Tend to It — Episode 7: Weeds & Invasive Species

Every garden faces weeds, and some are more invasive than others.

In this episode of Tend to It, we explore what it means to name what drains us before it takes over. From harmful relationships and negative thought patterns to toxic workplaces and oppressive systems, this conversation centers discernment, boundaries, and care.

Using the garden as our guide, we talk about how weeds grow quietly, how they choke healthy growth if left unattended, and how clearing space — even gently — is an act of protection, not punishment.

Tend to It Practice:
Name one "weed" in your life — a thought, habit, or relationship — and commit to pulling it this week, even gently.

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Tend to It — Episode 6: Tangled Roots

Before we talk about trauma, we acknowledge complexity.

In this episode of Tend to It, host Aiysha Walida is joined by social worker, educator, and consultant Delories Williams for a grounded conversation about family, inheritance, and identity. Together, they explore how family systems shape who we are, how intergenerational patterns are passed down, and what it means to honor our roots while still choosing healthier ways to grow.

This episode invites listeners to reflect on boundaries, reconciliation, and chosen family — and to consider how tending our roots with intention can change what grows next.

Tend to It Practice:
Write a letter — sent or unsent — to someone in your family, naming what you're carrying forward and what you're releasing.

Because tangled roots don't mean you're broken — they mean you've been growing.

So be it. Tend to it.

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In this episode of Tend to It, host Aiysha Walida opens the garden gates to a chapter she's only ever mentioned in passing — her first marriage. To tend this story with care, she brings in the show's producer, Tee, to help guide a grounded, reflective conversation.

This isn't about blame or gossip. It's about understanding how early experiences with worthiness, shame, and belonging shape our adult relationships — and what it looks like to begin healing from the inside out.

Together, Aiysha and Tee explore how friendship became partnership, how unhealed wounds showed up in marriage, and how depression, heartbreak, and emotional upheaval eventually gave way to self-awareness, support, and growth.

Tend to It Practice:
Track your emotional weather for a week — sunny, foggy, stormy — without fixing or judging. Just notice.

This episode includes discussions of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Please listen with care.

So be it. Tend to it.

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In Part 1, we explored what it means to slow down as an act of resistance and resilience. In this continuation, Cherese Brauer returns to share the deeper story behind her decision to leave a high-profile role, move abroad, and reconnect with herself on her own terms.

In this heartfelt follow-up, Cherese opens up about the questions she asked herself before taking that leap, the grief that came with change, and what it really looks like to make space for stillness and self-trust.

You may not be preparing for a move across the world, but as the seasons shift, this episode invites you to consider what changes you might be called to make — and what you may need to release to grow.

Tend To It is a space for real conversations about mental health, healing, and growth — reminding us that the garden within us needs tending, too.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
So be it. Tend to it.

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Ep 3 of Tend to It is here, Preparing the Soil, with Dr. T.C. Mason!

Before anything can grow, we have to prepare the soil.
In this week's episode, host Aiysha Walida and guest Dr. T.C. Mason dig into what it means to get ready for your next season mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

They talk about letting go of what no longer serves you, nourishing the parts of you that need care, and trusting the unseen work beneath the surface.

Because real growth doesn't start with the bloom, it starts with the soil.

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In today's episode, we're slowing down to honor the truth that Slow is Sacred. Just like in the garden, where roots take their time underground before we ever see a bloom, our growth often happens in unseen seasons.

I'm joined by guest Cherese Brauer, who shares her powerful story of stepping away from hustle culture and choosing rest as an act of radical self-love. Together, we'll explore what it means to reclaim your pace, trust timing, and see slowness not as falling behind, but as one of the most sacred ways we rise.

This is Tend to It. Let's dig in.

In our first full episode, host and therapist Aiysha Walida opens the gate to Tend to It and invites you into the vision behind this space. She shares how the garden became a metaphor for healing, grounding, and reconnecting, and why tending to our inner lives is as essential as tending to the soil.

Through personal storytelling, including a season when storms disrupted the seeds she had planted, Aiysha reflects on what it means to start again, create space for growth, and prepare the ground for flourishing.

Season 1, Rooted & Rising, begins here: with intention, reflection, and practices you can carry into your own care corner. Welcome to the Garden

So be it. Tend to it.

In this short teaser, host and therapist Aiysha Walida shares the vision behind Tend to It — a podcast about growth, healing, and tending to the practices that help us thrive. Season 1, Rooted & Rising, begins in the garden, using soil, seeds, storms, and seasons as metaphors for how we nurture our inner and outer lives.

Listen in for a glimpse of what's to come and join us as we create space for connection, reflection, and flourishing. So be it. Tend to it.