Tell Me This: Recent Episodes
Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.
This is a podcast about belonging, what it means, why it matters, and how we cultivate it. Through stories, interviews, academic research, and discussions we will explore the ideas of belonging and how to develop and growth it in your classrooms, workplaces, and other personal and professional spaces.
Brianne and I are excited to welcome everyone back.
It has been a "yes and" kind of summer with lots of rest AND lots of great work. We have a big announcement and a great line up of guests in store for everyone this season.
Please take a listen and if you have never heard an episode, be sure to go back and check out Season 1 to hear our origin story.
Thanks!
Carey and Brianne
Enjoy Episode 2 of our Summer Series. Es and I continue our conversation about self-worth, conditional self-worth, and belonging.
Hope you enjoy!
Carey
Happy Summer, Everyone!
Hope you are well and enjoying some much needed, deserved, and cherished down time.
Brianne and I are busy working on our Season 5 line-up. In the meantime, we thought we would offer a Summer Series on Belonging and Self-worth.
I am joined by Es Swihart. She is a friend, former student, teacher, and current doctoral student doing research on self-worth.
She and I have been having ongoing conversations about self-worth and belonging and we thought, "We should record some of these chats," and so, here were are!!
Hope you enjoy our first of several conversations.
Thanks!
Carey
Surprise! We decided to offer another episode of book club. Hope you enjoy our conversation.
Carey and Brianne
Hi Everyone!
Happy May! We are starting to wind down our fourth season and will be concluding with some reflections, minisodes, and a sneak peak of what is coming in Season 5. In today's episode, Brianne shares some thoughts and gratitude as she reflects on her daughters journey through K-8 and her youngest heads off to high school.
Enjoy.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Excited to share our conversation with Dr. Marie Heath. Her background in education technology, social studies, and teacher preparation offered new and important insights in how we think about belonging and the spaces in which we teach, learn, and connect.
Enjoy!!
Hi Everyone.
Hope you enjoy this minisode where I share a little about what has been swirling around in my own heart and mind.
Thanks for listening.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Brianne and I are so excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Radday to our podcast. During this conversation we talk about belonging, chemistry projects, crafting a hand powered radio, synchronized swimming, college parties, and, of course, belonging. Amazing and, we hope, very resonant stories and sharing.
Hope you enjoy!
Carey and Brianne
Hi Everyone.
Brianne is on a short vacation with family and we had to reschedule a few interviews due to some loud construction noise at my house, so, I decided it might be a good time for one of our minisodes. I hope you enjoy my musing of belonging to self, our life journey/question to see and be ourselves, and how we might contribute to creating the conditions to invite in belonging.
Enjoy!
Hello Everyone!
Brianne and I are thrilled to invite you to a reunion conversation of sorts. Dr. Kristin Barbour and Dr. Paula Clark join us to explore how will talk about belonging and the related implications.
Hope you will join us.
Carey
We are so excited to have Taylor Ann Gonzalez on our podcast. Taylor is a certified yoga instructor and performance coach. We had a wonderful conversation about belonging and the importance of connection to self.
Enjoy!!
Hello Everyone.
We are so excited to welcome back our friend and Brianne's sister-in-law Jessica Anastasio. We have a wonderful conversation about belonging, relationships, and Jessica shares the Five A's of Relationships from one of her favorite books!
Hope you enjoy the pod!!
Hello Everyone!
Welcome back for Part II of our discussion of Susan Cain's Bittersweet. Kate, Brianne, and I had such a good time talking about bittersweet in our lives and the impact this framework has on the way we show up as parents, friends, and educators. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
Thanks,
Carey
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to our first conversation about Susan Cain's novel, Bittersweet. I hope you enjoy the conversation!!
Carey, Brianne, and Kate
Brianne and I are so thrilled for you to hear a conversation with had with Drs. Cuneo and Bazaz. We explore belonging, community, connection and the role of art, physical health, and holding space for others.
Enjoy!
Welcome to another epsisode of Tell Me This. We are so excited to introduce Dr. Mahady to the program. Enjoy our conversation about music, leadership, opera, and trauma-informed work.
Best,
Carey
Hello Everyone.
Welcome to another episode. Brianne and I are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Vicky Garafola. She shares her expertise, personal experiences, and ideas related to her committment to supporting kids in foster care and the related work she does through her new nonprofit.
