The Inner Practice-Stories of Healing from the Yoga mat into Life

What happens after recovery? What comes beyond sobriety, survival, and simply getting through the day?

In this episode of The Inner Practice, Jackie Vandertuin sits down with therapeutic counsellor, transformational facilitator, recovery coach, and author Vince Wishart to explore what true transformation looks like after the initial work of healing has begun.

Drawing from more than 25 years of lived recovery and decades of professional experience, Vince shares how healing extends far beyond breaking addictive patterns. Together, they discuss advanced recovery, generational and ancestral trauma, emotional fluency, healthy relationships, men's healing, and the inner capacity required to create lasting change.

This conversation offers a compassionate exploration of how our deepest struggles can become our greatest teachers—and why thriving requires more than simply surviving.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why recovery is an ongoing process of personal transformation
• The limitations of traditional recovery models and what may be missing
• How generational and ancestral trauma shapes our lives
• What emotional fluency is and why it matters in relationships
• The importance of men's circles, community, and authentic connection

Whether you're navigating recovery, healing from trauma, seeking healthier relationships, or simply curious about the deeper work of personal growth, this conversation offers thoughtful insights and practical wisdom for your own inner practice.

Thank you for listening to The Inner Practice. If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who may benefit from this conversation. Your support helps us continue sharing stories of healing, resilience, and transformation.

If you want to find about more about Vince, you can check out 

Love Alive Counselling and Psychotherapy https://lovealive.ca/

My healing Forest https://myhealingforest.org/

Instagram:  vincent_wishart

email:  [email protected]

Or his facebook page at Vincent Marchelle Wishart Author

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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In this episode, Vince describes leaving a religious cult and finding himself alone.  This came with fear, isolation and a sense of devastation.  His support came from others who were abusing and using drugs and alcohol.  Vince gives us a sense of how trauma is passed down from one generation to the next and provides insight for the full episode.

This episode is made without the use of Artificial Intelligence.  In the episode, Vince stresses how mother earth is a healing modality and has immense power and to honour the earth, I've chosen not to use AI in any of the creation of this podcast.

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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What happens when scientific rigor meets a mother’s intuition? In this episode of The Inner Practice, host Jackie Vandertuin sits down with Dr. Theresa Lyons, Yale-trained scientist, autism educator, founder of AWEtism, and mom, to explore the emotional and practical realities of a parent who has a child child diagnosed with autism. Theresa shares how trusting her inner knowing changed the course of her life and work, and how she now helps families bridge the gap between what they’re told and what the science actually shows.

Together, Jackie and Theresa dive into:

• What autism is and how diagnoses are made—and misunderstood.
• The moment Theresa’s intuition overrode the “wait and see” advice.
• The hidden grief, stress, and PTSD often carried by parents.
• Why a parent’s nervous system profoundly shapes a child’s behavior.
• Research showing that when parents receive trauma-informed care, children’s behaviors can improve.
• Practical ways overwhelmed caregivers can start regulating their own nervous systems.
• The role of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga in sustainable advocacy and daily life.

Theresa also offers a rare blend of evidence and empathy—naming common gaps between guidance given to families and the scientific literature, and sharing a hopeful, realistic path forward anchored in nervous system health, presence, and advocacy.

If you’re a parent, caregiver, clinician, or anyone curious about the intersection of neuroscience, compassion, and lived experience, this conversation will leave you informed, grounded, and hopeful.

Learn more about Dr. Lyons and AWEtism via the links in the show notes below. If this episode resonates with you, please subscribe, rate, and share it with someone who could use a reminder that healing begins within—one breath, one moment, one choice at a time.

https://awetism.net/

The Lyons Report 2020:  Autism and Functional Medicine Doctors by Theresa Lyons which can be found on Amazon

Youtube:  www.youtube.com/@navigatingawetism

Instagram @navigating_autism

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If you enjoyed this show, make sure you like, subscribe, follow and download the episode or simply leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or simply to say "hello"!

This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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Website:  https://www.jackievandertuintherapy.com

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What if just a few moments of stillness could change the way you move through your entire day?

In this episode of The Inner Practice, Jackie Vandertuin sits down with Dr. Theresa Lyons to explore how meditation became an anchor during one of the busiest seasons of her life. Beginning her meditation practice while completing her PhD, Theresa shares how carving out intentional moments of quiet helped her manage stress, regulate her nervous system, and navigate the demands of work, motherhood, and everyday life.

Together, they discuss the science and simplicity of meditation, the importance of starting the day from a place of calm rather than chaos, and how our own regulation directly influences those around us. Theresa also reflects on using these practices to co-regulate with her daughter who is diagnosed with awetism, offering a powerful reminder that the greatest gift we can give others is often our own grounded presence.

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If you enjoyed this show, make sure you like, subscribe, follow and download the episode or simply leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or simply to say "hello"!

This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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Website:  https://www.jackievandertuintherapy.com

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Welcome back to Season 2 of The Inner Practice, a space dedicated to real stories of struggle, resilience, and profound transformation. While our journey began on the yoga mat, this podcast explores how the lessons learned in practice ripple out into everyday life. In this upcoming season, host Jackie Vandertuin dives into non-traditional paths to healing—exploring how parents navigating autism use yoga for daily grounding, how nature aids addiction recovery, and how yoga behind maximum-security prison walls creates reciprocal healing for both inmates and teachers. Tune in for deep reflections, honest conversations, and reminders that peace is always within reach.

