SHELF‑Care: A Clinical Guide To Healing Through Reading

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

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 ten-step book review process by Professor Tara Brabazon book review Mar 12, 2024

After posting a recent book review to social media and making mention in the caption that I followed Professor Brabazon's 10-step process, I have been...

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Book Review: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown book review brene brown industry partnership Mar 06, 2024

Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead, by Brene Brown (2012) is a book of hope. Hope is c...

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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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