by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 19, 2015 | Fitness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation
It’s done! Three-and-a-half months of training, 13.1 miles covered in steady rain, and I even managed to run up the hills — albeit at a snail’s pace. This 50-year-old body of mine held up pretty well, but mindfulness training played an even bigger...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 13, 2015 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
The razor scraped the back of my heel and a thin trail of blood streamed down the shower drain. “Damn!” I muttered, squinting through the steam to see how bad the cut was. It was ten days before my first half marathon. Blood oozed right where the top of my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 26, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening
“Feng Shui is like acupuncture for your home, unblocking the flow of positive energy, removing negative energy, and allowing you to achieve your goals — without using any needles.” ~ Carol Olmstead, Feng Shui Quick Guide for Home and Office Welcome...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 14, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Welcome to Installment 2 of Feng Shui February! Whether you earn big bucks working in a high rise office setting or whether you’re managing life (your own and/or others’) from home base without the benefit of a paycheck, it’s all work. Sometimes I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 5, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
Welcome to Installment 1 of Feng Shui February! For the next four weeks, I’ll be writing about Feng Shui fixes I’m implementing to set the stage for new growth and positive energy boosts in my home and (home) office environments. Let me say at the outset...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 28, 2015 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
Have you ever heard of a damselfly? Don’t worry if you haven’t. The damselfly doesn’t get a lot of press. Even if you’ve heard the word, you might have thought it was simply a female version of a dragonfly. I was guilty of that myself. This...
