by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 3, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
After a particularly long, cold winter, I think it’s safe to say that spring finally has a foothold in the door. The snowdrops are on their last legs and the crocuses are out in force. My early-blooming daffodils are on the verge of opening and tulip foliage is...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 27, 2015 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
Are you sick of hearing people talk about the benefits of meditating when you know you’re not “that type” of person (a Birkenstock-wearing vegetarian)? Or maybe you’re intrigued by the scientific studies reported in the news showing that...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 19, 2015 | Fitness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation
It’s done! Three-and-a-half months of training, 13.1 miles covered in steady rain, and I even managed to run up the hills — albeit at a snail’s pace. This 50-year-old body of mine held up pretty well, but mindfulness training played an even bigger...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 13, 2015 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
The razor scraped the back of my heel and a thin trail of blood streamed down the shower drain. “Damn!” I muttered, squinting through the steam to see how bad the cut was. It was ten days before my first half marathon. Blood oozed right where the top of my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 5, 2015 | Photography
I tried to stop taking photographs but it didn’t work. Once I completed my 365 Project on December 31, 2014, I intended to give myself a break. The challenge of taking and posting a photograph every day for a year turned out to be pretty exhausting (in case you...
