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Have you seen the monarch butterfly migration in Mexico?
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\n300 million butterflies arriving in Mexico during day of the dead.
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\nAnd this is where we start our story talking about my friend Ali Alvarez. Mexican-born, LA-raised, and London-molded.
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\nShe started as a professional horse jumper and then went on to build a creative career in advertising and filmmaking.
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\nAnd while she was juggling work in advertising, and working on her butterfly film, something happened to her that changed everything.
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\nA traumatic head injury from a horse-riding accident one Sunday afternoon where she lost her memory and the ability on her right side to move.
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\nAli tells us about what happened after that fateful day.
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\nWhen she got her memory back.
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\nAnd then what she did from there.
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\nShe talks about how she went back to finish the film and how it healed her.
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\nWe talk about love, her inspiring family, and the power of being able to be herself and create the life she wanted to create.
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\nShe tells us the three things that have kept her together in really challenging times.
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\nAnd then we finish having a conversation about how we can all make a difference in our own unique way \u2013 whatever form that may take.
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\nThis is an inspiring story of what happens when someone lives their life with conviction, determination, and love.
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\nSo grab that favourite beverage or throw on those running shoes, and enjoy this conversation with Ali.
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\nAnd please don\u2019t forget to let us know what you think of this episode, leave a review and subscribe.
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To find out more about Ali and her work you can click alialvarez.com. 

And to check out the incredible stop frame animation film Ali, Cali Oliver, Bart Yates and Joseph Mann made for TIE in 2010, click here.