Enjoy the show!
Carey
Brianne and I are super excited to share this conversation. I actually talk about how "giddy" I am about this chat and it did not disappointed. I hope you will join us for this beautiful and unexpected conversation about belonging.
Thanks!
Carey
Hi Everyone.
Brianne and I are so excited to introduce Dr. Heather Yuhaniak to the pod. As you will hear from her bio, she is a rockstar - PERIOD! We have a great conversation about imposter syndrome, belonging, vulnerability and boundaries, parenting, and so much more!! Hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed chatting.
Best,
Carey
So excited for this episode featuring two experts in language learning differences. We talk about the importance of context, language, diversity in communication, and all kinds of other topics.
Enjoy!!
Carey
Happy New Year, Dear Listeners.
We are so excited to bring you the spring episodes of Season 4. I thought we would start the New Year with a Reflection-Short.
Enjoy!
Carey
Hello Everyone.
We hope you enjoy this episode where Brianne and I take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of our work. We are excited to share some of the discoveries we have had along our podcasting journey this fall.
Enjoy!
Hello Everyone. We are so excited to share a wonderful conversation we had with several of Brianne's classmates and friends from their time in the doctoral program. We talk about belonging, what it looks like early on, the search for your people, and the wonderful changes that emerge from the work and investment in each other. Enjoy!! Carey
Brianne and I had the pleasure of chatting with Kate McMahon, one of Brianne's dearest friends. It was a great conversation about the many layers of belonging AND it looks like we will be bring back the book club - stay tuned and enjoy this episode!!
Happy Turkey-day everyone. Hope you enjoy what is becoming an annual tradition around here. Grandmom and gratitude.
Take care,
Carey
Hello Everyone.
We cannot believe it but we are almost through October, headed towards Thanksgiving and we thought it was a perfect time to do our traditional mid-season reflection. Brianne and I share our own lessons and learning from the wonderful conversations we have had with all of our guests. Enjoy!
-Carey
We are so excited to introduce Katie Boucher, a teacher and leader of the Accord School. She offers valuable insights and ideas about belonging, inclusion, and the work required to create cultures where we can show up as ourselves and be valued just for who we are. We hope you enjoy this powerful, joyful, and laugh-filled conversation.
Best,
Carey and Brianne
Hello Everyone.
I am thrilled to share that Brianne and I had a wonderful conversation with Dr. Crystal Newby. I hope that you enjoy the perspectives she brings to this conversation.
Carey
Hello Everyone!
Brianne and I are thrilled to share a conversation we had with Dr. Marianna Carlucci who is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Loyola University - Maryland. As you will hear, we had so much fun having this chat and are hopeful that another one will follow as Part II.
Please Enjoy!
-Carey
In this episode, Brianne and I chat with Dr. Jen Watkinson. During our conversation we talk about the importance of self-care and boundaries, finding places for authenticity, a continuum of belonging, and much more. Jen's personal and professional experiences offer so many rich opportunities to explore these and many other topics. I hope you will take a listen.
-Carey
Hi Everyone.
Brianne and I hope you enjoy our conversation with Rev. Chris Longmann. We had such a wonderful chat about her life, work, and thoughts on belonging and community.
Thanks,
Carey
Hi Everyone.
Brianne decided to drop our first "short" of the season. Hope you enjoy!
-Carey
Hello Everyone!
Brianne and I are very excited to share this wonderful conversation we had with a dear friend and colleague, Dr. Lisa Buchey. She is an early childhood educator, expert, and researcher. We speak about belonging, the importance of acts of care, and other great strategies that we should consider at all ages.
Thanks for listening.
Carey and Brianne
Hi Everyone.
We are just hitting our stride with another great interview. Brianne and I had a wonderful time talking with Mary Beaulieu. Mary is an Assistant Dean of Career Development at the Kennedy School at Harvard University and an Executive Leadership Coach. What a great conversation! I hope you enjoy it.
Best,
Carey
Today, Brianne and I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Jill Snodgrass, a Reverend, Researcher, and Teacher at Loyola University. She shares her perspectives and strategies for thinking about and living a life that honors belonging. Can't wait for you to take a listen.
Enjoy!
