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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 9, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
I made it through my first blogging conference, but just barely. A friend had suggested I attend BlogU, an annual bloggers conference in Baltimore, to help prepare me for marketing my book later this year. I signed up early, but then put it on the back burner until...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 5, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
What a blessing to be able to write this week about managing positive transitions. Several milestones have occurred since my last post. I usually publish my weekly piece on Thursday or Friday, but last Thursday and Friday were the days that my old website content was...
