by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 15, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts
I was so relieved to hear straight from the mouth of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism that it’s not about religion. I had already heard this message from Eckhart Tolle in his written work and when I saw him in person the previous week, but the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 12, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“With synchronicity, all the resources we need are made available for us at the precise moment that is appropriate. The people who come into our lives are the ones we need at that moment in time. Everything is perfect. We only need to recognize this to tune into...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 8, 2012 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
“My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.” — John Bryant Personal transformation is a jokester. It sneaks up and bites you on the butt when you least expect it. This happened to me this weekend on a hotel balcony...
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...