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Merry Christmas, Everyone

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Hey, hello, hello.   :-)    Just a quick note so you know I'm thinking of you. It's my family's Christmas Day gathering day today, so I'm a bit busy -- hopefully, I'm having a good time.   :-?   As the Holidays continue, I hope you are doing something that you enjoy too.   Here's a video with an inspirational Christmas challenge in it.   Have a peek!     Wishing you a JOY filled … [Read more...]

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Merry Christmas – or is it Merry for Everyone?

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  Sometimes Christmas can be a time of joyful exploring. And seeing wonderment in the bright eyes of children, and enjoying new sights and sounds. Christmas can be about playing, smiling, laughter, warmth, togetherness, creative imagination, happiness, and carefree innocence.    Have you seen this VIDEO?  This is a powerful video.... check it out.     Maybe you know how this feels, coz sometimes … [Read more...]

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Holidays for DID Trauma Survivors… Making it Nice for the Littles

By Kathy Broady MSW 2 Comments

Hello everyone. I hope today has been a good day for you. I decided to reblog this article because when it was originally written, I posted it late into the holiday season, and that didn't give everyone enough time to follow through with some of the ideas. For dissociative survivors, Christmas is often a time of heartache, sadness, loneliness, trauma....   Making NEW memories, positive memories, is a crucial … [Read more...]

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Merry Christmas, Everyone

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 Comments

  Merry Christmas, everyone. Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings to you! It's been quite a year, hasn't it.?!  I hope you all have had wonderful holidays this year.  I wish you all the very best in your healing  journeys, and I hope you find at least one or two people in your life who will always and forever be kind, gentle, loyal, and compassionate to you. Warmly, Kathy     Copyright © … [Read more...]

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Holidays for DID Trauma Survivors… Making it Nice for the Littles

By Kathy Broady MSW 22 Comments

  I hope you are all having a good holiday season..... I had hoped to post these thoughts a couple days back, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the chance until now.  And even though it’s the day after Christmas, I still want to approach the topic.  I’m proposing that it’s not too late to make a difference this year. In my experience, from listening through the years, holidays are typically very difficult times for … [Read more...]

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