A Lot to Unpack
Unpacking memories while packing up my childhood home
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Feb 5
- 4 min
Ring that Bell
When I started running again in the fall of 2021 after an extended multi-year hiatus, I also acquired a new-to-me Garmin sports watch.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Lean into truth, not capacity
Although I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, I do carve out space to consider what one word or phrase will support me in orienting my energy
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Nov 17, 2022
- 10 min
You Never Forget Your First
I stepped out onto the porch of the AirBnB I was staying at just a few blocks away from the start line of the Richmond marathon.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Oct 11, 2022
- 8 min
Out on a Limb
The blurb said participants would be able to “integrate calm and confidence as you cross a log suspended 25 feet in the desert sky.”
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Sep 10, 2022
- 5 min
The Cheap Seats
In the fall of 2020, I signed up for a Dare to LeadTM workshop that one of the faculty members from my coaching program was co-facilitating.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
I'm the Type of Person Who...
I have a big announcement to make. I can’t believe I’m actually saying this publicly. I’ve been sitting on this for a while now,
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jul 11, 2022
- 7 min
We're Going to Need a Bigger Bucket
Although we hadn’t yet stepped foot outside of the all-inclusive resort where we were vacationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jun 6, 2022
- 9 min
Running on Full: Part 2
I signed up for the National Women’s Half-Marathon in late-January 2022 without much fanfare...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- May 10, 2022
- 6 min
Running on Full: Part 1
I won’t bury the lead: I recently completed the National Women’s Half-Marathon in Washington, DC!
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Apr 5, 2022
- 3 min
A New Way of Seeing Things
At a recent check-up, our pediatrician said something came up on my son’s vision screening. “It’s probably nothing..."
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Feb 27, 2022
- 2 min
Proceed with Caution
Life doesn’t usually present us with blatant signs that there’s a rough road ahead. We have to somehow reconcile the impossible tension...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jan 1, 2022
- 6 min
My Non-New Year’s Resolution
I used to be a goals gal. I loved setting a goal with just the right amount of stretch to be challenging, but realistic enough to be...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Dec 6, 2021
- 5 min
Unbounded
I boarded the shuttle with 4 strangers and our guide, Lucinda, all masked up and curious about what this equine encounter was going to be...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
You're so brave*
When I started telling people that I was planning to leave my stable and secure job where I had been employed for more than a decade…
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Just Like Quinoa Salad
I had been waiting for this moment for months. I was so freaking excited.
I had flown out to Chicago for my first in-person facilitation.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Body, Incorporated
Everyone has a primary assessment about themselves; that one-liner that sits right beneath the surface and seems to explain everything...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
My Watershed Moment
As part of my coaching program, we were given the assignment to describe a watershed moment in our lives, an experience where there was a...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
A Swing and a Prayer
In the program guide, we noticed that they had an activity called “A Swing and a Prayer” and since we're suckers for a good pun...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
- Mar 14, 2021
- 4 min
Little b
Since I believe in transparency and authenticity, I want to come clean with you: I find it slightly amusing and extremely bizarre that...
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