Hello Everyone and Happy Fall!
I hope that you had a wonderful summer and are gearing up for a great fall. We are looking forward to bringing you another great Season of stories, conversations, and insights from amazing guests.
Hope you will join us for this next adventure.
Take care.
Carey
Thanks for another great season. Enjoy this final episode and stay tuned in August for Season 4!!
-Carey
Hi Everyone.
Welcome to another short episode for Dancing with Discomfort. I look forward to your feedback and suggestions.
Thanks!
Carey
Hi Everyone.
Thanks for listening. As promised, I wanted to bring you a book club podcast edition where Brianne and Kenita sit down with me to talk about bell hooks and her book, Teaching to Transgress. Lots of great nuggets in here so you may want to bring a notebook or just listen a couple of time :)
Enjoy!
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Welcome back to another episode. For our regular listeners, you will know that I have started a series of episode unpacking my book and digging into some of the key ideas and strategies. This week, however, I had the wonderful opportunity to speak again to Dr. Kenita Williams who appeared on the pod last fall (if you have not listened, please go check it out). In this episode we talk about leadership, the internal work, and the importance of connection and relationships in our growth as leaders. Hope you enjoy!!
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Thanks to folks who have reached out with feedback on the book, suggestions for the pod, and lots of other great ideas. As a result of listener feedback, I have decided to do a short series with my new book. In this episode, we start from the beginning with a review of the roadmap for our exploration of transitions and change. I hope you enjoy!!
Thanks,
Carey
Hi Everyone!
I hope you are excited to hear Part II of the book discussion with Brianne, Carrie, and Danielle. I really enjoyed this one - true gift!!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Best,
Carey
Hi Everyone.
I hope you enjoy today's episode. I know I had fun preparing for it.
Thanks for listening.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
I am so thrilled to share this episode of the pod where Dr. Carrie Miller, Dr. Brianne Roos, Danielle Scorrano, and I dig into my book! It was so wonderful to hear about and engage with others who have read the book. And, we had so much to chat about (surprise, surprise!!), we will be offering a part II of the discussion.
Enjoy!
Carey
Hello, everyone.
Thanks so much for listening. Please enjoy this short on confidence, core values, and belonging.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Thanks for tuning in for another episode of Tell Me This. In this episode I talk about saboteurs and how when they show up at the party, uninvited, we can find ways to ask them to leave. Enjoy the show!!
Carey
Enjoy another short about perspectives, new ways of seeing things, and, of course, some coaching!!
Enjoy the show.
-Carey
Hello, Listeners.
I am so excited to share this podcast episode with you. If you have been a long time listener, you already know that my grandmother, Eileen Downey, really inspired me to start this podcast three years ago. Fast forward to today, I am so proud that this podcasting journey brought me to a great conversation with my mom. My mom and I have had great conversations before but this is one that we had actually never fully had and decided it might be fun to share it with my listening audience. I hope you will see the connections to belonging, community, and all of the other themes and lessons that come up in our interviews and conversations with folks who have been on the pod.
Take a listen and I promise you won't be disappointed!!
With gratitude,
Carey
Hello listeners!
I hope you are well and excited for this week's episode. I am super excited to take you on a mini-journey of my own recent coaching session. In the session and in this episode, I explore swirling, dancing with discomfort, and how our patterns of thoughts, emotions and beliefs often fuel the stories that we are telling ourselves. Take a listen to learn how I navigated away from those stories to a place of possibilities.
Enjoy!
Hello Everyone! I hope you enjoy this episode where I share a bit about my own self-talk and how I have learned (and keep learning) how to do hard things!!
I can't wait to hear what you learned.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
I am so excited to say that Brianne is back! We talk coaching, parenting, and what happens when you mix them all together. I promise you you will not want to miss this chat!
Be well.
Carey
Hi Everyone.
Welcome back and Happy New Year. As you will hear in this episode, the Tell Me This team has lots of ideas and episodes plan for this fall. It should be a great ride and I look forward to sharing our stories, conversations, and ideas with everyone.
Thanks,
Carey
Dear Listeners!
I hope you are well and looking forward to some downtime over these next few weeks. I am super excited to share that Brianne and I are back at it with our great conversations about a book, a podcast, and many other topics. Today, we share our thoughts and reactions to a recent Brene Brown podcast and also share some "behind-the-scences" info on our own friendship and journey. So much fun and so many laughs!!
