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Transformations Of Lionhearts

April 18, 2018 by Susie Morgan

Lionhearts, so often the quality of our relationships as adults is shaped by our early attachment dynamics in childhood. When our earliest relationships weren’t protective or nurturing, it becomes hard to believe we are lovable and deserving of respect and security in our adult relationships. Despite “knowing better” and making concerted effort to choose […]

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Your Life Is Your Story

April 15, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” -Susan Statham We don’t get to choose how our stories begin. There is a time though when we realize that we get to author what comes next for us. To do so, we often must engage in the courageous work of editing the past – […]

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Lionhearted

April 13, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“You can’t kill the spirit of the lionhearted.” -Erin Van Vuren No matter how exhausted we are – or how discouraged – or how hurt – we must remember that at our very core, we are Lionhearts. Thanks to Erin Van Vuren for the wonderful original post!

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A Feeling To Escape

April 9, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.” -Neil Gaiman This gave me chills when I read it. It is exactly the reason I do EMDR therapy. Whatever any of us may believe about the afterlife, too many people are carrying around hell inside themselves now – memories […]

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Taking the First Step Toward Healing

April 8, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Through Susie’s gentle and thoughful videos I received empathic skills and savvy tools to address the ways trauma had negatively impacted me.” -Participant of the EMDR Readiness course I received this review today from a woman who used The EMDR Readiness Course in conjunction with her work with a therapist (which I think is an […]

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The Weight of Release

April 5, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Sometimes you don’t know the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.” – Unknown I have had the incredible privilege of witnessing my clients experience this so many times through EMDR therapy. I cannot wait for the day when EMDR therapy is a household word and therapists are […]

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Put Back Together By Her Own Hands

April 2, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“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

March 30, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“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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For The First Time

March 13, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“We are learning to live again, and, for many of us, it is the first time.” – Emilie Autumn This honestly brings tears to my eyes, as it makes me think of my clients doing the work of EMDR therapy to repair what – for most of them – has been a lifetime of trauma.

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A Beautiful Redemption

March 7, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“No mud, no lotus.” – Thich Nhat Hanh There are some gifts that come only out of the darkest times of deepest pain – like the lotus from the mud, the rainbow from the storm, the phoenix from the ashes. For some it is intuition so sharp it is like a superpower – for some […]

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