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Path & Ponder!

Hi, my name is Savannah.
I am a curious wanderer
and writer, a consultant for creative entrepreneurs, and partner at Omnia Designs.

What is Path & Ponder?

I notice.

I see the way you pause before you speak.
The way your breath deepens when no one is asking anything of you.
How you hold your aching soul through the dark days.
I notice how certain songs undo you, though you never explain why.
I see how you give yourself away, piece by piece, in the name of love.

I see the thousand choices you make each day to live.
To hope.
To keep going.
Even when no one is there to see.
Because I see you.
I honor you.
I am you.

{Archetype Series}

Grace is the opposite of shame.
A quiet remembering of the love you hold.
Where is your soul asking for softness today?
A little more space to be enough?

Is Grace whispering to you—reminding you of the light that’s never left?

There is a wildness in you that remembers.
A green song under your skin, still humming.
You were not made to wither behind screens and schedules.
You were made to root and reach and dance yourself alive.

I notice how carefully you move.
How much of your truth you hold just beneath the surface.

You’ve learned to read the room.
I�’ve learned to read the spaces in between.

There’s a difference between what’s true and what’s familiar.
And sometimes clarity begins not with answers—
but with the willingness to look again.

Truth waits for the eyes that are ready.

~ A Whisper from the Edge of Your Awareness

You have heard me calling.
The sound within the silence.
In the fleeting moments when the world fades away.
The song of something more.

You’ve followed the rules.
You made yourself small and manageable.
You did everything they told you to.

And yet, there’s an aching emptiness inside.
A cry of desire and longing.

That’s me.
That’s you.

A soul-song, not of ruin, but of return,
Calling all your lost parts back home.

I am here.
Waiting in the deep.
Listening for your echo.

I keep singing because I will not let you disappear.
I keep singing because you deserve to be wild.
I keep singing because you are loved.

~ A Song from Your Siren

I know that today, as Easter, is supposed to be about new life. But my soul is drawn back to the preceding day in the Resurrection story: Holy Saturday. The sacred in-between. Inhabiting the space of the not-yet. Waiting. Longing. Being willing to sit with death while holding hope for the coming light. Dwelling in the messy and confusing seasons of life where nothing makes sense. This is where the miracle really happens.

Just a few beautiful things from my recent ramblings 🌱 #nature #naturephotos #springishere #natureismyhome #mountainadventures

Sometimes it is okay to sit in the not-knowing. There is this beautiful paradox: sometimes the deepest wisdom comes from a willingness to simply be. #wisdominsilence #innerjourney #bemindful #beingpresent

“Stillness. One of the doors / into the temple.” - Today (Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings) #natureismytemple

What sets your soul on fire? What makes your heart dance like a thousand galaxies? What makes that flame burn a little brighter, a little braver? Don't, for a moment, let go of that. Never stop chasing the light that brings your spirit alive ✨

#phoenixrising #findyourfire #chasethelight #bravesoul

This piece I made recently for Omnia Designs was inspired by some recent ponderings on creativity. It is a reminder of the latent creative power that we each hold inside—waiting for spring, waiting for warmth, waiting for the moment when it is ready to be brought forth. The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that every human is a creative being, at our essence.
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We’ve done ourselves a disservice by holding such a restrictive idea of being creative, like it is only for the painters and poets, the tortured souls crafting paeans to pain. Yet we’re all creators in more ways than we realize. Every time a problem is solved, you’ve created a solution. Every time you changed or improved something, you’ve created a new reality. In fact, you can look at it even more broadly, as we are creating our own experience of life. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes.
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|| "Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by the mere fact of being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing act of creation." (Rick Rubin, The Creative Act) ||
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How are you tending to the garden of your soul? 🌱

#omniadesigns #creativelife #springofthesoul #springishere #tendtoyourgarden #alwayscreating

Anyone who knows me knows that if there is any reason to incorporate fungus, I will take the opportunity, even as a theme for a birthday cake #entangledlife

