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Reflections on the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership Retreat
This week, I attended the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership residential at Cumberland Lodge, focusing on social division. The event included ice-breaking activities, nature-based resilience sessions, creative badge-making, and karaoke in remembrance of a late friend. Overall, it revitalised my energy for my PhD and social interactions.
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Resilience is a burden
The author explores the complex journey of healing from a traumatic past, emphasizing that happiness doesn’t require an absence of hardship. They highlight the struggle to release anger and the burden of resilience, asserting that survivors are more than their experiences. Ultimately, they stress personal agency in choosing which memories to confront.