Susie Morgan, LMFT

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We All Have A Threshold

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“It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have.” -Cheryl Strayed So often the question comes up in my office – “Why am I falling apart now?! I was holding it together for so long and through so much!!”  My answer – my […]

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Loving Eyes

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“One day you’ll realise you were brave and beautiful every single day of your life.” -S.C. Lourie My VERY favorite part of being an EMDR therapist is the moment when I watch the distortions clear and a person is able to finally see themselves accurately – when they can look at themselves with loving eyes – when […]

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You’re Worth Saving

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“Nobody can save you but yourself – and you’re worth saving. It’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning – this is it.” -Charles Bukowski This is true, Lionhearts, so true!!  My open invitation stands for you to join me for the first Module of The EMDR Readiness Course (for free!) […]

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Losing A Battle

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“It feels like I’m losing this battle once again. The thunder is roaring and my eyes are holding back the rain.” -Amina Mehmood Ah, Lionhearts, this is why I post – because I know and I have witnessed how hard it can be to keep going, to keep fighting, to keep hoping when the pain […]

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Making an Impression

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“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” -Haim Ginott So often we think little ones are just too young to remember this or that. Or, for ourselves, that things that happened when we were so young couldn’t have affected us!!  The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. The nervous […]

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Feeling Trapped

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“And reinvent your life because you must; it is your life and its history and the present belong only to you.” -Charles Bukowski We can feel so locked in – trapped in what we feel must be our future- because of our past. Our beliefs can feel so accurate – about ourselves as less than […]

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Let Your Light Shine

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“You know, they say the cracks are where the light gets in but really I think the cracks are where your light gets out. Yeah, the beauty you don’t realise you have. The strength inside you never get to see. The bravery you demonstrate by showing up every day, by trying, by not giving up… […]

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Seasons Don’t Last Forever

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“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” -Hal Borland Winter is literally not meant to last forever. But when the brain gets overwhelmed by traumatic experiences and is unable to process through them – it can feel like the harshness, the dark, the cold will be never-ending. It doesn’t have to be this […]

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A Time of New Growth

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“When rain taps against your window like an eager child, it is important to remember that even the world cries- even the sky, which holds everything together, falls apart from time to time.” -Bianca Sparacino There are some of us who think we should – think we have to – hold it all together all […]

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Imperfect Hearts

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“The really beautiful hearts have dents in them.” -S.C. Lourie #truebeauty #trauma #ptsd #complexptsd #developmentaltrauma #emdrtherapy #emdrreadinesscourse Thank you to Butterflies and Pebbles for the beautiful words!! www.EMDRReadinessCourse.com

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