HolisTree

08/14/2025

“I am refreshed! I am so grateful for the ladies and the connections I made! When’s the next retreat? Sign me up!” – Chandaria R. 💛

THIS is what the Sweet Life is all about.
In Antigua, left with more than beautiful memories — she left with sweeter friendships, a lighter spirit, and a heart wide open. And the best part? These connections last. The women you meet at Sweet Life experiences become your people long after the trip ends.

And now… it’s Martha’s Vineyard’s turn.

We’ll gather in a space designed to fill you up — body, mind, and soul. We’ll eat well, laugh loud, and soak in every ounce of sweetness this life has to offer.

Registration for Martha’s Vineyard closes this Friday at midnight. There’s still time to claim one of the last spots.

Pull up your seat at the table → [link in bio]

📸: Sweet Life Antigua Retreat, 2025

08/13/2025

We keep picturing this moment.
It’s the first evening of the Martha’s Vineyard retreat. The air smells like salt and summer. We’re gathered around the table, wine glasses clinking, laughter spilling into the night air. You feel it — that deep exhale you’ve been craving for months.
This is more than a getaway. It’s a reset for your spirit. A space where you remember who you are and what’s possible for you.
If you’ve been craving connection, clarity, and a soul-deep sense of ease… this is your sign.
We close registration this Friday.
Come with us → https://www.holistree.com/marthasvineyard

08/04/2025

If you’re not on the Holistree mailing list… you missed the sneak peek!

Our Founder Rakita Lillard-Brown has been curating spaces for a longggg time — from intimate dinners to full-on retreats — and it continues to be one of her deepest joys. She wants to do more BUT honestly: She can’t (and doesn’t want to!) do it alone.

The next evolution of HolisTree is here — We’re officially launching The Sweet Life Curators Circle™ this October, and applications are now OPEN for our very first cohort!

We’re calling in 100 Black Women over the next two years to join us in cultivating their own Sweet Spots — intimate, powerful, joy-filled wellness experiences rooted in rest, ritual, and community.

This is your sacred invitation to step into your role as a wellness space-holder, community builder, and cultural curator. Through live sessions, guided rituals, mentorship, and a celebratory retreat (!!), you’ll be trained in The Sweet Life Way™ — our signature framework grounded in:
🌿 Rest
💫 Joy
🕯 Ritual
📖 Storytelling
🌱 Space Holding

PLUS: business and wellness expert support, micro-grants, and more!

If you or someone you know has been dreaming of hosting intentional gatherings, building community, and leading from the heart — this is for YOU.

Let’s grow this sweet movement together 🍯
Apply now:

Join the Sweet Life Curators Circle™—a 4-month immersive training for Black women wellness leaders, space holders, and joy practitioners. Learn to design and host culturally rooted Sweet Spot™ experiences, guided by the Sweet Life Way™ framework of rest, joy, ritual, storytelling, and sacred...

07/30/2025

At Holistree, we believe wellness is more than self-care routines — it’s about clearing space for joy, purpose, and expansion.

This week on the blog, our founder reflects on the deeply personal moment of releasing her late mother’s belongings — and how that act of letting go created unexpected space for something new to bloom.

This is the work:
✨ Making room for more.
✨ Choosing softness without shrinking.
✨ Embracing expansion as a wellness practice.

🖤 Read the full reflection at holistree.com (link in bio)

📬 Want weekly love notes, rituals, and rest reminders like this? Join our mailing list today and get inspired to live your own version of the Sweet Life.

07/23/2025

✨ Too grown to shrink. ✨

There comes a time - somewhere in your 40s, maybe sooner, maybe later - when you realize: you’ve already earned the right to take up space.

No more softening yourself to fit someone else’s comfort. No more apologizing for your joy, your rest, your boundaries, or your brilliance.

This is your Sweet Life Era. And it starts the moment you decide to stop shrinking and start showing up fully.

In this week’s Wellness Wednesday email, we offer a few ways you can lean all the way in, too.

💌 Tap the link in bio & join our mailing list so you never miss a dose of sweetness.

