{"id":38601,"date":"2023-11-09T10:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/catherine-quebec-day-centre-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:13:32","slug":"catherine-quebec-day-centre-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/catherine-quebec-day-centre-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine, Qu\u00e9bec Day Centre, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

THERE ARE NO HOW-TO BOOKS FOR MOMS!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

For me, substance use is equivalent with loss of confidence, instability and confusion. As the mother of two young children, I looked to my parents to help me provide a healthy living environment for them. Because I was determined to take back my parental responsibilities, I made a decision that would completely change my life when I contacted Portage and started therapy there on June 4, 2021.<\/p>\r\n

In the months following my admission, I attended the centre’s Cap sur la famille<\/em> (Focus on Family<\/em>) workshops to become more confident in my role as a mother and in my parenting skills. The workshops taught me to communicate clearly and positively, and to be more consistent in my parenting. I now understand how important it is to establish a routine and to provide structure and reference points.<\/p>\r\n

Throughout my therapy, I learned how to identify my emotions and express them effectively. I became aware of the power of words and now make a point of sharing this realization with my children.<\/p>\r\n

Today, I can truly see the results of my efforts. I am happy to be able to spend quality time with my family and I am aware of the constant benefits of applying what I learned in therapy to my daily life.<\/p>\r\n

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More than anything, I realize there are no how-to books for moms. I do the best I can, relying on my intuition and my love for my children. And if I make a mistake, I put it right.<\/p>\r\n

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I give the very best of my perfectly imperfect self.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Catherine, Qu\u00e9bec Day Centre, 2021<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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THERE ARE NO HOW-TO BOOKS FOR MOMS! For me, substance use is equivalent with loss of confidence, instability and confusion. As the mother of two young children, I looked to my parents to help me provide a healthy living environment for them. Because I was determined to take back my parental responsibilities, I made a… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":38599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-testimonial"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44438,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601\/revisions\/44438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}