by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 28, 2026 | Mindfulness, Positive Intelligence
Before we dive in — if you’ve been looking for a gentle, structured way to build a mindfulness practice, my 15-Day Meditation Refresh starts this Wednesday, July 1. Join us here. A friend challenged me recently on something I’d said. I’d used the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 11, 2026 | Mindful Parenting
I wrote this in 2017, when my youngest was finishing high school — and with graduation season here again, it felt like the right moment to bring it back. Since then I’ve found the Positive Intelligence® framework, which gave me a whole new vocabulary for what I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 7, 2026 | Mental Fitness
How often do you ask yourself, “What would please me?” As someone with a strong Pleaser Saboteur (the inner voice that is constantly telling you that your self-worth is tied to how much you are helping other people), it’s not a question I felt was even OK to ask...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 10, 2026 | Life Lessons, Workshop
It’s Mother’s Day morning. With each passing year, I become more aware of how complex and sometimes fraught this holiday is. I am now in the minority of my friends whose mothers are still with us. I have friends who have lost children. I have friends whose journeys...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 2, 2026 | Meditation, Workshop
I recently returned from an eight-day trip to Berlin, a city that shaped me when I lived and worked there for a year in the mid-1980s. It was an unusual travel choice for me at this stage of my life, since my family’s preference for nature destinations normally takes...
