by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 5, 2014 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Motivation
Are you a joiner type of person? Or do you prefer to work solo? Do you find safety in numbers, or do you feel alone in a crowd? I’ve always tended to be in the latter category. Although I’m considered by others to be “outgoing,” I’m...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 31, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
I hope you’ve enjoyed the holidays as much as I have. This year has been especially rich in family time for us, with my mother’s 80th birthday a few weeks ago bringing loved ones in from seven different states. Shared stories, photographs, and poetry were...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 23, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
How often do you wish you had a second chance at something? The great thing about life, if you’re paying attention, is that very often you do get to try again. In the classic comedy film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character is forced to relive a...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 15, 2013 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
On the anniversary of Newtown, and with our holiday lights twinkling once again in the moonlight, it felt right to repost the piece I wrote shortly after the school shootings in Connecticut last year… “Give light, and the darkness will disappear of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 5, 2013 | Mindfulness
Despite my best intentions, I’ve fallen off my blogging schedule the past few weeks. This is my second round of blogging through the holidays, and I learned last year just how hard it is to stay on a schedule this time of year. “This time of year”...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 10, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
“How you experience life isn’t about what happens to you, but about how you react to it.” ~ Eckhart Tolle When was the last time a perfect stranger swore at you? I’m talking heavy duty “I hate you and I’d like to hurt you”...
