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A Mindful #MeToo Story

A Mindful #MeToo Story

by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation

Greetings, friends. It’s been an emotional few weeks for many people, especially for those who have had past traumas bubble up to the surface after hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. A...
Redwoods, Roots, and the Power of Connection

Redwoods, Roots, and the Power of Connection

by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 6, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography

On my recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, my childhood friend Sue and I visited the old-growth redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument. Redwoods have a lot to teach us Muir Woods is home to the coastal redwood, not only the tallest of the redwood species,...
Pain, Emotional Contagion, and Empathic Distress

Pain, Emotional Contagion, and Empathic Distress

by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 30, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop

I’ve been thinking a lot about pain this past week. I’ve felt plenty of it too. I know I’m not the only one whose heart broke listening to the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last Thursday. Since my husband and I were...
Elton John: Mindfulness Teacher of the Week

Elton John: Mindfulness Teacher of the Week

by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 23, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness

“It’s time to come off the road so I can fully embrace the next chapter of my life.” ~ Elton John My blog schedule continues to be off by a couple of days, but everything happens for a reason. I now know that I was supposed to have attended Elton John’s “Farewell...
Meet Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up — An Older, Wiser Martha

Meet Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up — An Older, Wiser Martha

by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 16, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness

Greetings from sunny California, where I have been planted the past week for the final in-person training session of my Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute teacher certification journey. I’ll be sharing more about that in next week’s post when...
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