06/01/2026
🌹✨ Preparing for Heard & Held ✨🌹
As I prepared tonight's cacao, I found myself following intuition more than a recipe.
We'll be sharing Ora Cacao's Ta***ic Rose blend. It is ceremonial cacao sourced from Tanzania and blended with rose and orange peel, chosen for its heart-opening qualities and its invitation to slow down, connect, and be present.
As I was preparing it, I felt drawn to something I've never added before. A small handful of dried white rose petals I've kept for years. I honestly can't remember exactly why I saved them. I only remember feeling that they mattered.
Today, it felt right.
White roses are often associated with remembrance, hope, and new beginnings, and the more I reflected on it, the more I realized those themes sit at the heart of what Heard & Held is all about.
Many of us carry stories, experiences, questions, grief, joy, uncertainty, dreams, and pieces of ourselves that don't always get space to be witnessed.
Tonight is an opportunity to remember where we've been. To hold hope for what is possible. And to create space for whatever new beginning may be quietly waiting beneath the surface.
Alongside the roses, I added a small touch of chili. It is a traditional ingredient often found in ceremonial cacao. While it adds warmth to the blend, it also carries symbolism of courage, vitality, transformation, and movement.
A reminder that healing isn't always about having the answers. Sometimes it's simply about having the courage to show up.
To be seen.
To listen.
To share.
Or to sit quietly and allow yourself to be held by community.
So tonight's blend carries a little bit of all of it.
🌹 Remembrance.
🌹 Hope.
🌹 New beginnings.
🔥 Courage.
Which feels like the perfect way to begin a gathering called Heard & Held.
Tonight we gather at Arkanic Healing Studio alongside beautiful collaborators from Winter Tree Wellness, Independence Counselling, and The Holistic Hub.
No fixing.
No pressure.
No expectations.
Just people coming together to create space for honest expression, reflection, connection, and community.
Come as you are.
We'll meet you there. 🤍