by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 27, 2025 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Nature
On windy days, it can be hard to find stability. This is true in photography and in life. On a recent trip to Colorado, I had all sorts of stories running through my head when our single day for photography was super windy. I was visiting my Denver-based son, an...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 5, 2025 | Mental Fitness, Mindfulness
I’m writing from Sisters, Oregon today, where our family has gathered to celebrate my nephew’s retirement from the Marine Corps. The air is charged with laughter, memories, and the quiet hum of belonging. After years of service and adventure, he’s entering a new...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 30, 2025 | Mental Fitness
I woke up feeling a sense of dread. “Ugh,” I thought. “It’s baseball game day.” I forced myself to remember the excited expression on our 12-year-old Afghan girl’s face when she said, “Miss Martha! We all finished the library reading program and we got tickets to a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 19, 2025 | Mental Fitness, Mindful Parenting
This morning was Day 9 of my 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. I love Day 9, since it’s the day that I bring in Portia Nelson’s poem “There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk” as the analogy for how our daily mindfulness and mental fitness practices transform our life...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 3, 2025 | Mental Fitness
“Went back to Urgent Care. Pneumonia.” I looked at the text from my friend and my heart sank for her. I knew she was supposed to drive several hours the next day to a two-day college soccer ID camp that her son had been invited to attend. Her husband was...
