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Happy Jackie Christmas Story

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

There once was a funny ol' bulldog named Jackie Boy. Jackie likes Christmas, and he really likes all the pretty colors of Christmas too. But in the town where he lives, it's so very wintery cold. How could he go out and see all the pretty colored Christmas decorations if he was going to be shivering in the cold? Brrr. Jackie didn't like to be cold! He was a snuggle-buggle. He liked to be warm and cuddly. He was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Fun!, Puppies, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: Bulldog puppies, Children's Story, Christmas story, Creative solutions, Emma the pug, Old English Bulldog, Problem solving, pug dog, story time for kids, Sweaters

Pie Squabbles – A Story about Internal Conflict

By Kathy Broady MSW 5 Comments

Recently, my magpie visitors set a new record high for the size of the group gathering at my balcony waiting for treats. At one single point in time, I had 18 pies there surrounding me, all squawking and squawling and calling and cheeping and chirping and whistling and warbling and garbling and gawking and flapping and hopping, each hoping to be the next in line for the little bits of bologna I was handing out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, Maggies, Self Injury Tagged With: Aggression, Arguing, Beak, Biology, Bird Story, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Feather, Fighting with each other, Internal Communication, Internal Conflict, Internal Fighting, Internal System Work, Kathy Broady, Maggies, magpies, Ornithology, Problem solving, Rainy Days, Recreation, Self Destruction, Self Injury, Stories about birds, System Work, Thunderstorms, Zoology

Using the Internal Landscape to Address Dissociative System Issues

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

  As I’ve said over and over in this blog, internal communication -- people within the DID system talking to each other -- is absolutely central and crucial to the healing process.  The inside parts need to hear each other, talk to each other, see each other, write to each other, etc.  The more you all talk amongst yourselves, the better your healing journey will progress. Addressing and finding problem issues as … [Read more...]

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