by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 18, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
When I was growing up, my recollection is that Christmas decorations didn’t go up until Thanksgiving. That may or may not be true, but I know that over the course of the last three or four decades, I’ve been conditioned to believe that it’s “wrong” for holiday...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 11, 2017 | Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
Greetings, friends! Since giving you a sneak peek of my Damselwings Photography online shop a while back, I’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make it ready for prime time. Though still a work in progress, the site is already having a positive impact on...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 2, 2017 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop
What emotional response do you have when you hear the first Christmas song on the radio or find the first red and green or snowflake-patterned holiday decorations at the store? Does a delighted smile break out on your face? Or do your shoulders scrunch up to your ears...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 28, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Playfulness is good for you. So many sources have delivered this message to me over the years that I’ve lost count. Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way, mindfulness teachers ranging from the Dalai Lama to Andy Puddicomb, and, more recently, the TED Radio Hour, which...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 19, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Mindful Photography
This week’s post is a reprint of a piece I wrote last October, updated to reflect the means by which I plan to support METAvivor.org in 2017. Breast cancer hasn’t gone away, nor has the blind commercialism of Pink October. METAvivor.org continues to use...
