Personal notions of time travel: reflections on love, loss, and growth through autoethnography

Fiona J. Stirling

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Using the concept of time travel as a contextual and narrative tool, the author explores themes of love, loss and growth after trauma. Reflections relate primarily to the experience of conducting the qualitative research method of autoethnography. Opening with consideration of existing work (Yoga and Loss: An Autoethnographical Exploration of Grief, Mind, and Body), discussion moves on to academic thought on mental time travel, and personal transformation, culminating in the construction of a new memory combining past, present, and future.
Original languageEnglish
JournalTranspersonal Psychology Review
Volume18
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sep 2016

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Stirling, Fiona J. / Personal notions of time travel : reflections on love, loss, and growth through autoethnography. In: Transpersonal Psychology Review. 2016 ; Vol. 18, No. 2.
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Personal notions of time travel : reflections on love, loss, and growth through autoethnography. / Stirling, Fiona J.

In: Transpersonal Psychology Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, 30.09.2016.

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