Cyclical living with cacao: How cacao cam enhance each phase of your menstrual cycle

with founder of Emerging Wisdom Cacao & postpartum doula Samantha Veitch

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I'm sure every single one of us have experienced a craving for chocolate either during our premenstrual days or when we're bleeding. 

Our bodies crave chocolate with an innate knowing at different times of our cycle, really. Mine does at least!

Today's guest, founder of Emerging Wisdom Cacao Samantha Veitch, shares a much deeper story on the ways cacao can support us through each phase of our cycle.

And instead of just speaking to dark chocolate, she brings forward embodied wisdom around the more ritual and ceremonial nature of the cacao plant itself.

Her experience with cacao began in Guatemala, where cacao holds a lineage of indigenous story and practice. 

And what's so interesting is that at exactly the same time cacao came into her, so did her awareness of the power of cyclical living. 

She shares her meandering organic journey of weaving drinking cacao and cyclical living together, becoming more and more deeply infused in both practices over time, and then learning ways to incorporate cacao *into* cyclical living practice to enhance each phase of the menstrual cycle.

It's a really fun and beautiful way to interact with our cycles.

Resources:

• Book: 4 seasons in 4 weeks by Suzanne Mathis McQueen
• Book: The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
• Closing Feb 22nd: Natural Contraception the Herbal Way 2026
• Episode 156: The Universal Mother Principles with Christine Eck
   

Connect with Samantha:

• Check out her cacao blends: Emerging Wisdom Cacao
  
  

• Connect with her on social:
  IG: @eatinginalignment
  IG:@emergingwisdomcacao

   

DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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