Self Care – Page 5 – Melissa Schlies

Can We Be Thankful…For Ourselves?

If I was to ask you to share five things you are grateful for, would you be one of them? Would you remember how your eyes allow you to see sunsets and the faces of your loved ones? How your legs took you trampling through a pumpkin patch last month, embracing all that fall has to offer? Or how your strategic skills came up with a plan for Thanksgiving that all your family members could agree to? Is there at least one thing you can celebrate about yourself? As Thanksgiving is merely weeks away, people we know are taking the [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-11-08T21:08:31+00:00November 11th, 2019|Categories: #mybodyhas, Acceptance, Beauty, Body Image, Self Care, Uncategorized|Comments Off

How to Choose Self Care Over Self Comfort

A number of years ago, I sat in a coffee shop with a person I was mentoring. And as I often do, I asked her what it looked like to take care of herself in the busy season she was currently living. Her response was something like: “I think I need to practice self care more. I need to make time to get weekly massages and sit in the hot tub.” Right away, as I tried to wipe a look of surprise from my face, I had two thoughts: One, she may have had self care figured out way more [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-11-05T21:24:11+00:00November 7th, 2019|Categories: #mybodyhas, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Preparation, Self Care, Uncategorized|Comments Off

A Short Pause Before the Holiday Rush

Here in the US, the fall is full of holidays. Where I live, they sneak Halloween candy onto the shelves right before kids start school in August. In fact the way our grocery stores and Target behave, you would think fall is a four month celebration. Ghosts and ghouls haunt us down shopping aisles, until they’re replaced just before Halloween with Santa and his elves. While Thanksgiving squeaks in between the two like a ninja. One day there’s a rush on free turkeys, the next Mariah Carey is singing to us through the intercom, telling us all she wants for [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-11-03T14:45:07+00:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: Health, Mental Health, Preparation, Self Care|Comments Off

How to Focus on Your Lane & Avoid Comparison

Every now and then, I meet someone who’s never struggled with comparison or insecurity. Or at least, they’re very good at pretending. There have been times where I’ve admitted to such a person that I’ve struggled with an insecurity or wanting to be like someone else, either in my present or my past, and only received a blank look. Other times, I’ve received a confused expression like “Why would you worry about that?” My response is usually to drop it like I haven’t made any confession at all, and move on. When inside I am always thinking, “I don’t know [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-10-24T00:39:38+00:00October 24th, 2019|Categories: comparison, Declutter Your Mind, Habit Making, Health, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Life Coaching, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Self Care, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

How to Choose Curiosity Over Comparison

I’m a big believer in paying attention. Not just to stop lights or people talking to me, but also to myself. In my twenties, I learned the hard way that to live a healthy life, it’s crucial to pay attention to both our bodies and our emotions. But our emotions are tricky things. Wrapped up with our thoughts, they can direct us toward beautiful and wonderful endeavors. Or, if our thoughts aren’t good, they can send us spiraling for hours or days down a destructive path. In other words, to take care of our emotions, we need to guard our [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-10-14T14:41:37+00:00October 17th, 2019|Categories: comparison, Lead, Leadership, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Mental Health, Self Care|Comments Off

When We Can No Longer Bounce Back

Non-academically speaking, college does a horrible job in preparing us for life. At least it did when I was there. As it tries to cram endless information in our heads, you think there would be more said about personal care. But in this regard, many of us are left to figure it out on our own. Freshman year, I had a friend who said that he and the guys in his dorm practiced what they called “addition sleep.” In other words, rather than getting a straight eight hours of sleep every night, they just took a nap here and there [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-30T19:40:36+00:00September 9th, 2019|Categories: Adulting, Balance, Change, Health, Self Care|Comments Off

Trouble with Self Care? Start With Scrambled Eggs

Often, the first thing to go when I hit a busy season, or we return from a trip, is exercise. Though I’d also say it’s tied with maintaining a healthy diet. Once our routines are interrupted, Tony and I seem to gravitate more easily toward snack foods and the couch, than our running shoes and a protein packed smoothie. This makes the summer a perfect time for us to slack off when it comes to taking care of ourselves. And, I have a feeling, we’re not alone. But, fall is coming. Once our routines are interrupted, Tony and I seem [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2019-08-09T14:50:46+00:00August 12th, 2019|Categories: #mybodyhas, Balance, Body Image, discipline, Food, Freedom, Habit Making, Health, Self Care, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Can We Be Thankful…For Ourselves?

How to Choose Self Care Over Self Comfort

A Short Pause Before the Holiday Rush

How to Focus on Your Lane & Avoid Comparison

How to Choose Curiosity Over Comparison

When We Can No Longer Bounce Back

Trouble with Self Care? Start With Scrambled Eggs

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