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Mindfulness And Mothering: Reclaiming Feminine Voice, Lisa L. Mccorquodale
Mindfulness And Mothering: Reclaiming Feminine Voice, Lisa L. Mccorquodale
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Little is known about working mothers who practice mindfulness. This dissertation is a phenomenological investigation using body mapping as a way to understand how mindfulness works in the lives of six women who work in health and social care while parenting young children.
This dissertation is comprised of five integrated articles. Chapter 1 and 7 are included as an Introduction and Discussion/Conclusion to the five separate though related manuscript chapters. The main research questions that framed this research include, ‘What is the work of mindfulness in the lives of working professional mothers?’ and ‘In what ways might a mindfulness practice …