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Broken… again

Mar 30, 2024

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in church, family, health anxiety, journaling, shame, vulnerability

In September of 2019 I was out for a run at 4:30 AM. My early morning runs were often a time for me to pray and talk to God. That day I was praying for my nephew that was scheduled to have wrist surgery that morning. My foot caught on the smallest of cracks and…

Wellness Wednesday (03/06/2024)

Mar 6, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, family, journaling, parenting, time anxiety, volunteering

It’s been awhile since I last did a Wellness Wednesday. I thought it would be a good idea to check in on myself. So how am I *right now*? I’m okay, actually. I have a lot going on and I could easily cross over into overwhelmed (and probably will later today), but at the moment…

New routines

Feb 24, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, family, friendship, journaling, routine, social anxiety, theatre

My daughter has been taking aerial silks classes for several years now. I had noticed that she wasn’t talking about it nearly as enthusiastically as she had been, but she never said anything about quitting. When she decided to try out for color guard I told her she would probably have to quit aerial just…

Crazy Week

Feb 22, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, exposure therapy, family, friendship, introvert, journaling, parenting, social anxiety

This week has been so very crazy and full of exposures I certainly didn’t pick! My husband drives a 2017 Prius. It’s a hand-me-down from my aunt and uncle. We have had no problems with it in the 2.5 years we’ve had it. Monday evening I got a text from him saying his car wouldn’t…

Lost

Jan 16, 2024

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Niki Herron

in church, family, friendship, grief, introvert, journaling, parenting, social anxiety

I feel lost. I keep going through the motions, but I don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere, nor do I even know where I want to go. Kim’s memorial was yesterday. It was difficult, but I made it through my eulogy without falling apart (I saved that for before and after). I guess all those years of theatre…

Sitting with Discomfort

Jul 2, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, family, friendship, health anxiety, journaling, social anxiety, vulnerability

Accepting help makes me uncomfortable. My stomach and chest actually tighten. It’s a physical manifestation of the anxiety I feel about accepting help. Why is it so hard? I know that when I offer help it’s not because I think the person is weak or that they can’t do things for themselves. It’s because I…

Summer Busyness

Jun 19, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, family, health anxiety, introvert, journaling, people-pleasing, perfectionism, shame, surgery, theatre, triggers, vulnerability

The fact that I’m NOT in this photo is pretty indicative of how things went… Let me back up. I haven’t written in almost 4 weeks and it’s been that long since my last therapy session too. Summer started and now I’m in summer busyness mode. We’ve already been out of town twice (well, once…

Wellness Wednesday (02/15/2023)

Feb 15, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, chronic illness, church, cognitive distortions, defective, health anxiety, journaling, mental health professionals, shame, social anxiety, vulnerability, writing

Today has been a busy day. It started with a sonogram appointment to check the placement of that darn IUD I regret getting. On Monday I checked the strings (which no one told me to do, but all of those websites that my husband didn’t want me visiting recommended doing) and they were much longer…

More moodiness

Jan 29, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, defective, family, journaling, parenting, shame, triggers

Here I go again. I was in a good mood all day yesterday. But today I’m crying and cranky. Why?!?! I don’t want to be! So what is the problem? I might be realizing that a piece of news I received on Friday afternoon has hit me much harder than I would have expected. The…

Running on empty

Apr 28, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, introvert, journaling, parenting, social anxiety

This is the first year of my kids’ school career that I’ve been available to attend field trips and I may have gone overboard volunteering this week. I went with my son and the band to Dave & Busters on Tuesday (see that post HERE)and today I went to Main Event with my daughter and…

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Broken… again

Wellness Wednesday (03/06/2024)

More moodiness

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