SHELF‑Care: A Clinical Guide To Healing Through Reading

Field notes, research, and book‑based tools for real personal change.

Blissfully Slipping into Cognitive Decline (Post‑PhD Edition) phd Jul 20, 2026

I have slipped blissfully into cognitive decline. I fought it at first, but now I’ve accepted it as a normal part of the post‑PhD adjustment.

Alongsi...

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PhD Brain Is Real. Recovery Matters. bibliotherapy phd Jul 03, 2026

I submitted my PhD:Ā Moving psychoeducation and bibliotherapy from self-help to SHELF-care: A consideration of Brene Brown's books through the lenses o...

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ZERO word swap for allied health professionals in research phd research social work Jul 27, 2025

Allied Health professionals, if you are doing a higher degree by research or are researching as part of your job then join our ZERO word swap as a way...

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Announcing a time and place change without changing my PhD focus phd research social work Jul 14, 2025

Life happens while you are doing a PhD. I was to hand in at the end of the 2025 financial year, but I was nowhere near ready. We had a serious family ...

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Social Work Supervision hiatus from June 30th until November 2025 phd social work Feb 10, 2025

Attention all my wonderful social work supervisees: it is the pointy end of my PhD research. My intention is to hand to the editor in August and to be...

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Peer Support Group for Social Workers in Higher Degrees by Research phd research Oct 23, 2024

Social Work and Allied Health Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) can be a lonely path. Many of us are undertaking either digital Honours, Research Maste...

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Overcoming FEAR to present and win speaking awards. bibliotherapy phd psychoeducation speaker gigs Sep 18, 2024

This is a funny story of fear and how I turned the acronym False Evidence Appearing Real into Face Everything and Rise.

My PhD research was accepted ...

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What do aphorisms, motivational and inspirational quotes do? phd Aug 02, 2024

An unexpected rabbit hole from my PhD dataĀ analysis is howĀ frequently participants focused on quotes from Brene Brown books. Several participants quot...

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Writing a research paper for my first International Conference Presentation phd social work Jul 30, 2024

I am terrified. I am overwhelmed. I am self-doubting and I don't know where to begin. I HAVE to get my paper written so I can move on with the rest of...

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The National book that keeps you where it wants you to be phd resistance to the staus quo Jul 29, 2024

Every country has a classic national book list: a literary identity of stories that encompass the spirit and artistic worth of the people of the count...

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The end of an Industry Partnership so to speak industry partnership phd speaking Jul 01, 2024

Punctuation. It's important. Punctuation makes words, life, predictable and followable for an individual. It positions a reader into your thoughts and...

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Resistance is useful change phd resistance to the staus quo Jun 18, 2024

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory (Sayers 2021) talks of the interface between three parts of the psyche: the id, ego and superego. Often referred...

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