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In her book “Bringing up Bébé,” Pamela Druckerman talks about how French parenting differs from North American parenting styles. French families usually serve meals in courses with vegetables offered first when the kids are the most hungry. Everyone eats the same thing. Kids are encouraged to take 3 bites of everything to learn how to […]

This past fall, a program called Wild Fit caught my attention. It advertises itself as “not a diet” but more of a way of life with an emphasis on behavioural changes and honouring how humans have traditionally eaten based on the seasons. I’ve never been a sweet snacker (my weakness is chips), but even I […]

I was recently at a reunion dinner with medical friends. One of them, a family doctor, told me he now routinely prescribes nature to his patients aligned with the amazing initiative PaRx (https://www.parkprescriptions.ca/en-ca). I remembered a CWIM talk mentioning this in one of the keynote sessions. It was a fascinating talk! I made a mental […]