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Nurses make life and death decisions almost daily, rotate shifts, and are under constant time pressure and staffing challenges. These can lead to stress and distress, burnout (30 – 49% of nurses report a level of stress and exhaustion sufficient to qualify as high burnout), a potential health crisis among…

Dreamlike yet heartbreakingly real. Enigmatic yet compelling. Realistic yet abstract. Themes of circus performers, eagles, and horses. Splashes of joyful color mixed with menacing dark shadow. All of these could be used to describe the work of the noted Hudson Valley painter and muralist Leslie Bender. “I was always an…

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 and follow the passions that have been simmering on the back burners. I’ve been acquainted with Susan Daniels for decades,…

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 feel connected with nonetheless. I think of all the layers of happiness and sadness and achievement and disappointment that we…

It can be tough to return to work or school after your summer vacation or after any leave. Switching gears can be difficult, especially when it is necessary to make up for “lost time.” And getting up to speed, let alone getting ahead, is not just a matter of working…

I think it’s important for me to say that I’ve never been a bliss ninny. I’ve never been a seeker. I’ve never been interested in the next best fad diet or anything like that. I think I’ve always been a pretty together person, having worked as a business owner and…

Women and Addictions At a recent New York conference on Transcendental Meditation and its benefits in reducing addiction, recovering addicts, including Elizabeth Vargas of ABC TV’s 20/20, made supporting statements. They all told a similar story—they stopped using drugs or alcohol, but rehabilitation programs did nothing to address the anxiety…

A group of young African girls aged 13-16 from poor, rural families in Uganda were very fortunate to find an opportunity to go to a girls’ secondary school where they could excel. Many Ugandan children are age 15 by the time they complete primary school, due to poverty and/or illness…

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 all look forward to a relaxing summer. And then… reality sets in. Home with the kids on their summer break…

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to interview dozens of truly inspiring women who have found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique helps their careers, their families and their health. Some of these women are new to the TM technique, others have been practicing for many years. What they…