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.
Embracing the Seasons of Change in Your Life
Fall is quite literally a season of change. A season of shedding what we need to, to be prepared for the upcoming season. Learn how to notice the changes happening in your own life and how to prepare for a future season of growth.
How to Make and Maintain Friendships
This change of season has gotten me thinking about friendships, those new and old (or silver and gold as the song goes), and wanting to invest in them more this season. Read this blog post for easy ways to make and maintain friends as an adult, especially as a busy mom.
Something Wilder
Nothing wraps up summer like a little adventure! Following the adventures of Lily and Leo and experiencing it through their perspectives gives us space to ponder some questions on our own with questions you can use as journal prompts or with your favorite book club.
Showing up- reflections on 1000-day streak of promises to myself
I would describe myself as mom, small business owner, avid reader, Gilmore girls fan, and nature lover. But a streaker… Nope.
Yet starting a streak didn’t come out of nowhere. Read how the streak of daily fitness promises led to unexpected self improvement.
Using a More/Less List to Live a Life You Love
Do you ever get stuck in that meh feeling? Or just plain stuck? Like nothing is feeling like it has direction? Or feeling like you’ve lost that sense of who you truly are and what lights you up? Find out how creating a simple list can help you know yourself better and start to live a life that lights you up.
Naming Your Unmet Needs
I have to admit something to you.
I have long resisted clicking on Instagram ads. You can see them a mile away. They are always so "life changing" and "miracle" products. But they helped me recognize some unmet needs and take steps to address them,
Glow Girl Summer Reading: Love, Lists and Fancy Ships
Ever had a book just stand out on the shelf? I saw Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz. Read to find out the power of bucket lists and reflect on your own personal growth journey
Ohhh We're Halfway There!
Do you ever celebrate when you're at the half-way point of something? Heck, do you celebrate your progress at all?
We're halfway through the year (and what a doozy its been), and it's a good time to pause and reflect on the year so far and anticipate & prepare for what's ahead.