Niki Herron

Leadership Anxiety

Oct 20, 2024

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in anxiety, church, Faith, journaling, parenting, social anxiety, vulnerability

Back in August, I had approached my pastor about an LBGBTQIA+ Parenting course that I had seen being offered by a prominent women’s study leader. I told her I’d love to do the course, but not alone. She proposed that we meet and discuss options along with the associate pastor. On September 4th we met.…

Travel Anxiety

Oct 11, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, family, journaling, parenting, recharging, travel anxiety, writing

My husband and I read the Harry Potter books as they came out (from book 4 on). We both really enjoyed them and looked forward to sharing them with our children. On a road trip the summer after first grade, we listened to the audiobook of Sorcerer’s Stone, and they were hooked. We continued to…

Wellness Wednesday – 10/2/2024

Oct 2, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, journaling, lessons, medication, mental health professionals, phone anxiety, social anxiety, volunteering, writing

It’s been a while since I last did a Wellness Wednesday post, so I thought I’d give a bit of an update. I’ve been on Zoloft (Sertraline) for a year and a half. I visit with the prescribing psychiatrist virtually every 3 months for a new refill. I haven’t seen a therapist in over a…

Hidden Monster

Sep 27, 2024

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Niki Herron

in family, journaling, parenting, personality, triggers, volunteering, vulnerability

Parenting a teenage boy is like dealing with Frankenstein’s Monster. #parenting #teenagers #Monsterwithin #Love&Logic #wheredidmylittleboygo

Cultivating Friendships

Sep 25, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, friendship, hope, introvert, journaling, social anxiety, vulnerability

Making (and keeping) friends is hard. But maybe I’ve found an in?

Office Update

Sep 12, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, blogging, exposure therapy, journaling, office, personality, routine, social anxiety, writing

I’m all moved in! I’ve been spending all day, every day, here at the office. Some days I’ve focused on work and others I’ve spent with my writing. I’m trying to get a set schedule of when to do each so I’m not letting myself get distracted while working on either. My thought is that…

Locked Out

Sep 3, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, journaling, office, people-pleasing, perfectionism, shame, social anxiety, writing

Saturday was supposed to be move in day at my office. I had everything arranged. I made sure to pick up my keys on Friday and had made sure to ask the office manager about moving in on Saturday. I even checked my keycard to make sure I could get into the building. I thought…

I did it!

Aug 30, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, journaling, lessons, perfectionism, personality, social anxiety, theatre, time anxiety, vulnerability

I did it! I made it through the class and performed last night in the Storytelling Showcase! After that first class I continued to be nervous, but not nearly as debilitating as that initial day. I actually felt more like me in the subsequent 5 classes. I was able to speak up and joke around…

Office Anxiety

Aug 28, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, family, journaling, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, phone anxiety, shame, social anxiety

Another post about the office and the anxiety it has brought to the surface. I was supposed to be moving into the office today. I had scheduled movers to pick up the furniture and boxes of files from my aunt’s house and move them to the office. I made that call on August 20th. I…

Prayer Answered?

Aug 20, 2024

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Niki Herron

in aging, anxiety, exercise, extrovert, Faith, friendship, INFJ, introvert, journaling, social anxiety

Yesterday I wrote about feeling lonely and missing having a close friend and how hard it is to meet new people. Now, I’ve written about that on more than one occasion with no change, but if you look close enough, you can almost always find God’s hands in your life. I’ve been attending a water…

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