Susie Morgan, LMFT

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Put Back Together By Her Own Hands

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“She is a beautiful piece of broken pottery, put back together by her own hands.  A critical world judges her cracks while missing the beauty of how she made herself whole again.”  – JM Storm There can come a day in which we can see ourselves accurately, in which we can see the beauty in […]

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The Miracle in EMDR Therapy

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“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”  – Victor Hugo The miracle in EMDR therapy . . . that the past can finally be in the past.

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Tell Your Stories

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“You own everything that happened to you.  Tell your stories.  If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”  – Anne Lamott We, as little humans, are entirely dependent on our caregivers to stay alive and will instinctively adapt in order maintain attachment in whatever way is possible. Idealization occurs […]

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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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Not Feeling It

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Lionhearts, sometimes it is tough to feel our worth, our strength, our power. And, yet, we ARE worthy, we ARE strong, and we DO have far more power than we realize!! This photo is a friendly reminder for all of us to question those feelings of insecurity and inadequacy – and a bit of encouragement […]

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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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