Susette Magana | Therapist

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Private Practice. Co-host of The Desire Line Podcast about Jesus, psychology + spiritual development. ENFP, 7w8

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

Grieve these things out of my control

Surrender those coping skills that hurt me + my loved ones

Choose to trust Him who created us + sees me.

Accept what I can’t control.

Fight for what I can.

On repeat.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

I find the passages in scripture that highlights Jesus leaving the crowds to be so challenging but incredibly important.

He healed so many, but he disappointed many as well.

What an example. No matter how much good we do, for the sake of our health, we just need to step away.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@SovannPen I remember having anxiety about this just as I was graduating grad school— “what if I hate doing therapy everyday?”

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@TroyMangram Funnn! What is it?

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@anschandler @CarissaCaples 😂

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@amyfritz 😆. I think I like her.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@KyleJamesHoward I love this idea

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

Yes. His presence is always with us. Our hearts shift to experience Him.

This helps me to not feel like I need to say a perfect prayer or have a perfect posture to “bring” Him here.

My heart shifts. Then I remember.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

In worship we are not brought into God’s presence.

Rather, we are brought into a greater awareness of God's presence.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@DanKoch For me, it takes around 6 mo after a crisis to get some clarity. Definitely not yet 😄

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

So many points of pain in our world. As Sunday worship approaches, I’m reminded that our gatherings are not to be a distraction from the trouble, but a time to heighten our awareness of God’s presence and receive nourishment for the journey.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@ChurchTherapist Depends on who says it, and the power difference in the relationship.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

5 questions that help me gauge my spiritual health:

Am I giving myself to intentional times of prayer?

Am I committed to interior examination?

Am I joining my life to the poor & marginalized?

Am I connected to others in ways that foster vulnerability?

Am I growing in love?

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The bible doesn't end with souls ascending to a disembodied heaven. It ends with a fully embodied heaven descending to earth

The resurrection is the good news that God in Christ is committed to the renewal, reconciliation & resurrection of all things—and so should the Church be.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@K__Mayfield @DanKoch Interesting!

[Seth Crocker @DrSetherson]

"We have all used the phrase, 'Time heals all wounds'-- actually it's not true. The research shows that meaning is what heals all wounds. When we can find meaning for what we're going through, that's what allows us to move forward and heal." -Dr. Michelle Pearce on @cxmhpodcast

[Aundi Kolber, Therapist+Author @aundikolber]

Sometimes people think they have a high threshold for pain, when really they’ve just been conditioned to accept harm.

May you find your voice.
May you find your no.
May your healing come.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@DanKoch And I agree with others— trauma has more complexities that we assume at first glance. Attachment traumas (repeated-moderate or occasional-big ones) change how we respond in fight or flight later in life.

[Susette Magana | Therapist @SusetteMTherapy]

@DanKoch I think I understand— reactivity is an important concept with trauma theories. How do we react VS. respond has a lot to do with an over firing amygdala.
Not responding as trained in battle could be the person moving outside if their window of tolerance & shutting down.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

4 questions we need to regularly prayerfully process in solitude and in community:

1. What am I mad about?
2. What am I sad about?
3. What am I anxious about?
4. What am I glad about?

These simple questions have a way of unlocking parts of our soul.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Summary of the Lord's Prayer:

Our Father - Intimacy
Hallowed be your name - Holiness
Kingdom/Will be done on earth - Justice
Daily Bread - Provision
Forgive us as we forgive - Grace
Lead us not into temptation - Weakness
Deliver us from evil- Warfare
Thine is the kingdom- Hope