The Gris Alves’ Podcast Tales of Recovery

Grief is not a feeling, it's a capacity, it is not something that disables you. We are not on the receiving end of grief, we are in the practicing end of it ~Stephen Jenkins Tales of Recovery this week is me and my grief. What it looks like, feels like and how I am traveling along with this experience of impermanence so far.  I fell held in love and connection, in friendships and practices of yoga...

My mom suffered a stroke two years ago, she transcended last week on January 2nd, 2020.  This is a small bit of my experience on walking her home...

This week on the Tales of Recovery podcast, my guest Mimi Young and I have a deep and fun conversation that includes our somehow similar bi-cultural immigrant lives~ Her family moved from Taiwan to Canada when she was two years old, she sensed her intuitive gifts from a young age which included a deep connection with plants and Spirits, clairolfaction and other physic abilities.   Navigating throu...

This week on Tales of Recovery my guest Lunita Velasquez, a first generation American, Yogini, Poet and Mother of two tells us about her beautiful healing journey.  Recovery takes many paths and it's lovely to notice how we can all help each other heal in conversation and the honest telling of our stories~ Another Mexican Mujer shares openly with us her struggle with life, alcohol as an escape and...

The Appearances that Kill. The, "What will they say?" message. The mirroring of having value as a human ONLY if you look good, perform well and pretend that you have your shit together all the time is killing our souls-- as well as our capacity to relate and connect at a deeper level.  Learning that love and acceptance is earned by how good you look hinders real loving and connection.  It creates...

The fact that we were robbed of our magic, robbed of our needs and desires in order to follow "what will people say" and religious rules is some crazy bullshit. The programing is deep.  All this life I've been fighting for the birthright to BE free and able to speak my truth- To Live a life of unabandoned love and magic.  I've asked the difficult questions about faith and religion and family secre...

Leaf Weigel, author, musician and music therapist joins me on this week's Tales of Recovery episode to talk about the reality of Eco-Grief and the longing for our bodies to connect to nature and comfort our souls. How aware are you about this? Our world is grieving this disconnect yet capitalism and the speed of culture's hustle of life has us half-blinded and half despaired to this phenomenon.  L...

Why the behavior programming of training humans to just be 'polite' removes our freedom, our voice, robs us of our available healthy boundaries and the noticing and awareness of our emotions. The choice we have of continuing with the lies of having to be 'polite' vs the knowing benevolent nature of our soul~ is so important. Can we rediscover in self love and KINDness that we can live a transforme...

This week on the Tales of Recovery Podcast, Tijuana sister's Carina Luz and Marcela Valladolid join me in a meaningful conversation on their journey of rediscovery and healing from the limitations of societal and religious belief systems.  They share their story of pain, loss and return to love after the death of their mother.  Carina Luz, entrepreneur, community gatherer and meditation guide alon...

More Recovery Insights on how this thing called 'social conditioning' and behavior modification HINDERS love, HINDERS the ability to give and receive love, self-love and the freedom to be ourselves... to just BE without all this pretending and walking on eggshells (in particular with family) because of preconceived ideas of conditional acceptance and how we 'should' act, think and perform.  The aw...

No one likes to say anything about this but doesn't family often feel like a cult? It's hard to escape it since you are born into it. Then the ongoing message that family comes first and always and over everything else can get a little overboard. Do parents really own us? Setting boundaries with family can sometimes feel more like an escape tactic and if you dare say anything delicate about the fa...

Sarah Knapp, daughter, vocalist and Alzheimer's groupie joins me today on this episode of Tales of Recovery as we talk about the Gift that Alzheimer's has given her.  Her dad was diagnosed with this disease soon after her parent's divorced.  We have a soulful and raw conversation on how this difficult and painful experience of caring for our elderly and ill parents has opened up opportunities to d...

What happens after a huge deconstruction of belief systems? The grief and anger of going through the process of a spiritual breakdown and realizing that the G.O.D. and certain stories and creeds I grew up and was programmed to believe were a fraud? It took me years to 1)speak up about my doubts and anxiety about non-inclusive faiths, and 2) once I did speak up all hell broke loose (no pun intended...

