About The Ember Way
A sacred rhythm for soul-led living, writing, and remembering
I’ve been writing since I could string words into a sentence… not just to be heard, but to feel.
To remember.
To soften.
To come home.
Writing, for me, has never been about productivity or performance. It’s how Spirit speaks through me. It’s how I stay anchored when the world moves too fast. It’s how I make sense of the chaos. It’s my slow-burning ritual. My steady way back to presence.
Over the past two decades, I’ve shared stories, created sanctuaries, and walked alongside others through seasons of transition… grief, reawakening, nervous system repair, spiritual evolution, and the quiet, invisbile work of becoming.
I’ve held spaces for creatives, caregivers, mystics, and memory-keepers.
And I’ve come to believe this:
You don’t have to burn brightly to belong.
You just need an ember you trust.
That ember… warm, quiet, soul-lit… lives at the heart of this space.
What is The Ember Way?
The Ember Way is a gentle, sacred rhythm for soul-led living, writing, and remembering.
It’s a soft sanctuary.
A steady hearth for those tired of chasing and ready to root.
A rhythm for the ones who create from soul, not urgency.
Here, we honor:
Softness as structure
Rhythm over routine
Remembering over rushing
Creating from within, not for validation
This is a space for those who’ve felt “too much” for the world. For the threshold-walkers, the recovering over-givers, the quiet creatives, the sensitive visionaries trying to trust their own voice again.
What You’ll Find Here
The Ember Way holds multiple gentle paths.
You’re welcome to walk one, a few, or all of them… whatever meets you where you are.
🕯 The Whispering Grove — weekly poetic letters, seasonal musings, sacred pauses, and soul-guided blessings
✍️ The Writer’s Lantern — soul-led writing support, creative rituals, and voice reclamation
🧚♀️ The Realm of Wondermere — mythic play, archetypal companions, and imaginative soul care
❤️🔥 The Emberkeeper’s Hearth — spontaneous musings and sacred scatterings
📜 Soul-ution Spotlights — à la carte digital offerings, guided journals & meditative tools
Most of what I share here is freely accessible… open to all who wander in. A few ember-lit spaces (The Writer’s Hearth and The Quiet Beyond) are reserved for paid subscribers, offering deeper reflection and soul tending, though.
There’s no pressure, just presence. And when you’re ready for more, the Soul-utions will be waiting… gently, never urgently.
What to Expect
• Weekly and biweekly posts, delivered with calm cadence.
• A curated experience… follow only the realms that resonate.
• A soul-rooted “shop” of digital tools to support your creative + personal rhythms.
• A calm corner of the internet where your nervous system is allowed to exhale.
This is not a place for shouting.
It’s a place for slow remembering.
A place where your voice can emerge softly, sovereignly, and in sacred time.
Whether you’re here to write, rest, reimagine, or simply receive…
You belong.
You don’t have to perform to be welcomed.
You don’t have to be “ready” to be received.
You just have to show up… when and how you can.
This is the ember.
And it’s yours, too.
💌 Subscribe here to walk The Ember Way.
Who Tends the Ember
The Ember Way is tended by Dawna Kreis… soul guide, intuitive, healer, and Storykeeper. Dawna walks with those in transition, holds space for quiet unravelings, and creates with fierce softness.
(Want to learn more about Dawna’s path? Her full story is here →)
Why You Might Stay
Because you are craving slower rhythms and softer landings.
Because you believe joy is sacred.
Because you want to remember yourself… without having to explain yourself.
Here, you are not too much.
Here, you are not too late.
Here, you are held.
Wander Through the Shoppes
If you’d like to carry a piece of the Ember Way into your own rhythm…
You’ll find soul-crafted treasures in these soft-lit corners:
🌿 The Garden Gate Curio Shoppe — seasonal journals, altars, and grounding tools
✨ Soft Joy Creations (Etsy) — for those who prefer a cozy scroll and a sprinkle of whimsy
Everything offered here is made for remembering… not rushing.
🤝 For Collaborators
The Ember Way offers co-creative writing and seasonal blessings for your community… rooted in resonance.
✨ Let’s connect and co-create.
💌 Reach Out
Questions? Collaborations? Whispered nudges?
I’m just a message away.
The Ember Way is evolving slowly, softly, in its own time.
And I’m so deeply glad you’re here.
With presence + petals,





