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A Sage Lesson About Gratitude As Election Day Kicks Off

A Sage Lesson About Gratitude As Election Day Kicks Off

by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 5, 2024 | Mental Fitness

  Early this morning, my 90-year-old mother texted me and said, “What’s the plan today?”  I thought she was referring to it being election day. Like every other American I know (and many of my international friends as well), my mother has been anticipating...
Rekindling Connection to Our Pure Essence

Rekindling Connection to Our Pure Essence

by Martha Brettschneider | May 14, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mental Fitness, Mindfulness

Best viewed full screen on a computer or tablet. When was the last time you surrendered to joy like you used to do as a child? Most of us lose this connection to our pure joy-filled essence sometime along the road to adulthood. But the flame of that essence we were...
Releasing My Scarcity Mindset About Time

Releasing My Scarcity Mindset About Time

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 13, 2024 | Life Lessons, Mental Fitness

Photo by Aida L on Unsplash As part of my personal and professional infrastructure reboot over the past year in the run-up to my 60th birthday this April, I have been working to identify subtle and not-so-subtle beliefs that add stress to my life and hold me back from...
Shifting Perspective On Turbulent Waters

Shifting Perspective On Turbulent Waters

by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 9, 2024 | Mental Fitness

Photo credits for all images in this article: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Standing on the coast of the Baja Peninsula of Mexico, I soaked in the power of the waves cresting and crashing on the shore. Time slowed as I watched the energy build in...
Connecting Our Lights With PQ Mental Fitness

Connecting Our Lights With PQ Mental Fitness

by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 9, 2023 | Mental Fitness

Photo: Martha Brettschneider / Damselwings Photography Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Like all assumptions that limit our personal growth, this is a lie. My sisters and I just pulled off the greatest feat of our lives: orchestrating and implementing a...
When Letting Go Helps You Find Your Own Course

When Letting Go Helps You Find Your Own Course

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 25, 2023 | Mental Fitness

I put my photography on the back burner this year. It had become too commercially driven for my comfort level. The sense of wonder, mindful connection with nature, and playfulness that originally inspired me to make photographs seemed harder to access. I felt pushed...
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