by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 4, 2012 | Breast Cancer, Life Lessons
When I posted my last piece, “Mastectomy Day”, it wasn’t on my radar screen that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. I had had another blog topic in mind, but was suddenly compelled to write about my pre-surgery experience. I got...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 30, 2012 | Breast Cancer
Each year, roughly 50,000 breast cancer patients in the United States undergo mastectomy (total removal of the breast).* Revisiting the journals I kept at the time of my own breast amputation three years ago, I wonder whether my experience was typical. Do you know...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 27, 2012 | Mindful Eating
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” — Virginia Woolf When was the last time you made yourself a really great meal? Just for you. Not trying to make kids or partners happy, not trying to please the diverse...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 23, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Mindful Eating
What does your refrigerator look like? I opened mine a few months ago and found something akin to a forgotten Smithsonian warehouse, a hodgepodge collection of moldy, shriveled leftovers. The mess–some of it slimy, some of it stinky, most of it...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 20, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting…snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be and enjoy being.” — Eckhart Tolle This quote landed in my inbox yesterday afternoon, when I was waiting for...
