Author: Lauren Lipuma

I love laughing, and I wish it made me float on the ceiling like Uncle Albert in Mary Poppins. I could listen to Maxwell’s Silently every day for the rest of my life and never get sick of it. If I were on death row, I would want my last meal to be 1,000 mozzarella sticks. I think the most beautiful thing ever written that is not a poem is Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle. I think the most beautiful thing ever written that is a poem is I carry your heart with me by E.E. Cummings. I feel incredibly vulnerable when I leave the house without a hair tie on my wrist or chapstick in my bag. I freaking love coloring. I believe that no day is so bad that it can’t be fixed by a nap. I believe I am merely a child in disguise. I love to stare thoughtfully at things. I think all the best people are a little bit bonkers. And I think Bob Marley had it all figured out – don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver and gold.

The Importance of Spirituality in Surviving College

by Lauren Lipuma on October 2, 2012 in College Health, Stress • 1 Comment

By now, everyone should be about a month or so into their first semester, and I’m sure that many of you freshmen out there are feeling slightly overwhelmed. The thing about college is that this is, for many of us, where we become who we are. We make that dramatic transition from experienced adolescence into nascent adulthood, and in the…

Indecent Exposure

There are a lot of questions when it comes to protecting yourself from the sun – how much sunscreen should I wear? If I get a bad burn tomorrow, will my skin bubble up and fall off in 5 years? Is wearing sunscreen with SPF 100 like having my own personal skin blanket? And if you’re a beach junkie…

The Essential No-Gym Workout

by Lauren Lipuma on June 28, 2012 in College Health, Fitness • 1 Comment

What do I love? Working out. What don’t I love? Working out in front of people. But, since my ultimate goal in life is to be able to eat whatever I want (nachos, mostly), I’ve adopted a new workout strategy that requires no gym, no machinery, and no unwanted staring (as men tend to do at the gym). Here is…

Year of Action!

by Lauren Lipuma on April 17, 2012 in Psychological Health • 0 Comments

It’s officially springtime, a season of renewal and rejuvenation, and the change in weather has gotten me thinking about how I’d like to make changes in myself, to improve, expand my knowledge, take on more responsibility, start incorporating real food into my diet of purely breakfast food, etc. What also struck me is that this January marked the start of…

Go with your Gut

by Lauren Lipuma on March 21, 2012 in College Health, Health Promotion, Nutrition • 1 Comment

We spend so much time and energy trying to keep all the different parts of our bodies healthy – from our bones to our brains to our hearts – that we seem to forget about one that’s crucially important – the gut. And perhaps the most interesting thing about the gut is that it isn’t composed solely of human cells…