by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 12, 2026 | Meditation, Mindful Photography, Workshop
Our morning meditation community reconvenes on Monday, August 17, at 7:00 am ET on Zoom for our flagship 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. We’d love to have you join us! Learn more and register here. I just returned from a short but sweet visit with my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 28, 2026 | Mindfulness, Positive Intelligence
Before we dive in — if you’ve been looking for a gentle, structured way to build a mindfulness practice, my 15-Day Meditation Refresh starts this Wednesday, July 1. Join us here. A friend challenged me recently on something I’d said. I’d used the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 11, 2026 | Mindful Parenting
I wrote this in 2017, when my youngest was finishing high school — and with graduation season here again, it felt like the right moment to bring it back. Since then I’ve found the Positive Intelligence® framework, which gave me a whole new vocabulary for what I...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 2, 2026 | Meditation, Workshop
I recently returned from an eight-day trip to Berlin, a city that shaped me when I lived and worked there for a year in the mid-1980s. It was an unusual travel choice for me at this stage of my life, since my family’s preference for nature destinations normally takes...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 21, 2026 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Workshop
I don’t know if this is just a female thing, but my internal “clean, clear, declutter” lever mysteriously flips on every March. It feels so primordial, especially when I hear my girlfriends and sisters mention their own spring cleaning compulsions. This year I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 15, 2026 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“Stop taking your lover to the bathroom,” Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra told the crowd. We all burst out laughing, forgetting that we were standing in sub-freezing weather. He was talking about our cell phones, admonishing us to just do one thing at a time rather than...
