by urbanspice | Mar 27, 2020 | Eating Healthy, Immune Health
I have to be honest, adapting to the shelter-in-place and all the news last week was hard. Over the next week, I will be sharing them to you with suggestions for what you can do to adjust to our new world. The first tip is to eat healthy with a focus on...
by urbanspice | Mar 27, 2020 | Balancing Your Hormones, Estrogen Dominance, Healthful Tips, Menopause, Peri-menopause
I recently pulled out my Red Raspberry Leaf tea and have been drinking it regularly. Red Raspberry Leaf tea is usually connected with fertility but it can also help with many peri-menopausal symptoms as well.Red Raspberry Leaf helps tonify the uterus and helps with...
by urbanspice | Jan 24, 2020 | Detox, Gluten Free, Peri-menopause
A quick note to remind you that today is the final day to get the early bird pricing on my upcoming Peri-Menopause Detox (we start Monday!) and a little story on going gluten free.Over the holidays, I was in Chicago and met up with one of my very best friends. In the...
by urbanspice | Jan 22, 2020 | Detox, Gluten Free, Peri-menopause, RECIPES
I know the word “detox” or “cleanse” may conjure up images of restrictive, bland foods that don’t satisfy. By now you should know that that is not what I am about. And that is not what the Peri-Menopause Detox is about. I want you to...
by urbanspice | Jan 22, 2020 | Detox, Uncategorized, Workshops
Can I confess my guilty pleasure this holiday season? You know those Candy Cane Jo-Jo’s at Trader Joe’s? Yeah, I ate them. They are only available once a year and so I splurged. At least, they were gluten free. :). And while in Chicago, I couldn’t say no...
by urbanspice | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to find someone that is not gaga over chocolate. Nothing (save for maybe coffee) gets more confessions of guilty pleasure from clients.But is all the guilt warranted? There are plenty of headlines that taut the remarkable health benefits of about chocolate. ...
by urbanspice | Jul 31, 2019 | Detox, Eating Healthy, Healthful Tips, Peri-menopause, RECIPES, Tips & Tricks, Tips and Tricks
We completed the first round of the Peri-Menopause Detox on Friday. Whoo-hoo! Round two starts next week! Are you in? At the end of each detox, I ask the detoxers to pick one new habit that they are going to stick to… for some it’s as...
by urbanspice | Jul 25, 2019 | Balancing Your Hormones, caffeine, Detox, Healthful Tips, Peri-menopause, Weight Loss
Summer is a blessing and a curse. Do you agree? …at least from my point of view as a working mom. I have a 9 yr old son and, for me, summer means juggling my schedule around his camps and time with him when he isn’t at camp. No week is the...
by urbanspice | Mar 10, 2019 | Peri-menopause, RECIPES, Sleep, Stress
I went to a café the other day on my way to a meeting. It was a small one in a local grocery/sundry store. It’s in a sort of hippie town so it had the possibility of being a hidden gem. The menu wasn’t much but I was excited to see they had matcha...
by urbanspice | Jan 30, 2019 | Balancing Your Hormones, Detox, Eating Healthy, Gluten Free, RECIPES
I always fall in love with one of the recipes in my (Peri-) Menopause Detox. And I found the one this detox. It’s Quinoa with Mushroom, Arugula and Lemon. The base recipe comes from the Ottolenghi Cookbook (my favorite of all time!). I adapted...
