8/6/25

Greetings, fellow wanderers and seekers of what’s real, hopeful, loving, and true.

You know how clickbait works.

You see the headline—some blend of shock and seduction—and even though part of you knows it’s a trap, you click anyway. And where does it lead? Not to satisfaction or truth or clarity…but to more anxiety. Melancholy. Resignation. The slippery slope of helplessness.

The other day, while walking through the habitual muck of this, it dawned on me:

Why don’t we write our own headlines?

Why do we let others frame our lived reality, our inner world, our sacred moments...often into something negative, dull, or depleting?

Why don’t we get to decide what’s worthy of amplification?

I’ve been thinking a lot about how social media algorithms work. How what we interact with—the things we click, like, pause on, or scroll past—builds a kind of profile. A mechanical ghost-version of us that platforms use to serve up more of the same. These systems are designed to amplify our fears, our biases, our unrest.

And maybe they know more about our conditioned preferences than we do?

But I don’t want to get too deep into the weeds here. What I want to bring forward is this:

Words strung together invoke a response.​
They create mood. Meaning. Movement...or paralysis.

So what happens if we flip the narrative?

What if we took our ordinary, honest, messy, miraculous days...
and framed them with the same kind of energy that’s usually reserved for headlines meant to go viral?

What if we began writing headlines rooted in truth, tenderness, and audacity?

Because I know this much:

Perspective changes everything.

And if I can shift the narrative from within, even just a little, I’m no longer handing over the reins to someone else’s version of what matters. I’m no longer living inside their loop of doom, shame, or despair.
I’m no longer being headlined by default.

I'm headlining on purpose.

And that might be enough to change everything!

A Few Recent Headlines from My Own Life:

🔸 WOMAN REDISCOVERS JOY WHILE PADDLING SACRED RIVER WITH HER SISTERS
🔸 MUSIC WITHOUT LYRICS OPENS DOOR TO INNER QUIET
🔸 SOURCES CONFIRM: MAGIC STILL EXISTS
🔸 TODAY’S TOP STORY: THE HEART SPEAKS
🔸 RELIGIOUS TRAUMA RESURFACES AT THE SIGHT OF DENIM SKIRTS WHILE SHOPPING FOR EGGS
🔸 PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE, WISDOM PEEKS OUT FROM BETWEEN THE BRUSHSTROKES
🔸 WILD-HEARTED REBEL SEEN TALKING TO TREES AGAIN

What this all really points back to...what last week’s Field Notes on self-honesty cracked open...is this:

We can take back our own sanity.

We can filter the noise.
We can step out of the algorithmic echo chamber.
We can turn toward ourselves...and our own living, breathing truth.

And when we do?
We stop being characters in someone else's narrative.
We become the headliners of our own lives.

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Wild-Heart Practice of the Week:

Write one headline a day.​
Frame it like it’s the front page of your inner world.

Let it be raw, true, poetic, or even ridiculous.
Let it be a sacred little headline for the things no one else might notice...but you do.

Because when you choose the headline,
you reclaim the story!

New Guided Meditation: A Walk in the Woods (from Wherever You Are)
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​For when you’re far from the forest, but your soul longs for trees.

Ready to begin a meditation practice but unsure where to start?
Start here.
This 5-minute guided walk isn’t about doing it “right.” It’s about stepping out of the noise and into your own breath…your own truth.

Because before you write a new headline for your life, you might just need to scrap the script, go outside (even if only in your imagination), and remember what matters.

This brand-new meditation is a special first-up offering just for you—my Field Notes subscribers.​
Consider it a little thank you for being here, for reading, for walking this path with me.

Let’s take the walk together → [Click here to listen]​

Field Notes is a weekly dispatch.​
A pause in the noise.
A place to come home.
One breath at a time.

If this note resonated, feel free to forward it to someone who might need this reminder.

Until next time, Namaste.​
Rachel

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​P.S. Thank you for being here. Thank you for walking this journey back to our hearts with me.

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You can find more writings by Rachel here on her blog.

You can find Rachel's Tedx Talk that ultimately led to the creation of these Field Notes at www.RachelDickson.com​

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