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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 16, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Greetings from sunny California, where I have been planted the past week for the final in-person training session of my Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute teacher certification journey. I’ll be sharing more about that in next week’s post when...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 16, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
This morning I journaled about the grief I am experiencing as my eldest packs up his bedroom to move to his new apartment this weekend. He starts his first post-college job on Monday. He knows I will use his room for my new office space, so, without my asking,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 28, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
A few months ago I shared with you “My Dream Come True Story” about how my photography was unexpectedly chosen to decorate Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital’s brand new Integrative Medicine Department. When I visited the installation for the first time a...
