by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
I never had an interest in reaching a super old age. Growing up, I didn’t have anybody in my family who lived to be 100, or anything close to it. On the contrary, most of the men in our family died at unusually young ages. My vibrant maternal grandmother, who I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 1, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Why is it so hard to acknowledge that we have made progress of some kind? Stepping back even further, why is it so hard to even direct positive wishes towards ourselves? After practicing lovingkindness meditation this week in the 15-Day Advanced Extension to the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 21, 2018 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
It’s the day before Thanksgiving. I’m sitting in my kitchen window seat with my morning ritual breakfast of steel cut oats and blueberries, steaming mug of coffee on the table beside me. The board game I played with my kids last night is packed away in its chunky box...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Greetings, friends. It’s been an emotional few weeks for many people, especially for those who have had past traumas bubble up to the surface after hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. A...
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 | Jul 28, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
A few months ago I shared with you “My Dream Come True Story” about how my photography was unexpectedly chosen to decorate Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial Hospital’s brand new Integrative Medicine Department. When I visited the installation for the first time a...
