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,...
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...
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...
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 | 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...
