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Love Learn Lead September 7, 2017

Labor Day, and our last long weekend of summer, has passed. The packed days of fall are beckoning. There are new schedules, new opportunities, and perhaps even new changes happening in our lives. Though some things from previous seasons have ended, there are still responsibilities and roles that haven’t changed. And so early September becomes the time of year in which we are trying to juggle both the old and the new. We wonder to ourselves: Can we really do it all?  But the answer varies depending on how much we’re trying to take on. And the solution is controversial [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:50:38+00:00September 7th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead September 7, 2017

Post 100 

This post is my one-hundredth post on MelissaSchlies.com. 100 feels like a very big number. Yet, I haven’t even been blogging a year yet. Some bloggers post more often than I do and pass this mark a lot sooner. Other bloggers have been in the game for while. A few have even surpassed the decade mark. Their followers are in the five and six digits, where mine are still hard to calculate. As a newish blogger, it doesn’t take a lot to feel small. When you think about it, there are probably millions of bloggers world wide. This means that [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:52:22+00:00September 4th, 2017|Categories: Courage, Hope, perseverance, Success|Comments Off on Post 100 

Love Learn Lead August 31, 2017

Just like that, we are at the end of August. Kids have already started back to school where I live, solidifying the fact that summer is coming to a close. But before we head into the focus that will kick off our fall on the blog, we have one more day talking about travel. Today, I talk about a city I love, a quote I find to be true about new experiences, and our latest Leadership Tip. Wherever you are, I hope you are squeezing out every last wonderfully, warm moment of summer. I hope you are surrounded by great [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:54:12+00:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead August 31, 2017

This One Is My Favorite, Part 2

To Read Part 1, Click Here. At some point during our tasting, possibly as he poured our third wine, I had an epiphany. Sure, you might chalk it up to the wine, but all of a sudden—I know this is going to sound a little strange so bear with me—I realized that this winery owner was reminding me of God. Where all the other wineries we had visited that weekend in the Finger Lakes, let us choose what wines we liked best, this vineyard owner didn’t. Where none of the people working at the other wineries even attempted to suggest [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:55:36+00:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: Faith, Freedom, Hope, Travel, Uncategorized|Comments Off on This One Is My Favorite, Part 2

Love Learn Lead August 24, 2017

One of my favorite aspects of traveling to new places, is how it changes my perspective. Sometimes it gives me a deeper understanding of the world, and other times it gives me a greater knowledge of myself. Both, I feel, are so important in living our lives to the best of our ability. For today’s Love, Learn, Lead, I share a “must-pack” travel item I love, a lesson I learned on my trip to India, and a quote on travel that pertains to leadership. Love I have always been one of those people who NEEDS to wash their hair every [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:57:28+00:00August 24th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead August 24, 2017

This One Is My Favorite, Part 1

At some point during our tasting, possibly as he poured our third wine, I had an epiphany. I know this is going to sound a little strange so bear with me—I realized this winery owner was reminding me of God… Not too long ago, Tony and I went away for the weekend with our closest friends. We drove up north to the Finger Lakes in New York, to relax, do some hiking, and spend some time together. But we also went to visit some of the many wineries that surround a few of the lakes. The four of us had [...]

By |2018-07-18T19:59:25+00:00August 21st, 2017|Categories: Faith, Freedom, Hope, Travel|Comments Off on This One Is My Favorite, Part 1

Learn: How to Plan The Perfect Day Trip

It could be a case of wanderlust. Perhaps it is an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Or maybe it is that Tony and I have been in a season of trying to figure out our next phase of life for so long—that getting away for a vacation feels like a temporary reprieve. Whatever it is, travel is one of our favorite things to do. However, as you know, we can’t all be on a permanent vacation. Most of us have to work. That is why, for us, day trips are a close second to vacations. At least once a month, on [...]

By |2018-07-18T20:01:25+00:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Learn, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off on Learn: How to Plan The Perfect Day Trip

The Good Gardener Part 2

To read last week's part 1 of the Good Gardner click here. All of a sudden the park ranger started pointing out roses and California poppies—giving us a full tour of the garden. As He did, he talked about how much he loved it; how he would walk through it on his half hour lunch break every day, and how when things were quiet at the gate, he’d sneak tools out of the shed to tend to different plants. There was no question that this man was the garden’s greatest admirer and caretaker. But then, the admiration slipped from his [...]

By |2018-07-18T20:03:21+00:00August 14th, 2017|Categories: discipline, Faith, Health, Hope, Travel|Comments Off on The Good Gardener Part 2

Love Learn Lead August 10, 2017

As we begin to close out the first full week of August, the world has begun saying the end of summer is on it’s way. Stores have been advertising “back to school” sales for a few weeks now,  telling us the long, warm days of summer are numbered. But here, you will find none of that! Here, for this month we are all about the idea of travel and escape. Monday I began to share with you a story from a trip we took to Ireland, and today, I am sharing a favorite memory from my first trip to Chile. [...]

By |2018-07-18T20:04:36+00:00August 10th, 2017|Categories: Courage, Fear, Good Books, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off on Love Learn Lead August 10, 2017

The Good Gardener Part 1

As is true for most grand adventures, it is often what you find on the way to your destination that makes for the best stories, rather than the destination itself. At least, on our travels, that’s what we’ve found. And it was definitely true on the day we visited Mussenden Temple, in Northern Ireland. A cylindrical shaped building, on the edge of a very steep cliff that drops off to the ocean, Musseden Temple was once the library of a great Earl. When we decided to go to Northern Ireland, I found information about it online and thought it would [...]

By |2018-07-18T20:06:27+00:00August 7th, 2017|Categories: discipline, Faith, Health, Travel|Comments Off on The Good Gardener Part 1

ABOUT ME

I’m a life coach and writer who loves coffee, adventure, and the ocean. I want to live a truly good story, and I want to help you do the same. 

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