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If you enjoyed this show, make sure you like, subscribe, follow and download the episode or simply leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or simply to say "hello"!

This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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In this special anniversary episode of The Inner Practice, I pause to reflect on the first year of the podcast and the stories that have shaped it.

What began as a space to explore yoga, mindfulness, and healing has become something far deeper: a collection of human stories about resilience, grief, transformation, self-love, and the quiet courage it takes to be honest with ourselves.

Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of listening to guests navigate addiction, illness, trauma, burnout, success, identity shifts, and profound personal awakening. While their journeys are all unique, the themes that emerged were strikingly universal:  presence, acceptance, grace, and the return to breath.

This episode is a reflection on what it means to hold space for these stories, and how they continue to shape my own understanding of healing and what it means to be human.

At its core, this conversation is not about fixing ourselves, it’s about learning to meet ourselves fully.

The Guesthouse by Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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What if you could walk back through your life…
 and see it differently?

In this episode of The Inner Practice, Jackie shares her short story, The Corridor of a Life—a story of memory, identity, and the quiet voice within that shapes how we see ourselves.

Through a journey of moments—joy, pain, love, and loss—we are invited to witness how self-judgment can cloud even the most beautiful parts of our lives.

And then… to look again.

Through the lens of compassion.
 Through the lens of truth.
 Through the lens of love.

This is a story about returning—
 to yourself,
 to your worth,
 and to the understanding that you were never meant to be anything other than fully human.

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If you enjoyed this show, make sure you like, subscribe, follow and download the episode or simply leave a comment.  I would love to hear from you!  Please feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or simply to say "hello"!

This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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The Corridor of a Life — A Story of Self-Worth, Healing, and Learning to See Through Love

How do we heal the quiet, persistent voice inside that tells us we aren't enough?

In this deeply personal and moving story written and narrated by host Jackie Vandertuin, we step into a sacred journey through the "corridor of a life." Passing into a luminous realm after death, a soul is invited to walk through a gallery of their own memories:  from the breathtaking wonder of creation and early childhood trauma to the lingering weight of self-doubt, shame, and harsh self-judgment.

When met by their Creator at the end of the hall, they are given a single, life-altering invitation: "Walk it again... but this time, see it through the eyes of love."

In this short story, we explore:

• The Lenses We Wear: How internal self-loathing can distort our memories and make a beautiful life look broken.
• Healing the Inner Critic: Confronting the voices that told us we were "unlovable," "imperfect," or "not enough."
• Self-Love as Sacred Practice: Discovering why offering compassion to yourself is not an act of arrogance, but an act of deep reverence and gratitude for the miracle of your existence.

Whether you are navigating physical insecurities, past trauma, or the quiet fear that you aren't living up to your potential, this episode is a tender reminder to look at your story with softer eyes.

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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Love isn't just something we receive, it's something we demonstrate.

In this powerful follow-up to our Self-Love conversation, host Jackie Vandertuin welcomes back Amanda Halls, Cailea Davis, and Stacie da Ponte for an honest and heartfelt discussion about how the relationship we have with ourselves shapes every relationship around us.

Inspired by Rupi Kaur's words, "How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you," this episode explores the ways our self-talk, boundaries, standards, and daily choices become a blueprint for how others treat us.

Together, we dive into the connection between self-love and healthy boundaries, the courage it takes to stop accepting less than we deserve, and how practices like yoga and mindfulness help us cultivate deeper self-respect. We also explore the yogic principle of non-harming and non-stealing and how honoring ourselves can lead to greater freedom, authenticity, and connection.

Whether you're learning to say no, reclaiming your worth, or discovering what self-love looks like beyond inspirational quotes, this conversation offers practical wisdom and personal stories that remind us that self-love is not selfish - it's foundational.

Join us as we explore how the love we cultivate within becomes the language others learn to speak in our presence.

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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In this trailer, Amanda Halls, Cailea Davis and Stacie DaPonte continue the discussion on self love modeled around the message written by Rupi Kaur of how we love ourselves invites a modeling of that love to others in how they love us.

In this trailer Amanda quotes James Baldwin about wearing masks which has been a theme throughout this season.  Asking the question of where the mask comes from and how to remove that mask.

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This episode is sponsored by Jackie Vandertuin Therapy.  With over 30 years of practice as a Certified Athletic Therapist and professor of Athletic Therapy, coupled with her experience as a yoga therapist, Jackie Vandertuin MSc, CAT(C), will help guide you in the management and treatment of various disorders including:  low back pain, sprains, strains, anxiety and depression.  Reach out www.jackievandertuintherapy.com  for a free discovery call.

If would like to be a guest of this podcast, please reach out to jackie@jackievandertuintherapy with a short bio of your story and how yoga has helped you in your journey of healing.

If you are interested in sponsoring an episode or this podcast, reach out to Jackie Vandertuin at [email protected].

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