Courage – Page 8 – Melissa Schlies

Love Learn Lead September 13, 2018

When was the last time you were the “new kid?” Recently, in my life, I have been the new kid. The interesting thing about this for me, is that I haven’t moved towns, changed jobs, or joined a new organization. In fact, the place I have felt most like a “new kid,” has been in our dinning room turned office. Over the past few months, I have spent hours working on all that is involved in beginning my life coaching business. And the scariest, most challenging part has been learning how to build both a brand and a new website. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-20T19:46:23+00:00September 13th, 2018|Categories: Courage, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, perseverance, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

You’ll Figure This Out

Do you remember your first day of school? Having to figure out what classroom you belonged in, where to sit, and who to talk to? All of your new classmates and even your teacher seemed at least a little scary. And, if like me, you changed schools at an older age, that first day felt even more daunting. For some reason, the older we get, the greater the potential to feel self conscious. Because, no matter what our age, Beginning new things, in new places is always hard. As a kid, I thought new things were hard because I was [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-20T15:59:21+00:00September 10th, 2018|Categories: Change, Courage, Failure, Fear, Hope, perseverance, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Step Back September

About a month ago, Tony and I went peach picking. We drove to a local farm, and bought a box big enough to fit a whole half a bushel of peaches. Then, we trudged through the wet and muddy orchard to where they were picking that day. It had rained hard the night before. Every time we’d reach up and pick a peach, all the trees’ leaves would shower water down our arms and onto our heads. But we weren’t deterred, and we came away with close to seventy beautiful peaches. What did we do with all of them, you [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-20T15:52:46+00:00September 3rd, 2018|Categories: Balance, Change, Courage, discipline, Health, Making Decisions, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|3 Comments

Love Learn Lead August 23, 2018

Happy Thursday, friends! August is flying by, and it has already been two weeks since introducing my new Coaching Business to the world. On Monday, we celebrated my 200th post on the blog, by talking about the importance of routine in reaching our goals and making our dreams reality. Today, for our Love, Learn, Lead post, I am sharing a podcast episode I loved, to help inspire you to be courageous. I am talking about something important I’ve learned about habits and routines. And finally, I am leaving you with a leadership quote that I find challenging, but so worth [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-08T14:01:34+00:00August 23rd, 2018|Categories: Courage, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, podcasts I love, Routines, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Post 200

Before experiencing the insecurities and doubts that seem to plague us as teens, I wanted to be a writer. At nine-years-old, my nose was always in a book reading and I thought, someday I want to write books. But as things do, this dream got pushed to the back burner. Saved for later. Paired with the little voice that asked “do I really have what it takes? Would I be any good?” Not surprisingly, years passed. I experienced a call to ministry and found myself working at a church in my early twenties. But I still loved books, and I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-08-14T14:27:48+00:00August 20th, 2018|Categories: Courage, discipline, perseverance, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|7 Comments

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

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

Why We Need To Ask For Help

We all know what it feels like to be down. We’ve all had days, or even weeks of feeling low. We know the sting of disappointment, and the ache of loss. If we’ve lived on this earth for more than a decade, chances are we understand pain. But what do we do, when the pain becomes too much? When I was twenty-seven, I woke up one day to the deepest ache my soul had ever experienced. I told a friend that it felt as if someone had shoved me into the depths of the darkest waters, and was holding me [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-23T16:06:48+00:00July 30th, 2018|Categories: Courage, Health, Hope, Mental Health, Relationships, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Why We Need to Choose: Thoughts on Food, Life, & FOMO

Have you ever gone out to eat with friends, but when the food came, you wished you had ordered something else? You look around to see the people you’re with all digging into meals that look so much better, and you begin to feel jealous. Even if your meal is OK, it’s hard to appreciate it while you’re watching someone else eat something really good, right across from you. You try to hide it, but honestly, You want what they have. A few months ago, Tony and I went away for a weekend with our closest friends, and one night [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-20T19:24:47+00:00July 23rd, 2018|Categories: Courage, FOMO, Making Decisions, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Why We Have Time

“Hey, how have you been?” My friend who I hadn’t seen in weeks, asked me. I popped up from behind the counter in the youth area of the church where I worked, to see her smiling face. “Good, just really busy.” I answered quickly. It was a Sunday. I was coming off of leading the second Jr. High service of the day, and was gearing up for a meeting with students. My friend was passing through the youth area on her way to her car after service. “How are you?” I asked, hoping she knew I really wanted to know, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:24:15+00:00July 16th, 2018|Categories: Balance, Courage, discipline, perseverance, Routines, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead September 13, 2018

You’ll Figure This Out

Step Back September

Love Learn Lead August 23, 2018

Post 200

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Learning How To Make Change

Why We Need To Ask For Help

Why We Need to Choose: Thoughts on Food, Life, & FOMO

Why We Have Time

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