The Garden Gate: Find Your Path. Follow the Whisper
Welcome, Beautiful Soul.
You’ve just arrived at the soft edge of something sacred, a soul-safe space for midlife bloomers, quiet seekers, and hearts in holy transition.
Whether you’re seeking clarity, healing, joy, or just a breath of something true…
🌙 You’re in the right place.
Here’s how to begin walking the path with me:
✨ Start with a Soul Gift
💝 A gentle, joy-soaked bundle awaits you the moment you step inside…
When you subscribe (free or paid), I’ll personally send you a welcome note with a soft reflection kit… part whimsy, part wonder, all heart.
It’s my way of saying: you belong here.
🔐 Join The Sacred Return
🪷 Become a Paid Member – $11/month or $99/year
Get full access to Wayfinder Wednesdays, audio blessings, sacred rituals, and seasonal soul letters.
✨ 3 months free with annual.
✨ Founding Circle includes a 1:1 session.
🎭 Meet the Playhouse Companions
💫 Learn more about Bibble, Snugs, and the magical guides walking with us
Whimsy, wisdom, and wonder… all channeled with love to remind you: joy is sacred, and your weird is welcome.
🎧 Read or Listen: Wayfinder Wednesdays
🌿 Visit the latest post or browse the archive
Weekly teachings to help you remember who you are, reclaim your joy, and begin again… softly.
Whimsy You Can Hold | Visit the Soft Joy Creations Etsy Shop
A gentle extension of The Garden and The Sacred Playhouse, where story meets soul and joy becomes tangible.
Explore coloring books, playful pages, and soft tools for your becoming.
✨ Visit Soft Joy Creations on Etsy
Let your inner child pick something just for her.
💛 Book a 1:1 Session
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Wayfinder or Heartlight - intuitive, soul-led support for your next soft step forward.
You’re already on the path.
Let’s walk it together… one breath, one truth, one joy at a time.
With moonlight, play, and reverence,
🌿 Dawna
Archives
Every journey begins with a soft yes.
And here, at The Garden Gate, you’re invited to pause… breathe… and enter this sacred space with intention.
This is not just a collection of posts.
It’s a living sanctuary… a soul-tended rhythm of reflections, rituals, seasonal wisdom, and sacred support.
A space for those walking through transition, craving presence, or simply longing to feel more like themselves again.
Over time, The Garden has gently unfolded into a rooted ecosystem of offerings:
✨ Intuitive reflections + soul-stirred writing
✨ Sacred rhythms aligned with moon, season, and spirit
✨ Esoteric practices + inner child reconnection
✨ Soft guidance for becoming without the pressure to bloom fast
With over 500+ posts here, it’s natural to wonder: Where do I begin?
That’s what this page is for… to serve as a gentle map, trail lantern, and inner compass as you walk at your own pace through this sacred space.
How to Explore the Archives
Everything here is intuitively tagged, so you can wander based on what’s stirring in your own soul:
Healing & Integration – For the work of remembering, restoring, releasing, and returning to wholeness
Identity & Truth – Thresholds, self-reclamation, and soul roles in transition
Journeys & Challenges – Sacred initiations, shadow work, and the quiet courage to keep going
Joy & Presence – Divine Inner Child wisdom, seasonal delight, and living more fully now
Sacred Rhythms – Moon wisdom, seasonal shifts, and energy-led living
Tending the Becoming – Reflections on soft evolution, inner growth, and blooming on your own terms
You’ll also find special series like:
The Sacred Grove – Lunar + esoteric reflections
Messages From the Guardian – Spontaneous soul transmissions
Seedling Reflections – Free, bite-sized grounding prompts
Tending the Fire Within – Sacred emotional work + self-trust
Let your intuition lead.
Take what you need.
Leave what no longer serves.
✨ You are not behind.
✨ You are not broken.
✨ You are becoming.
So step inside, my friend.
Wander. Linger. Return as often as you need.
This is your space, too.
And everything you’re seeking?
It’s already growing within you.
Please Note: This sacred map is a work in progress. With over 500+ posts as of this writing, I’m gently tending each corner and refining the path as time allows.
(Last Updated: 5/10/25)
Start Here & Site Resources
Healing & Integration
A sacred space for tending the tender places… where insight becomes embodiment and growth unfolds at soul pace. Here, healing is not about fixing, but gently remembering and reclaiming all of who you are.
Identity & Truth
A path for those unraveling old stories and reclaiming the sacred truth of who they are. This space holds space for reinvention, self-expression, and the quiet courage it takes to live in alignment with your soul.
Journeys & Challenges
Growth is a journey, an unfolding, a sacred path we walk step by step. This space is home to guided challenges and explorations designed to help you deepen self-discovery, reconnect with your purpose, and move through transformation with clarity and trust. Where will your path take you next?
Joy & Presence
A celebration of the small, the soulful, and the here-and-now. This path invites you to rediscover joy as a spiritual practice, rooted in presence, curiosity, and the quiet beauty of simply being alive.
Sacred Rhythms
A space to honor the natural cycles within and around you, moon phases, seasonal shifts, and the quiet wisdom of divine timing. These offerings help you return to your body, your breath, and the rhythm of your own becoming.
Tending the Becoming
Wayfinder Wednesdays
Wayfinder Wednesdays is a weekly soul teaching series offering gentle guidance, reflection, and sacred remembering. Each post is part of an unfolding course designed to help you return to your truth - one step, one breath, one rhythm at a time. Paid subscribers receive the full journey, while free readers receive a soft glimpse to walk beside us. You are already on the path - let’s keep walking together.
Whispers From the Edge
Whispers From the Edge is a quiet series of soul reflections from the sacred in-between—those threshold moments where you’re not who you were, and not yet who you’re becoming. These gentle transmissions arrive like moonlight on water—unplanned, intuitive, and deeply present. Whether you're standing at a beginning, an ending, or something unnamed, these whispers are here to walk with you. Come as you are. Linger as long as you need.
The Rambling Gnome-ads
The Rambling Gnome-ads is a lightly wandering series of reflections from life on the road—offering glimpses into tiny home living, sacred detours, and the deeper truths revealed through movement. These stories aren’t just about where we go, but what the road teaches us along the way. Part travelogue, part soul map, part prayer whispered through an open window. Come ramble with me—one stop, one story, one sacred mile at a time.
The Garden Pathway
Like the winding paths of a sacred garden, this space holds a collection of weekly reflections offering guidance, inspiration, and soulful check-ins to support you on your journey. Step in, take what resonates, and trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
The Sacred Unfolding: A Year of Transformation and Coming Home to Yourself
The Sacred Unfolding: A Year of Transformation and Coming Home to Yourself is a book that is being written this year in conjunction with the 12 Chapters Club.
