{"id":5600,"date":"2023-03-31T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/?page_id=5600"},"modified":"2023-04-04T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:08:05","slug":"the-story-of-joanie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/en\/impact\/testimonials\/the-story-of-joanie\/","title":{"rendered":"The story of Joanie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <div class=\"hero alignfull\" id=\"hero--hero-flw-block_6c4f5fdc93aa57fdf7257ac20f6dabb1\">\n        <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        \n            <div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n                <div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center\">\n                    <div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ul id=\"flw-breadcrumb\" class=\"flw-breadcrumb\"><li class=\"item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator\"><span class=\"icon-arrow-forward\"><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"hero__text\"><h1>The story of Joanie<\/h1>\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec861ce\" data-id=\"ec861ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fad4471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fad4471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n<p>Joanie, participant of the Let&#8217;s Start Up program and founder of Repos pour Maman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom\">\n                    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Joanie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Joanie.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Joanie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Joanie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fondationlisewatier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Joanie-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:1536px;\" \/>   \n                    <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                    \n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fond-oiseaux-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-fushia-color\">Joanie<\/mark><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Balancing professional dreams with being a mother of 4 children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joanie has always been driven by the desire to become a mother, without putting aside her professional projects and her desire to achieve her full potential. In a society where balancing these two spheres of our lives may seem difficult, it is not without obstacles that she succeeded.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-fond-rose\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pursuing her projects during motherhood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It was during the completion of her master&#8217;s degree in biology that Joanie became pregnant with her first child. After graduation, she started working in her field of expertise, and it was only a few months later that she learned that she was expecting a second baby. Whether it was burnout or postpartum depression, she had the distinct impression that she was hitting a wall. She decided to start her own daycare to better balance her work and family life. It was at this time that she met other mothers who had similar needs to exchange ideas and develop a network.&nbsp;<br><br>When she became pregnant with her third child, Joanie decided to create a small community of mothers around her daycare. She started collaborating with other local organizations and businesses to offer them services and simplify the lives of mothers (help at home, respite for moms, home hairdressing, etc.). In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic stroke, she had no choice but to close her daycare.<br><br>With the obligation to provide for her children, Joanie did not hesitate to reinvent herself by creating the web platform <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/repospourmaman.com\/\">Repos pour Maman<\/a><\/strong>, which lists all the resources available in Quebec serving the needs of moms. However, this much appreciated platform did not prove to be profitable&#8230; She wondered if she should give up.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-fond-oiseaux-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Let&#8217;s Start Up Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the fall of 2021, she discovered the Let&#8217;s Start Up program, and it was during her maternity leave for her fourth child that she decided to enroll. The free program offered her the flexibility she needed. She could follow the courses virtually at a distance and its benevolent and human approach really stood out to her.<br><br>The Let&#8217;s Start Up program allowed her to develop her entrepreneurial skills: developing her goals and long-term vision, operations management, financial management, marketing, etc. She was finally able to understand how to grow her business and ensure its profitability. Through the SuccessFinder psychometric test, she also learned a lot about herself, which allowed her to capitalize on her strengths and align them with her entrepreneurial project.<br><br>Finally, the Let&#8217;s Start Up program allowed her to believe in her skills and to gain confidence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When I entered the Let&#8217;s Start Up program, I was lost, I wondered if my project was worth it, and I questioned my skills. The Let&#8217;s Start Up program made me realize that if I don&#8217;t believe in myself, who will? To see that other people believe in me, helped me to believe in myself and to push my project to the end. I am proud to say that the Let&#8217;s Start Up program helped me bring Repos pour Maman to profitability.&nbsp;I am now in a better financial position.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Repos pour Maman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Joanie is proud to have set up the <em>Repos pour Maman<\/em> platform, whose mission is to give moms a little break. This platform allows them to easily find help, support and accompanyingment resources available in Quebec: help for moms, family coaching, doula services, massage therapy services, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TO LEARN ABOUT THE COMPANY OF JOANIE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>REPOS POUR MAMAN<br><a href=\"https:\/\/repospourmaman.com\/\">www.repospourmaman.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanie Balancing professional dreams with being a mother of 4 children Joanie has always been driven by the desire to become a mother, without putting aside her professional projects and her desire to achieve her full potential. 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