Documenting an empath's journey
Since I’ve started reading this beautiful book, The Empath’s Survival Guide by Dr. Judith Orloff (Publisher: Sounds True, 2018), so many aspects of my life have changed. I had waited for an authentic guide like this book for a long time. Her explanations of empathy are simply fascinating. She states: “I challenge the status quo and [...]
I've changed my blog title, which used to be simply my full name Katie Kondo. The new title is KAYA, named after Buddha Kaya, which means Buddha's three bodies (three kayas): The first body, "true body", embodies the very principle of enlightenment. The second, "bliss body", is a body of bliss or clear light manifestation. [...]
Finally, after ten months' struggle, I have completed writing the findings chapter! For the last month, I have been amending the chapter by revising some linguistic errors and narrative descriptions and adding the findings of a thematic analysis of interview data. 35,000-word findings Actually, the findings chapter has 35,000 words, including transcripts and translations [...]
I've made slow progress in writing during the week. My objectives are to revise the findings chapter, and add a thematic map of my interview analysis before the present findings. I never imagined that I would be revising this one chapter throughout the whole year. Especially, deciding on the presentation of the findings chapter and [...]
Week 147 was very relaxing overall. I felt able to step back from my data a little and looked at the whole picture from above, reading through my supervisors’ feedback comments on my draft chapters. Also, I attended a supervision meeting where they gave me many suggestions and some hints about the implications of my [...]