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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 9, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Gumption. It’s a word I hadn’t used much in my personal discourse. It’s a word I would have considered to be old fashioned, spoken only by old wrinkled men. I have no idea why. But gumption is my new favorite word, ever since I saw a young, talented...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 25, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
We are here to pay attention to where our inner light meets up with the outer world. ~ Elizabeth Lesser, Cofounder of the Omega Institute and Omega Women’s Leadership Center I’m back from just about the most amazing weekend of my life. Seriously. I...
