Firefly Scout Field Notes

This is where I share field notes from the work of navigating a complex, heart-led life, blending personal experience with practical insight.

You’ll find thoughtful essays, practical frameworks, and experience-based guidance — rooted in real life, nervous-system awareness, and pattern noticing.

These aren’t personal diary entries or quick takes. They’re reflections meant to help you orient, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and move forward with more clarity and ease.

Take what’s useful. Leave the rest.

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Making Space: Holding More Than One Feeling at Once

Preparing for family vacations can bring up a range of feelings, especially when having to find a pet sitter for the first time. Learn the simple tip to help tame the emotional swirl and get a handle on the stress that comes with a family spring break trip.

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The Self-Care Tip No One Talks About

Self-care is more than face masks and bubble baths. Discover how to tap into the power of what we feel about what we do and start to use it with more intention.

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The Things We Carry

A couple weeks ago, I took my youngest son to a check-up for a congenital condition he had surgery for in the first year of his life. It was repairable and everything has been improving in the four years since. So I wasn’t too worried, but there is that lingering “what if” until you get the okay.

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