Introducing Field Notes: A Weekly Invitation to Come Home to Yourself

 

There are moments when life hands you a mirror.

Sometimes it’s a quiet unraveling, sometimes a full-on rupture...but either way, you’re left standing in a space where the only path forward is deeper. Closer. Truer.

That’s where Field Notes was born.

It’s a weekly email I send each Wednesday...midweek medicine for anyone who’s been holding it all together for too long. A place where I share real reflections from the field of the forest, of the river, of the heart.

These aren’t polished essays or motivational fluff. They’re living transmissions from my own journey of unlearning, reclaiming, and wild-hearting.

Because healing isn’t linear...and coming home to yourself is a process we repeat over and over, in deeper layers each time.

In Field Notes, I write about:

• What it means to trust your body’s truth after years of override

• The quiet rebellion of choosing rest over performance

• Listening not just to the water and wind...but with them, as if your body remembers the language.

• Undoing what’s been programmed...and rewriting your own way

• Saying the sacred “no”

• And the everyday courage it takes to stop shrinking and start belonging to yourself again

You’ll also get access to the growing library of healing tools I’ve created — meditations, practices, and printable resources to help you remember who you were before the world told you otherwise.

Field Notes are free. Always.
Think of it as a gentle hand on your back midweek… a pause, a breath, a recalibration.

If you’re ready for realignment, soft rebellion, and finding your way back to the wild wisdom within you — I’d be honored to have you join us.

👉 Click here to subscribe to Field Notes and receive your free audio meditation: “The Power of the Sacred No.”

Welcome to the quiet revolution.
You don’t have to do it alone.
Let's do it together. Let's walk the audacious path of becoming ourselves again.

Photo Credit: Image by Ma_Frank from Pixabay

 

 

 

 

Through the Veil: A Wild-Heart Encounter with Source

Last week, I was reminded of the value of going outside to play...and how much I’ve missed this weekly practice in my life. Many months ago, I used to create “engagement practices” each time I ventured into the forest. These rituals anchored a sense of fantastical reverence for nature deep into my heart and soul.

Recently, I’ve also been returning to a phrase that’s stayed with me:

“The intelligence of your cells.”

A reminder that Source energy isn’t something we find... it’s something we are. Which means, when we go out into nature, we’re not just stepping into a world of living things...we’re stepping into ourselves. The Law of Oneness echoes here: everything we encounter is a mirror, a part of the whole, a reflection of who we truly are.

And if we truly believed that, what might become possible?

We already know from quantum physics that the observer influences the field. So, what happens when we enter the forest not just to walk through it...but to let it interact with us?

I experienced this firsthand yesterday. I went to a local forest, specifically with the intention of listening...not just to the water, but with it. I sat beside a flowing creek and tuned into its many layers of sound, energy, and presence. I listened to the water like it had something to say...and it did!

I brought along a pair of swimming goggles because I also wanted to explore what lived below the surface of this freshwater world. And what unfolded was nothing short of magical.

As I floated face-down, I watched schools of fish feeding. I gently stirred the river bottom with my hand, and the fish began to nibble at my fingers. We interacted. It became a quiet I see you, and you see me moment.

After about 30 minutes, something shifted. A soft, unexpected feeling of being accepted...not just as a visitor, but as part of this world...washed over me. I wasn’t just human anymore. I was consciousness in motion, sensing and being sensed, within a living, breathing web of awareness.

And the only thing separating me from this entire underwater world was a veil...just one simple layer of water. It only took a shift in perspective, a willingness to see through, to realize what had been there all along.

So I wonder:

How many sacred moments do we miss each day...because we’re too caught up in what we think matters most?

What if connection, stillness, and wonder are available… if only we’re willing to look through the veil?

Love energy is everywhere!
If we choose to look.
If we choose to listen.

Photo Credit: Pixabay.com 

 

Join the Rebellion!

Grab your "Wholeness Is My Rebellion" t-shirt!

 
🖤 A T-Shirt. A Statement. A Way of Living.

There’s a quiet revolution happening... and it doesn’t always look like protest signs and loud voices.

Sometimes, it looks like healing.
Like refusing to shrink.
Like choosing rest over hustle.
Like saying “I’m not here to earn my worth — I already have it.”

This shirt isn’t just fabric and ink. It’s a reminder.

A reminder that reclaiming your whole self... every scar, every joy, every part of you that had to go quiet just to survive... is one of the most radical acts you can make in a world that teaches us to fragment.

This design was born out of my own journey back to wholeness.
Back to truth.
Back to me.

And maybe you’re on that same journey, too.

If so, I made this for us.
A wearable mantra.
A soft-armored declaration:
“Wholeness is my rebellion.”

🛒 Grab yours here — and wear it like the anthem it is.

🎯 And if you know someone else who's done the hard work of unshrinking? Tag them. Share it.
Let’s build a tribe of rebels — not for war, but for wholeness.

 

 

You deserve 5 minutes that are just for you.

 

There’s a place inside you that knows how to come home.

