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Life Change Narratives: When The Road Diverges, Bernadene J. Ryan
Life Change Narratives: When The Road Diverges, Bernadene J. Ryan
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Transformation events can be a change in a person's work, a change in philosophy, a sudden insight, or a break in a relationship. According to David Hufford and Marilyn Motz, narrating these experiences are ways in which people perform, construct, and communicate belief systems. The narrators within the context of this thesis experience their transformation through a career transformation. The narrators rediscover their initial passion and transform that desire into actions that results in a shift of career. Sometimes seen as inexplicable, nevertheless the narrators provide analysis and reflection on the influences that led to their change. Some of the …