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.

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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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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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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A reflection on evolution, resistance, and revolution phd Mar 04, 2024

Re-reading Daring Greatly (Brown 2012) to write a book review for Typeface Books, I was struck with how close the term evolution is to revolution and ...

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Bibliotherapy: three ways reading a book can heal you bibliotherapy phd Mar 01, 2024

Words can help, heal, hurt or hinder. Books are made up of words so therefore, books can help, heal, hurt or hinder. Some we keep as precious treasure...

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Charles Darwin University PhD research on Brene Brown readers bibliotherapy book club industry partnership phd Feb 28, 2024

PhD researcher, Megan Bayliss, is undertaking PhD research in conjunction with Type Face Books as her Industry Partner. Megan is a Social Worker inter...

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What constitutes Psychoeducation for Mental Health accredited Social Workers bibliotherapy phd psychoeducation Feb 27, 2024

Psychoeducation is one of the allowable therapies under Australia's Medicare system of community based mental health care. That  doesn't mean it is a ...

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Getting blogged down in a PhD phd Feb 06, 2024

PhDs and blogs equal an informal scholarly communication process for the times I am bogged down in the fucktardery of life. You see, bad things happen...

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