Loved by Cacao

Pania Joy Robinson
Loved by Cacao

Welcome to the Loved by Cacao Podcast A home for many voices of cacao from around the world. Here we'll talk about how vast the world of cacao is. Especially how Cacao is an incredible plant medicine for our times. Hear stories from the people who love cacao with deep respect and learn how this sacred ancient medicine is changing their lives and weaving love from heart to heart. We’ll delve into every aspect we can about cacao; the sacred, the history, the science, the mystery. Mostly the story. I hope you will join me. I look forward to sharing cacao with you.

  1. 12 DE NOV.

    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

    1h55min
  2. 17 DE OUT.

    13. Saving Peru's Ancient Cacao Temple, Huaca Montegrande, the Time is Now, with Karen Gordon. 

    This may be one of the most important episodes I’ll make. Restoration Ecologist Karen Gordon joins me from Peru to tell us how Mama Cacao needs our support right now! There is a site where the most ancient history has ever been found about Cacao.  A temple in Northern Peru that is over 6000 years old, where remnants of cacao have been found inside a ceramic vessel which was buried within the temple. This is incredible information and there is still more to be unearthed. But this project is at risk of being unable to continue.  Please listen to this episode to hear how you can be a part of making sure that this ancient knowledge literally can stay above ground.  Karen is an ecologist who lives in Costa Rica, she has been working on restoration projects in Peru for the past 10 years. Karen is an associate of ASICAMPE who are the team working on Huaca Montegrande temple. She is involved in safeguarding this ancient site and also the living heritage cacao tree varieties that are direct descendants of the cacao found in the temple. Her work emphasizes the protection of indigenous tradition and ecological conservation.  I adore the way that Karen shares her knowledge in this story here and also shares so much passion and love for cacao and the significance that this temple represents.  So enjoy this incredible story, and please remember to support Huacamontegrande before the end of the month! To donate to support the preservation of this ancient temple: New Zealand thanks to Seleno Health:  https://selenohealth.com/pages/save-monte-grande-cacao-temple Global: https://huacamontegrandesupport.com/ The Teams making this all possible: www.instagram.com/huacamontegrandeoficial/ And the Abundant Earth Foundation who are partnered with ASICAMPE & Huaca Montegrande as the 501c3 sponsor in the USA to make the fundraising platform possible. https://abundantearthfoundation.org/ To contact Karen: instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sacred.ecologist/ Loved by Cacao Instagram: ⁠@lovedbycacaco⁠ 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

    1h13min
  3. 28 DE SET.

    12: A Tour of Peace, the Plant of Peace & Being Shameless with Makenzie of Kakao

    Surprise! Mackenzie is back again.  Makenzie Marzluff is the amazing founder of Kakao Drinking Chocolate. (you can hear all about her origin story in Episode 7 where she shares how it all started and her incredible devotion to cacao.) Since our last conversation Makenzie has had lots going on in relation to Kakao and so I wanted to get together again to hear all about it and share with you! We talk about Peace. What it means to her. We hear about the amazing offering of light she has coming for the world - the Kakao / Awa Peace Tour.  We learn about the ‘Plant of Peace’ Awa (Hawaiin Kava) and how it can be an ally for peace and for tuning into your own personal ‘council’. And how it can be synergistic with cacao.  Awa is pronounced ‘Ava’ and my apologies, I was pronouncing it incorrectly in our conversation!  We also delve into the Kakao blessing for the month of September - a biggie! We talk about what Shame means to us, and how important it is to heal.  So keep listening to hear about it all,  If you want to connect more with any of the things we talk about there are several resources on the Kakao website: www.flykakao.com To receive a 10% discount on your first order of Kakao use the code  LOVEDBYCACAO at checkout  Or use this link to get started:  https://www.flykakao.com/?ref=pania Feel free to reach out to ask any questions or let me know what you think.  Loved by Cacao on Instagram: lovedbycacao Loved by Cacao is 3 months old today! It's a wonderful journey so far and I'm grateful to all of you. Thank you so much for listening!!!

    1h10min
  4. 21 DE SET.

    11. Multidimensional Weaving of the Healing Arts + Performing Arts with Cyrus Henry

    An episode filled with story & song from the talented Cyrus Henry. Cyrus is a proud indigenous Maori, skilled Shamanic Medicine Man, Healer, Coach, Men’s work facilitator, Talented Creative Artist, Performer, Dancer, Musician.  Like how people say someone has a heart of gold, I feel Cyrus has a heart of 'Cacao Love', He loves life how cacao teaches us to, living with passion, presence and giving his all to everything he does.  He first began a career in performance art, living in Australia for many years, and then, some years back Spirit surprised him by leading Cyrus to live in Nicaragua for 3 whole years! There he had to let go of his identity as a performer and commit to the shamanice healing path and lean into his healing gifts. Since then he has been able to come back to the world of performing arts and he is now weaving the two together in beautiful ways.  So we talk about how he got to each pivotal moment on his path, how they influenced his life and also brought him to cacao and other special plant medicines. To connect with Cyrus: Instagram @theshamanic.kaiako Website  https://www.ngamanuwayfinders.com/ The Song he sang at the end was the medicine song ‘Cuatro Vientos’ by Danit.  Loved by Cacao Instagram: @lovedbycacaco 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

    2h40min

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Welcome to the Loved by Cacao Podcast A home for many voices of cacao from around the world. Here we'll talk about how vast the world of cacao is. Especially how Cacao is an incredible plant medicine for our times. Hear stories from the people who love cacao with deep respect and learn how this sacred ancient medicine is changing their lives and weaving love from heart to heart. We’ll delve into every aspect we can about cacao; the sacred, the history, the science, the mystery. Mostly the story. I hope you will join me. I look forward to sharing cacao with you.

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