Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography For the first time since I can remember (perhaps maybe ever), I don’t feel like I need a vacation to recover from my family vacation....
https://youtu.be/-jrIl81VwmE Best viewed full screen on a computer or tablet. When was the last time you surrendered to joy like you used to do as a child? Most of us lose this connection...
Photo: © Theo Bosboom/NPL/Minden Pictures in The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 2024 Calendar produced by Amber Lotus® Before I dive in here, let me underscore that I did not take the...
Photo by Aida L on Unsplash As part of my personal and professional infrastructure reboot over the past year in the run-up to my 60th birthday this April, I have been working to identify...
Photo credit for all images in this post: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography The courage of a river to continue beliefIn the slow fall of ground,Always falling fartherToward the...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider/Damselwings Photography When was the last time you had a laugh-out-loud ah ha moment? This week the Universe finally got me to read its "Flow" memo, and I did,...
Photo credits for all images in this article: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Standing on the coast of the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, I soaked in the power of the waves...
“You and I are both held up by dead things.” I said these words out loud with my hand on the boulder in this photograph, which I came across meandering in Colorado's Rocky Mountains this...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Like all assumptions that limit our personal growth, this is a lie. My sisters and I...
If you have been following my work for a while, you know that trees have become important teachers for me over the course of my mindful photography journey. It started with feeling an...
Aspen trees have been speaking to me this year. Our conversation started back in June, when I was on silent retreat at the Rocky Mountain Eco Dharma Center in Colorado. Since I pack away...
Photo: Martha Brettschneider “Motivation molasses.” I had jotted these words down on a post-it note recently, with no mention of where I had heard them. Specifically, I had written...