14. Magic Cacao Beans & Riding the Waves of Evolution with Giulia Mattioli of Onda

Giulia passionately works with cacao beans making beautiful Cacao paste & has a vision of everyone having a sack of beans in their home and the skills to use them.

She is a Life Guide and Wayfinder, supporting people in their journey to self-transformation & purpose, helping people ride the waves towards their visions. 

And as she said there is always cacao involved. 

She has had an appreciation for cacao since she was young. And her passion deepened after training with Oonagh from the Cacao Ambassador in 2021 which has led to a journey to connect with cacao farmers in the Solomon Islands and to support the vision of unity and sovereignty in the world of cacao. 

When we spoke Giulia had just returned from 2 weeks in the Solomon islands working with Cacao farmer Agnes Pilopaso to inspire school students by sharing knowledge with them on Agnes Cacao farm. 

Side note, you can hear Agnes story in Episode 6 along with Oonagh and Cacao farmer Grace. 

Giulia was fresh back from this amazing experience  and it was wonderful to sit with her and hear all about it. 

I went over to her place one Sunday afternoon where she brewed up an absolutely amazing decadent pot of thick creamy cacao. 

And we sat at the altar together in front of the fireplace and enjoyed this cacao and heard her story. 

So picture being in a cosy room in front of the fire with us with us while you listen. 

Rain on the roof and fire crackling. 

To get in touch with Giulia:

Instagram: @onda.evolution

Email: ondaevolution@gmail.com

Phone: 0272679314

Loved by Cacao Instagram:⁠ ⁠@lovedbycacaco⁠⁠

Email: lovedbycacao@gmail.com

A big thank you to Kamal Ortiz for creating the mini soundscape for Loved by Cacao! Kamal is a DJ & medicine music weaver, find his music on Soundcloud⁠⁠ ⁠https://on.soundcloud.com/xem5CT38SGxFQexa8⁠⁠⁠