by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 14, 2021 | Fitness, Mindful Eating
Note: I revised this piece to provide a little more context to the graph below. The timing of this post — landing on Valentine’s (or Galentine’s) Day — may feel a little weird. It’s not about burning off chocolate calories. It’s...
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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 20, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
Those of you who are connected with me on Facebook may have seen that I had my first live stream video podcast interview yesterday with Miz Meliz (Melissa Reyes), who’s based just outside of Hollywood. She uses her show, Tinsel Town Tonight (or Tinsel Town...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 17, 2015 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
Looking back at the past few Octobers of my life, this seems to be a month of particular inspiration for me. Two years ago I participated in my first Army Ten Miler (ATM) race at the request of my friend Donna, who was undergoing cancer treatment and wanted to have a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 17, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Fitness, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
This month I’m implementing strategies from Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives to try to reboot my habits. Carefully chosen habits can help us spend a greater percentage of our day (and lives) doing the things...
