small of her back while she turns her red lipstick smile toward the camera. They are Cinderella and Prince Charming come to life. Only, a month a later, she files for divorce. What happened? From the look of things, they were so happy. A charming old house sits on a lovely street, watching people come and go. She’s outlived generations of families, there’s no reason to think she won’t do the same with the ones who [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:06:02+00:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Identity, Success|Comments Off

About Melissa Schlies

Love Learn Lead March 16, 2017

Are You There Yet?

Love Learn Lead March 9, 2017

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

Love Learn Lead March 2, 2017

Self Love, Part 1: Crucial or Cringe-Worthy?

Love Learn Lead February 23, 2017

If You’re Feeling Lonely

Lead: There’s a Good Chance, You’re a Leader

From the Look of Things

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