by johannasr2 | Apr 7, 2020 | Education, Family, Parenting, Psychology, Relationships
We act like we can’t stand our own children What the hay? Everyone keeps meme-ing about giving teachers a jillion dollars and how hard it is to spend the day with their kids. What the, what? One little afternoon with two kids is overwhelming that is because the kids...
by johannasr2 | Mar 6, 2020 | Addiction, Parenting Adults
darya tryfanava on Unsplash He brought his grief with him. He apologized for interrupting me. He was completely unconscious of his thoughts and emotions. I think that he believed that if he could control the universe that is visible to him that he...
by johannasr2 | Dec 13, 2019 | Addiction, Parenting Adults
Kahlil Gibran said something to the effect of: your children are not of you, but move through you. They have their own path to be taken by them and not you. I want to come from higher thinking, accepting of all that my child does or is and yet… I saw myself as...
by johannasr2 | Nov 28, 2019 | Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgis, My Illness
Josh Appel, Unsplash It’s daunting if you are new to poor health. We healthy ones vastly take advantage of our health. We never give it a thought that we wake up, ease ourselves out of bed and can use any fingers and hands to brush our hair and teeth. What a wonderful...
by johannasr2 | Nov 24, 2019 | Childhood Abuse, Family, Relationships, Response to Trauma
Vlad Kutepov with Unsplash If I didn’t understand trauma informed care, I wouldn’t understand her story. She told me that she couldn’t exercise because the harsh breathing evoked by her exercise brought her back to the harsh breathing she experienced when she...