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Why do some people seem deeply curious about who they are, why they're here and what exists beyond the physical world, while others seem completely uninterested?  Our conversations about NPCs, Muggles, Extras and Backdrop People have created quite a stir, and this week we're going deeper.  Dorice has developed a metaphysical framework she calls Fractional Presence, inspired in part by an...

What happens when you know all the tools, understand what you’re experiencing, and still can’t find your way out?  After several weeks of experiencing anger and rage at a level I had never experienced before, I finally feel like myself again. And now that I’m on the other side of it, I can see things I simply couldn’t see while I was in it.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, Dorice and I tal...

What happens when the healer gets tired?  We talk a lot about burnout.  We talk about boundaries, self-care, protecting your energy, and not becoming attached to other people's outcomes. But we don't talk enough about what it's actually like to spend your life caring deeply about other people's healing.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, Julietta Wenzel and Dorice Ross ha...

Why does sitting down to rest sometimes make us feel guilty, restless, or convinced we should be doing something more useful?  We live in a culture that celebrates being busy. Productivity is treated as responsibility. Exhaustion becomes proof that we’re needed. Even rest is often justified by how much more productive it will make us later.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, Julietta Wenzel...

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 Cacao Conversations, Julietta Wenzel and Dorice Ross question the way gratitude is often taught in spirituality and personal growth. When does gratitude deepen our experien...

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 ourselves?  This conversation started with Julietta trying to bring her own life into greater alignment with her truth—and realizing how complicat...

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 over generations, often doing the best we could with what we knew. Now we know better. It is time to do better.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we talk about...

 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 connection. More peace. More authenticity. More aliveness.  Many women spend years settling for situations they've outgrown. Not because they don'...

 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 stop settling."  "I'll make time for what matters."  Most of us think our biggest challenge is confidence, motivation, or disc...

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 sometimes the hardest part is believing you're the only one struggling.  In this episode of *Cacao Conversations*, Julietta and Dorice talk honestly about wha...

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 present with another human being.  What does it really mean to be human?  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we explore the subtle ways we've drifted aw...

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 carrying responsibilities. Somewhere along the way, joy becomes optional, curiosity gets pushed aside, and life starts to feel more like something we're managing than something...

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..."  For many of us, waiting becomes a way of life. We wait for permission. We wait for certainty. We wait for fear to disap...

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.  Many women spend years being the strong one, the helper, the caregiver, the leader, and the person everyone else relies on. They become so skilled at taking care of...

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 understand who we really are and what we truly want.  But then comes the hard part.  Living it.  Because being fully yourself comes with risks. You may disappoint pe...

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 emerge: Can I still hear myself beneath all the noise?  Many of us spend years looking outside ourselves for answers. We learn to trust experts, authority figures, family member...

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.  But have you ever stopped to ask yourself: Who would I be without all those roles?  Many of us become so identified with what we do for others that we lose touch with who we truly are. We become experts at meeting expectati...

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 alone.  Many women reach a point where they understand their patterns, know their triggers, and can explain exactly why they do what they do. They have spent years investing i...

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 power away are much more subtle.  They show up in our everyday thoughts, habits, expectations, relationships, and the stories we tell ourselves.  In this episode of Cacao Conversa...

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.  We often think expectations help us get more out of life. We think they keep us motivated, focused, and moving toward our goals.  But what if they're actually doing the opposite? What if our expectati...

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: Who are you if nobody needs you? Many of us learned that being useful was the safest way to receive love, approval, connection, or a sense of worth. We bec...

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 world that keeps pulling us out of our bodies and into stress, distraction, overwhelm, comparison, fear, overthinking, and information overload. Then we wonder why we feel anxious, exhausted, disconnected, and...

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 Mother’s Day as the doorway into a much deeper conversation: What happens when life doesn’t look the way you imagined?  Maybe you lost your mother.  Maybe you lost a child.  Maybe becoming a mother never happened the...

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 else to go first.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we’re having a real conversation about what’s actually keeping people stuck—and why doing the work alone only takes you so far.  We talk about:...

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 trust yourself.  In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we break down how lack of self-trust quietly runs your life—and why no amount of overthinking, researching, or a...