Just a few highlights from a day of nature exploration 🍃 #appalachia #themountainsarecalling #natureismychurch #springishere #naturevibes #naturephotos #easttn #smokymountains

The last few months have brought some challenges and changes for me, but I am grateful for the growth and strength I have discovered through it all. I’ve also had the opportunity to work on some very exciting projects of late. My website, Path & Ponder, is the central hub for everything going on, but I wanted to share some of the details here as well.
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The mantra that has inspired me lately is about overcoming our internal limits and discovering the world that’s waiting on the other side of fear. This is a common thread in my current ventures, from helping creative entrepreneurs succeed in their business to developing designs that celebrate the resilience and freedom of the human spirit. Life is a journey and I'm excited to see what the universe brings next ✨✨
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#phoenixrising #omniadesigns #alwayscreating #mindsetmatters #fearless #riseagain #resilientmindset #nevergiveup #universevibes

Nothing like a little stargazing on the eve of the spring equinox #springiscoming #springequinox #vernalequinox #starrysky #stargazer

Dreaming of a spring-green world today #springiscoming #greenislife #moss #naturevibes

A thought from The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Rubin. Creativity has been on my mind a lot recently and was inspired this weekend to write a blog post about it. Check the link in my bio to read it :) #creativity #quotes #creativelife #createyourreality #words #wordstoinspire

Views like this make me feel like I’m in a cathedral #natureismychurch #naturevibes #naturepics #treestagram #nature #natureheals #forest #forestvibes

#rattlesnakeledge #pnw #natureismyhome #naturelover #takemetothemountains

Moody days: perfect for deep thinking and sitting with your soul

“Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by the mere fact of being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing act of creation.” - The Creative Act (Rick Rubin)

This masterpiece of a pistachio croissant has been a highlight of the week👌🏻 #itsthelittlethings #patisserie

#themountainsarecalling #naturephotography #natureismyhome #moss

#watervibes #mountainview #pnwadventures

“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it, like a wave from the ocean. You are not a stranger here.” - Alan Watts

“Stillness. One of the doors / into the temple.” - Mary Oliver

When it is hard to tell where the mountains end and the clouds begin #pnw #olympicmountains #pugetsound #dreamviews

When it feels like you’re walking through an enchanted forest ✨ #pnw #forestlovers #treesofinstagram

|| Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life as no content, no point. It hurries on and on, and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless life missing nothing, for it is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world. || Alan Watts

|| When no risk is taken there is no freedom || Alan Watts

Witch’s Brew coffee with sage and juniper 👌🏻Tastes like wild living in the mountains 🌲✨

“For some things / there are no wrong seasons.” ~ Mary Oliver, Hurricane

Stargazing hits differently when you’re surrounded by mountains ✨

Just watching the world go by. #itsacatslife #tobeacat #catmom #catsofinstagram #catstagram

I spent my Thanksgiving overwhelmed with gratitude for being alive to see this beautiful world. #pnw #cascades #mountainscape #natureismychurch #escapetothewild

A sampling of the 10,000 pictures I took on my trip to Colorado last week. There’s some powerful energy in the mountains—the experience was transformative for me on so many levels ✨🏔️✨

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Hi, my name is Savannah.
I am a curious wanderer
and writer, a consultant for creative entrepreneurs, and partner at Omnia Designs.

Want to Keep in Touch?

@pathandponder

Featured from

Featured Posts

Healing Through Writing

Soul Excavation: Working with Archetypes

Walking Without a Map

It is Enough

The Pondering Well 3.18.25

Awakening the Light

Hi, my name is Savannah. I am a curious wanderer and writer, a consultant for creative entrepreneurs, and partner at Omnia Designs.

Want to Keep in Touch?

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@pathandponder

Hi, my name is Savannah.
I am a curious wanderer
and writer, a consultant for creative entrepreneurs, and partner at Omnia Designs.