Loved by Cacao

Makenzie of Kakao blessed us with a visit to Aotearoa.

On the first weekend of Feb I got to sit with her and 3 more wonderful women, to chat about cacao right after we had THE most dreamy day of sharing cacao & sisterhood in a group of 8.

In this episode you'll hear from Rachel, Lauren & Alexandra who share a snippet each of their journeys with cacao, all sharing a theme of how supportive cacao is in motherhood.

Then Makenzie got the mic and we had a wonderful conversation about where she and Kakao are at, and so much more!

This episode was a true collaboration and really captures the joy and connection we were all feeling, the way cacao fills the room with love.

I hope you love it too.

A huge thank you to Kristy for hosting us, and to all the women for collaborating, sharing and contributing.

If you'd like to try the amazing cacao we shared:

Go to www.flykakao.com & enter the code LOVEDBYCACAO at checkout to receive a 10% discount on your first order.

To get updates from Makenzie, join her Whatsapp Announcements Board.

And to learn about her amazing story with Arhuaco Cacao which we mentioned watch here.

Thank you to Rachel who writes about Motherhood on Substack here

Her instagram is @musingonmamahood

And Alexandra @alexandrakellahan or @motherjustbe

And also to Lauren, all of you shared so shared so beautifully from your hearts.

Connect with Pania

Email Pania: [email protected]

Follow Loved By Cacao Instagram:⁠ ⁠@lovedbycacao⁠⁠

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

This conversation with Radha Iveta was such a joy!

Radha has so many gifts to share in the world of health and wellbeing including Cacao. 

Listen in to her beautiful story and hear us discuss the world of cacao in depth, what we have observed over the last 8+ years and where we think it is heading. 

Radha offers a gorgeous meditation to get us started,  drops some amazing nuggets of wisdom towards the end, and in between gives us stories and embodied experience from her heart to yours. 

Originally from Bulgaria, she has lived in New Zealand for many years where she offers a rich tapestry of work in the healing and wellness realms. 

Radha is a practitioner and teacher of meditation yoga and Ayurveda. 

A true Cacao lover and amazing facilitator. 

She runs her business Heart Awakening through which she offers meditation classes, retreats, ayurvedic consultations and treatments, yoga classes & kirtan.

And of course gorgeous cacao offerings, cacao ceremonies, 28 day cacao immersions, a cacao shop on her website, and also a monthly membership called The Cacao Club. 

Before coming here she spent a few years in Mexcio and other parts of Central America including Guatemala, during which time she simultaneously began her journeys and training with meditation and with cacao.

Tune in to learn from her extensive experience. 

In this episode we were drinking Keith’s Cacao,

 Receive 5% discount on each purchase using this link ⁠⁠http://www.keithscacao.com/discount/PANIAJOY20NZ20⁠⁠

OR enter code at checkout on the Keiths Cacao Website. 

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You can also purchase Keith’s Cacao & Amma cacao with Radha. 

And connect with her if you would like to trial her cacao membership Free for Feb / March. 

Connect with Radha Iveta here: https://www.heartawakening.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radha.heartawakening/

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Pania

Email Pania: [email protected]

Follow Loved By Cacao Instagram: ⁠@lovedbycacao⁠

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

Just in time for Solstice, in this episode we have:

A guided cacao blessing, poetry,

thoughts on bringing cacao into the holidays,

and a mini heart focused meditation we can use to re-centre during busy times or overwhelm. 

I also share some of my behind the scene processes,

my learnings with cacao in my intentional 28 days with her and the ‘podcast block’ that I experienced.

And how cacao helps me sit with my shadows. 

Plus: how cacao can be used alongside other healing modalities, how wonderful it can be to support healers and artists.

My own work with cacao alongside Angelic Reiki, and how you can experience it if it calls you.

As mentioned, Cacao discount codes for two of my top favourites:

In this episode I was drinking Keith’s Cacao: 

⁠http://www.keithscacao.com/discount/PANIAJOY20NZ20⁠

Code: PANIAJOY20NZ20

Receive 5% discount on each purchase.

Also mentioned KAKAO Drinking Chocolate

Purchase with a one time 10% discount:

Discount code: LOVEDBYCACAO

Discount link: ⁠⁠https://flykakao.com.au/?ref=pania⁠

Connect with Pania

Email Pania: [email protected]

Follow Loved By Cacao Instagram: @lovedbycacao

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

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: [email protected]

Phone: 0272679314

Loved by Cacao Instagram:⁠ ⁠@lovedbycacaco⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

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

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

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!!!

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

Welcome to Episode 10.

In this episode Pania gets to sit down with Tracy of Cosmic Mumā Cacao. 

It is a relaxing and insightful conversation. 

We hear all about Tracy’s amazing healing journey and also the healing work she offers in the world. We talk about this path, how she has healed from illness & trauma, and how that led to the creation of Cosmic Muma cacao.

Also, weaving cacao into her healing work, her relationship with cacao, what family constellation work is and how it can create peace, balance and healing for individuals and families. 

We get to hear about the creation of her gorgeous cacao and how it’s serving the world with a whole lot of Muma Love!

So get your fav cacao & get cosy for this convo. Thank you for opening your heart to being here!  

To follow or get in touch with Tracy:

Websites: 

Cosmic Mumā -  https://www.cosmicmuma.nz/

Constellation & Healing offers - https://www.tracycartwright.co.nz/

Instagram:

@lovecosmicmuma

@tracy.cartwright

Thank you for listening! Please subscribe on Spotify, Apple or Youtube for more Cacao Love. <3

Follow Loved By Cacao on Instagram: ⁠@lovedbycacao⁠

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

In this episode we get to hear words from Mama Cacao about how the transformation she goes through from bean to paste can inspire our own times of inner change.

First, Pania shares some updates about the podcast and behind the scenes processes, plus what to expect going forward.

Then words and feelings from her deep cacao cocoon she’s been in, including a 3 day cacao immersion with KAKAO. 

There is a mini recap of Loved By Cacao previous interviews (have a listen to them if you haven’t already, episodes 4,6 &7!)

Then Pania shares the words that came from emerging from the cocoon.

Thank you for listening. 

There are some exciting guests ahead for more episodes to come soon. 

Looking forward to sharing more with you. 

Take Care of your Heart and may you feel Loved!

Mentioned in the episode:

KAKAO 3 day Immersion with Makenzie Marzluff:

To purchase KAKAO with a one time 10% discount:

Discount code: LOVEDBYCACAO

Discount link: ⁠https://flykakao.com.au/?ref=pania⁠

Angelic Reiki Sessions with Pania:

Email [email protected]

To book: Calendly

Radha Iveta, Heart Awakening & Amma Cacao

https://www.heartawakening.org/product-page/amma-cacao

In this Episode;

Drop in with Pania in her 8.8.8 Portal solo ceremony. She brings us into a space of presence with Cacao. Then offers some free-flow sharing from her heart. Followed by a special channeled message from Cacao. This message flowed through in January 2024 & now is the moment to share it.

Thank you for listening. Please subscribe for more Cacao Love. <3

Follow Loved By Cacao on Instagram: @lovedbycacao

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