About Thrive At Home with Sav
Wife to Austin, girl-mom to Josie, and a PR pro who works from home.
Our home is usually filled with toddler giggles, coffee brewing, something half-finished on the counter, and two dogs underfoot. It’s not glamorous or quiet, but it’s ours — and it’s the place where I’ve built client work, nap-time projects, and a whole lot of dreams.
I know what it’s like to love your people and your work and feel stretched thin by both. And somewhere in the middle of all that beautiful chaos, I found myself creating simple rhythms and systems that let me show up for my work and be the mom I hoped I’d be.
My story really began the moment I finally said ‘no.’
I STARTED SHARING PIECES OF MY DAYS BECAUSE I REALIZED SO MANY MOMS WERE CARRYING THE SAME QUIET TENSION I HAD. WANTING TO BE PRESENT AT HOME WHILE STILL USING THEIR GIFTS, CREATIVITY, AND AMBITION.
And the more I opened up, the more I heard the same words echoed back to me: “I love being home … and I also love the work I do. I just don’t know how to hold both without feeling like I’m failing at one.”
Those conversations slowly became community. A place where moms like me could talk honestly about the juggle. Not to complain about it, but to name it, honor it, and find a steadier way through it.
Because the truth is: none of us were meant to do this alone. We’re just figuring it out together, one conversation at a time.
At the end of the day, it’s always been about her — my Jojo.
She’s the reason I slowed down, rethought everything, and the reason I care so deeply about building a life where I’m not rushing through the very years I want to remember most.
As she’s grown, so have I. Motherhood softened me, stretched my capacity, and showed me that the ordinary moments are the ones that truly shape your heart.
THAT’S WHY I SHARE WHAT I SHARE.
Not because I have it all figured out (because I don’t), but because I’m right here in it with you. Trying to raise a kind, joyful girl, while doing my best to use my gifts in a way that supports our home instead of competing with it.
If anything I’ve learned helps you feel a little more steady, a little more seen, or a little more confident in your own story, then that means the world to me.
MY MINI-ME
No to the peace I couldn’t keep.
No to the version of productivity that left me exhausted.
No to the idea that motherhood and “successful” work couldn’t coexist.
WHAT I DIDN’T REALIZE AT THE TIME…
Was that saying no opened the door to everything that truly matters to me — slow mornings with my girl, work I genuinely enjoy, and a home rhythm that feels peaceful instead of pressured.
Those early days weren’t perfect (spoiler alert: it still isn’t). It looked like scribbled notes in my phone, rearranging my days, and learning to let the undone things stay undone while I held a sick baby. But that’s where everything shifted — right in the ordinary moments with my daughter beside me.
And the more I leaned into that, the more confident I became in shaping a home and work life that allowed me to be fully present in all the places I cared about most.
“I WANT A LIFE that surrenders to the beauty of the ordinary … small moments that make a life.”
— SHAUNA NIEQUIST
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