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The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), a U.S. government entity within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), describes meditation: “Meditation may be practiced for many reasons, such as to increase calmness and physical relaxation, to improve psychological balance, to cope with illness, or to enhance overall health…

I have been an RN at Scripps for 33 years and I can’t think of working anywhere else now. But there was a time when the stress in the ED felt so overwhelming that I would leave work in tears many days. Then when I heard Dr Mimi Guarneri (Cardiology)…

Living in an occupied country takes its toll. Basma Abu Sway, an Arab living in Palestinian Jerusalem, describes the mounting tensions in her community and country. “When you walk in the streets you feel the high stress,” says Basma. “Everyone is tense. People can fight for sometimes silly reasons. Because…

Why is it that with the arrival of Springtime I suddenly believe it’s a fine idea to weave flowers into my hair? The same force of nature that causes the awakening of seeds into new growth, the return of birds arcing through the blue skies, and the pale green budding…

(Re-Published from March 7, 2017) I approached this month’s “Women’s History Month” with a bit of trepidation. While I have no problem looking back to appreciate the progress women are making, my concern is that our progress is measured by the standard of accomplishment and success that has been, for…

How is it possible for anyone—from a billionaire to a homeless person—to learn the same thing and find that it brings great relief and fulfillment to their life? The instant NYTimes best seller Strength in Stillness is described as a simple, straightforward description of Transcendental Meditation (TM). Reading it, you…

With startling statistics about women and heart disease at my fingertips, I turned to Dr. Abraham Bornstein, an educator, Board-Certified Cardiologist and Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine in the Division of Evidence-Based Medicine to answer my questions. Janet Hoffman: New research published in the journal of the…

You may think it’s a long stretch between feeling tired and getting addicted to an amphetamine. Or a sleep medication. Or an afternoon cocktail. Yet those addictions can start with something as simple (and as damaging) as feeling chronically tired. Consider this: the use of amphetamines by young women has…

I will start this article with the admission that I’m not a mother myself, though I have been deeply and intensely personally involved, both time-wise and emotionally, in taking care of children in my family and also of friends’ children. I don’t have the ultimate responsibility for any child, nor…

In 2017 women stepped up in larger numbers than ever before to demand appropriate treatment in the workplace. Although it was sad and troubling to hear these brave women’s stories, it was in part the trigger for a renewed era of respect and appreciation for women. Valuing and respecting women—in…