Meditation or daydreaming can be a good way of getting in touch with those parts of yourself too. (and its free! lol)
Try to relax and close your eyes, allow thoughts and images to float around you and try not to react to them, be aware and acknowledge them but dont assign an emotional tag to them....let them enter and exit as they do. By doing this, and becoming good at it, you will allow yourself to see parts of things you never paid attention to before.
The recording of your dreams is also a good way to see if there is something that is needing attention. Keep and pen and paper by the bed and if you wake in the morning or middle of the night, write down the emotions you are feeling, colours, shapes, sounds, smells....anything that is in your head. Dont worry too much about 'trying to remember what happened', simply write down the symbols and energies and images you are left with. Go back to sleep and read it and meditate on those things and what they mean to you when you are awake next. You will be amazed at what you pick up on

Good luck!
Oh, and what type of birds are they?