A Door To Everything Society

Seek Help, Receive Love, Heal Within

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Teaching Sewing
at John Volken Academy

A Door To Everything Society was so thankful to discover the therapeutic community in Surrey that John Volken (former owner of United Furniture Warehouse) has created for drug and alcohol recovery for young people.

Meeting the students at John Volken Academy has been a delight
and teaching them sewing has been amazing!

With much gratitude to Ingeborg from Bowen Island,
the students now have an industrial sewing machine to work on.

Thank you, Ingeborg!

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Spa Day for Students
from John Volken Academy —
West Coast Wishes Artisan Collective
Shear Bliss Hair Studios
& A Door To Everything Society

West Coast Wishes, artisan collective, 120-1425 Marine Drive, West Vancouver

A Door To Everything Society in collaboration West Coast Wishes Artisan Collective, 120-1425 Marine Drive and Shear Bliss Hair Studios, 155-1425 Marine Drive in Ambleside, West Vancouver provided a fun day of hair cuts and manicures for the female students from John Volken Academy, August 12th, 2018.

Shear Bliss Hair Studios, 155-1425 Marine Drive in Ambleside, West Vancouver

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West Coast Wishes,
Artisan Colletive in Ambleside,
West Vancouver!

West Coast Wishes is an exciting new venture created by Linda Marshall, board member of A Door To Everything Society and long-time event planner, formerly of Whistler. This new venue is in the heart of Ambleside at 120-1425 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, British Columbia.

Linda offers wedding and celebration planning, decor rentals, balloon installations and welcomes inquiries for custom decor & floral designs to suit any party or corporate event.

West Coast Wishes is also an amazing gathering place
for local artisans to showcase, market their wares.

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John Volken Academy:
Therapeutic Community
for Drug and Alcohol Addiction

In 2014, John Volken, founder of the John Volken Academy was awarded the Dalai Lama Humanitarian Award in recognition of his outstanding work creating three therapeutic communities for drug and alcohol addiction recovery.

He has constructed academies in Surrey, BC, Canada, in Seattle, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona with his own wealth.

Each academy has conjoined work environments for the participants to have on-the-job training.

Recently, A Door To Everything Society had the honour of touring the John Volken Academy in Surrey, BC, as well as the 60,000-square-foot work environment for the students, Price Pro, a retail outlet selling groceries, household goods, and furniture.

We were really impressed with the incredible dedication and care that has gone into this academy for ones who are struggling with issues of addiction.

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The Compassion Road:
Depression, Suicide and Hope

Lately and not so lately, well-known people who we call celebrities, are committing suicide. . .

As one who has struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts for much of my life, and fear of talking about it, I’m finally coming to see that speaking up could lighten the load.

My heavy load, when I’m in the throes of an ‘episode,’ is I want to end my life, I want to give up. Everything appears futile.

I spiral into a place of despair, hopelessness — repeated unloving mind statements about my self — patterns that feel very hard to overcome.

I’m far far far away from my heart and the peace, Love, joy that is present there. I can’t stop reliving past trauma with fear of the future. I dissociate from my joyful everyday self.

My thought patterns are of sorrow, hatred, limitation, fear, control, that huge sense of futility.

Usually I hide this behaviour, somehow get through it, and don’t talk about it because of the shame I feel.

Lately, though, I’ve spoken a little more, slowly coming out of my cave of darkness, with a great deal of Divine Help.

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