Author: Niki Herron
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Summer 2025 begins
I’m doing better about asking for help and not adjusting my own schedule to accommodate others. Monkey has band T/W/Th this week until noon. I asked my mother-in-law to handle pick up so that I can be at my office working. This is progress, believe it or not! I managed to get the first three…
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Anxiety is expensive…
Anxiety comes with a multitude of costs. It can cost time, relationships, dreams, jobs, and even money. In March I got myself a new pair of glasses. I bought them online to avoid going into a store. When they arrived, I didn’t love them as much as I thought I would, but I did love…
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Fighting Lonliness
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Last week when I mentioned not knowing what I should be doing while I wait for beta reader feedback, Sage posed the question “Why do you need to fill your days with doing?“ It didn’t take long for me to figure out that why. Without writing occupying most of my time and brain power, I’ve…
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Art Imitates Life Imitates Art
Sometimes Art imitates life. Like when my Mech fell on its face the day after I fell on mine. And sometimes life imitates art. The story I’ve been working on for the last year and a half is at a stage where my anxiety is super high. It’s time to let others read what I’ve…
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Clarity in the mess
Wow. I just finished doing an intentional creativity exercise with Sage Adderly on her monthly YouTube Live and my mind is blown. It looks like a hot mess, but somehow this mess brought so much clarity. I have been a heart patient for 48 years. As a child, I watched my mother learn all she…
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Not what I had in mind
I have been in Milwaukee for almost an entire week now. The annual gaming convention that my husband attends moved to a new venue and we came early. The convention started on Wednesday. Throughout the week I’ve walked more miles than I can keep track of and done quite a bit of drinking. I even…
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Lent – Week 2
I’m a bit late with this post. It’s Spring Break for my kids, so my schedule has been extremely wonky. All of the time I spent at my office has been focused on getting Draft 2 of my book done. But I finally did it yesterday!!! Woohoo! I’m taking a short break from working on…
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Lent 2025
I’ve never really been one to give something up for Lent. It wasn’t something my family did as Presbyterians. Though my mother liked to say that she gave up cooking for Lent and never started back up. The topic of fasting was discussed in the sermon on Ash Wednesday last week, but not in the…
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Cosmic Smashbook – Emerging
I believe I’ve mentioned before that I was introduced to Cosmic Smashbooking (CSB) by Sage Adderly. Basically, it’s an intuitive process of creativity that is surprisingly revealing. I’ve used it to work through personal issues and also to help me get to know the characters in my book better. It’s been an amazing experience and…
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Finding Me
I’ve realized lately that I have a tendency to hide myself. Not just from others, but even from myself. I am afraid of being seen. When I really think about it, I’m fairly certain it came from a fear of being yelled at or directing negative emotions my way. I don’t like saying it’s my…