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Exposure Therapy

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 28, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Exposure Therapy. Do y’all know what that is? It’s what it sounds like. It’s when you’re forced to do something, face something, experience something, to be able to move past it. You move past it by exposing yourself to it, then realizing nothing really comes...

What does your anxiety look like?

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 10, 2022 • Leave a Comment

What does your anxiety look like? This morning, mine looks like a super muddled, very chaotic brain, the beginnings of a headache, and restlessness. So I got up, took some medicine, and made coffee. In an effort to try and settle my brain, I keep...

Let yourself go?

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 19, 2021 • Leave a Comment

What do y’all think it means if you’ve “let yourself go”? Are you eating ice cream straight from the carton, curled up on the couch in sweats, most weekends? Girl. Took a shower…maybe yesterday? Sister. Wear your husband’s old, holey softball tournament tshirt and faded...

Fear / Choose, Trust, Insist

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 1, 2021 • Leave a Comment

Fear is a bitch. Should I wear this? I’ll get someone to go with me. What if this doesn’t work? Am I too old? Why are they asking me so many questions? I should do this some other time. What if I mess this up?...