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Surviving and Thriving in Your Empty Nest

Surviving and Thriving in Your Empty Nest

by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 10, 2017 | Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop

Our family’s Beginning of Empty Nest Day (BEND???? as in bend in the road?) is August 12, 2017, two days from the time of this writing. After months of feeling excited and prepared for our youngest’s departure, the harder emotions have finally bubbled to the surface...
New Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens!

New Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens!

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 22, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation

30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens It’s finally here! In response to multiple requests for a mindfulness meditation program for teens, and after polling teens themselves on how to design it, I’m thrilled to announce that we’ll be diving in on...
How Mindfulness Convinced Me I’m Not a Loser Mom

How Mindfulness Convinced Me I’m Not a Loser Mom

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 9, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness

We’re sliding into the final days of my current 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. By complete “coincidence,” the topics we’ve been discussing during our daily post-meditation Q&A sessions speak directly to my overlapping life event of watching my youngest...

Mindful Mother’s Day Wishes

by Martha Brettschneider | May 7, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness

  It’s the night before Mother’s Day and I’m pretty pooped after my photography show today at the Vienna Garden Faire. The event elicited gratitude both as a mother and as a daughter, with my eldest foregoing sleep to help with set up, my...

Interview with Miz Meliz

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 20, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography

Those of you who are connected with me on Facebook may have seen that I had my first live stream video podcast interview yesterday with Miz Meliz (Melissa Reyes), who’s based just outside of Hollywood. She uses her show, Tinsel Town Tonight (or Tinsel Town...

Tis the Season for Baby Birds to Leave the Nest

by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 28, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting

Baby birds are leaving the nest everywhere I turn. My Facebook feed has been peppered the past couple of weeks with photos of friends’ kids heading off to college, many for their freshman year. And two days ago, as if mirroring those coming-of-age images...
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