by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 8, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Two weeks ago, I was in a cotton hospital gown, rubber-soled socks on my feet, an IV inserted into the top of my hand ready to receive anesthesia. The surgeon arrived with his Sharpie pen and marked on my belly where he would make the two-inch incision to repair two...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 18, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Mindful scheduling might sound like an oxymoron. Mindfulness is all about living in the present moment, not getting carried away by the future or the past, right? Yes, present moment awareness is at the heart of mindfulness, but so is intentionality, clarity of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 29, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Greetings friends! I stepped off the grid to be present with my loved ones over the holidays. We took the week before Christmas to visit family and ski at Whistler, British Columbia, returning home on Christmas Eve. Traveling before Christmas was a departure from our...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 16, 2017 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
I made the mistake this morning of looking at Facebook before I meditated. As with every “mistake,” a lesson awaited. I had decided to take a day off from my usual 20-minutes of meditating as soon as I get out of bed because we’re leaving in a few hours for vacation....
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 18, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
When I was growing up, my recollection is that Christmas decorations didn’t go up until Thanksgiving. That may or may not be true, but I know that over the course of the last three or four decades, I’ve been conditioned to believe that it’s “wrong” for holiday...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 2, 2017 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop
What emotional response do you have when you hear the first Christmas song on the radio or find the first red and green or snowflake-patterned holiday decorations at the store? Does a delighted smile break out on your face? Or do your shoulders scrunch up to your ears...
