by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 20, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
Originally posted on LinkedIn Yesterday I sat in a radiologist’s patient lounge, waiting for my mammogram results. One of the benefits of being a cancer survivor is that you get your screening results the same day. Sensing into how my body was processing this...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 19, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Mindful Photography
This week’s post is a reprint of a piece I wrote last October, updated to reflect the means by which I plan to support METAvivor.org in 2017. Breast cancer hasn’t gone away, nor has the blind commercialism of Pink October. METAvivor.org continues to use...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 1, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer
I’ve written here before about my breast cancer inferiority complex, introduced friends I’ve met (and lost) through cancer, and shared the perspectives of Stage 4 (metastatic) breast cancer survivor friends who have the same concerns I do about the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 15, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Life Lessons, Mindfulness
“Cancer is a life experience to call us to look deeper and beyond our physical selves.” ~ Mari Ryan Sometimes the universe nudges us to move down a path even when we have no idea where that path will lead. The past couple of weeks have been that way for...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 6, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Mindful Eating, Motivation
I just completed a month-long food experiment with the Whole30 program. I wasn’t trying to lose weight. The ten pounds I lost a year ago after giving up bread, pasta, and other unhealthy carbs has stayed off for the most part. But another problem had...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 10, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Mindfulness, Motivation
I hadn’t planned on running this Saturday morning. I had managed to exercise in some capacity Monday through Friday and felt justified in taking a break. But late Friday night, this post popped up on my local Moms Run This Town (MRTT) running group’s...
