PRACTITIONER RESEARCHER

RESEARCHING MY PRACTICE

Overview of My Research

As a practitioner-researcher I am aware that my leisure time is as important to my research as my work time. In order to develop my own well-be(com)ing, I need to have a balance in my life. The Japanese philosophy of Ikigai of having a balance of doing what I love, what I am good at, what the world needs and what enables me to make a living is something I am working to achieve. I have written about my research:

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Thanks My living-theory of challenging dominant discourses

Living Theory Research Group – a model of sustainable learning for the 'flourishing of humanity'

Ejolts - Frankl, V. E. (1984). Man’s Search for Meaning Revised and Updated. New York: Washington Square Press. (pp. 99-102) Sonia Hutchison

Transfer Paper How does my lived experience, from being ‘a child in care’ to being a leader of a carers’ charity, sustain the hope that I can be the change I want to see in the world?

Living Theory Research Group – a model of participatory and sustainable learning for the ‘flourishing of humanity’.

An enquiry into the significance of first-person research for the creation of knowledge to reduce suffering and enhance human flourishing

'Care For The Self? - How Can I Live Caring for Myself in Practice?'

Living Poster for Action Research Network of the Americas 2015

Living Poster February 2019

Book Review Maslach, Burnout: The Cost of Caring

spanglefish.com/soniahutchison

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