Susie Morgan, LMFT

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Little Brave One

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“You are fierce.  You’re a survivor.  You’re a fighter through and through.  Little brave, breathe.  There is a warrior within you.”  – Beau Taplin in “Lest We Forget” Learning to look at the little one – the younger self that went through whatever they did – with loving eyes is such a crucial part of […]

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Worn, Cracked, and Dented

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“You are worn and cracked and dented.  And that is okay, because I have never heard of a clean and shiny sword that won a war.”  – Erin Van Vuren Don’t give up fighting, dear Lionhearts. We have what we need – we ARE what we need – to win the battle each of us […]

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Adaptations

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“The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you when it’s time to thrive.  Get out of survival mode.  New habits, new life.”  – Ebonee Davis I came across this quote and both nodded and cringed. In times of trauma, we often develop methods of coping that are the very best we can […]

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It’s Tough for Every Single One of Us

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“There are two types of people in life – people for whom life is hard, and then liars.”  – Glennon Doyle So many of us are looking out at the world – and scrolling through our feeds – feeling deep down that we just don’t have the life others do. And we think it’s because […]

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Be Brave

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“Courage is a heart word.  Be brave.  Love hard.”  – Brené Brown I love these words by Brene’ Brown and this wonderful Lionheart image from her team @themarblejar. It is SO challenging to live this way when we grow up without the consistent nurture, protection, and guidance of secure attachment! We often gravitate toward relationships […]

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Just Because It Feels True

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“The mountain is never as big as it appears.  You’re never as small as you believe.”  – Steve Marboli We can be so hijacked into believing something IS true because it FEELS true!! This is especially the case when we have a history of frightening or painful experiences. The reality based information often exists in […]

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To Speak

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“Darling, you feel heavy because you are too full of truth.  Open your mouth more, let the truth exist somewhere other than inside your body.”  – Della Hicks-Wilson A significant factor in trauma being trapped, unresolved in our nervous systems is the inability to respond in the way that we needed to at the time […]

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A Look At What’s Inside!

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A client once told me, “ I keep referring people to EMDR therapy, but they aren’t getting what I’m getting with you!”   The content of The EMDR Readiness Course represents much of what I have identified is that difference.   I crystallized the most powerful components of the work I do with clients to […]

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It’s Over

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“Over.  It’s over, she said.  It was many years later when the quiet realization dawned on her.  It’s over, her heart whispered.”  – Lang Leav PTSD is said to be a disorder of time and space – the nervous system becomes confused and reacts in the present as if it is the past – it […]

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