Enjoy!
Carey
Hello Everyone!
Danielle and I wanted to thank you for all of your listening and support during this ten-part series on leadership, belonging, and paradox. We have so enjoyed hearing from our listeners, talking to our wonderful guests, and collaborating on this project together. We put together an episode of our personal reflections on this series so we hope you enjoy it.
Happy Holidays and wishing you a wonderful start to the new year!
Carey
We are so excited to share our conversation with Dr. Kenita Williams. Please enjoy this episode as we dig into the meaning of leadership, ways to cultivate and honor the leader in all of us, and many great stories of the work to grow and strengthen our own leadership and connections with others.
Enjoy!
-Carey and Danielle
Join us in our conversation with Jessica Anastasio, US Figure Skater, Coach, Teacher, and Parent as she shared with us her personal and professional experiences and approaches to managing paradox. We dig into what it means to notice and navigate competitive excellence and self-care and talk about her own journey as a figure skater and coach.
This is an episode you will NOT want to miss.
Thanks,
Carey and Danielle
We are so excited to welcome back, Dr. Lisa Mitchell. Danielle and I had such an amazing conversation with her about her work at Disney Broadway in NYC, the pandemic, and Lisa and her team's strategies for managing the many paradoxes that appear in the theatre world. Stick around for a great episode!!
-Carey
Happy Fall Everyone.
What are you thankful for this season?? I can share that I am thankful for all of our wonderful guests we interviewed for this season AND I am super excited to introduce you to another wonderful coach - Sonja Gladwin. I received lots of great feedback about the Summer of Coaching series and I was not able to talk with Sonja this summer. We had a lovely conversation about her coaching journey and much more.
Enjoy!
Carey
Dear listeners,
We are so excited to offer this episode and our wonderful conversation with Ms. Christine D'Ercole. Christine is a world-class bicycler, renowned Peloton instructor, and founder and leader of Wordshops. In our time together, we cover a lot of topics including why a seemingly simple question of "Where Am I?" is so critical to our personal work. Christine reminds us that we are our own worst critic and we must name and notice where we are in order to get where we want to go.
This was such a wonderful conversation and we know you are going to enjoy it.
Carey and Danielle
Join us for a great conversation with Jenny Gaither, founder of Movemeant Foundation an internationally recognized non-profit helping girls and women build self-worth. Jenny also shared her work as a coach and in Brave Babe, a digital coaching curriculum and community to build confidence.
Enjoy the show!
Carey and Danielle
Enjoy this episode where Danielle and I sit down with Aiko Bethea and talk about the meaning of paradox, the role of a learning identity, and the cultivation and role of brave spaces.
Thanks,
Carey and Danielle
Please join Danielle and me for a wonderful and enlightening conversation with Dr. Mayme Hostetter. As President of Relay University, she brings a wealth of knowledge, a learning identity, and powerful ideas about how to strengthen our strategies and approaches to education. Relay and Dr. Hostetter believe in the power of mastery, growth mindset, and deliberate practice. Dr. Hostetter reminds us that the steep learning curves associated with deliberate practice of particular teaching skills for our residents and least experienced graduate students, I’m sold on the power of rehearsing teaching in the presence of experts. During this hour, we talk about the paradox of novice-expert and how it shows up in her leadership, with her team, their students, and in the culture of Relay University. We also dig into how she and her team cultivate spaces so that individuals can successfully and willingly practice knowing that failure IS an option.
Please join us for this great chat.
Carey
Join me and Danielle for a wonderful and enlightening conversation with Dr. Laura Shaw. We talk about learning, our brains, what is happening in our bodies and minds when faced with uncomfortable moments, and what we should do in those moments. I think the responses will surprise you.
Enjoy!
Carey
Hi Everyone!
As promised, Danielle Scorrano and I kick off our ten-part series on leadership, paradox, and belonging. We had an amazing conversation on today's pod so I hope you will enjoy it. Stay tuned!
Thanks,
Carey
Hi Everyone!
Please join us for the first "short" of the season. After chatting with several of our upcoming guests and spinning in another Peloton session, I just had to talk with Danielle about what was on my mind. So, we decided to bring that conversation to you!
