Posts By Janet Hoffman
Six Thousand Maasai Women Learn Transcendental Meditation
Before the onset of colonialism, the East African native population thrived as approximately 100 different sovereign and autonomous nations—with their own languages and cultures, laws and traditions. The creation of […]
Feeling Depressed? Combat Pandemic Isolation Blues
Before the pandemic swept our society into new rules of behavior, scientific research—including a 2017 review of 40 other studies on public health consequences of isolation—had shown that loneliness can […]
School Teaching Reimagined in the Year 2020
During the pandemic, teachers have had challenges that their academic training couldn’t have anticipated. Unlike teaching in person, with distance learning teachers have had to work harder to connect with […]
How to Do the Right Thing
Most children are raised to be thoughtful adults who will try, in every circumstance, to “do the right thing.” “Just do the right thing!” we tell ourselves when we face […]
When Teenage Girls Meditate
Parents know that eye-rolling and door slamming are coming when their daughter is approaching her teen years. Sometimes it doesn’t end up being so bad. Sometimes it’s worse than you […]
Being Your Husband’s Caretaker
My friend and her husband were a happy, productive, generous and successful couple. Then, almost out of the blue, he was diagnosed with a serious illness and she took care […]
Career Success: Meet YiZhou
Multimedia artist YiZhou was born in China, raised in Rome, studied in Paris and London, and now lives in Los Angeles. An energetic and prolifically creative talent with degrees in […]
2020’s Transformative Agenda for Women
Right now there is a big increase in the numbers of American women who are becoming proactive about global issues, including issues that marginalize distinct populations. One of these populations […]
Family Time During the Pandemic
Whenever people are forced into restricted living circumstances, there is a good chance that now and then someone’s temper will be on edge. But the purpose of a relationship is […]
Get Out and Bike: A Social Distance Interview with a Long-Distance Biker
I recently had the joy of a socially-distanced interview with my friend Claudia, who is one of my role models because of her self-care regime. She watches her diet, exercises, […]