A Study Group of one does not research make!

I blog to record my thoughts and as a research diary...and your comments are welcome so I am not a data set of one.

Interpretations of the written word brene brown phd Apr 27, 2024

I am motivated by a discussion facilitated by Professor Tara Brabazon at Digital Office Hours on the 26.4.24 (see 47.49). The peer led discussion on i...

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Death and dashes: Observations of PhD disruptions. phd Apr 26, 2024

Life can be so confronting. Hurtful. Fleeting. Hard. Doing a PhD does not make you immune. Life still gets in the way and needs dealing with....and li...

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That which we inherit gramsci popular culture Apr 23, 2024

Have you ever said something and immediately thought, "Oh my God. I have become  my parent!" The inheritance of familial patterns is confronting to sa...

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Use your debriefing skills / raise your profile book club brene brown phd Apr 20, 2024

Calling Mental Health students and professionals. I need a few volunteer colleagues to attend my PhD data collection online Brene Brown book clubs inc...

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Contribute to PhD research: make a difference by discussing a Brene Brown book you read.  bibliotherapy book club brene brown phd popular culture psychoeducation Apr 15, 2024

Have you ever: 

  1. faced a life-changing experience that created a mental well-being challenge for you, AND  
  2. read one of Brene Brown’s books, AND 
  3. ...
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Resist or protest your way brene brown resistance to the staus quo Apr 03, 2024

I am born with resistance in my blood. I am a child of the 1960s, the daughter of a regular army officer who did three tours of Vietnam (the unwanted ...

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E.P Thompson. Writing by Candlelight dissenting intellectual marxism phd Apr 03, 2024

I am capturing this seminal dissenting intellectal's text here as it is not available as a downloadable Pdf or in ebook format...and I really want to ...

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How bibliotherapy can help mental health professionals bibliotherapy industry partnership psychoeducation Apr 02, 2024

Psychoeducation has long been a favoured intervention of mental health professionals. It is a theory that encompasses and recognises the inherent know...

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Resisting the urge to run and hide equals vulnerability phd read resistance to the staus quo Mar 27, 2024

Today as I vulnerably await an outcome on my research ethics application that uses online book clubs as both methodology and method, I have read a cou...

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Observations of Lead with Courage workshop in Brisbane brene brown industry partnership phd Mar 24, 2024

A long held intention to attend a Dare to Lead training came to fruition, albeit for different reasons than originally intended. I initially came to l...

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The PhD Imposter Syndrome phd Mar 15, 2024

I post this as a confession, a reckoning, and an encouragement to other PhD students. I often feel overwhelmed, scared and dumb! I stumble my words, I...

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The differences between intellectuals: organic, public and traditional. gramsci phd Mar 14, 2024

Following up on an earlier blog on the difference between a traditional and organic intellectual today I went searching for information on how a publi...

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