The last 5 months have been pretty intense for us. Alasdair shares about his ongoing health crisis and the challenges and uncertainties that's evoked. Julie-Roxane shares about the growth spurt she's been experiencing and how it's been supporting Alasdair.

If you've listened to this podcast for a while, you know we're crazy about cacao. We discuss our preconceptions of cacao ceremonies thanks mainly to instagram, our own journey with cacao, the surprising results we've seen hosting cacao ceremonies, and a basic blueprint for how to go about facilitating your own cacao circles.

Today we talk with our friend Erica who joined us in our Guatemalan New Year's Eve retreat and followed up with a Kambo initiation. Together we unpack her journey of reconnecting with intuition, the difference between boundaries and discernment and the deep reclaiming of softness.

We discuss what it's been like to return to camper life in the Pacific Northwest after Guatemala. We talk about the joy of settling into a routine, active patience as opposed to passive patience, the relief and gratitude that emerges from being with reality as it is and some of the personal healing work we've been doing recently.

We met Jason on our recent Guatemala retreats. Today, Jason shares his story of remembering traumatic events in his childhood when he was 30, stepping out of a disempowering marriage and how he found healing and medicine in asking for help and embracing his masculinity.

We provide a basic introduction into Kambo. We discuss what Kambo is, how it's applied, who it's for (and who it isn't for), our training and experience and how we work with Kambo in ceremony.

We discuss the new name and other changes we're making to the podcast, why these changes have been a long time coming for us and allow ourselves to wax nostalgic about our podcasting journey that is now in its fourth year.

We discuss why we're changing the name of the podcast to not include "unconventional" and explore why people have an aversion to owning their specialness and why it's an important and courageous step on the journey to self-realization.

Explaining our work to others is hard. We grapple with the perennial and often existential question anyone striking out on their own will be familiar with: "So, what exactly is it that you do?

We sat down to review our finances and it was...well, not what we expected. This led us into a candid conversation about why we make a practice of financial check-ins, our fears, our values, and the (sometimes) nitty gritty reality of being self-employed.