by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 17, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Fitness, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
This month I’m implementing strategies from Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives to try to reboot my habits. Carefully chosen habits can help us spend a greater percentage of our day (and lives) doing the things...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 10, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
For a happy life, it’s important to cultivate an atmosphere of growth–the sense that we’re learning new things, getting stronger, forging new relationships, making things better, helping other people. Habits have a tremendous role to play in creating...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 2, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Happy second half of the year! I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something about the midpoint of the year that lends itself to new starts. Most of us think about new starts in January, but I’m the type of person who needs to break a big job...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 26, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
My hands reek of citrusy chemicals after swabbing down the kitchen surfaces with Clorox wipes. I move to the stairway handrails and bathrooms, trying to eradicate germs while my boys sleep. Cody, my 19-year-old son, has pneumonia. And while he had a few high fevers as...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 18, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness
I had had big plans for my garden this year. She had been so patient with me last year during my book writing and photo-a-day challenges. I was going to make it up to her this year. More native plants to attract pollinators, a damselfly/dragonfly habitat, maybe even a...
