Category: INFJ

Create Joy

Oct 15, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in creativity, family, grounding techniques, INFJ, journaling, Know Yourself, planning, routine, self-care, theatre, writing

What does it mean to you when you hear the phrase “Create Joy”? I imagine most people desire to have joy in their lives. I know I do. Yet, we often do nothing about it, hoping joy will just land in our laps without effort on our part. And when it doesn’t? We grumble and…
A little encouragement

Oct 9, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, cognitive distortions, defective, depression, Feedback, INFJ, introvert, journaling, mental health, perfectionism, self promotion, shame, social anxiety, subscribers, vulnerability

The tough thing about healing is that it’s not linear. One day you can feel like you could take on the world, and the next day a poorly timed comment can send you back under the covers. But here’s the thing: I know it doesn’t last. Yes, I’m feeling discouraged. Yes, I have days that…
Author Con

Jul 22, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, exposure therapy, family, fiction, friendship, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, intuition, journaling, lessons, mental health, planning, self promotion, social anxiety, social media, socializing, writing

Saturday I attended a local author convention. We have a friend we’ve known for almost thirty years that has been writing books for awhile now and had posted that she would be there. I thought it might be a good idea to get an idea of what it might be like from an author’s perspective.…
Grilled cheese and anxiety soup

Jul 15, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, journaling, lessons, mental health, motivation, parenting, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, social anxiety, socializing

My husband has friends that are extroverts, so he gets invited to things from time to time. He notified me on Friday that he had been invited to an annual Girled Cheese party (long story on the unique name) for the next day. The idea behind the party is that everyone brings a unique grilled…
Introvert Adoption

Jun 14, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exposure therapy, extrovert, family, friendship, grounding techniques, hiding, INFJ, introvert, journaling, musings, parenting, personality, social anxiety, socializing

Have you ever heard people talk about introverts being “adopted” by extroverts? While it sounds somewhat condescending and judgmental, it’s kind of true. Last week Squirrel and Monkey traveled with their theatre group to a theatre conference. Interestingly, in a room of five theatre kids, only one was an extravert. Seems odd, considering they are…
Lent – Week 2

Mar 20, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, hiding, hope, INFJ, introvert, journaling, Lent2025, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, phone anxiety, shame, social anxiety, vulnerability

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…
Daily Tarot – 1/15/2025

Jan 16, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, friendship, hope, INFJ, introvert, intuition, journaling, personality, social anxiety, Tarot

Question: Where do friendships fit into my life? How do I nurture them? Something I’ve struggled with most of my life, and even more so this past year, is friendship. It’s not that I don’t have friends, I just frequently feel alone with no one to turn to. After my best friend passed a year…
Intuition and Tarot

Jan 14, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, Faith, friendship, INFJ, introvert, intuition, journaling, people-pleasing, personality, routine, shame, social anxiety, Tarot, vulnerability, work, writing

I’ve recently been tapping into my intuition more and realizing that my brain knows more than I allow it to realize. My cognitive distortions try to lead me to believe that I’m unable to do or know certain things. But through both my investigation of INFJ personality characteristics and the use of Cosmic Smash-booking (CSB)…
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…
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.…