Posts By Janet Hoffman
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, […]
Homeschooling During Self-Seclusion: Interview of a School Psychologist
Is being homebound getting to you? Social distancing and its consequences of being unable to interact with friends and peers and being restricted to our home (and yard if we […]
A High-Fashion Designer Breathes Life into Facemasks
These days, many women are staying home in pajamas or sweats. Going out to the mailbox and for groceries might be the most fashion-demanding events of the week. I spoke […]
Choosing to Chill: Mother Nature Responds to our Self-Secluding
Air pollution levels are down around the world. Data on emission reduction since people stopped working and traveling as a reaction to covoid-19 has been reported by the European Space […]
Single, Happily Ever After
There’s a difference between married and not married—and there’s also a difference between not married and preferring to be single. Not married means that you’re open to pursuing love interests […]
Rethinking Drinking: How to Reduce an Alcohol Problem
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported in January that the number of women drinking dangerous amounts of alcohol—leading to acute overdoses, or in combination with drugs, or […]
What About Mom Burn-Out?
Every mother naturally wants her child to thrive. These days our society has a way of piling on the pressure to create high-performance children. With that—and the fact of more […]
Anxious About Health?
On a website discussion page, a woman confided, “…I have become so anxious about my health, every little ache, pain or twinge has my brain going mad! Before I would […]
Vote for Peace
Endless wars, relentless fear of terrorism, revived cold wars, and runaway military spending plague our modern American life. With new elections on the horizon, we may wonder how to make […]