by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 15, 2014 | Fitness
“I unfortunately need to tell you that I have to pull out of the Army Ten Miler,” my friend Donna wrote in an email on August 29th. It would have been our second race together. Last year, Donna asked me to run/walk the 2013 Army Ten Miler (ATM) with her....
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 20, 2014 | Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
It’s been years since I’ve cried this much. I don’t like to cry. I’m perfectly comfortable with other people crying, but as the only female in a house seething with testosterone, crying wrecks my street cred. Lots of my friends have been crying...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 7, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Photography
Home two and a half days now, and still realigning. The laundry is done. The fridge is restocked. But I’m still getting my head refocused. For two weeks, during an RV trip through several US national parks with my husband and two teenaged sons, I went BIG. Step...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 10, 2014 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Five years ago today, on June 10, 2009, I lay on an operating table with my arms immobilized in Velcro crucifix constraints forming perfect 90 degree angles from my torso. Salty tears slid down my temples into my hair, with no way for me to wipe them away. Realizing...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 9, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Photography
Please excuse my absence. I’ve been trying to channel a chickadee for the past several weeks. Did you know that chickadees have retinas lined with receptors that are twice as dense as those in human retinas? I learned that in David George Haskell’s The...