Hope you enjoy.
Carey
Hi Everyone,
If you listened to Season 2, I chatted about Imposter Syndrome in the spring. If you haven't heard this one, please go back and check it out. In this episode, I unpack my own personal journey and learning around this paradox of novice-expert and what I realized as I wrote my first book and interviewed a few amazing leaders about the paradoxical mindset.
Enjoy!
Carey
In this episode, Brianne and I dig into my new book available in this fall. Enjoy our conversation about the Who and What of in-between moments.
-Carey
Welcome Back, Everyone! I hope that you had a terrific summer. In this episode, Brianne and I reflect on the summer of 2021 and provide a sneak peek into what is coming this season!! Can't wait to share the great lineup of guests!
Thanks, Carey
Join me for another wonderful conversation with Coach Emily Barnett. We talk about all things coaching including learning how to stay and be present in the service of your client and their needs.
Thanks!
-Carey
Please join me for a wonderful conversation with Coach Nicole. I hope you enjoy our chat about coaching, the gift of time, and the role of our intuition in our work and lives.
Best,
-Carey
Hello Everyone! I am so thrilled to share the conversation I recently had with Dr. Tomlin. He is a brilliant human being, amazing coach, and an equally wonderful instructor of coaches! I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did. Happy Listening! -Carey
Please join me for a wonderful conversation with the founder and leader of Anne Arundel Community College's Award Winning Engagement Coaching Program, Coach Jen Lara.
Thanks.
-Carey
Hi Everyone!
I hope you are enjoying the summer. While Brianne and I are busy preparing for Season 3 of the Pod, I thought it would be fun to do a series of interviews with some of the amazing folks I have met along my coaching journey. Please tune in for the next 8 weeks of interviews with coaches about their coaching journeys.
Enjoy!!
Carey
Thanks to everyone for such a wonderful season. Please enjoy our final episode of memories, reflections, and plans for next season.
Enjoy.
Carey and Brianne
Join me for the second to last episode of Season 2 where I provide a trailer of Season 3. Enjoy!!
Carey
Hi Everyone!
We are so excited to offer this episode of Tell Me This when Brianne turns the tables on me for an interview about my upcoming book. We talk about transitions, field hockey, my grandmother, and many stories that lead me to write this book. We hope you enjoy it!
Thanks,
Carey and Brianne
Hi Everyone!
Hope your spring is off to a good start. Please join me for another short where we talk about focusing on our journey as much as the outcomes and how a great mixtape/CD/spotify playlist can make all the difference!
Thanks,
Carey
Join Brianne for a Tell Me This minisode. She shares stories of her time in the pandemic trenches with her students, her years as a rowing athlete, and our critical moments of space in-between.
Enjoy!
Carey
Welcome back for another minisode. In prepping for another episode, I came across this interesting article about the benefits of imposter syndrome (I know - crazy, right?!). Listen in as I try to unpack and make sense of this seemingly paradoxical moment.
Thanks for listening.
-Carey
I am happy to welcome back Carrie Miller and Danielle Scorrano for Part II of our discussion of leading in the pandemic. What transformative, authentic leadership looks like in practice. Please join us for this great discussion!
-Carey
To change things up, Brianne and I decided to offer a few mini-sodes. This week, I talk about wholeness and our flaws. How can we learn to embrace and learn from these imperfections?
Enjoy!
-Carey
Please join Dr. Rebecca Chisholm and Ms. Reesa Pearlman for a wonderful conversation about mental health, our wellbeing, and healing during and through this pandemic. Please enjoy the show!
-Carey
Thanks for tuning in for another episode! Brianne and I take a look back at the episodes from the new year and offer our own thoughts and observations. What will you invite back into your life, schedule, and thoughts as we move into the healing after the pandemic?
-Carey
Hi Everyone and welcome to another episode! Brianne and I are very excited to have back Dr. Lisa Mitchell. She visited with us last spring and we had a wonderful conversation about theatre, the prep work, and how all of this connects to belonging. Please check this out - I am certain it will not disappoint.