Even if you’ve been away for a long time.
Even if you’ve forgotten how to listen.
Even if life has made you feel like you’re too much, too tired, or too far gone.

I created this 5-minute guided meditation called “Coming Home to Yourself” as a gentle doorway back —

to your breath,
to your truth,
to the part of you that never left.

- It’s completely free.
- No expectations. Just presence.
- A moment of peace to meet yourself exactly where you are.

 → Click here to Download it

Let this be the beginning of your return.

 

 

NEW: The Audacity Toolkit ...Yours, FREE!

 

You don’t need permission to be who you are.
But sometimes, you need a reminder.
A nudge.
A tool in your pocket for the days when your voice feels small or the world feels too loud.

That’s why I created The Audacity Toolkit: 
5 Practices to Reclaim Who You Really Are.

It’s a simple, printable PDF — but don’t let that simplicity fool you. These five practices have carried me through some of the hardest transitions of my life. And I’m offering them to you, free, when you sign up for my email series: 

 

📬 Field Notes — Reflections for the Audacious

This isn’t just a newsletter.
Field Notes is where I share stories, soul-level reflections, and healing truths for anyone who’s done shrinking — and is ready to come home to themselves.

I write for the truth-tellers, the quiet rebels, the ones who are starting to choose peace over performance. 

 

🎁 What You’ll Get When You Sign Up:

• The Audacity Toolkit (PDF) — A grounding guide with 5 practices to help you reclaim your voice, your wholeness, and your next step forward.

• Field Notes in your inbox — Thoughtful, heart-forward reflections that remind you: you’re not alone in this work. 

   

⤵️ Ready to begin?

👉 Click here to sign up and get your free copy now.

Because reclaiming who you are doesn’t require fixing yourself.
It just requires coming home.

 

 

 

Rachel Dickson's TexBrevard Talk Now Available to View!

"I Was Told My Haircut Didn’t Meet ‘Christ-like’ Standards. This Is How I Found My True Self." Rachel Dickson

In her TEDx talk, Rachel Dickson shares her journey of self-discovery growing up in a conservative Christian environment. Constrained by rigid gender norms, she loved doing "boy things" like fishing and playing outside, but was often questioned about her gender. Her struggles continued into college, where a short haircut led to reprimands for not meeting "Christ-like" appearance standards, prompting a deep internal conflict between faith and authenticity.

Through her personal journey, Rachel found healing in unconditional love when she met her first girlfriend, helping her break free from the conditional love of her religious upbringing. She realized that true happiness comes from embracing one's authentic self, without needing external approval.

Rachel ends with a powerful message: "Dare to be YOU." She encourages others to reclaim their true selves, live authentically, and challenge societal expectations.

If this resonates with you please share with others who you feel it might impact as well.

 

#DareToBeYou

#AuthenticityMatters

#ReligiousTrauma

#BeyondTheRules

#EmpowermentThroughTruth

#ReclaimYourPower

#HealingThroughStory

#FaithAndFreedom

#ShameFreeLiving

#YouAreEnough

  

 

05/11/25: What’s holding you back?

..to doing that thing you feel compelled to do?  Yes, yes I know this photo is a pretty impressive example of facing your fears or expanding upon your comfort zone or simply just doing activities that bring you joy!

This was exactly where I stood yesterday morning...at the bottom of this majestic waterfall called Big Bradley near Saluda, NC.  I had just rappelled down this remarkable precipice moments before I snapped the photo of this Green River Adventure Guest who opted to experience the Big Bradley Waterfall Rappel Trek on this morning. (Worthy of note is that I’m a co-guide...which means...it takes a bit of a village of highly trained folk to run trips such as these. The trip leader guide is at the top...doing what I deem the more intensely complicated thing of managing emotions, encouraging and coaching and then also controlling a secondary safety belay as each of us descend this one hundred and fifty foot natural wonder!

After seeing this photo yesterday it struck me.  Big Bradley waterfall is representative of so many different challenges or levels of “doing the thing” in our lives.  She’s like a monument to things that maybe we choose to face or maybe choose not to face.  For example, have you been wanting to have your hair cut a certain way?  Do it!  Have you been wanting to learn to play an instrument? Do it!  Have you been compelled to find ways to meet new people?  Do it!  Have you been wanting to challenge yourself with an epic outdoor adventure? Do it!

I think that Big Bradley represents the most significant parts of ourselves. She’s breathtakingly epic!  Hard to miss that. Yet...she’s just being her best self.  Which calls to me to be my best self.  Don’t shrink in order not to overshadow others. Don’t make yourself small.  Instead...be YOU! Be all of you in every way possible. And in you choosing to be your biggest, most powerful version of yourself...encourages me to choose to be my biggest, most powerful version of myself.  And the end result is...now...humaning has becoming about simply shining your light.  Just by living from your truest self.  Standing tall in your very essence!  Not in any kind of egotistical or competitive way...but my simply living your truest self...from your heart.

Choose to do the thing you’re compelled to do. Listen to your inner voice!

Go, be, YOU!



Photo Credit: Me for Green River Adventures, Saluda, NC