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Why I Took on the Whole30 Food Challenge

Why I Took on the Whole30 Food Challenge

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...
Phoenix Garden Report and July Photo Challenge

Phoenix Garden Report and July Photo Challenge

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 30, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Photography

It’s a time of creative unfolding, both for myself and my garden. For those of you who have been following for a while, you know that my garden’s growth path is tightly intertwined with my own. She leads patiently, I follow. By teaching me to nurture her,...
My Huffington Post Father’s Day Piece

My Huffington Post Father’s Day Piece

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 18, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness

This article first appeared on Huffington Post on 6/17/2016. Happy Father’s Day! What Mindfulness Has Taught Me About Father’s Day My father died 39 years ago, just a few days after my thirteenth birthday. Since he chose to take his own life,...
Tara Brach’s Jewels of Wisdom at the 2016 Mindful Life Conference

Tara Brach’s Jewels of Wisdom at the 2016 Mindful Life Conference

by Martha Brettschneider | May 1, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders

“An intelligence inside us knows that blame prevents us from living free.” ~ Tara Brach I spent the past two days at the 2016 Mindful Life Conference in Washington, D.C. After a particularly full week, with my first TV interview on Wednesday and inventory...
Easter Morning Musings and More March Photo Meditations

Easter Morning Musings and More March Photo Meditations

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 27, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Photography

Sitting at my kitchen table this Easter morning, sipping coffee and taking in the brazen forsythia and happy daffodils lighting up my back slope, I am struck once again by nature’s lessons in optimism. No matter what we’ve been through or what we’re...

Interview with Miz Meliz

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...
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