What’s one way you’re stepping into your Sweet Life Era this week? Tell us below 👇🏾


 
 


07/17/2025

✨ Registration is officially reopened! ✨

We’re heading to Martha’s Vineyard for The Sweet Life™ Experience: Rest. Reclaim. Radiate. — and you’re invited to join us.

Picture this:
🏠 Strolling past the whimsical gingerbread cottages in Oak Bluffs,
🌊 Waking up to serene water views at the charming Summercamp Hotel,
🍇 Savoring soul-nourishing meals that taste like love,
🌅 Toasting the day as the sun melts into the ocean,
🤎 Connecting deeply with an incredible circle of women who just get it.

This is more than a retreat — it’s your chance to slow down, savor the moment, and remember how sweet life can be.

We only have a few spots left, and they won’t last long.

✨ Head to our website or the link in bio to claim your spot today — we can’t wait to welcome you. ✨

07/09/2025

We’re still pausing over here, but thought a mid-summer check in would be sweet!

What’s been filling your cup so far this season?

What could you let go of to make room for more ease?

Here’s your gentle reminder:
You’re allowed to rest. To delight. To savor.

Drop one thing you’re enjoying about summer below. 👇🏾

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05/05/2025

04/25/2025

There’s something sacred about the moment your feet meet the water and you realize—you’ve finally arrived. Not just at the retreat, but at a place where you’ve chosen you.

Day one of The Annual Sweet Life Retreat always begins with a pause—a collective exhale by the sea. Here, surrounded by sisterhood and the rhythm of the waves, we’re reminded that sweetness isn’t something we chase… it’s something we allow.

This isn’t just a getaway. It’s a return—to joy, to rest, to the parts of ourselves that get lost in the noise of daily life.

Here’s to every Black Woman standing at the edge of something beautiful. May you always find your way back to the water—and to yourself.

04/19/2025

We’re just FOUR days away from the Third Annual Sweet Life Retreat… and the sweetness is already overflowing!

Each year, we love gifting our retreaters with something special—personal, thoughtful, and full of intention. This year’s “You Are the Altar” bags from and .energy are a sacred reminder that your presence is divine. They created our shirts for the very first Sweet Life Retreat, and now these beauties are continuing the tradition.

While we’re no strangers to hosting retreats… Sweet Life Retreats will always be our favorite. It’s the joy. The intention. The community. The softness. The sweetness.

Want to be one of the first to know about our upcoming retreats and events? Subscribe to our list—link in bio—and come get this sweetness for yourself.

04/09/2025

🌀 Do you know what chaos looks like for you?

Not the loud kind. The quiet kind.
The kind that hides in skipped meals, shallow breathing, and “I’m fine” texts when you’re actually unraveling inside.

Check out our new Freebie the Personal Chaos Compass to help you see it coming — and shift it with love.

This free, fillable guide invites you to explore how stress shows up in your body, emotions, and patterns — especially as a Black Woman, leader, business owner, and nurturer holding a lot.

✨ If you’ve ever felt off but couldn’t quite name it — this is for you.

✨ If you’re ready to reclaim your peace before the burnout — this is for you.

✨ If you’re done carrying it all alone — this is definitely for you.

📥 Download your free copy and begin the journey back to your center. Link in bio

Your chaos doesn’t define you.
But it can teach you how to return home to yourself.

03/21/2025

What if there was a space intentionally carved out for you to dream up and test out your vision for a sweet life?

Living the Sweet Life Playspace kicks off soon! A 6 part series and playspace to fine tune your vision of living in the sweetness!

Living the Sweet Life Playspace is a space where Black Women can reclaim their sweetness through intentional self-care and collective wellness practices.

Whether you’re navigating stress, burnout, or just craving a space to pour back into yourself, this playspace is designed to help you feel more grounded, empowered, and connected. It’s where we center our joy, set intentional goals, and support one another in creating lives that feel good from the inside out.

✨ Kicking off April 1st

But here’s the sweet part: Sign up now and get access to an exclusive Bonus Masterclass on Monday, March 24th! This masterclass will set you up for success, helping you align your intentions and get ready to dive into the magic of the playspace.

You deserve this. You deserve to feel held, seen, and celebrated. Don’t miss out—secure your spot today!

🔗 Link in bio to join the Sweet Life Playspace!