Two more Sundays left... Mother. A story about autotelic values, or ME and MOTHER on a date with Heidegger.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63867/aeif.10

Keywords:

Mother, love, relationship, joy of life, phenomenology, autotelic values

Abstract

An auto-ethnographic narrative of the Mother and Daughter’s final year together - recorded in the rhythm of closeness and passing.

A personal tribute to a Mother who lived simply, without grand words. To a Daughter who managed to see it. And to life - for its ordinary, undeniable wisdom.

The narrative interweaves phenomenological reflections and existential motifs with fragments of everyday life, in which presence, laughter, the scent of coffee, or a walk through the marketplace become full-fledged philosophical events. In dialogue with Heidegger, but even more so - with the Mother. It is a story about a love that doesn't need a theory to be true.

Author Biography

  • Dorota Draczyńska, Akceptacja4FM.Lab, Warsaw, Poland

    A psychologist by profession, certified cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist (certificate no. 1674) and an existential psychotherapist, accredited in the NEST approach. She graduated from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Dominican University in River Forest (Illinois, USA), and SWPS University in Warsaw. She is professionally affiliated with the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology and the Dialog Therapy Center. Her academic work focuses on relational trauma, complex PTSD, and the development of therapeutic methods that support acceptance and living in alignment with oneself. She is a co-author of the Acceptance 4FM Training. She teaches an elective course at SWPS University and leads internship workshops at the Dialog Therapy Center.

    Over the years, she has implemented numerous training and research-development projects in the field of mental health. Privately — a woman, partner, and mother. In her free time, she most enjoys... doing nothing. Lifelong learning is, for her, a way of being in the world.

Published

2025-12-19

How to Cite

Draczyńska, D. (2025). Two more Sundays left... Mother. A story about autotelic values, or ME and MOTHER on a date with Heidegger. Existential Analysis and the Phenomenology of Life, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.63867/aeif.10

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