Posts By Janet Hoffman
Diminishing Grief and Trauma: An Interview on TM and Psychotherapy
We’re pleased to introduce our blog readers to Debbie Augenthaler, a New York City psychotherapist who specializes in trauma, grief, and loss. She is an author and speaker who has […]
Physicist Amanda Weltman: Using Knowledge for Good
Born in Massachusetts and raised in South Africa, Amanda Weltman completed a distinguished undergraduate career at the University of Cape Town and then pursued her graduate education at Columbia University […]
Enlightened Risk Management in Every Institution of Society
On October 9th, we published a post on our blog titled Why Hospitals Should Pay for Nurses to Learn TM. It was a cogent piece showing there is no downside […]
Successful Self-Reinvention: The Award-Winning Susan Daniels
There’s no reason to lay down on the couch and veg out following a major illness or after retirement. It’s a time during which a creative, energetic woman can regroup […]
I Have Something Important to Share
I’m sitting in front of my laptop thinking of the girls and women in my life—five generations of girls and women—and also of all those I don’t know personally but […]
The Best Summer Vacation, Twice a Day
The most famous song about Summer, written by George Gershwin for the famous Broadway musical Porgy and Bess, includes the lyrics “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy.” Every year, we […]
From Taiwan to Iowa: Dr. Ayako Huang
I recently met Dr. Ayako Huang. I was so impressed by her joyful brightness, her calm, her purposefulness and her intelligence, that I asked for an interview on her life […]
How to Avoid and Reduce Gambling Addiction in Women
How would you handle an overnight change in lifestyle that leaves you with a lot of free time on your hands? From the metropolitan women of New York City’s towering […]
Having Trouble Meditating?
I was at a tender age—19—when I first considered meditation. I didn’t know anyone who meditated or at least didn’t know anyone who’d told me that they meditated. It didn’t […]
Friends and Daughters: Women Share Experience
A friend, also named Janet, who I’ve known since we were teens in the Bronx, recently sent me this photo. I don’t know where she had it stashed but she […]