by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
I never had an interest in reaching a super old age. Growing up, I didn’t have anybody in my family who lived to be 100, or anything close to it. On the contrary, most of the men in our family died at unusually young ages. My vibrant maternal grandmother, who I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 1, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Why is it so hard to acknowledge that we have made progress of some kind? Stepping back even further, why is it so hard to even direct positive wishes towards ourselves? After practicing lovingkindness meditation this week in the 15-Day Advanced Extension to the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Greetings, friends. It’s been an emotional few weeks for many people, especially for those who have had past traumas bubble up to the surface after hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. A...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 6, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
On my recent trip to the San Francisco Bay Area, my childhood friend Sue and I visited the old-growth redwood trees at Muir Woods National Monument. Redwoods have a lot to teach us Muir Woods is home to the coastal redwood, not only the tallest of the redwood species,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 30, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop
I’ve been thinking a lot about pain this past week. I’ve felt plenty of it too. I know I’m not the only one whose heart broke listening to the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh last Thursday. Since my husband and I were...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 23, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
“It’s time to come off the road so I can fully embrace the next chapter of my life.” ~ Elton John My blog schedule continues to be off by a couple of days, but everything happens for a reason. I now know that I was supposed to have attended Elton John’s “Farewell...
