Biblical basis for IFS Therapy

I do not go over history or experiences because my role as an IFS Practitioner is to turn you inward to hear the voice of God in each and every memory where pain originated and on the multiple levels that one memory can hold.  IFS is a way to rewire a negative pathway and bring …

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Dear Younger me

Dear Younger Me, As I address those little eyes which have cried and cried and cried, my right hand covers my heart for connection to your compassionate expression.  Made to believe that your sensitivity was a weakness, that your hypervigilance was unnecessary, or that your voice screeched in the heads of those around you; you …

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Spiritual evidence of Overcoming trauma

My blurb next to my senior picture was a glimpse into how I viewed my place in the world.  I had already been kicked out of my fathers house and told by my mother that she didn't know what to do with me, so I crashed at grandmas often.  I was unwanted to the core …

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Three Little Words

I’d like to address reading this memoir “Three Little Words” from the perspective of an aspiring author who wishes to publish a similar story, my own.  I write down testimonies as they return to my memory just as this book captured the thematic childhood of those of us who have felt un-wanted throughout the course …

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The little me inside

Haven’t we dumbed down faith into clichés of, “moving on” without focusing on the past?  There must be something really scary about looking into our pasts if we can’t do it as a body of believers.  After all, many of us have come from dysfunctional families into church so we can make sense of what …

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The innocence of intimacy

“When my daughter was about six, we were riding in the car on our way to visit friends and she told me she wanted to be my lover.  I knew her concept of lover was somewhat fuzzy, but she had enough idea to feel she wanted that.  I responded gently that it wasn’t possible.  She …

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No logical expectations

"Everyday Jesus faced the false expectations of the people.  It was not the things that Jesus did that caused the religious world to reject Him as much as it was the things He didn't do".  {Codependent Christianity} What Jesus didn't do, is give you your ailment.  Jesus didn't allow a child to die for some …

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