Mentoring – Melissa Schlies

Love Learn Lead February 21, 2019

Who are the people or a person who gives you a picture of how you want to “adult?” Maybe not in every way, but perhaps in how they parent, prioritize their marriage, make a difference in the world, stand up for what is important, pursue a dream, travel, etc. They could be your parents age, two years older than you, or even a few years younger than you. Who are the adults in your life that you look up to? Who do you admire? Has your admiration inspired action in your own life? Has this person changed the way you [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-02-18T20:51:22+00:00February 21st, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Relationships, 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

Lead May 3, 2018

Often, when we start out in our careers, we don’t think about the leadership that will be involved. Instead we focus so much on the reason we first went into our profession, like serving people, creating things, or even the money. We don’t realize how much of our role will require leading those around us. Or, perhaps we started in a job with very few leadership responsibilities, but now we’re looking to make a change. And the new path we are considering requires leading others—maybe even more than we ever saw ourselves doing. Either way, at some point in our [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-11T00:37:53+00:00May 3rd, 2018|Categories: Lead, Leadership Tip, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Learn: How to Find a Mentor

On Monday, I shared that mentors have made a big impact on my journey as a person and as a leader. But often, when I talk about having mentors, people express wanting to be mentored but not knowing how to get one. Or, they are under the impression that a mentor usually pursues you, which is rarely the case. The good news though, is that finding a mentor, is really not as difficult as it seems. Yes, it does involve putting ourselves out there. And it requires asking another person for help—often, a person we don’t know well. But its [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:09:12+00:00February 8th, 2018|Categories: Change, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

Reaching Ahead, Reaching Behind

A couple of weeks ago, when Tony and I were in the thick of our 21 Day Challenge, I went food shopping. Armed with my shopping list and grocery bag, I went into Aldi looking for avocados and cucumbers. Only, standing in the middle of the produce section, all of a sudden, I saw the blur of a brown winter coat, as two arms encircled me in a hug. I looked up startled to see the smiling face of Vicki, one my friends. Only she is not just a friend, she is a person who has helped me wrestle through [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:11:05+00:00February 5th, 2018|Categories: Mentoring, Routines|4 Comments

Lead: How to Make 2018 Awesome

Early in the morning, on New Year’s Day, Tony and I woke to the sound of the alarm going off on my phone. Through squinting eyes, I looked at its screen, so badly wanting to hit snooze. Only I couldn’t; we had a flight to catch. I clicked, “Stop,” then laid in bed staring at the ceiling. “It’s 2018,” I thought. A minute later, I rolled over and nudged Tony to make sure he was awake. Then we got up to face our long day of travel home. We braved the negative six degree weather, and made our way to [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:31:42+00:00January 11th, 2018|Categories: Courage, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, perseverance, Purpose|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead April 13, 2017

If you have been reading this blog for a while, you know that this is our Love Learn Lead day. You also may have picked up on the fact that a lot of this blog is about loving, learning, and leading. That is because I believe those three things are how we all are called to live our lives—no matter how many people we lead, and no matter how many people we know. Whether our sphere of influence is huge or tiny, we all have an important role to play in our world. For today’s Love Learn Lead, I talk [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:31:23+00:00April 13th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring|Comments Off

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you…?” —Paul to the Galatians (Gal. 5:7) In Galatians, chapter five, the Apostle Paul writes to a group of people who have been mislead. After finding salvation in Christ, another group came around and told the Galatians that believing in Jesus was not enough—that they had to follow certain laws to earn their salvation. They had been moving forward on the right path, when all of a sudden they were misdirected. Their journey stalled. In our world, there are messages that sound “right” and “good,” when they’re not. Very often, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:57:13+00:00March 6th, 2017|Categories: Health, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

Self Love, Part 1: Crucial or Cringe-Worthy?

If you had sat me down eleven years ago—in the midst of some of my busiest seasons in ministry and leadership—and told me I needed to practice Self Love, I’d have brushed you off. I’d have said you were watching too much Oprah. Then, about six months later, I would have given you a call and asked for help. Perhaps it was my stout New England “suck it up, and plow through it” roots. But growing up, “Self Love” wasn’t a thing. If it was, it was looked upon as weak or self-indulgent. To my adolescent self, there were only [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:00:43+00:00February 27th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Health, Mentoring|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead February 21, 2019

Learn: Why You Might Want a Life Coach

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Lead May 3, 2018

Learn: How to Find a Mentor

Reaching Ahead, Reaching Behind

Lead: How to Make 2018 Awesome

Love Learn Lead April 13, 2017

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

Self Love, Part 1: Crucial or Cringe-Worthy?

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