by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 13, 2016 | Meditation, Mindful Eating, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Uncategorized
This morning my coffee mug is my mindfulness mentor. A polish pottery piece, the mug is round—seemingly custom-made for my cupped hands—and decorated in a blue floral pattern. The lip bends out at just the right ergonomic angle. The heat of the coffee warms my hands...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 1, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation, Uncategorized
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. ~ Natalie Goldberg The sun just rose on 2016. Never have I felt such intense anticipation at the start of a new year. Three years ago I decided to write a book about my journey...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 24, 2015 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Uncategorized
Not exactly sure why, but I’ve been sort of sad, or at least down the past few days. Maybe it’s because I haven’t exercised enough the past week and it’s affecting my brain chemistry. Maybe it’s hormones. But there’s something else...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 17, 2015 | Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Uncategorized
I hadn’t set out to write a rhyming title. It just happened. And when I asked if anybody would come with me to my first gun control rally in front of NRA headquarters on December 14th, the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 12, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Reposting this piece, which I wrote just a few days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It’s been three long years since that terrible day, with absolutely no progress on gun control to show for it. I would LOVE to retire...