Carey and Brianne
Enjoy our conversation with Mary Connelly and Tina Wasielewski. Brianne, Mary, and Tina are friends and all have kids in the same schools. We are so thrilled that they agreed to come on the podcast and talk about life in the pandemic. They share their experiences, tips, and strategies they and their families have used during this pandemic. We hear about a family of nine has made the best of living under one roof during the pandemic, how keeping a sense of humor, leaning in to the difficult feelings, and cherishing those small moments help kids, parents, friends, and families heal.
Thanks for listening.
Carey and Brianne
Please join Brianne and I as talk with Jessica Anastasio about healing through the pandemic. Jessica offers so many great nuggets of wisdom and tip and strategies to navigate these time, you will want to have pen and paper handy. Enjoy the show.
Carey
Hi Everyone!
If you liked listening to our conversations with Drs. Kristin Barbour and Paula Clark, you are gonna love this next episode! Brianne, Paula, Kristin, and I wanted to share the latest installment of Four Learning Educators, a podcast about - you guest it, individuals, teachers, leaders, and anyone interested in leaning into their learning identity and talking to others about how it all works. In this episode we tackle some tough and fun questions about what it means to engage with and implement a learning identity and the implications this approach has on current standards, structures, assessment, and feedback. I hope you will join us for this lively conversation.
Thanks!
Carey
Carrie Mille and Danielle Scorrano join me for what might be first of a series of episodes on leadership and cultivating belonging. I love chatting with these ladies and can't wait for you to hear all of their great stories and thoughts on leadership.
Please take a listen!
Carey
We are so excited to welcome back, Lisa Serice. Lisa is a wellness expert who visited the pod last fall and we are thrilled to have her back on to chat about a great book called Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski wrote this book and Lisa, Brianne, and I immediately new we had to chat about this on the podcast. Hope you will enjoy us for this lovely conversation.
Thanks!
Carey
In this episode, Brianne and I speak with Dr. Kristin Barbour. We cover a lot of topics including cultivating belonging in the toughest of conversation and in the midst of serious divisions, what we have learned and plan to carry forward from this pandemic, and why, even as we continue to endure this virus and lockdown, there is a reason for a glimmer of hope.
Please join us for this interesting conversation.
Happy New Year, Everyone! We are so excited to return to the airways with more episodes of Tell Me this. During the winter and spring, we will be talking to a diverse line up of talented and smart individuals about how we begin to heal. I am excited to welcome Dr. Paula Clark back to the pod and in this episode we will catch up with her to see how she is fairing, what she has learned, and what she hopes to takeaway from her experiences during this pandemic.
Thanks for listening!
We finish up 2020 with one last minisode - Enjoy! Happy Holidays and Happy and Healthy 2021. Thanks to everyone who has been listening!!
Carey
In this short episode, Brianne builds on what I shared about presence in the first minisode of December. She reminds us of how we can practice presence and reminds us that presence really is about connection first - focusing on the people and the relationships in the moment.
Enjoy!
Carey and Brianne
Happy December Everyone!
Brianne and I thought December would be a good month to try and slow down, reflect, and share some of our own thoughts, challenges, and learning during this pandemic and all of our wonderful conversations we have had with past guests. We are preparing for our 2021 lineup of great guests and thought a few minisodes would be the perfect way to segue to the new year.
Here is the first installment.
Thanks for listening!
Carey and Brianne.
Hi Everyone.
One year ago today, the world and our family lost an amazing women. I wanted to reflect on her life and legacy and honor her. Sara Eileen Downey was a great women and role model. I hope you will tune in to hear more about her.
Thanks and Happy Holidays.
Carey and Brianne
A lot has happened in the last nine months, COVID-19, social isolation, a new and different school year, a new season of our podcast, and a theme song. Brianne and I have enjoyed speaking to so many different educators about their experiences during these unusual times and we thought that this might be a good time to take a pause, reflect, and celebrate all of the great learning from our conversations.
Thanks!
This week's episode features an amazing conversation with a group of educators, caregivers, students, and thought leaders on the topic of neurodiversity and students with learning differences. I really enjoyed getting to know and learn from these folks and I am sure you will too!
Enjoy!
-Carey and Brianne
We had a great chat with Danielle Scorrano about belonging, living your core values, thriving in a pandemic, and slowing down to learn from and with your students. It was such a great conversation we asked Danielle back for a part two! Hope you enjoy.
