Stories from Volken Academy
by JVA
The John Volken Academy is an Addiction Recovery centre that provides a minimum 2-year therapeutic recovery program. The principles of the recovery model focus on Mind, Body and Spirit. JVA combines a comprehensive program that allows each student to re-discover their soul and connections with family and friends. Students are actively involved in business ventures offered at all 3 JVA locations, Vancouver Canada, Seattle Washington & Phoenix Arizona. The 2-year JVA recovery program is heavily subsidized by its founder, John Volken, who following a very successful career in the furniture industry, sold all of his stores and started the JVA Foundation.
Episodes
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S1E4 - Meet Cassandra- Student
Meet Cassandra. At the time of this recording, she is a student at The John Volken Acedemy. In this episode, she talks about her troubled journey that lead to addiction and how she is optimistic about what lies ahead.
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S1E3 - Meet Chris- Program Director at JVA
Chris is a JVA graduate who now works as a program director at the John Volken Academy. In this episode, he talks about how this long term wholistic recovery program helped him get back to living a fulfilling life.
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S1E2 - Meet Russel- Student
Russell is 21 months into the 24 month recovery program at JVA. He poured himself onto a plane in Toronto and flew out to the John Volken Academy on the advice of his Mom. A mature student at 35, hear Russell’s story about recovery and memory of the last time he saw his Dad.
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S1E1 - Meet Landon - Student
Meet Landon - student at JVA Vancouver. Landon has been in the program for 18 months and is already a changed man. Only 26 Landon had a great life living in the Okanagan, only child and spoiled since he can remember. He had excellent grades which earned him a University scholarship in Edmonton.…
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About this show
The John Volken Academy is an Addiction Recovery centre that provides a minimum 2-year therapeutic recovery program. The principles of the recovery model focus on Mind, Body and Spirit. JVA combines a comprehensive program that allows each student to re-discover their soul and connections with family and friends. Students are actively involved in business ventures offered at all 3 JVA locations, Vancouver Canada, Seattle Washington & Phoenix Arizona. The 2-year JVA recovery program is heavily subsidized by its founder, John Volken, who following a very successful career in the furniture industry, sold all of his stores and started the JVA Foundation.
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