Niki Herron

New Driver Anxiety

Aug 19, 2024

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in aging, anxiety, church, friendship, grief, introvert, journaling, lessons, parenting, perfectionism, social anxiety

I know that teaching a teen to drive causes anxiety in the vast majority of parents, regardless of their general level of anxiety on a daily basis. Then there’s me. Yes, I have anxiety about their driving. But even more than that, I have anxiety about my ability to not just teach them, but hide…

ADHD Advantage?

Aug 12, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, Faith, journaling, perfectionism, shame, social anxiety, strengths

I’ve never been diagnosed, but I am fairly certain I have ADHD. After observing my children prior to and after their diagnosis, doing research to learn more about it, and noticing my own “ferrari brain” at work, I have little doubt. Like many females, I’ve been able to mask it and I don’t have the…

Biting my tongue

Aug 8, 2024

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Niki Herron

in family, friendship, grief, journaling, parenting, people-pleasing, school, triggers, vulnerability

99% of the conflict in our house stems from tone of voice. Have you talked to a teenager lately? Have you heard how they speak to others. Not just to parents, but siblings and even friends? I swear their tone of voice shouts “You idiot, don’t you know anything?” Yesterday was a very long day…

Big day

Aug 7, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exposure therapy, family, hope, introvert, journaling, parenting, perfectionism, phone anxiety, school, social anxiety, writing

Today has been a big day. I dropped off Monkey and Squirrel for their first day of high school in the Freshman Center. Squirrel was anxious yesterday because they realized that their classes at the high school are the ones associated with student lunch times. On A days they have lunch before their class at…

Big Changes

Aug 2, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, family, journaling, parenting, school, separation anxiety, volunteering

With the start of this school year comes a TON of big changes for me and my kids. They are starting high school this year. And even though we have five more days until the first day of school, they’ve been hard at work for the last several weeks. Squirrel is in Color Guard, which…

More Than Just Stage Fright

Jul 23, 2024

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Niki Herron

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

My husband has been taking classes at a local comedy club for the last year and a half. He’s taken every improv class they have and their humorous storytelling class. The only thing he hasn’t done is Stand Up. He has even gone on to be a part of a troop and performs for paying…

Mid-Summer Update

Jul 6, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, family, hope, journaling, parenting, perfectionism, routine, social anxiety, volunteering, writing

Gosh. Wouldn’t it be great if I could say I’d sat on a beach in the sun, reading and relaxing with a refreshing beverage in my hand? Sadly, that is not my life. What would my life be without hectic schedules and stress? Okay, so the summer is more than half over. And all I’ve…

The Saga Continues

Jun 14, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exposure therapy, introvert, journaling, marriage, phone anxiety, remodeling, social anxiety

Today marks the 7th day we have had workers/repairmen in our home in the last 10 days. I am SO grateful to my husband for working from home almost all of those days to be the one to deal with all of these people. The kids were gone last week, but they returned on Friday…

Home Ownership Stinks

Jun 6, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, INFJ, introvert, journaling, people-pleasing, personality, phone anxiety, remodeling, social anxiety

Buy a house, they said. It’ll be fun. I think I’ve been had. We’ve been living in our home for 17 years. Prior to that we rented. If something broke, we were dependent on our landlord to get someone out to look at it and wait for her to decide what to do about it.…

Summer crowds

Jun 4, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exercise, family, introvert, journaling, parenting, routine, separation anxiety, social anxiety, writing

I’m at the library. There are ZERO empty tables upstairs. I found a chair that has a swivel desk attached to it, but it’s not exactly what I would call ideal. The seat is too low and my laptop is at a weird angle because of it. I could just go home. No one is…

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