Please join us for another minisode where Carey talks about the questions we ask each other and what we might do to shift the conversation.
Enjoy!
Hi Everyone! Thanks for listening this season. As you already know, Brianne agreed to join the show this season and we wanted to provide a little inside scoop on her journey. Enjoy!
Join us for an interview with Dr Marie Kerins, a department chair and administrator at Loyola University Maryland. Marie will share her insights about belonging across students, faculty, staff, and administrators, big issues like equity and inclusion, and her perspectives on the balance between planning and flexibility.
In this episode, we add a twist on our "twist" which is that we have a guest interviewer lead the conversation with another wonderful educator. Mrs. Noor is a PreK teacher in Baltimore City and talks all about the great work she is doing to manage and successfully navigate this pandemic with her students, families, and caregivers. I sure learned a lot and hope you will too! Enjoy.
Carey and Brianne
Ear candy! Thanks to Darcy Milligan and Suzie O'Neal, we have a podcast theme song.
Hope you enjoy a preview listen.
Carey and Brianne
Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about how lessons from a Queens luncheonette intersect with a career in immigration law and teaching in the business school at Loyola University Maryland. Dr Astrid Schmidt-King shares insights about humility, flexibility, and accountability in the online classroom as we navigate teaching and learning through COVID and heightened awareness of racial injustice. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in for a great discussion!
Brianne and Carey
In this episode we speak to our dear friend Dr. Paula Clark who shares her own insights on belonging, connecting with students virtually, and ways that she and her team of teachers have been able to maintain their community and relationships by just the simple act of checking in with one another. We really enjoyed recording this conversation and we hope you will enjoy listening in.
Thanks for listening!
Carey and Brianne
In Episode 4, we are thrilled to talk with Dr. Aviva Moore and Ms. Breauna Wall. They are both experienced online educators (pre-pandemic) and shared their strategies and insights on best practices for navigating the challenges their students and colleagues are facing, offered some wonderful stories of success, and really demonstrated their commitment to cultivating belonging and connecting with their school communities.
Hope you will stick around for the show!
In Episode 3 Brianne and I chat with Dr. Catherine Atkinson, a middle school history teacher and expert in technology integration. We had a great conversation about how she builds connection and community and how those relationships contribute to the great work they do together in and outside of the classroom. Catherine shares all sorts of tips and strategies to cultivate a sense of belonging in virtual and face-to-face classrooms and reminds of the importance of laughter and levity even when things feel difficult and worrisome.
Enjoy the show!
In this episode we talk to Lisa Serice, a well-being educator, about her work, her successful navigation of this pandemic, and how spending just a little more time on zoom with her clients has contributed to greater connection and community. Brianne also introduces this idea of digital belonging that I am looking forward to chatting about more in the coming months!
We hope you enjoy the show!
Welcome back for Season 2 of Tell Me This. We are excited to start the season as co-hosts! Yes, Dr. Brianne Roos will be joining me for this season (and hopefully many more). We are looking forward to sharing all of the great conversations we have been having with learning educators in a variety of roles and from diverse contexts. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Kristin Barbour, the Executive Director of NILD. Hope you will join us!
I am back for Season 2 of Tell Me This. A lot has happened while I was away and I am looking forward to leaning in and learning from all of our wonderful guests for Season 2. I am also excited to introduce my co-host, Dr. Brianne Roos, who will be joining me for Season 2 as we chat with teachers, leaders, families, and other educators about life, school, and learning in the pandemic. We hope you will join us for great conversations this season!
I hope you will join me for the FINAL episode of Season 1. I had a chance to chat with Dr. Beth Kobett about her work with pre-service teachers and all of her students at Stevenson University. We talked about cultivating belonging in the time of COVID-19, refocusing our attention to student well-being and figuring out what learning matters in this time of crisis. It was a great chat, I know I learned a lot and am sure you will too. This is also the final episode of Season 1 and I will return in the Fall with new material and guests! Thanks for listening.
In this episode of the podcast we honor Earth Day with a brief discussion of how our natural surroundings might offer some new "tools" for cultivating connection. Hope you will join me for a listen!
On today's episode, I talk about mystery blocks, what they mean, why we should implement them, and how to use them in your own professional roles and context. Co-construction of schedules, knowledge, and other opportunities leads to all sorts of positive outcomes. I hope you will listen.
