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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The Trouble with Gratitude

It’s getting time for my annual desire to rewatch Love Actually. It’s not technically a Christmas movie, but it takes place over the holidays and captures the range of emotions and experiences that this time of year can bring up. Read more about how gratitude is a prickly subject for me and tips on how you can better embrace it yourself.

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One Italian Summer

After an over-indulgent trip to the library with my kids, the new fiction section is right by the checkout and I spotted this book on the end display. Since I had read Rebecca’s two other books, and we were on the cusp of summer, it was an easy grab to put on top of my toppling stack. Use your summer reading time to Grow your Glow this summer with these book club and journaling questions!

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