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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Jan 113 min read
Letting Things Slide
Four.
That’s how many liability waivers our family needed for Thanksgiving break activities.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Nov 11, 20242 min read
A Season of Shedding
“I feel like I’m in a season of shedding,” I said to my coach during a recent session.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Oct 7, 20235 min read
Under Construction: Laying the Foundation
After a few years of discussing, researching (exclusively on the part of my husband), and complaining (exclusively on the part of me)...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Aug 13, 20234 min read
Off the Chain
When I set out to train for my first marathon last summer, I found a 20-week program that seemed reasonable enough (I mean, as reasonable...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
May 14, 20236 min read
A Tale of Two Races
I've written about my running journey over the years. This was not one of those races.
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Nov 17, 202210 min read
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, 20228 min read
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
Aug 8, 20223 min read
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
Jun 6, 20229 min read
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, 20226 min read
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
Oct 18, 20213 min read
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
May 14, 20212 min read
The Power of Yet
My 1st grader recently told me that he learned about the power of yet at school. “The power of yet? What does that mean?” “It means...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
May 2, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Dec 17, 20202 min read
Fearlessness is a Farce
Recently a client was doing a Leadership Wheel exercise during one of our coaching sessions and she identified “fearlessness” as one of...
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Marissa Lifshen Steinberger
Dec 17, 20204 min read
Becoming a Trapeze Artist
Over the past year, I’ve been thinking a lot about a trapeze bar. My mentor, Pam, was the one who initially shared the metaphor with me...
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