by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 9, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness in Nature
Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography For the first time since I can remember (perhaps maybe ever), I don’t feel like I need a vacation to recover from my family vacation. I returned from our trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuadorian Amazon truly...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 14, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness
Best viewed full screen on a computer or tablet. When was the last time you surrendered to joy like you used to do as a child? Most of us lose this connection to our pure joy-filled essence sometime along the road to adulthood. But the flame of that essence we were...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 4, 2024 | Life Lessons, Motivation
Photo: © Theo Bosboom/NPL/Minden Pictures in The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 2024 Calendar produced by Amber Lotus® Before I dive in here, let me underscore that I did not take the photograph above, though I certainly would have if the opportunity had presented...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 13, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mental Fitness
Photo by Aida L on Unsplash As part of my personal and professional infrastructure reboot over the past year in the run-up to my 60th birthday this April, I have been working to identify subtle and not-so-subtle beliefs that add stress to my life and hold me back from...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 23, 2024 | Life Lessons
Photo credit for all images in this post: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography The courage of a river to continue beliefIn the slow fall of ground,Always falling fartherToward the unseen ocean. John O’Donohue In my last post, I alluded to a recent ah ha...
