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.This Magic Moment
As I’m working to keep remembering the magic in me, I’m also being mindful to be open to the magic all around.
Maybe you think it doesn’t count if you are seeking it or creating the moments of magic. That it has to knock you over with amazingness for it to “count”. Read on for tips to add the magic to your life.
Let Your Spirit Soar
Do you have a moment that you use as a marker, a touchpoint?
These moments help you mark a moment in time. To reflect on how much progress you’ve made, how much growth you’ve experienced as a result of the start of something new; the moment your life made a 2-degree shift and the whole new place you are today.
They can also work as an anchor point to help you orient yourself as you explore, acting as a point of reference as you try all sorts of ways to blaze a trail. But with time, you look how much this is holding you back.
Layer in the Fun
I had the realization that I am not nearly as much fun as I think I am, bringing in too much of my day job mindset into my personal life and not having enough fun. Read for tips on how to make small, easy changes and layer in some fun!
5 Non-Fiction Books for Your Personal Growth Journey
Are you like me? A total book lover by nature. I remember in junior high making a trip with my mom to Waldenbooks (RIP) and buying the latest Baby-Sitters Club book each month. And when I used to travel for work, wandering through the airport bookstore was a favorite place to pass the time. Somehow the potential of going to new places by air and in my mind was a new level of intoxication. Read on to see how they can help with your personal growth journey.
Listen to Your Teachers
Life teaches us things all the time. Practically anything can be turned into a lesson for your life experience. Read this short blog post about tips for all the ways different types of “teachers” show up in our lives and influence our personal growth journey.
Mindset of Abundance
Do you feel abundant? The changing of seasons or other life milestones can trigger a deeper reflection. Read for how to embody a mindset of abundance.
Good Vibes Only
This isn’t a call to ignore what’s going on in the world.
It’s taking a moment for your self-preservation. Read through to see how you can shift your focus and your mindset.
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.