Change – Page 10 – Melissa Schlies

When Summer Ends

When you get married, people give you all kinds of advice. I’ve heard the same is true if you have a baby, but I wouldn’t know. I do know however that so much of the advice we received leading up to our wedding day felt like clothes we couldn’t fit into yet. Everything about our relationship was new and shiny, it was hard to imagine experiencing the scuffs and bruises that life inevitably brings. So much of what people said seemed to roll off the glow of our excitement. Though there was one piece of advice, that still to this [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:04:23+00:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Change, gratitude, Story, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Honestly? I hate titles. Not the titles of books, but the ones we give each other, the ones we give ourselves, and the ones we long to have written under our names. Mostly, I feel this way because none of us can fully be summed up in one or two words. Also, the position a title gives us plays into a social hierarchy that seems to decide who matters and who doesn’t. However, titles do help people understand our professions and how we can help them. In other words, they are necessary. I share all of this because this week, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:03:58+00:00August 9th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Lead, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Do you know what you’re good at? I mean, how you’re really and truly gifted? When I was a kid learning basketball, I found a place on the court where I could make basket after basket. My coach called it my “sweet spot.” Do you know what your sweet spot is? That place in life where you shine? Chances are, you have more than one. In high school, I remember searching for my sweet spots in hopes that they’d give me a better understanding of who I was. I watched as others found recognition on the field, stage, and even [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-05T20:40:18+00:00August 6th, 2018|Categories: Change, Life Coaching, Mentoring, Purpose, Success, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Learning How To Make Change

When I was a kid, and my family moved to a new town, I wasn’t asked if I wanted to move. When my parents decided to have more kids, they didn’t consult me. At two years old, I couldn’t tell them to send my new baby sister back to where she came from (though I did try). And when my mom decided to stop homeschooling my sisters and me, to send us to public school, it wasn’t a choice. When we’re kids, most big changes aren’t up to us. Rather, those choices fall under our parent’s jurisdiction. At least, they’re [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:05:11+00:00August 2nd, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Fear, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Making Decisions, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Lead July 12, 2018

Hello friends. Though Thursday is usually a Love, Learn, and Lead day, today, we are solely going to focus on a Leadership Tip that I feel applies to all of us. One, that if we follow, will help us succeed in the longterm, whatever our calling or vocation. Leadership Tip #17: Get Disciplined Growing up, for me, the word discipline always meant punishment. So sometimes, I still cringe when I hear it used. But as I have gotten older, I have begun to see that there is this whole other meaning to this word that is crucial to us succeeding [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:27:41+00:00July 12th, 2018|Categories: Change, Character, discipline, Health, Lead, Leadership, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Purpose, Routines, Success|Comments Off

When Change is Slow

Well, friends, we’ve not only made it to spring, but summer is just days away. Though the winter seemed like it would never end (at least here in the Northeast), it has. Flowers are blooming and trees are finally green. Yet, as some of you have probably also noticed, this means it’s shorts weather. Soon, it will be bathing suite weather. And if you are like me, you’re not quite ready to shed all of the layers of clothing winter required. Long sweaters and jeans can hid a multitude of sins. But here we are, in June. As excited as [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:33:18+00:00June 18th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, discipline, Failure, Health, perseverance, Routines, Success|Comments Off

What Do You Believe?

It may be strange to talk about a Christmas movie in April, but I am going to. One of my favorite Christmas movies that makes me laugh so hard, is Elf. Though I know Will Ferrell is an acquired taste, in this movie he cracks me up. Every time he starts to sing (“I’m in a store, and I’m singing…”), or attacks people for their lack of genuine Christmas spirit (“You sit on a throne of lies…”), I just can’t even. But as outlandish as this movie is, there is a part of Buddy the Elf’s story we can all [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:44:40+00:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Change, Freedom, Health, perseverance, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Learning, It’s Up To You

You know those times when someone older and wiser, gets up on their soap box, then begins their latest diatribe with the words: “There are two kinds of people in this world…” It’s always bothered me. Mostly because I find humanity to be extremely eclectic and varied. But also because to break up people into two camps seems very narrow-minded. Only, today—that is what I am going to do. Not because I think there really are only two kinds of people, but rather because in life, there are choices all of us have where there are only two options. An [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:49:57+00:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Fear, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

What You Can Do

Confession: There are days life overwhelms me. If I were to take this confession a litter further, I would also admit I have more overwhelming days than I’d like. I have mornings where I feel the weight of writing something that will matter. Days when our world’s brokenness feels beyond repair. Afternoons where the changes I’ve been praying for and working toward, feel like they will never happen. And nights where I just feel too tired to do it all again tomorrow. Life is hard. At times it feels a little too impossible. And I’m sensing, you can relate. Because, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-16T19:24:47+00:00April 9th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Fear, perseverance, Purpose, Success, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Learning to Tell Your Story

There is this part in Brene Brown’s book, Rising Strong, in which she shares a phrase that helps her deal with conflict. Whether experiencing tension with her husband, friend, or a co-worker, this one phrase helps her open up a healthy and calm dialogue. The phrase begins like this: “The story I am telling myself is…” In other words, if someone does something that feels hurtful or unexpected—rather than blowing up at the person—she examines her story. You know, the story we all tell ourselves when things like this happen. Stories like “He didn’t call me, he must be mad [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-16T21:37:58+00:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Story, Uncategorized|Comments Off

When Summer Ends

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Learning How To Make Change

Lead July 12, 2018

When Change is Slow

What Do You Believe?

Learning, It’s Up To You

What You Can Do

Learning to Tell Your Story

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