by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 10, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Mindfulness, Motivation
I hadn’t planned on running this Saturday morning. I had managed to exercise in some capacity Monday through Friday and felt justified in taking a break. But late Friday night, this post popped up on my local Moms Run This Town (MRTT) running group’s...
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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 28, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
Who is ready for spring? I am! Spring to me means new energy, new growth, and fresh starts. Spring = Inspiration! (Former economist Martha needs to throw in equations from time to time.) Two important areas of my life have been pretty stunted the past couple of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 1, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation, Uncategorized
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. ~ Natalie Goldberg The sun just rose on 2016. Never have I felt such intense anticipation at the start of a new year. Three years ago I decided to write a book about my journey...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 21, 2015 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts, Motivation, Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but the holidays are one of my biggest sources of mindfulness failure. My husband and I are both products of Jewish/Christian marriages. We enjoy celebrating the cultural traditions of Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Christmas,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 17, 2015 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
Looking back at the past few Octobers of my life, this seems to be a month of particular inspiration for me. Two years ago I participated in my first Army Ten Miler (ATM) race at the request of my friend Donna, who was undergoing cancer treatment and wanted to have a...