by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 31, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
I hope you’ve enjoyed the holidays as much as I have. This year has been especially rich in family time for us, with my mother’s 80th birthday a few weeks ago bringing loved ones in from seven different states. Shared stories, photographs, and poetry were...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 23, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
How often do you wish you had a second chance at something? The great thing about life, if you’re paying attention, is that very often you do get to try again. In the classic comedy film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character is forced to relive a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 15, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
On the anniversary of Newtown, and with our holiday lights twinkling once again in the moonlight, it felt right to repost the piece I wrote shortly after the school shootings in Connecticut last year… “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 10, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
“How you experience life isn’t about what happens to you, but about how you react to it.” ~ Eckhart Tolle When was the last time a perfect stranger swore at you? I’m talking heavy duty “I hate you and I’d like to hurt you”...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 24, 2013 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this!” Donna hugged me excitedly and continued, “We’re actually here!” We stood with around 35,000 of our closest friends in the Pentagon parking lot at the start of the 2013 Army 10-Miler...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 11, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
“Seldom do we stop doing what we’re doing and think about (and rework) how we’re doing it.” Scott Belsky, Founder of Behance and author of Making Ideas Happen Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been pouring over a hodgepodge of journals...
