by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 31, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Mindfulness, Photography
Greetings from Atlanta! I’m on the road again this weekend, attending soccer parents weekend at Emory University. We’ve been lucky enough to attend Emory soccer games in Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Atlanta over the past month, with an added road...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 24, 2015 | Breast Cancer, Mindfulness
Well, it’s October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Instead of railing against the commercialism behind so much of the pink as I’ve done in the past, I’ll do my part as a survivor to increase your awareness of what it’s like for a patient after...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 17, 2015 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
Looking back at the past few Octobers of my life, this seems to be a month of particular inspiration for me. Two years ago I participated in my first Army Ten Miler (ATM) race at the request of my friend Donna, who was undergoing cancer treatment and wanted to have a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 9, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Gumption. It’s a word I hadn’t used much in my personal discourse. It’s a word I would have considered to be old fashioned, spoken only by old wrinkled men. I have no idea why. But gumption is my new favorite word, ever since I saw a young, talented...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 3, 2015 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
I believe that creativity is a force of enchantment—not entirely human in its origins. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear I promised in last week’s post that I would review Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, Big Magic: Creative Living...