Tamara L. Falicov joins me on this episode of Tales of Recovery to talk about her experience in Cuba as a medical traveler during the late 80's while her Father was battling cancer. We talk about her experience as a 17 year old traveling with a deep purpose and an underlying fear of the unknown in the then prohibited for Americans, Republic of Cuba.  She was given only six hours to enter and then...

Golden and I talk talk all things on waking up to the super life that has been controlled by outside forces- culture, family, government, patriarchy all of it.  I read one of her latest posts in Instagram and the words were jumping right out of my bones.  I read it on the podcast but check it out here: Awakening is a revolutionary act nowadays. it’s tricky, the system is designed to be comfortable...

What's the deal with being a 'good girl'? Wouldn't you rather be a badass? The problem with the social programming of behavior control and trying to be "good".. which implies that we are bad to begin with as well as fuel the I am not enough epidemic!  What can we Re-cover as we rediscover this unwarranted need to be a freaking 'good girl' BS? In my opinion? Liberation and empowerment.  YES. Listen...

Mary BG is my guest on this week's episode of Tales of Recovery. Mary is a blogger, social media strategist, author of Dead Dad's Club book, single mom of tween daughters and the creator of the Mama Mary Show.  Mary is one of the coolest, funniest and smartest chicks I know.  We played volleyball together while we were in High School and today, many years later, we have reconnected to talk about t...

Dave Rivas is an Activist, Artist, Theater Producer, Playwright.  Dave is the creator of "Historias Tenebrosas", producer of Amigos del Rep, has served with Border Angels and you might have seen him playing "Cholo Satan" in "La Pastorela". He's not only educating and inspiring through theatre but is also helping people find their voice!  Be inspired by his story of Recovery from alcoholism, his tr...

What are the societal, patriarchal, religious rules that are ruining you? UNLEARNING and breaking oppressing rules has been a key process in my life and in my journey of RE-covery. Recovering our life might take a sacred rage and a fighting against the machine, domestication and imposed expectations that might just not suit our purpose in this life.  A bit of my warranted rebellion shows up on thi...

Tales of Recovery guest Kallan Ludder is an amazing intuitive graphic designer, psychologist, shadow alchemist and has a magic that I have experienced first hand and am ever grateful for.  Listen in on our conversaion of her life story and how she is sharing her beauty and intuitive branding and guidance with the world~ Follow her @interkalacticspacebeing or on her webpage www.gobeyouniverse.com

Stevie Santos joins me in this episode to talk about the power of love, of forgiveness and how truly the experience of our perspective of this GIFT of life that we have shapes us~ Listen in on our conversation and part of his life story and be inspired to know that beauty comes even in the suffering and hardships of abandonment, abuse and suicide attempts. Through knowing love, asking for help and...

Tales or Recovery guest Lisa Michelle is the founder of NSA (No Strings Attached) Ministiries and @healingtheexploited DMST Victim Advocate and Mentor for the exploited.  Her work in this world is so powerful as she offers hope and healing to women transitioning out the sex trade industry.  Her work and experience with different healing modalities like equine assisted therapy, trauma informed yoga...

As this evolution of healing and recovery process goes, I share with you my thoughts today on remembering what we've always known. That our soul is always divine, that it is a magical mystery that we have life in this planet, and that we can break through social programming and domestication that hinder this "knowing".   That the more aware we are of our obstacles as THE way, and of our breath and...

Author, Speaker, Healer, Space Holder, Creator of the Sacred Space Retreats and Podcast Katie Schomberg is my guest today! Listen to her story and expansion of wisdom as she talks about the shift that comes when you begin to LISTEN to your own voice and allow space for healing and freedom.  We talk energy healing, unschooling, awakening to your own truth and purpose, surrendering to love and trust...

As I'm jumping ship from a "safe" government job of many years and into FULL time coaching in the next 13 days, I am feeling some good ol' protective #fear.  What does fear keep you from? Does listening to fear keep us from living our best life? Listen in as I share how I am learning to embrace fear as a part of life AND still live out a life of all around wellness.  Don't be scared...you can DO I...