by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 20, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness
“How do you feel now that the book is finished? You must be so relieved! Now you can relax!” Since I announced the release of Blooming into Mindfulness: How the Universe Used a Garden, Cancer, and Carpools to Teach Me that Calm Is the New Happy, several...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 21, 2016 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
Listen to this awesome meditation story. “How awesome can a meditation story possibly be?” you might ask. Well, listen up. So last Friday, as we were trying to finalize the design and content of the back cover of Blooming into Mindfulness, one of my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 1, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation, Uncategorized
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. ~ Natalie Goldberg The sun just rose on 2016. Never have I felt such intense anticipation at the start of a new year. Three years ago I decided to write a book about my journey...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 12, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Reposting this piece, which I wrote just a few days after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It’s been three long years since that terrible day, with absolutely no progress on gun control to show for it. I would LOVE to retire...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 21, 2015 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts, Motivation, Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but the holidays are one of my biggest sources of mindfulness failure. My husband and I are both products of Jewish/Christian marriages. We enjoy celebrating the cultural traditions of Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Christmas,...
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...
