The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

In this episode Gris Alves and Adrian Lozano explore microdosing with psilocybin, mescaline (San Pedro/Huachuma), and other plant medicines. They explain the difference between microdoses and macrodoses, common protocols and stacking strategies, how microdosing may support neuroplasticity, and practical benefits such as reduced anxiety, better sleep, and addiction support. The hosts also emphasize...

En este episodio, con muchísima gratitud les comparto la charla desde el corazón con mi amigo, hermano Oscar Guillermo, facilitador de Access Bars, quien comparte un inspirador recorrido desde el mundo de la belleza hasta el universo de la sanación energética y Access Consciousness. A través de su historia, nos invita a descubrir cómo las ceremonias, las prácticas de gratitud, la actitud,  las her...

Join us today with my guest Serena Arora, an Ayurvedic practitioner and Best Selling author of Unbound! We discuss her journey as an immigrant daughter healing generational trauma, mother‑daughter wounds, and reclaiming self-worth. We also explore embodied feminine wisdom, cycles of burnout and recovery, Ayurvedic practices to restore vitality (ojas), cord‑cutting ceremonies, and how retreats in C...

Empezamos una serie de pláticas reales y vulnerables sobre nuestra relación de pareja.   Aquí les contamos algo de nuestras vidas y como le vamos haciendo para cada vez estar mejor, mas conectados y viviendo en el amor.  Bienvenidos a esta aventura de Gris y Julio ~ En este episodio, Julio y Gris reflexionan sobre 30 años juntos, relatando un aterrador accidente automovilístico y el trabajo de san...

This episode challenges the idea that prayer alone can cure addiction and explains why recovery requires therapy, somatic work, community support, and sustained personal commitment. Gris Alves shares personal experience with family resistance, the role of guidance and spiritual practice, and the transformative effects of getting sober through many combined modalities.

En este episodio, Gris conversa con Azul Tania, psicóloga y consejera espiritual, sobre su trabajo guiando círculos de mujeres y sanando la salud sexual a través de prácticas como el vapor vaginal, el masaje de senos y los rituales de temazcal. Exploran cómo el condicionamiento social, el patriarcado y el trauma moldean la sexualidad de las mujeres y la presión de estar constantemente disponibles...

My friend Zen. Sei Álvaro Fernández shares his path from losing his father to discovering somatic and spiritual practices—Buddhism, Vipassana, darkness retreats, the Fourth Way, Temazcal, and Jiu-Jitsu—and how those experiences led him to Sacred Sons and men’s leadership work. The episode explores rites of passage, vulnerability in men’s circles, the healing power of physical practice and communit...

This episode explores why inner self-compassion is one of the hardest mindfulness practices—rooted in survival wiring, childhood adaptation, and trauma—and offers practical ways to begin softening the heart. Listen for a guided visualization exercise using four people (a loved one, a stranger, someone you dislike, and yourself), somatic cues to notice in the body, and reminders that other's emotio...

En este episodio, Gris conversa con Azul Tania, psicóloga y consejera espiritual, sobre su trabajo guiando círculos de mujeres y sanando la salud sexual a través de prácticas como el vapor vaginal, el masaje de senos y los rituales de temazcal. Exploran cómo el condicionamiento social, el patriarcado y el trauma moldean la sexualidad de las mujeres y la presión de estar constantemente disponibles...

Austin Durant, founder of the Fermentors Club and author of Fearless Fermenting, joins us at the Tales of Recovery Studio to talk about fermentation as a pathway to reconnecting with the body, the gut as intuition, and food as medicine!  Austin has been fermenting food for fifteen years. In 2011 he founded Fermenters Club, whose mission is to improve people’s lives by teaching them why and how to...

In this episode of Tales of Recovery, Gris Alves explores what it means to be human in stressful times and emphasizes the importance of managing our energy through mindfulness, embodiment, and trauma-aware practices. She introduces a 12-week "Mindfulness Magic" journey focused on self-regulation, compassion, community, and practical tools to cultivate presence, resilience, and inner sovereignty.

Feeling heavy after the holidays is normal — this episode normalizes post-party burnout, winter sadness, and the resurfacing of family trauma. Grief, shame, and exhaustion are explored with compassion and practical reminders. You’ll hear about somatic practices, simple daily rituals, breathing, movement, and community support that help you come back to your body, plus the mantra “I deserve to be h...

