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How'd You Get So Sweet?!Finding the Sweetness in Grief w/Natalie Guyton (Season Finale)In this deeply personal and tender season finale, I sit down with my dear friend Natalie Guyton for a conversation that’s equal parts heartache and healing. We talk about what it means to find the sweetness in grief—especially after the unimaginable loss of our mothers.Natalie shares her journey of losing her mom and the soulful ways she's chosen to honor her memory—through celebration, creativity, and joy, rather than being swallowed by sadness. Together, we reflect on the parallel paths of our grief and how we've both discovered gentle ways to carry the love forward...2025-04-1849 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Cultivating Joy + Sweetness w/Lady ShepsaIn this episode, I’m joined by the divine Lady Shepsa—author, transformational coach, and Founder of Let Go Let Goddess. Lady Shepsa takes us on a journey of joy, sensuality, and spiritual rebirth as she shares how she fully stepped into her womanhood and reclaimed her sweetness from the inside out.We talk about what it means to truly let go of what no longer serves you, and how that sacred release can make space for pleasure, purpose, and unapologetic joy. From navigating relationships to honoring the divine feminine, Shepsa’s story is both powerful and poetic—of...2025-04-1145 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Joy as Resistance: Let's just see what happens?! w/Malliron HodgeIn this inspiring and joy-filled episode, we sit down with Malliron Hodge, Founder of Baddies with Business a platform and podcast celebrating bold, brilliant, and badass Black women in business.“Let’s just see what happens”, Malliron reminds us what it means to trust the process and lean into the magic of possibility. We talk about the recipe for cultivating community—what it takes to create spaces that feel like home, especially for Black women. Malliron takes us on a flavorful journey using the sweet tea analogy to reflect on her evolution toward sweet living—from processe...2025-04-0441 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Joy as Resistance: The Power of Ritual + Finding your People w/Mera BurtonIn this episode of How’d You Get So Sweet?, we dive deep into the power of Joy as Resistance with the one and only Mera Burton. Mera’s journey to finding her community through intentional rituals is nothing short of inspiring. She shares how creating sacred practices has helped her cultivate joy in everyday life and build meaningful connections with her tribe.Join us as we explore:✨ The power of ritual in cultivating community and joy✨ How joy itself can be an act of resistance and reclamation✨ Mera’s personal journey of finding her sweet tribe...2025-03-2824 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Joy as Resistance: A New Kind of Buzz – Nikki Tate’s Sweet LifeWhat happens when you commit to real, lasting change? For Nikki Tate, that commitment led to a whole new way of life—and an unexpected business. In this episode of How’d You Get So Sweet?, Nikki shares her journey of transformation, from redefining her relationship with alcohol to creating The Poison Bar, a brand that reimagines what it means to indulge, without the hangover.We dive into:✨ What she discovered about herself on the road to change✨ The power of craving something different—and actually going for it✨ How her commitment to sobriety unex...2025-03-2130 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Joy as Resistance: The Power of Collective Care w/Almetta PittsIn this enriching episode of "How'd You Get So Sweet," host Rakita Lillard-Brown, Founder and CEO of Holistree, engages in a heartfelt conversation with Almetta Pitts, Founder and Principal Consultant of Attemla Consulting. Attemla Consulting is a community health and systems change firm that empowers individuals and organizations to reimagine impact through dreaming, collective care, and practice. (https://www.attemlaconsulting.com/about)Together, they delve into the transformative power of collective care and explore how joy serves as an act of resistance. Through a playful exercise envisioning what it means to live a sweet life, Rakita a...2025-03-1449 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Joy as Resistance: Cultivating Happiness with Marlaina WestonIn the very first episode of How’d You Get So Sweet?!, I sit down with Marlaina Weston to explore the power of joy as resistance and what it truly means to cultivate happiness in a world that often tries to dim our light.Marlaina, shares her journey of choosing joy as an act of self-preservation, healing, and liberation. We dive into the ways Black women can center happiness in their daily lives, redefine success on their own terms, and embrace joy as a radical act of self-care.She also shares a powerful excerpt from All the...2025-03-0727 min
How'd You Get So Sweet?!Welcome to How’d You Get So Sweet?! | The Journey to a Life Rooted in SweetnessWelcome to How’d You Get So Sweet?!—a podcast where Black women share the stories, rituals, and moments that have shaped their sweetest lives.In this debut episode, Rakita Lillard Brown, Founder of Holistree, shares the inspiration behind this podcast and why creating space for joy, rest, and intentional living is so important. As a Wellness Practitioner and Curator of All Things Sweet, she’s spent years helping Black women embrace ease, abundance, and self-prioritization.Tune in to hear how this podcast has been a long time in the making, what to expect in fu...2025-02-2602 min
Holistic and Spiritual AFEp 30: Sacred Sisterhood: Healing Spaces for Black Women with Rakita Lillard-BrownGet ready for another powerful podcast episode you won’t want to miss! I’m sitting down with the incredible Rakita Lillard-Brown @thesweetlyfemaven
Rakita Lillard-Brown, is the owner of Holistree, @undertheholistree a heart-centered Facilitator, traditional Healer, Reiki Master, Personal + Spiritual Development coach, Wellness guide and experienced Retreat Leader. She has over ten years of experience hosting retreats and holding space for Black Women, Women of Color and Movement organizations.
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Together, we’re diving into how Rakita has been able to create a sacred sisterhood in healing spaces f...2024-10-0527 min