Posts By Janet Hoffman
Meditation for Depression
Research funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health found that people who used antidepressants had “remission rates of 31 percent after 14 weeks and 65 percent at six months” […]
A Wake-up Call to Government and Education Leaders: The Duty of Society is the Development of Consciousness
Before world-renowned author Aldous Huxley’s graduation from Oxford University with honors in 1916, he wrote to his brother about his belief that higher states of consciousness—as described throughout history by […]
Why We Love to Shop (And What That Has to Do With Meditation)
Some call it “retail therapy.” A study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology in 2014 revealed that shopping creates an instant increase in happiness. Like I needed scientific research […]
Keeping Up With Grandma: How Transcendental Meditation Gives Grandmothers the Advantage
I remember both my grandmothers well. One was forever pulling me up onto her lap and smothering me with kisses and hugs, despite my wriggling. The other most often seemed […]
What are you Wearing? The Fabric of our Lives: Lucia Kennerly on Consciousness, Sustainability, and Nature
Lucia Kennerly lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Although she recently retired as Director of Product Development for a fabric industry leader called Mayer Fabrics, she sees herself as being in […]
Optimism: How to be More Positive About Life
Do you wish you were more optimistic? Would your life change if you had more confidence in a positive future? Would it affect your health, your relationships, your success? Would […]
An Interview with Registered Dietician Katie Farrell
Katie Farrell Rogers is a registered dietitian working for a medical device company as a Clinical District Manager. She recently graduated with a master’s degree in Leadership and Workplace Conflict […]
Being Divine: Every Woman’s Right to Be Herself
This article was originally published to our blog on September 9, 2017, titled I Have Something Important to Share. I’m sitting in front of my laptop thinking of the girls […]
An Interview with Actress Lil Malinich
Lil Malinich is a stage, film and television actress, acting coach, director and producer from London, Ontario, who currently lives in New York. She is a core member of Broadway-affiliated theater […]
Ukraine Women At-Risk Learn Transcendental Meditation
I have been meditating since 2009. In these most difficult moments of life, with war in Ukraine, the accumulated internal reserve of peace and the purity of my nervous system […]