Join me today as I talk about contradictions, inconsistencies, and paradox in these unprecedented times. I will share a story about my grandparents and how they were able to hold their joy and happiness for each other during a similarly difficulty time in our history, talk with Brianne Roos about belonging, shared vulnerability, and the ways she is building spaces with students and colleagues to explore and experience these concepts. Finally, I will close with some research and final thoughts on these topics.
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In this episode we explore the meaning of shared vulnerability, how to do this work, and tips for making it happen in our personal and professional spaces. I hope you will join me as I talk about community, connection, and belonging and share how storytelling can be just what we need.
On this episode, I continue our conversation about COVID-19 and the effects of social distancing. I offer some articles and ideas on practical ways to reduce the adverse outcomes and how, even when it is difficult to measure, we should be attending to the important social bonds that we have in our lives.
In today's episode, I talk about the realities of the COVID-19 virus on our feelings of belongingness and what this isolation can do and why it matters. I also talk about some research around isolation and social capital. Finally, I wrap up with some tips and strategies for managing the isolation and cultivating belonging even with so much social distance. I hope you will join in for this important conversation.
In this episode, I talk about bucket dipping and bucket filling. If you have not already, please check out my latest blog post (whatsourstory.com) where I started this conversation. Today I share my own bucket dipping story, how my grandmother might have been the most skilled bucket filler, and what the research says about handling and reacting to this bucket dipping.
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On this week's episode I will explore setting the stage or the pre-work needed to create climates of belonging. I will share a story or two about how my grandmother knew just how to do this pre-work and how her upfront investment in these efforts would have a lasting effect for me and my family. I will also share my first one-on-one interview with a good friend and colleague, and wrap up the episode with a research recap and some final thoughts for the week.
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On this episode, I will explore the idea of bringing our authentic selves to our work and profession. While I will use the context of teachers and teaching to discuss these topics, I am confident that the lessons and insights apply to many professions. I will share a few articles about the person in the practice, the implications for shifting our views of a profession as actions and individuals, and what we could/should do to attend to and grow the "somebody" in the work we do.
I hope you will join me for this episode.
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In Episode 6 I explore the "prework" needed to create spaces to cultivate belonging, offer strategies to start this process, and talk about the importance of making a plan and setting a goal. Through person stories, professional experiences as a teacher, and academic research I share how goal setting might contribute to spaces to grow and sustaining belonging for us and members of our communities.
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Tell Me This: What assumptions do you make about people in your lives? What stories are you telling yourself about your students, co-workers, friends or neighbors? In this episode we explore what happens when we make incorrect assumptions about individuals and what we can do to stay in the discomfort and reconcile through respect. We will also explore the ideas of disorienting dilemmas and how attending to this important moments through critical reflection and discourse can lead to amazing things.
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On today's episode we will talk about why the simple steps to belonging and community building can be the most difficult. We will examine some of those simple steps and the barriers to starting, how taking time - being patient and making time - being intentional can make all of the difference when cultivating connections, and finding comfort in discomfort. Who doesn't love a good paradox?? Through stories, research, and a sample of 1 (okay, maybe a few others), we will talk about, reflect on, and most important, act on these strategies.
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Also, in this episode - I ask for your experiences, opinions, and ideas about the role of manners (like yes ma'am and no-sir) in our quest to belong. If you have stories, ideas, or just opinions, please email me at careyborkoski@gmail.com. Thanks!
In this week's episode we talk about barriers to belonging, why belonging matters, psychological safety, and how to promote this trust and connections.
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Carey
In this episode we explore the definition of belonging, why fitting in is not belonging, and how we can, through small interventions, cultivate belonging and build connections in our communities. Tell Me This: If we value belonging and connection shouldn't we be taking action and devising strategies that create belonging, connections, and spaces where we can be seen?
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Today, in our first episode, I discuss the podcast themes, structure, and my reasons for starting this podcast. During the episode, I take a walk down memory lane and share a few stories about my grandparents and how they have inspired me to start this podcast (finally!). We also spend some time unpacking these stories and finding some interesting connections with a research article that I recently read. To close out the first episode we take some small steps to notice how we are we others and what we might do to cultivate an environment of belonging with even the individuals share very different views.
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-Carey
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