Amy Ivey

Grateful Receiver of Grace . . Pursuer of Freedom

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

It is a myth that one can simply move on from a traumatic past.Trauma changes the brain. Healing is a journey-a sacred suffering. A memoir of growing up with a mom with schizophrenia written through the sieve of lived experience and a PhD in counseling #FaithPitch #FaithOverFear

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@muheediva01 McDonald’s French fries

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@BethMooreLPM @Brent_Hobbs Thank you for your words.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@BethMooreLPM Thank you

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@KellyMRosati This truly bothers me. Being someone who murdered another person is NOT the same as someone who needs the care of a mental health hospital. It is stigmatizing to mental health care and shows a lack of understanding of the mental health care system and its history in our nation.

[Kelly Rosati @KellyMRosati]

This is a good time to remind faith leaders that telling people mental illness is really “just a spiritual issue” can have devastating life and death consequences in the lives of people God loves. These issues are serious, sobering, and complex. There are no easy answers. Grace.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

In great systemic failure, many Christian systems have not only covered up for abusers, leaving many free to continue to abuse, but we have presented them as good, even godly, and kept them in high places.

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

“Negative thoughts are like birds flying overhead. You can’t stop them from showing up, but you don’t have to let them build a nest.”

Have you ever heard that saying?

Too many of us give those voices a home — repeating them, feeding them, letting them take up space until they define us.

But what if you stopped? Stopped giving those lies permission to stay. Stopped rehearsing the criticism. Stopped giving room to failure before you’ve even made an attempt.

Instead, make space for truth. For encouragement. For courage. For the small, courageous voice that says, “Do it anyway.”

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Search the letters of Paul and find that his primary boasts in the Lord for those early churches centered on their faith and love. Over and over some form of these words: “I’ve heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints…”

If our attentiveness to Bible study, systematic theology and doctrine do not result in the strengthening of our faith and love, we’ve somehow managed to leave the Holy Spirit out of the Holy Spirit’s own words.

This is one reason why prayer is essential to Bible study. Frequently talking to God in our studies about our studies helps protect us from the rebuke Jesus gave in John 5. Those individuals diligently studied the scriptures but did not have the love of God in them.

If Bible study makes us meaner and much of our joy comes from how well we insulted our brothers and sisters who aren’t in our camp, there’s a disconnect somewhere. This isn’t throwing stones. It can happen to any of us.

One reason i’ve had to take some social media breaks along the way was that I didn’t like what it was doing to my heart. I didn’t like that it was increasing the number of people I didn’t like. That’s bad fruit, folks.

An honest appraisal of our own hearts is a crucial practice. We can be right about a thing with a wrong heart and God’s going to look straight through that right thing to that wrong heart.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@KellyMRosati Wow!!!

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

Everyone has something they do so well it feels almost effortless — and when you do it, it actually restores you. Cooking, writing, building, fixing, painting, gardening — whatever your “zone” is, it’s more than fun. Science shows it literally rewires your brain chemistry, lifting your mood and strengthening your resilience.

This isn’t about impressing anyone. You don’t need an audience. Bake for your own joy, paint even if no one sees it, play music just for yourself. Doing what you do well is like medicine for your soul.

👉 What’s that one thing for you? Do it today.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

Somethings you cannot learn without the passing of time.

[Dr. Henry Cloud @DrHenryCloud]

Stop chasing overnight transformation. The strongest people aren’t perfect — they’re consistent. They understand that progress compounds and small choices add up to radical change.
Imagine making every relationship, project, or goal just 1% better today.

What’s your 1% today?

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@megannlively Her post is click bait. And it saddens me greatly because there will be those suffering who will not turn to qualified help and suffer more because of this thoughtless post.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@KellyMRosati @BethMooreLPM I have used that quote many times only- “When I create, I feel God’s pleasure. “

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

If you want the survivor to grasp the faithfulness of God, then be faithful to them. If you want the survivor to understand the truthfulness of God, then never lie to them. If you want the survivor to understand the infinite patience of God, then be patient with them.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@KellyMRosati She is beautiful. Very happy for you that you have this opportunity.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@edstetzer This quote was used today at my husband’s dad’s funeral and it brought comfort to my husband and I.

[Amy Ivey @amycivey]

@keahbone @jaredhmoore Click bait post that has life and death consequences for many. Saddens me greatly.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

It is never helpful to remind one grieving of what they have not lost or of the fact that it could have been worse. We do not grieve what we have but what we do not have. We compare our loss to the good we had, not to the bad that never happened. The empty space is that — empty.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

If you want the trauma survivor to understand that God is a refuge, then be one.