by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 5, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Happy New Year! Big exhale. [Rest in that space after the period.] And now inhale, filling your lungs with energizing oxygen. We have another year to start out fresh! Yahoo!! This time a year ago I was immersed in trying to make my self-imposed January 2016 deadline...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 30, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Several weeks ago I set my intentions for the holiday season. My goal was to stay as mindful and stress free as possible, sticking to my priorities and protecting time for activities that induced joy. Part of that process was asking my family to articulate their own...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 3, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
I never thought I’d be grateful for a head cold. This week I was sick enough to have to stay at home, sick enough to not do any creative work, and even sick enough to not be able to meditate for four days straight. Maybe Buddhist monks never get colds, or maybe they...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 24, 2016 | Mindfulness
Padding down the stairs quietly this morning and into my kitchen, not wanting to wake my sleeping family and houseguests, I feel the anticipation of Thanksgiving. In a few hours the stillness will be replaced with chatter, laughter, vegetable chopping, the whir of the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 19, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
I’m not going to lie. When I wrote A Mindful Equation for Post-Election Healing the night before the presidential election, I thought I was writing it for Trump supporters. Surprise! Time to dig deep and move from theory to practice. This is what mindfulness in the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 7, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
Hi everyone — It’s just a few minutes before midnight on Monday, November 7th. Tomorrow is election day. Rather than repeating myself, I’ll simply invite you to read my new piece on the Huffington Post blog: A Mindful Equation for Post-Election...
