Posts by Laura Halpin

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. – Corrie Ten Boom  The benefits of happiness are immeasurable AND measurable. Happier people are more productive, more resilient, live longer, have stronger immune systems and earn more money over their lifetimes. Unfortunately, Americans are an unhappy lot. In the U.S.,…

They should have been easy ones because they were all about ease: Go to bed early (by 10 p.m.) and keep a Sabbath. There are many aspects of my health and life I want to guard: my mental health, cognitive sharpness, my creativity, playtime, my physical and emotional resilience, immune strength, and my pleasure reading.…

This summer, when my family was vacationing with some other family friends, we all took an online “strength finder” quiz. With each question, we were asked to choose one scenario or preference over another. The result of the process was that each of us had a computer-generated list of 5 top strengths. Here are links…

Resolve to be good to yourself this summer. I love summertime and am so glad it’s arrived. It tends to be a really social time, which is fabulous. But it can also mean that we’re swept away by the festivities, and end up eating foods and doing things that don’t necessarily bring out our best selves.  So before…

For a few years, we’ve known that my daughter Eva got periodic stomach aches when she ate gluten or sugar. It wasn’t every time, but regularly enough that even a then 14 year old saw the connection. As a nutritionist, I’ve learned that the “gold standard” for identifying food sensitivities is an elimination diet. If…

As a nutritionist, a big part of my job is untangling nutritional fact from fiction. I completely sympathize with people who feel overwhelmed and beat up by the black and white “eat this/don’t eat that” food rules that seem to change every day. We want so much to do the “right” thing when it comes…

It’s becoming obvious: menu planning and world peace go hand-in-hand. Lately, no matter what the health issue we’re addressing, I find myself circling back to the practice of menu planning with my clients. Menu planning can be done in countless ways and really isn’t complicated at all. Perhaps because it is uncomplicated and easy, we…