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Melanie Fiona says Paris’s slower pace has made her nervous system feel “more regulated” and exposed North America’s culture as a constant “pressure cooker of stress.”

The Toronto-raised singer moved back east so her children could experience the Caribbean community that shaped her, calling Toronto the place where she feels most seen and understood.

After returning to Guyana for the first time since age nine, Fiona challenged women to stop self-sacrificing and reclaim authorship of their lives while expanding her work through The Mama’s Den and Melly Belly.

Melanie Fiona says a few days in Paris have made North America’s nonstop pace look exhausting. In an Oct.…