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 25, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
As my house has emptied of kids over the past couple of weeks, the dahlias unfolding in my garden remind me how beautiful transitions are. New beginnings hold magic and potential. I’ll let the flowers do the talking today. (Pictured below is what emerged from...
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 | Aug 11, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
A childhood friend visited recently from out of state. He had seen my botanic photography online, but had never been to my Virginia home. We stopped by my house briefly on our way to lunch and my heart clenched when he said, “I want to see your garden.”...
