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How Mindfulness Pulled Me Up Cape Town’s Table Mountain

How Mindfulness Pulled Me Up Cape Town’s Table Mountain

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 12, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation

I wish I had taken a picture of him, but that would have been awkward. We were on our way up the Indian Fenster trail of Cape Town, South Africa’s Table Mountain. Fortunately my husband had read the day before our planned climb that a guide was highly...

Join Me in May at Modern Femme 2017!

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 23, 2017 | Mindfulness, Motivation

Greetings friends! Just a quick note today to let you know how excited I am to be part of the amazing speaker lineup at this year’s Modern Femme Movement Convention May 4-6 in Virginia Beach, VA. My topic: How to Boost Your Productivity, Creativity, and Profits...
5 Reasons to Embrace Alone Time & Take Yourself on an Artist Date

5 Reasons to Embrace Alone Time & Take Yourself on an Artist Date

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 16, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation

This piece appeared originally on TinyBuddha.com. “It is only in solitude that I ever find my own core.” ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh When was the last time you took yourself on a date? Not just you and a friend, or you and your partner, or you and your kid(s). Just you,...
No Place to Sit? Try Walking Meditation

No Place to Sit? Try Walking Meditation

by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 9, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation

Vacation and any other sort of travel can wreak havoc on your mindfulness practice. My personal routine on a normal day is to get up early, before anyone else in the house is close to waking. I meditate for twenty minutes. I make coffee and oatmeal. I savor my...
Shining a Hot Spotlight on ICE (what we don’t see from our protected white suburbs)

Shining a Hot Spotlight on ICE (what we don’t see from our protected white suburbs)

by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 23, 2017 | Mindfulness, Motivation

It’s Thursday, blog day, and as I sit here trying to collect my thoughts, I realize what an extraordinarily strange and eye opening week it’s been. Uncertainty seems to grow day by day, which is why I chose to anchor this post with the crocuses that have emerged...
Mindful Listening: How Skilled Are You?

Mindful Listening: How Skilled Are You?

by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 16, 2017 | Mindfulness, Motivation

Have you ever taken a good hard look at your listening skills? I’ve been giving this a lot of thought over the past few months. It started when I was answering questions after a book talk and a lovely woman in the audience mentioned that Blooming into Mindfulness...
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