Cacao Conversations: Sip. Connect. Awaken.
You can have a full life, be capable, successful, and deeply committed to your growth—and still feel like something is missing.
Cacao Conversations is for people who are tired of living on autopilot, questioning their own truth, giving their power away, and carrying more than anyone realizes.
Each week, Julietta Wenzel and Dorice Ross pour a cup of ceremonial cacao and have honest, grounded conversations about self-trust, people-pleasing, boundaries, spiritual growth, nervous system regulation, relationships, personal power, and what it takes to live as your authentic self.
We question the beliefs we have inherited, challenge some of the messages repeated in spiritual and personal-growth spaces, and talk openly about the places where knowing better has not yet become living differently.
If you have done the healing, read the books, listened to the experts, and still find yourself shrinking, settling, overgiving, or waiting for permission, these conversations are for you.
You do not need to drink cacao to join us. Bring your coffee, tea, water, or simply yourself.
New episodes are released weekly.
Sip. Connect. Awaken.
Learn more about Body & Soul Ministries, our community, events, programs, and retreats at bodyandsoulevents.love.
Episodes
338 episodes
Is Gratitude Keeping You Stuck?
Have you ever thought, “I have so much to be grateful for…so why am I still unhappy?”Gratitude can be powerful. But “just be grateful” can also become a way of ignoring what we actually feel, want, and know.In this episode of Caca...
What Would Love Do? Reclaiming Our Power to Choose
Why do we keep looking outside ourselves for permission, answers, safety, and even a sense of what's right? Have we become so accustomed to rules, experts, institutions, and other people telling us what to do that we've slowly stopped trusting ...
Women, We Have More Power Than We Are Using
This conversation may trigger some people—and that is intentional. When toxic masculinity shows up, it is easy to point at men as the problem. But men did not create our current reality alone. Women and men co-created these patterns...
Why Do We Settle?
Have you ever looked around at your life and thought: "This can't be it." Not because your life is bad. Not because you're ungrateful. But because somewhere deep inside, you know you're meant for more. More joy. More connectio...
The Promises We Keep Breaking to Ourselves
Have you ever stopped to think about how many promises you've made to yourself... and then broken? "I'll start next week." "I'll take better care of myself." "I'll set the boundary." "I'll s...
When Everything Feels Heavy: You Are Not Alone
These past few weeks have felt heavy. Everywhere we turn, people are going through something—grief, uncertainty, relationship struggles, health concerns, family challenges, big changes, and moments when life simply feels like a lot. And sometim...
Have We Forgotten What It Means to Be Human?
We live in a world where we're more connected than ever before, yet so many people feel profoundly disconnected. We text instead of talk. We scroll instead of connect. We consume endless information, but often struggle to simply be ...
When Was The Last Time You Felt Truly Alive?
Do you remember what it feels like to be fully alive? Not busy. Not productive. Not checking things off a list. Alive. Many women spend years taking care of everyone else, meeting expectations, solving problems, and carr...
What Are You Waiting For?
How much of your life is on hold? How many times have you told yourself: "When I have more time..." "When I feel more confident..." "When I'm less busy..." "When I know exactly what to do..." "When I'm fully healed..." F...
The Loneliness Nobody Talks About
Have you ever felt lonely in a room full of people? Have you ever looked around at your life and realized you're surrounded by family, friends, coworkers, or community, yet something still feels missing? You're not alone...
What Are You Afraid Will Happen If You Become Fully You?
What if the thing that's holding you back isn't a lack of clarity? What if it's fear? Many of us spend years trying to figure ourselves out. We read the books, do the healing, attend the workshops, and slowly begin to un...
Can You Still Hear Yourself?
You've asked for advice. You've read the books. You've listened to the podcasts. You've taken the courses. You've sought guidance from people you trust. But at some point, a question begins to eme...
Who Would You Be Without the Roles?
You've spent your life being who everyone needed you to be. The responsible one. The strong one. The caretaker. The helper. The peacemaker. The leader. The healer. Bu...
I've Done the Work... So Why Am I Still Stuck?
I've read the books. I've listened to the podcasts. I've been to therapy. I've done the healing. So why do I still feel stuck? If you've ever found yourself asking that question, you're not alo...
The Sneaky Ways We Give Our Power Away
Most people think giving away their power is obvious. They think it looks like toxic relationships, difficult bosses, manipulative people, or circumstances beyond their control. But some of the biggest ways we give our p...
Are Your Expectations Blinding You?
Most of us have expectations. Expectations about how life should unfold. How other people should behave. How quickly we should heal. What success should look like. Who we should be by now. ...
Being Needed Is Not the Same as Being Loved
Last week, we started a conversation about people pleasing, overgiving, and what happens when helping everyone else starts hurting you. This week, we're going deeper. Because the real issue isn't helping people. The real question is...
Grounding Isn’t Optional
Everyone wants intuition. Purpose. Manifestation. Peace. Connection. Answers. But most people are trying to build their lives from a completely ungrounded nervous system. We live in a wor...
When Life Doesn’t Look the Way You Imagined
Mother’s Day can bring up a lot. Grief. Longing. Love. Resentment. Regret. Sadness for what was… and sadness for what never was. In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we use...
Stop Waiting — Your Life Changes When You Show Up (The Power of Community)
Everyone says they want connection. They want community. They want the world to change. But most people are still waiting. Waiting to feel ready. Waiting for the right time. Waiting for someone el...
You Don’t Trust Yourself — And It’s Running Your Life
You Don’t Trust Yourself — And It’s Running Your Life | Break the Pattern & Reclaim Your Power If you feel stuck in your life, your relationships, your decisions… this might be hard to hear—but it will set you free: You don’t tr...
You’re Not Stuck — You’re Running a Program
If you feel stuck in your life, relationships, money, or health… this might be hard to hear—but it’s also freeing: You’re not stuck. You’re running a program. In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we break down what “programs” act...
AI vs Authenticity: Are We Losing Ourselves in Artificial Intelligence?
On this episode of Cacao Conversations, we’re diving into a conversation that’s becoming impossible to ignore… Artificial Intelligence is everywhere. In our work. In our conversations. Even in our healing and personal growth. <...
The Divine Mother Spoke to Me: A Holy Saturday Vision of Mary, Grief, and Humanity
On this episode of Cacao Conversations, Dorice shares a deeply personal and profound experience that unfolded on Holy Saturday—one that moved beyond the ordinary and into something sacred, raw, and universal. Standing in her kitchen...
Masculine vs Feminine Energy: You’re Confused… Let’s Fix That
Everyone’s talking about masculine and feminine energy right now… but most people are getting it wrong. In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we break down what masculine and feminine energy actually look like in real life — beyon...