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Learn: How to Tell If You’ve Found Your Calling

Traditionally, I am not a big hat person. So when we went to Ireland for vacation this year, the last thing I ever expected to buy was a hat. Maybe a new pair of gloves or a wool blanket—but not a hat. Only, that is what happened. One morning, on our way to Dingle, Tony and I stopped in the charming thatched roof town of Adare. I needed a cup of coffee, and it was a good place to take a break from driving. We found a parking spot, and then a cup of cappuccino for me, before moseying [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-11-01T14:38:23+00:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Calling, Identity, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Uncategorized|Comments Off

The Hero’s Journey

Ever notice that many of our favorite books-turned-movies all follow the same formula? Katniss, Harry Potter, Frodo—the story is always the same. Sure their lives and situations look different, but their journeys, not so much. At their core, each of these stories is about a normal, seemingly everyday person faced with an impossible quest. But why are we so enamored by them when we aren’t faced with the arena, becoming a wizard, or the daunting task of destroying an evil ring before it destroys us? What about the hero’s journey speaks to you and me? All this month, we have [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-18T18:45:26+00:00October 29th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Calling, Character, Courage, Failure, Fear, Health, Hope, Mental Health, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized, Waiting|3 Comments

Lead October 25, 2018

Leadership Tip #20: If you don’t have time for it, Plan it. Over the past two months, we’ve been talking about some pretty important things. In September, we talked about stepping back to take a better look at our lives. To see what parts are good and need to stay, and what parts are bad, and need to go. Then, this month, we’ve been talking about discovering and clarifying our life’s calling. Not an easy task. Not something you can do overnight. Both of these things, require time and thought. Only many of us struggle to find them in the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-18T18:09:39+00:00October 25th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Calling, Change, discipline, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Calling: Do We Only Get One?

Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents told you, you could pick one treat off the dessert tray at a party? The choice wasn’t always obvious. Sure, if Aunt Ida’s chocolate chip cookies were burnt, while Uncle Larry brought cupcakes from the bakery down the street—it might have been easy. But, usually, if you were a sugar fiend like me, it was a hard decision. Choosing between two good things is always tough. In some cases, it’s the most difficult type of decision. Because choosing one means not choosing the other. And the fear of missing [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-27T01:32:29+00:00October 22nd, 2018|Categories: Balance, Calling, Courage, FOMO, Hope, Success, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Love: Resources to Help Clarify Your Calling

At the end of August, Tony and I took a small prop plane for a seven minute ride over the ocean to the island of Inis Mor, just off the coast of Ireland. Online, I had read about its ancient ruins and the beautiful, jagged cliffs that line its shores. I wanted to stand on the edge of those cliffs and take in the view. Only for a visitor, to get to that side of the island meant taking a tour bus or renting a bike. As we’re not tour bus people—biking it was. That morning, we stood outside the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-18T18:10:14+00:00October 18th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Change, Courage, Good Books, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, podcasts I love, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

When Your Path is Different

It was almost nine in the morning, and if I didn’t hurry, I might be late to my meeting. I grabbed my purse and notebook from the passenger seat, and got out of my car. It was late fall, and flurries had just begun to fly through the air. As I crossed the parking lot, I pulled my unzipped denim jacket around me and hugged my notebook to my chest, to try to keep warm. Just up ahead of me, I saw another youth pastor also hurrying to get to our local youth worker meeting. When we got to the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-08T15:09:43+00:00October 15th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Courage, Making Decisions, Purpose, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: How to Find Your Why

“I went here and there and everywhere in search of my ‘calling,’ proving that this process is anything but a perfectly straight line, where one point leads predictably to the next. And while I don’t begrudge any of the wild experiences I’ve had along the way, for the simple fact that each of them taught me something I didn’t yet know, I wish I’d been able to embrace my own unique journey and avoid the bait of a you-should-do-this sort of life.” —Jessica Honegger, Imperfect Courage When I was a kid and people asked me what I wanted to be [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-08T15:08:57+00:00October 11th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Lead, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, Purpose, Uncategorized|Comments Off

What is Your Why

When I was seventeen, I remember praying and asking God to use me for good in this world. I wanted my life to count. But I had no idea how. I didn’t fully know or understand my strengths or my weaknesses. And unlike so many of my fellow overachieving friends, I didn’t have a plan for my life. College was mere months away, and I had no clue what to major in. I wanted to do something that mattered, but I felt lost. I share this today, because on some level, I believe you can relate. I believe we all [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-03T18:59:22+00:00October 8th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Change, Courage, Hope, Life Coaching, Purpose, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead October 4, 2018

Happy fall, friends! I hope wherever you are, the weather is cool not cold, the leaves are turning a lovely shade of red or yellow, and there are pumpkin spice latte’s or hot apple cider in abundance. But only, if you’re into this season the way I am. The first day of fall for us in Pennsylvania was sunny and comfortably in the sixties. The summer humidity lifted, and I was able to wear flannel and bake in our apartment without overheating—which made me so happy. But something that makes me even happier than fall, is whenever I see someone [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-03T18:47:53+00:00October 4th, 2018|Categories: Calling, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Purpose, Success, Uncategorized|2 Comments

All That You Are

"Who were you before anybody told you who you were?” --Jo Saxton, The Dream of You When was the last time someone asked you, “Who are you?” The chances that it has been recent or often, my guess is slim. Because usually, when we first meet someone, we ask them, “What do you do?” Or, if we’re vacationing abroad like we were a month ago, and we meet fellow travelers, we ask, “Where are you from?” Very rarely do we try to learn another’s entire identity in one meeting. Rather, we start with an aspect we are most comfortable asking [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-10-08T15:11:57+00:00October 1st, 2018|Categories: Calling, Identity, Purpose, Story, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: How to Tell If You’ve Found Your Calling

The Hero’s Journey

Lead October 25, 2018

Calling: Do We Only Get One?

Love: Resources to Help Clarify Your Calling

When Your Path is Different

Learn: How to Find Your Why

What is Your Why

Love Learn Lead October 4, 2018

All That You Are

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