Justin Halpern Quotes

For me, personally, I love delicious food when I'm stressed.

A cheese dip is good - it's for when you're like, 'You know what, I've had a long day. I'm just gonna eat a big bowl of cheese, and I'm not gonna care about it.'

My number one elixir for anxiety? Comfort food.

Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.

I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

If you have time to knit, if you've taken up knitting, it means you're not worried about the essential stuff.

I don't put myself under pressure.

I take a breath when I have to.

If I can, I love staying in pajamas all day and watching movies and eating good food.

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.

I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza.

Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.

I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.

When stress sets in, and pressure, I focus.

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

Everything is so chaotic. My nervous system can't handle it. I need my peace, so, every once in a while, while the kids are at school, I lie in bed, close the curtains, watch television and eat food.

If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.

As crazy as it may sound, it's like my tranquil place, where I sit, and I have my candy for a minute, and I just space out, and it's just me and my candy.

One thing I hear a lot is that people feel less stressed out after they watch 'Gourmet Makes.' There's a transference of their stress onto me.

After a tough day, I go eat some steak and potatoes and take a shower.

Hula-hooping. It makes me feel free. My stepsister introduced me to it. I used to have panic attacks all the time, and she hula-hooped to cope with her own anxiety.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

I always eat the same thing on game day, or I read a book to calm myself.

When I need to decompress, I grab a glass of wine, some popcorn, and a great book.