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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 Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:01:25+00:00August 17th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Learn, Love Learn Lead, Travel|Comments Off

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

Love Learn Lead July 27, 2017

Its seems like yesterday, we were closing out June. But here we are, almost to August. The summer, as usual, is going by too quickly. Here in Pennsylvania, we’re trying to get outside as much as we can when the humidity isn’t bad, and we’re living on smoothies made out of the fresh local fruit we’ve picked. Wherever you are, I hope you are finding moments to rest as well as seizing opportunities for adventure and fun, as they come along. For today’s Love, Learn, Lead, I share some of my favorite bread recipes, a brave quote from Brene Brown, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:11:25+00:00July 27th, 2017|Categories: Courage, Fear, Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Learn: How to Recover From Your Vacation

About a month ago, my best friend and I each went away on different trips. Neither were overly adventurous, but nor were they super restful either. Then three days after we returned, we checked in over text. We were both exhausted. Our bodies were detoxing from eating food that we don’t normally eat, and we were finding it hard to readjust back to our normal lives. Through our conversation, I was reminded, that though it seems completely opposite of how things should be, sometimes: We really need a vacation after our vacation. Whether we’ve spent a whole week at a [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:14:26+00:00July 20th, 2017|Categories: Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead July 13, 2017

Somehow we’ve made it to blueberry season here in Pennsylvania. This means that on the Saturday’s we are free, we are getting up early and picking as many delicious berries as it takes to fill our buckets. There is just nothing like fresh blueberries. I hope that wherever you are, you too are eating blueberries—or at least enjoying all that summer in your town has to offer. Today, we are continuing our courage theme with a book that I loved, something I learned by sticking around when things were hard, and a great leadership quote. May you be blessed this [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:17:48+00:00July 13th, 2017|Categories: Courage, Good Books, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead July 6, 2017

I am not sure what happened to June, but we are already closing out our first week in July! If you are living in the States, I hope you had a wonderful Fourth. And wherever you are, that your summer so far is going at a lovely, easy pace. This month on the blog we’ll be talking about courage from a few different angles—some fun, some serious. I don’t know about you, but there have been many times in my life where I’ve wished I had a little more courage, and a lot less fear. Though it may seem to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:21:30+00:00July 6th, 2017|Categories: Courage, Fear, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead June 29, 2017

June is already on its way out, but thankfully, we still have a lot of summer left! This week, we are focusing on the importance of having fun and making it a part of our life. On Monday, I shared that having fun can be hard for some of us (myself, included). I also shared some ways that help me lighten up where I need to. Today, we continue talking about fun, and I am thankful you are joining us. I hope wherever you are reading this today, you are finding pockets in your life where you are able to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:24:47+00:00June 29th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead June 22, 2017

A few weeks ago, my husband was given the opportunity to work remotely for a week, so that in his off hours he could work on his photography. Off to Maine we went (the perks of being a writer—I can go too!), for a week of work and adventure. When we weren’t hovered over our laptops—Tony in the kitchen of our rental, and me at the cafe down the street— we were climbing the rocky coastline of Acadia National park, breathing in the fresh salty air of the ocean, and quickly hiking up the North Bubble, for a sunset shot. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:28:34+00:00June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead June 15, 2017

Though we have six more days before it is officially summer, I would say that we have made it. The schools are out here, and the weather is warming up, preparing us for all the good things that are in store. This month on the blog is all about making the most of our summer—while not forgetting about the bigger picture of our lives. Today, we continue along the same theme. Happy summer! Love It is strawberry season here in Pennsylvania, and as I shared Monday, my husband and I love going strawberry picking. But, making strawberry shortcake is a [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:31:16+00:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Summer Reading Week P. 2

Growing up, one of my least favorite things about summer was our required reading list for school. I will never forget slowly plodding through Huckleberry Finn or putting off reading The Grapes of Wrath until the end of the summer and thinking I would never finish in time. It always felt like an awful joke to have homework when there was no school. But looking back I don’t think it was the reading that was the problem. Instead, I think it was that I didn’t like being told what to read—which makes summer reading as an adult that much better. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T20:39:57+00:00June 8th, 2017|Categories: Good Books, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead|Comments Off

Learn: How to Plan The Perfect Day Trip

Love Learn Lead August 10, 2017

Love Learn Lead July 27, 2017

Learn: How to Recover From Your Vacation

Love Learn Lead July 13, 2017

Love Learn Lead July 6, 2017

Love Learn Lead June 29, 2017

Love Learn Lead June 22, 2017

Love Learn Lead June 15, 2017

Summer Reading Week P. 2

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