parenting anxiety – Nicole Herron Writes

Complicated

Feb 28, 2024

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in anxiety, depression, family, journaling, marriage, parenting, routine, shame, theatre, time anxiety

It seems that trying to do everything is getting more and more difficult. The older my kids get, the more activities they get involved in. And those activities are more demanding and starting to overlap. As I’ve mentioned, my kids have been cast in a show and rehearsals are complicating getting them fed. Well, now…

Anxiety overload

Aug 30, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, family, journaling, parenting, people-pleasing, perfectionism, shame, social anxiety, time anxiety, triggers

I failed today. I got completely overwhelmed by life and exploded all over my family. Now I’m in my room in the dark (I told them I needed to put myself if time out because clearly I’m not fit to be around people today). It was a perfect storm of anxiety for me.1) I needed…

Difficult Conversations

Jul 11, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, family, journaling, parenting, phone anxiety, social anxiety

I’ve been avoiding a difficult conversation all summer. For those of you that have been reading my blog for awhile, you may remember that when we came back from visiting family in May my son was so upset able how he was treated by his cousin that he said he never wanted to see them…

Parenting is hard

Apr 27, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, friendship, journaling, parenting, social anxiety

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned on this blog, but my kids are twins. So it’s not like I’ve got a practice kid (oldest) to screw up on and do better the next time. This is my one shot at getting it right. But not only that, I’ve also got completely opposite children that bring…

Not ready for this…

Apr 24, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, journaling, parenting

I recognize that my babies are not babies anymore. I know their feet are officially bigger than mine and they are quickly gaining on me in height. They are both growing into thoughtful, ambitious, and intelligent young people. I’m proud of their accomplishments and love being here to witness who they are becoming. But I’m…

The hits just keep coming…

Apr 6, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, health anxiety, journaling, pandemic anxiety, parenting, routine, social anxiety, triggers

We have been trying our best to be careful. Or at least, I have. I wear my mask any time I leaving my bedroom or in the car with the kids. I have avoided the stores and made do with the food in our house. I’ve had us eat outside a couple of times so…

And it continues…

Apr 1, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, Faith, pandemic anxiety, parenting, social anxiety, time anxiety, triggers

The day continued it’s downward spiral. When I picked up the kids and told them the new plan I got the expected meltdown. My son kicked and yelled and cried. My daughter cried and held her hands over her ears to attempt to block him out. They were both angry and disappointed. My son said…

Mama Bear

Mar 29, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, friendship, journaling, parenting, school, social anxiety

My Mama Bear is coming out. I’m scared to do a lot of things and hate confrontation, but when it comes to my kids, I will push right past my comfort zone. Over the last several months my son has told me some things that concerned me, but I tried to stay out of it,…

Weather (and anxiety) update

Feb 2, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, journaling, mental health, parenting, perfectionism, remodeling, school

So the school district decided around 10:30 today to go ahead and cancel school for tomorrow and Friday. Personally, I feel like it’s a bit premature, but no one asked me. So now I’m trying to figure out how tomorrow and Friday are going to look. I need to spend the majority of tomorrow pulling…

Healing is not linear…

Jan 26, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, health anxiety, pandemic anxiety, parenting, perfectionism, school, shame, social anxiety

I know this. Truly I do. So why does this reality smack me in the face so unexpectedly? This morning I was doing great. I had a fantastic weekend, had few issues with the kids, and was generally feeling pretty good about myself. I’ve been reading books and listening to interviews about self compassion and…

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Complicated

Weather (and anxiety) update

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