Marie-Michele Brodeur, psychologue

02/27/2026

Avoidance can feel like protection. Like you are keeping yourself safe by not looking too closely. By staying busy. By convincing yourself it is not that serious.

But what we avoid does not disappear. It waits. It shows up in our reactions. In our triggers. In the patterns we swear we are done repeating.

Growth asks something different of you. It asks you to sit still long enough to feel what you ran from. To name what hurt. To acknowledge what you tolerated. To admit what you needed but never said out loud.

That discomfort is not regression. It is integration. It is your nervous system learning that you can face the truth without collapsing.

Strength is not in how well you distract yourself. It is in how honestly you are willing to confront yourself.

02/27/2026

Voici la programmation des milieux de vie du mois de mars!

On espère vous voir en grand nombre ! 🥰

02/26/2026

Le bruit court que si je veux des services au CALACS, je vais devoir raconter mon agression...Est-ce que c'est vrai ça? ⁉

02/23/2026

In the darkest times...




Healing Hearts
Live Love Laugh

02/23/2026

Ce jeudi de 13h30 à 16h, venez faire un collage créatif à notre milieu de vie ! 🩷🖌

02/19/2026

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02/19/2026

Forgiveness does not mean forgetting. It also does not mean that the other person will change their behavior, be sorry, or understand why you have been hurt or how.

Forgiveness is about you. When you forgive the other person you are setting yourself free from the trauma, hurt, heartache, and pain that another person has caused you.

I use to think that forgiveness meant forgiving what the person did and then being okay with being friends with them, having lunch, and letting them back into my life. This has not been the case for me, especially in severe situations.

I set myself free, and I wish them well from afar.

02/18/2026

📷 A good reminder. Try new things my friends, even if you're not "good" at it. 🧘‍♀️

02/18/2026

02/17/2026

There is a version of you that used to survive by disconnecting. By pushing through. By ignoring what it cost you just to keep going.

Now you are choosing something different. You are choosing to stay with yourself while you grow. To notice when you are tired. To honor when something hurts. To pause instead of override.

That shift can feel slow. It can feel unfamiliar. But it builds a life that does not require you to disappear in order to succeed.

Growth that includes you will always feel steadier than growth that sacrifices you.

02/17/2026

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02/16/2026

It’s so much harder to say, “This sucks, and there’s nothing I can do. But I’m here, and I love you,” rather than offer those standard words of comfort. It’s so much harder. And so much more useful, loving, and kind.

You can’t heal someone’s pain by trying to take it away from them. Acknowledgement of pain is a relief. How much softer this all becomes when we are allowed to tell the truth.⁣