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Spring 2023

April 18th

Spring 2023

By Eagles Nest

What is it like coming to Eagles Nest for a program?

We recently talked to Cleo* about her experiences coming to I Am Worthy.

This 7 week therapeutic program helps teen girls explore their unique identity, build mutual support and celebrate their own value. I Am Worthy is offered in-person at the HOPE Centre.

Christmas 2022

November 21st

Christmas 2022

By Eagles Nest

Depending on where you travel, time machines are no fun.

A time machine arrives in your front yard. The only catch is that you must travel back to a time in your own life. When do you choose? One period we are pretty sure you won’t choose: the early teen years.

Remember that time? The insecurity? The shifting social groups? Never feeling smart enough/athletic enough/beautiful enough? The teen years can be soul-crushing.

It’s not just your experience. Statistics on self-worth for teens are sobering

Fall 2022

September 9th

Fall 2022

By Eagles Nest

A mother with serious health conditions. A son living on the street with a drug addiction. A global pandemic. It was the perfect storm.

Alison* is a single parent. 3 years ago, she asked her adult son to leave her home because of his addiction.

The storm was coming though. By the beginning of the pandemic things had spiraled out of control; he was stealing, there were legal problems and her health issues meant she had to be careful about contact with others. She was desperate to set some boundaries with her son. A friend suggested she call Eagles Nest.

Spring 2022

April 29th

Spring 2022

By Eagles Nest

“There was so much yelling.”

That is one of the first things Elyse* mentions when asked why she enrolled her son Leo* in Emoticon, one of our programs for kids.

Leo is 8. He is a social guy. He loves games and hanging out with people. He also has big emotions that he doesn't always know what to do with.

Christmas 2021

November 26th

Christmas 2021

By Eagles Nest

Your kids just got a deluxe playhouse. It came in a million pieces and there is no way you are going to be able to put this thing together, let alone find all the parts under the piles of wrapping paper.

You don’t even know where to begin.

Fall 2021

September 21st

Fall 2021

By Eagles Nest

What if everything you believed about yourself was a lie? If you had been told things about yourself that weren’t true?

Recently Audrey* found out that believing lies about yourself can catch up with you when you least expect it.

Audrey is softly spoken and articulate. She is quick to give encouragement or share a story to make you smile. She is also extremely relatable as she shares how the pandemic affected her.

Christmas 2020

December 25th

Christmas 2020

By Eagles Nest

In the middle of the grocery store, Sarah’s phone rings. Her 11-year-old son Caleb needs to be picked up from school. Again. This time he flipped his desk and broke a laptop before storming out of class.

Sarah sighs, trying to decide whether she should abandon her cart and get Caleb right away or if she can wait a few more minutes and get some groceries.

Fall 2020

September 21st

Fall 2020

By Eagles Nest

During the last six months, there have been many unsettling moments as a result of the pandemic. Along with the rest of the world, Eagles Nest was faced with new challenges and unknowns. We suddenly stopped all our in-person services, temporarily closed our doors at Rescued & Restored, cancelled fundraising events and made difficult decisions to cut costs. Our team was unsure how our organization would endure the impact of this unique time in history.

We are grateful to now be able to share how these unexpected challenges, although difficult, presented our organization with new opportunities and allowed us to grow.

Winter 2020

February 1st

Winter 2020

By Eagles Nest

There is a quote from author Anne Lamott about grace that seems to capture what we think love looks like;

....it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.

What does that mean if you come to the HOPE Centre for counselling, coaching or one of our programs?

It means no judgement, no shame and no “should haves”. It means acceptance, an open door, a listening ear and the tools to change things if you want to change them.

Christmas 2019

December 25th

Christmas 2019

By Eagles Nest

Remember the anticipation coming down Christmas morning and trying to figure out what was under the tree? Where were the Hot Wheel tracks you had put on your list?Did you get the Barbie playhouse you had been longing for?

Maybe you go to open your gifts righ taway or maybe your family had another gift opening tradition, but there was something about the waiting, longing and hoping that made Christmas even more special than any other gift-giving time of the year.