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.
Is Life Passing You By?
That's a funny thing about time, it passes no matter what you do. But how you spend it makes a difference. It can move by slowly in the moment and yet feel like it moved at warp speed once you're through it. Read to learn how you can check in with yourself to make sure life isn’t just passing you by.
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.
The Trickiness That Comes With October
Octobers are a tricky time for me. And not just because Halloween comes at the end of it. It took me a little bit to notice this and reflect on it more in this journal entry.
Thoughts on Seeking Clarity in Life
We always want to know what’s coming, get a glimpse of the destination while we are on the journey. But sometimes it’s not where we need to aim our focus.
Small Experiments to Find Alignment in Your Life
Using lessons learned from a book hangover to start trying small experiments to create better alignment in life.
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.