My birthday today….I want to view it as a new beginning…a new phase in my life and the research process. We had a long PhD group supervision meeting today, Tracey brought in a cake and a candle (how sweet of her!). I also had some Lacta greek chocolate that i brought from Greece and kept for this day as i know that William, our supervisor, just loves it . There was a lot of discussion in the group around Heuristic methodology, power dynamics, politics etc and how those inform our thinking and research writings. I feel i have to look at both the unconscious (whenever visible) and conscious processes that the topic brings up for me. I may write a critique on Moustakas’s Heuristics…i am questioning a lot the impact that the research brings to the researcher and how to manage that, some new balances and safety nets needs introducing, i think