Posts By Janet Hoffman
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 […]
Have You Seen My Memory Somewhere?
How’s your memory? Forgot where your glasses are and what the name of the movie is that you want to see? Have you parked the car in a lot and […]
Utterly Exhausted: What to do About Chronic Fatigue
Fatigue is not only an obstacle to getting things done—it is dangerous: high numbers of women report that their fatigue was a jumping off point for depression, heart disease, stroke, […]
Why Should Women Learn TM
There is compelling evidence, both scientific and anecdotal, that the Transcendental Meditation technique brings great benefit to men and women and children. So what’s the big deal about discussing TM […]
Transcendental Meditation Wasn’t What I Expected
When I was 19, a woman in my circle of friends learned the Transcendental Meditation technique. She loved it and was immediately consumed with the desire to tell us all […]
Let Your Love Flow
Is it because I’m a woman or just something peculiar to me that relationships seem so vitally important? Health—great; career—fine; family—doing well. But how I’m getting on with everyone—especially the […]
The Couch Potato Health Plan
To be honest, I really don’t like to exercise. I like the way I feel after and how it shapes my body, but exercising for me is a chore, not […]
If I Only Had a Brain
I used to sometimes be like the scarecrow in Oz, lamenting “If I only had a brain.” The joke about forgetting your head if it weren’t attached didn’t seem so […]
Women Artists and the Freedom to Create
This Autumn, the work of women artists will be pervading the art scene from gallery exhibitions to solo shows in museums. Women have always been artists—expressing themselves early on in […]