by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 3, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
“Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.” Steven Pressfield, The War of Art The lake is perfectly still this morning, its glassy surface reflecting trees and docks along the shore. Even the ripples from our own boat have...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 15, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindfulness
“If you’re able to use your mind instead of being used by your mind, that’s a beautiful thing. To use your mind constructively.” — Eckhart Tolle My 16-year-old son asked me once, “Why don’t you have any dumb...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 11, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“Most people are still completely identified with the incessant stream of mind, of compulsive thinking, most of it repetitive and pointless.” — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Discovering Your Life’s Purpose As I’ve noted before, I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 8, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“We are ultimately not separate, not from one another nor from any living thing — the flower, the tree, the cat, the dog. You can sense yourself in them, the essence of who you are.” — Eckhart Tolle, Guardians of Being Spiritual enlightenment...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 6, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons
“The digital consciousness can’t tolerate three minutes of pure focus.” — William Powers, Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age It took unplugging to recharge my batteries. Yesterday, I...