Your health and wellbeing are the most important thing you have. Without it, nothing else works properly.

You know this but life happens and it’s often the first thing that drops to the bottom of the list. Don’t worry if this is you, it's me too.

You see, I started Tend after experiencing my second (or third depending who you ask) bout of burnout. I was exhausted, mentally and physically, and I wasn’t showing up for my whanau how I wanted to. Something had to change. And it started to when I started building self-care and wellbeing into my every day routine. Instead of prioritising making someone else money, I prioritised going for a walk with my whanau; instead of prioritising the email sent at 2am, I prioritised my sleep. I wanted a diary to track the good shit I was doing for myself, something that was more than an appointment diary because I needed some gentle guidance and some ways to start building a routine and so Tend was created.

Tend is on a mission to remind you that you and your wellbeing matter. We keep it simple: do five things, every day, and that will kickstart your routine. We’re not here to tell you to be like that person on Instagram, we’re not here to tell you to lose weight, or train for a marathon, or eat keto. We’re here to tell you that whatever you do, is awesome because you did it. 

For me, my days all look pretty different depending on how busy I am. Some days I go for an early morning walk with my dog, other days, I’m lucky if I get outside for five minutes. I eat what nourishes me, and that’s sometimes a cookie from my favourite bakery or a salad from the Vietnamese place. It all depends on the day. 

This is the magic of Tend. We’re not expecting you to be perfect, we just want to help you bring the best version of you to the world.