Creating Space for Healing and Community
Making New Possible continues with Angela Mallett, founder of Honeybee Sage Wellness, an herbal apothecary and tea café designed to be a healing hub for community, wellness, and connection. Rooted in her own experience with holistic healing and guided by a philosophy of love and care, Angela has built a space in Milwaukee where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, and feel supported.
Angela describes her role simply as a “professional spaceholder” — someone whose job is to create environments where guests feel safe, seen, and cared for. That instinct traces back to childhood, watching her grandmother reach for home remedies before anything else, and later to a difficult experience with traditional medicine that pushed her to explore herbalism and holistic healing on her own terms.
Honeybee Sage is deliberately more than a tea café. It functions as a gathering place that Angela designed to transcend cultural and socioeconomic boundaries — a space where “health and wellness transcend societal differences.” Guests come for the herbal teas and the education, and often stay for the conversations and shared experience with people they might not otherwise cross paths with.
Looking ahead, Angela shares her vision for where Honeybee Sage goes next — growing its role as a community wellness destination while staying true to the intimacy and care that shaped it from the start.
Key Takeaways
- Think of your work as “spaceholding” — creating environments where people feel safe, seen, and cared for
- Personal experience, even painful experience, can point you toward the work you're meant to do
- A wellness business can double as a community gathering space that crosses cultural and economic lines
- Education and connection can matter as much as the product itself
Written by Brady Jager for NEWaukee, July 2026.