by johannasr2 | Dec 24, 2025 | Clarity, Communication, Love, Relationships
1. Don’t give someone a gift that you want. 2. Don’t give someone an 11.99 candle from Ross and then brag about your 500-dollar shoes. 3. Don’t give a gift just so that you can go shopping, if you want to shop then shop. Leave your giftee out of it. 4. Don’t buy an...
by johannasr2 | Nov 28, 2025 | Clarity, Communication, Family, Relationships, Response to Trauma
Again, I’ve been watching this behavior all of my life and want to give good examples to help people identify when gaslighting is happening in their life. Let’s say you have a happy couple and they have a couple of children together. The wife is constantly complaining...
by johannasr2 | Sep 18, 2025 | Change, Communication, Education, Love, Sexuality
I didn’t realize that so many young women have no idea how to treat their own sexuality. I thought it was either organic or by osmosis. I grew up with books like the Hite Report by Shere Hite. There are not as many good sex books in the national consciousness as I...
by johannasr2 | Apr 24, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Communication, Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults
Notes from a Parent Realizing a Child is Addicted and Wishing her own Mother was Alive / Circa 2001 This book is not about my mother, who has been the sole subject of my musings for more than five years; it is about raising children and being human. I am engaging in...
by johannasr2 | Jan 9, 2025 | Change, Clarity, Communication, Fibromyalgia, My Illness
I saw the ad somewhere and quickly wrote down the information. Horse Back Riding and a phone number. It took a month for me to start texting and asking questions about the owner’s format. I wanted to know all about them and how they offered rides to people. It’s...
