229. FLORENCIA FRIDMAN – Choosing To Be Where You Are, Working With Ceremonial Cacao, Stepping Into Your Voice and Power, and Spirit-Led Business and Social Media

In this episode recorded over a cup of ceremonial cacao, I catch up with Florencia Fridman, my “cacao mama”. Her beautiful cacao ceremony offerings served as a doorway for me to connect to the spirit of cacao, and since then I’ve had the joy of doing a cacao ceremony training with Flo, as well as traveling to Guatemala with the cacao brand she runs with her brother, Cacao Laboratory.  We discuss:  How Florencia got into ceremonial cacao  Florencia’s experience going to a mystery school in Guatemala Answering the call to work with ceremonial cacao  Understanding the medicine of cacao through Maya Cosmovision  Cacao as a sacred food that helps us connect deeper with our relationship with Spirit  The one time that an Amazonian Indigenous elder asked Florencia for a cup of ceremonial cacao  The relationship between the spirits of plants and the dream world  Flo’s earliest memories of connecting with the Spirit realm  The first time Florencia met her spirit guides Ksenia shares how she overcame the fear of the unseen beings  Florencia’s experience moving from Argentina to USA as a kid Going off your path to come back stronger than ever How a marriage led Florencia to exploring shadow work  Finding your own way outside of a romantic partnership How ending a marriage propelled Florencia to commit to her spiritual path  Experiencing the energetic blueprint of freedom  Facing self-sabotage and shame and exploring internal conflict  Owning and honoring your ancestry and DNA How Florencia’s relationship with cacao has evolved  The magic of drinking cacao with local plants Plants that work synergistically with cacao – like blue lotus and mugwort  Florencia’s rituals with cacao  Spirit-led relationship with business Balance between humility and owning your worth  Rituals to nourish a brand Welcoming it all and generously allowing emotions to move through your experience  Choosing to live a fully expressed human experience  Lessons from plants and two months in Ecuador that Florencia is integrating  Activating your voice and trusting your path Social media through the lens of Spirit  Activating the new dream Florencia’s community platform Florecer and the vision for it  Episode sponsors: Op e  n Open is a meditation and breathwork app I’ve been loving. I’ve been wanting to re-commit to a daily meditation practice and this January, I will be doing a daily meditation + breathwork challenge with Open! Learn more and join me here: https://go.o-p-e-n.com/KSENIABRIEFCHALLENGE. With my link, you will get free access to breathwork, meditation and movement practices for the month of January, and a chance to win an Open in-person retreat in 2023 (valued at $2k-$5k).  Zencastr Have you ever bought anything after hearing an ad on a podcast? I know I have. Whether you want to diversify your ad spend, add a new marketing stream, or test out podcast ads, Zencastr – a longtime partner of this show – now has its own Creator Network that makes it easy for brands to connect with podcasters with aligned content and audiences. Interested in sponsoring podcast ads for your business and maybe even this show? Go to zen.ai/WEB8 and fill out the contact form so that Zencastr can help you bring your business story to life.  Resources:  Cacao Lab Ceremonial Cacao - use code BREAKFASTCRIMINALS for 15% off  What is cacao ceremony?  The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Sacred Activism) by Charles Eisenstein Caro Arevalo Chiricaspi plant  Anima Mundi Blue Lotus Flower to add to your ceremonial cacao Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert  Naku healing center in Ecuador Related episodes:  14 Florencia Fridman: Cacao Ceremony and Maya Cosmo-Vision, Align Making Money With Your Divine Purpose 223 How Jessica Scheer Helped An Indigenous Spiritual Leader Grow A 550K Community On TikTok: Bridging Ancient Wisdom and Technology 169 Anima Mundi Founder Adriana Ayales: Meeting the Sacred in Plants, Business and Money 145 Michelle Sinnette: New Paradigm of Business with Legacy Cacao Founder 104: Caro Arevalo – Stay True To The Essence You Want To Share with The World 98 Mark Elmy: Mayan Astrology as a Key To Decoding The Matrix Connect with Florencia Fridman:  @florencia.fridman  Florecer, flourishingoneness.com Cacao: Food of the Gods Documentary  Connect with Ksenia:  kseniabrief.com Instagram @ksenia.brief YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify