Re-Telling Our Stories pp 133-143 | Cite as
Metamorphosis
A Journey through Grief
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In an introductory experience of accidental ethnography (Poulos, 2010), a doctoral student and recent divorcee, exposes her journey through personal trauma, and coming out on the other side. This autoethnographic exploration documents the failures and triumphs that shaped her life experiences, and placed her on the path to who she would become personally and professionally. Extracting meaning from lived experiences, the author hopes to add her own narrative to available cultural resources, helping others on their own journeys of self-understanding.
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Cultural Resource Walk Away Online Poker Fishing Pole Personal Trauma
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