The Church Of Kreis Podcast
Welcome to The Church of Kreis Podcast - where artistry meets authenticity.
Hosted by Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis, this is a space for seekers, misfits, creatives, and old souls who crave deeper conversation. Whether he's unpacking the emotional landscape of a musical theatre tour, reflecting on spiritual growth, or rediscovering his voice after a season of silence, Levi invites you to join him in real-time transformation. Part personal journal, part spiritual companion, part backstage pass - this podcast is a reminder that you are not alone in your becoming. New episodes explore everything from creative recovery to inner child healing, spiritual reflection to tour life revelations - all grounded in the messy, meaningful process of being fully human.
Episodes
98 episodes
EP98 | You Are the Problem — And You’re Also the Solution (with Anjanette Hosley)
What if the thing standing between you and the life you want… is you?In this truth-telling, soul-stirring episode, Levi Kreis is joined by spiritual coach and longtime friend Anjanette Hosley (The Spiritual Doula) to call out the excuses...
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Episode 98
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40:29
EP97 | What If You Didn't Have To Tell Your Story Anymore?
What if healing meant remembering less?In this episode, Levi explores what happens when we stop performing our pain — and start living from power instead. Inspired by his 16th sober anniversary (which he completely forgot), this soul-dee...
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Episode 97
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26:29
EP96 | You Don’t Need Strategy — You Need to Feel Something (with Kris Bradley)
If your creativity feels more like a checklist than a calling lately, this one’s for you.In this soulful sit-down, Levi Kreis welcomes producer, educator, and creative force Kris Bradley—founder of Produce Like A Boss and...
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Episode 96
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22:58
EP95 | The Trap of Looking Good: How Impression Management Kills Creative Freedom
What if the very thing you’re trying to protect is what’s keeping you stuck?This week on The Church of Kreis Podcast, Levi cracks open the unspoken rules of impression management — that sneaky, exhausting pressure to “look the p...
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Episode 95
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33:43
EP94 | Cynicism Isn’t Cool — It’s Killing Your Creativity
Cynicism isn’t insight — it’s fear in a leather jacket. This week, Levi unpacks how our culture has made cynicism stylish and why it’s starving your creativity. From entertainment and social media to personal relationships and inner ...
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Episode 94
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25:52
EP93 | Meghan Murphy on Conviction & Creating Without Permission
Meghan Murphy, award-winning actor and powerhouse vocalist, joins Levi for a soulful, no-holds-barred conversation about artistic conviction, creative evolution, and why it’s time to stop waiting for permission.Tony Award-winner <...
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Episode 93
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32:04
EP92 | You’re Not Behind. You’re Ripening.
Welcome to The Church of Kreis Podcast — where artistry meets authenticity.In this episode, Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis reframes midlife as a sacred season of becoming. Instead of a crisis, what if midlife is a powerful pause —...
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Episode 92
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21:04
EP91 | A Graceful Work In Progress
In this return episode of The Church of Kreis Podcast, Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis breaks his two-year silence with a deeply personal reflection on reclaiming his voice. He shares the spark that reignited his creative journey, the les...
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Episode 91
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24:08
EP90 | Moving Into the Now
After weeks of evaluating various kinds of dysfunctions related to compulsive thinking and the identification with the mind, we begin exploring the one thing that will allow us to move deeply into the now moment -letting go of the concept of ti...
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Episode 90
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19:27
EP89 | Understanding The Emotional Pain Body
Continuing our discussion on enlightenment, we take some time this week to understand the emotional pain body and how to free ourselves from its compulsive, controlling reactions. Understanding your triggers and learning how to dis-identi...
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Episode 89
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24:13
EP88 | Freedom From The Identification with Emotions
With the last few episodes focusing on freedom from compulsive thinking and identification with the mind, I turn my gaze towards the body-mind connection. All of us need to learn how to create more space between ourselves and the emotions...
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Episode 88
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23:18
EP87 | What is Identification with the Mind?
Many spiritual gurus say that the identification with the mind is the greatest obstacle to our enlightenment, but what the crap does it mean? In this episode, I help us pull this concept out of the self-help books and into a tangible unde...
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Episode 87
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28:02
EP86 | Freedom From Compulsive Thinking
Most of our society suffers from an addiction to compulsive thinking. The mind is always reevaluating the past or strategizing for the future -a constant loop of conflict/solution - but very seldom are we ever in the present moment. Ident...
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Episode 86
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21:00
EP85 | The First Step Towards Enlightenment
There is one spiritual discipline that is often considered the gateway to lasting enlightenment. Through this, we can be free from the enslavement of the overactive mind and cultivate a life of Oneness. In the last episode, I starte...
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Episode 85
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16:54
EP84: What Is Spirituality And How Do I Start A Spiritual Journey?
What is spirituality? Why are you interested in starting a spiritual journey? There is a reason you are asking this question and I want to tell you the very best place to start. If you feel a radical transformati...
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Episode 84
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20:26
EP83 | The Power Of Recovery | Lindsay P's Story
Welcome Lindsay P to the podcast! Lindsay is gracious enough to share not only her journey to sobriety, but how the spiritual principles she encounters along the way have also helped her cope with cancer. I personally love the back end of...
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Episode 83
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44:30
Uplevel Your Friendships: With Anjie Hosley
The Spiritual Doula returns for a poignant conversation about making new friends in adulthood and how to maximize the quality of those relationships. We are who we hang around. When those we spend most of our time with are actively ...
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Episode 82
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37:32
The Power of Recovery: Ahbra Schiff's Story
Ahbra Schiff is production manager of the REEL Recovery Film Festival, an annual event that celebrates stories of addiction and recovery. In this episode, she shares her own story about what life was like before sobriety and how getting s...
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Episode 81
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23:50
Jason Antone: Classical Crossover Artist and Advocate for LGBTQ Visibility
In this episode, you will learn about Jason Antone's experience as a gay man in the classical crossover genre, the message of Antone's song "Inside My Heart" and Antone's perspective on why he believes it is important to be authentic in his art...
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Episode 80
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41:44
How To Stop a Negative Mental Loop
All of us find ourselves in a perpetual loop of negative thinking sometimes. Knowing how to create distance between you and a pattern of negative thinking will allow you to toss out those limiting beliefs, assert spiritual principle in th...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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30:34
A Space Of Grace
A quick episode recorded on a travel day of tour giving you the backstory of a song from the album Imagine Paradise called Let It Go and the importance of extending grace to yourself and learning to forgive the past and recl...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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17:16
Sobriety and the Business of Acting with Del Shores
This week I am joined by one of my long time friends writer/director Del Shores who offers a unique perspective as a perpetual lover of immensely talented actors who often had their own journey towards sobriety. A very necessary episode f...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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39:44
Sobriety and the Business of Acting with Leslie Jordan
If you know my story of sobriety, you know that Leslie Jordan was one of the first fellow southerners I met when moving to Los Angeles and had a key influence on me getting sober. Join Leslie and I as we reflect on our stories of sobriety...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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37:06
The Real Homeless Issue - A Conversation with Caroline Shores Thrush
Recovering addicts here in San Francisco will tell you first hand there is a direct correlation between homelessness and substance abuse. Local ex-homeless/ex-addicts will attest that 8 out of every 10 people on the street are struggling...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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50:26
Living a Life That Makes You Proud
My guest, Caroline Shores Thrush, shares her dynamic story about discovering her need for sobriety at twenty years old and learning the power of self love, service to others and finding her own spiritual solution. Don't forget to subscrib...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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46:56