In this episode Mason Mustajo shares his path from an athletic identity and chronic pain into deep somatic work, breathwork, and conscious plant medicine. He describes how a difficult breakup, mentorship, and powerful initiations led him to choose life, embrace responsibility, and become a facilitator and community builder. Mason discusses Sacred Sons, the Brotherhood of the Roots, and The Way of...

A concise episode exploring ongoing grief and how Compassionate Inquiry and Family Constellations support somatic healing. Gris Alves discusses how childhood loyalties, ancestral patterns, and epigenetics shape our nervous systems, and offers practical encouragement for slow, embodied grief work and integration.

Host Gris Alves sits down with Nick TNT, author of Breath of Life Recovery. We  explore his recovery journey, his book Breath of Life, and how breath-work and step-work can release trauma and support long-term sobriety. The episode covers practical techniques (like 4-7-8 breathing), the science and spirituality of breathing, integrating breath-work with 12-step programs, the Honu House residential...

En este episodio, Gris Alves conversa con Sandra Santa Cruz sobre dejar una vida citadina de alta presión para vivir y guiar retiros en Valle Paralelo, una reserva forestal de 60 hectáreas en el sur de México. Sandra relata una crisis existencial, su recuperación y cómo la rutina, la naturaleza y la comunidad le ayudaron a reconectar con su cuerpo y propósito. La conversación explora el trabajo de...

In this episode of Tales of Recovery, the host explores the pressures of fast modern life and the choice to live more slowly, grounded in nature and spiritual practice. She discusses practical tools—meditation, yoga, music—and ancestral medicines like psilocybin used within held, guided ceremonies to cultivate compassion, healing, and reconnection. The episode invites listeners to a December 6th c...

In this episode of the Tales of Recovery Podcast, I sit down with my friend and former megachurch pastor Ryan Meeks and Michelle to talk about his painful, public journey out of evangelical certainty — through theological doubt, cancer, and the slow return to embodiment and intimacy. Together we discuss his new book, the gruesome process of awakening, psychedelics, therapy, community, and the coup...

Welcome to this episode of the Tales of Recovery Podcast, where we dive deep into a conversation about life's challenges and the beauty of embracing its messiness. Our guest shares their journey through the struggles of winter's harshness, the transformative power of polyamory, and the revelations of self-discovery. Listen as we explore the significance of breaking free from societal conditioning,...

Yasmin Beydoun shares about her journey from growing up during the Lebanese civil war to becoming a trauma-informed consciousness coach trained in Compassionate Inquiry and Dr. Shefali’s work. Gris and Yasmine discuss childhood neglect and abuse, therapy and somatic healing, her son’s autoimmune illness and recovery through diet and lifestyle, and how those experiences shaped her coaching with mot...

Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Recovery, where host Gris sits down in the South Park studio with the insightful Katie Dove. In this engaging conversation, Katie shares her journey into the transformative world of cranio-sacral therapy and reveals how it has influenced her life and healing practice. Together, they discuss the essence of slowing down, connecting with the heart, and embr...

This episode explores how to follow up a powerful retreat where mushrooms and temazcalli were experienced in a supportive and compassionate community — the challenges of returning to everyday life and the isolation that can follow profound group experiences. Gris Alves shares practical integration tools: remembering the felt sense, breath-work, simple daily mindfulness, sleep and nutrition aligned...

Hoy en Recuperando La VIDA, acompaña a Gris Alves y a su invitada especial, la Dra. Violeta Velasco, en una charla profunda sobre el mundo del Bienestar Global. Juntas exploran cómo los problemas de salud crónica y mental impactan no solo a nivel económico, sino también en lo social, y por qué es tan urgente un cambio en el sistema y más participación de la comunidad en temas de salud pública. La...

Bienvenidos a un episodio fascinante de "Recuperando la Vida". Acompáñanos mientras exploramos las profundas enseñanzas de Martín Garcia Zen Yaotl, un maestro de la sabiduría ancestral y la iluminación. En esta conversación envolvente, Martín comparte un poema de Quetzalcóatl, ofreciendo reflexiones sobre el amor, la sabiduría y el camino hacia la libertad interior. Sumérgete en las verdades ocult...

On the Tales of Recovery Podcast today: Join Gris and Tiffany as they explore the incredible potential of microdo&ing as a tool for healing, creativity, and breaking the shackles of a mundane routine. Tiffany Hurd is a Microdosing Advisor, Business Leadership Mentor, and Speaker with over a decade of experience pioneering the use of psychedelics for healing, growth, and professional developmen...