Women must seek life. Not Survival.
Women have always learned to endure, to resist, to survive. Seeking Life was born from the commitment to guide extraodinary women to life outside of survival.
A woman does not need to be fixed. She needs space to reconnect with her strength, embrace her purpose, and remember the power she has always carried within. Her journey is not about becoming someone else it is about discovering how far she can continue to rise, grow, and go beyond her own expectations.
- Empowering women through sustainability
- 10- day intensive training program
- Marginalized in Montréal, QC
Where it began
Born to create life.
Forced to seek survivial.
Our history
Mothers in need.
When Lucienne Duncan began helping her community in Lamardelle, Haiti, she noticed something that changed everything. The children needed help and guidance, but so did their mothers.
As long as they were struggling, with the boundaries of poverty, trauma, isolation, and a lack opportunities to build their own lives, the children would inherit those same struggles.
You cannot fully free a child without also freeing their mother. That is why Seeking Life was created. The program that begin in Haiti as "Chache Lavi" has now been successfully transforming immigrant and racialized women’s lives here in Montréal.
These women, often mothers, carry heavy weight, in a different city, in a different language, fighting for bothm them and their family’s survival while forgetting to live.
FEJ stands to to empower these women to emotional and financial freedom. We believe that a who women rises, elevates her whole community.
Seeking Life · Success story · Haiti
Marie Guerdie
Mother of five. Lamardelle, Haiti.
"Before Chache Lavi, Marie was struggling to make ends meet with a small loan and a business she was running alone. She was only surviving, barely. After the program, she expanded her commercial activity, eliminated her debt, and became a leader in her community. She didn’t just change her own life. She changed the conversation in Lamardelle about what a woman can do."
Today, Marie is an inspiration to others, actively promoting environmental protection in her community and mentoring other women in the program. She sought life. And she found it.
Our mission
Not help, a transformation...
Seeking Life exists to offer immigrant and racialized women in Québec something most programs don’t, a space that sees their full humanity, not just their trauma.
combine mental health support, financial literacy, career tools, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and community, because a woman who is healing, learning, and connected is unstoppable.
Too many women have learned to survive. To hold on. To make themselves smaller so they take up less space.
Seeking Life was born from a refusal. A refusal to let extraordinary women, who have crossed oceans, carried impossible weight, and started over from nothing, spend their lives merely surviving.
Because a woman who seeks life, not survival, doesn’t just change her own trajectory. She changes her children’s. Her community’s. The world around her.
Program overview
10 Weeks.
A Lifetime Transformation.
Phase 1:
The Foundation
Phase 2:
One-On-One Coaching
Phase 3:
Financial Wellness
To build essential tools for self-discovery and personal growth.
To embark on a personalized path of development with expert guidance.
Learn how to create a stable financial foundation for long-term success.
Introduction & Orientation
A safe landing. Women are welcomed, the journey is introduced, and the community begins to form.
Self-Elevation
Exploring emotions, needs, and triggers. Learning to prioritize self-care and set boundaries that protect the life you’re building.
Leadership Development
Every woman in this room is a leader. This session helps her see it, and step into it.
Storytelling
Your story isn’t something to be ashamed of. It’s your power. This session teaches women to tell it, on their own terms.
Communication & Conflict Resolution
Learning to advocate for yourself. To speak, to listen, to navigate, without losing yourself in the process.
Financial Literacy & Professional Development
Money is power. This session gives women the tools to budget, save, invest, and build a career that matches their worth.
Group Sessions
The community deepens. Women support each other’s growth, share progress, and strengthen the bonds that will last beyond the program.
Goal Setting
Continued integration of learnings. Each woman clarifies her next steps, professionally, personally, financially.
Self Peace Building & Self-Awareness
The deepest session. Women integrate everything they’ve learned and build the internal foundation for the life ahead.
Community Resources & Closure
The journey ends and the real life continues. Women leave with a map of resources, a community of sisters, and the tools to keep going.
Family Counselling Sessions
The family counselling session is an essential part of our Seeking Life training program, as it helps to address any underlying issues that may be contributing to the women’s trauma and violence.
2 Sessions
1 Toolkit
Individual Counselling Sessions
Each participant will have one individual counseling session with a qualified therapist during the 10-day program, scheduled according to availability. These sessions offer personalized support to address specific needs and concerns.
The toolkit, a guide to lifelong growth
The Seeking Life training program toolkit is a practical and empowering resource designed to reinforce the lessons learned throughout the program. It provides a roadmap to revisit key concepts, from self-elevation to financial literacy, serving as a cornerstone for continuous personal development.
Purpose of the Toolkit
- Act as a quick reference to key workshops and takeaways.
- Reinforce learning and serve as a guide for self-improvement.
- Empower participants to set clear goals, acquire skills, and build resilience.
The people behind the program
Led by women who have done the work.
Every facilitator in Seeking Life brings lived experience, professional expertise, and a genuine commitment to the women in the room.
Who this is for
You belong here.
When you are ready.
Immigrant background
18 years or older
Ready to commit
You have an immigrant background, recently arrived or long established in Montréal. You know what it means to start over.
You are a woman, 18 years of age or older, living in Montréal or the surrounding area.
Be ready to show up to all sessions, and receive the individual coaching, and the transformation that happens. The program works when you do the work.
Program partners
Stop surviving. Start seeking life.
Register now or contact us to learn more. In French and English.
There is a place for you here.
