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Feeding Kookaburras

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

  Hello! I'm feeling adventurous today so I'm going to try something new. This video upload will hopefully be my first of many more to come. :) Do you or your inner kids enjoy new experiences with birds and animals, or other kinds of wildlife?  I sure do.  These kinds of experiences make me smile inside.  I treasure them! This video shows two kookaburras, or as I prefer to say -- "kookumburrows" just for fun. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun Bird Videos, Fun!, Internal Communication, Maggies, mental health, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: bird stories, Bird video, Enjoying nature, feeding birds, Just for fun, Kookaburra, kookumburrows, Stories for Child Parts, Wildlife

Baby Pies — A Bird Story

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

Here's something, just for fun....   :mrgreen:  And, this little story has received lots of good votes from other readers. So let's bring it back around today, just to remember something that is warm for the heart.   Warmly, Kathy   Copyright © 2008-2017 Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun!, Maggies, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: baby birds, bird stories, Bird Story, Cats, Child Parts, DID / MPD, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Inside Kids, Kathy Broady, magpies, Stories for children

Pie Squabbles – A Story about Internal Conflict

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Another true life animal story that inspired thoughts about living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Can you relate to this one?   Warmly, Kathy   Copyright © 2008-2017  Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation   Related articles Dual Mask - A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder  Picturing a Group of Insiders - a Dissociative System  My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Internal Communication, Maggies, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Health, mental health

The Bullying Bird

By Kathy Broady MSW 4 Comments

    Today, this post has been on my mind, primarily because it is one of my favorite life encounters with a wild bird. The months I spent with this bird created some wonderful memories that I will cherish forever. But also, today, I have a situation that gave me eyes like this bird.  I can't say any more about that at this point, or it will give the story away.  I have related to him tho', that's for sure!! So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Maggies Tagged With: Bird, Bullying, Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Health, Kathy, Magpie, mental health, What to do about bullying

Momma Larks – A Job Well Done

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  Mothers.   Mothers are a difficult topic. Mother's Day is a difficult day. Complicated. Painful. Often a day of loss and grieving. A day that many dissociative survivors don’t want to think about. Ouch. If only…. If only, if only…..   I’ve been thinking about these things all week, knowing I would / should write something about mothers.   Hmmmmm….  I wasn’t sure which angle to talk about…. Then I … [Read more...]

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