Exploring Ceremonial Cacao with Nick Meador

Founder of Soul Lift Cacao, Nick Meador, joins the show! This conversation is all about the subtle yet potent plant medicine that is cacao.  Show Topics: - What is Cacao? - History of Chocolate - Participating in a Cacao Ceremony - Healing with Cacao - Effects of Colonialization in Central America - Importance of Preserving the Culture of Cacao - Ethical Relationships in the Cacao Industry - Industrial Chocolate and Appropriation - Is Intention Enough? More about Nick:  Nick Meador spent years traveling throughout Central America connecting with cacao farms, collectives, and experts. In 2018 he founded Soul Lift Cacao to create a positive impact in the world by helping Mayan collectives share their artisanal cacao in the U.S. and beyond. Nick opened a brick-and-mortar cacao shop in Portland, Oregon, in summer of 2021. Now he also leads group cacao tours in Guatemala so that people can meet the farmers and collectives who make the cacao that they love. On top of that, Nick trains people on how to lead modern transformational experiences and workshops with cacao. Nick created the Soul Lift Cacao Method to show people how to create consent-based, trauma-informed spaces for participants to connect with ceremonial cacao. soulliftcacao.com