Welcome to another season of Tell Me This. Brianne and I are so excited to share our summer research, stories, and plan for the upcoming season. Over the past year or so, our curious around connections between belonging and grief have blossomed into summer research projects, creative writing pieces, and intense, hard, and beautiful conversations. Through all of this work, we also recognize that while we have each have personal stories of grief, we are missing and wanting to hear diverse and varied stories from others. Season 6 will center on stories of grief and belonging where courageous and vulnerable guests share their own stories and journeys in grief.This first episode provides more context and our thoughts and learning about universal and unique experience of grief.We hope you will listen along this season.Carey and Brianne

We hope you enjoy this spring reflection from Brianne.Thanks for listening!

We hope you enjoy our conversation with Drs. Barbour and Clark as much as we did. Picking up on our conversation earlier in the spring, we were interested in exploring AI in education. If you also have questions, curiosities, concerns, and wonders about AI, this might be the podcast for you. We came to this conversation with some AI experience (mostly ChatGPT), no expertise in this area, and lots of questions and left with more questions and some ideas on how we might use AI in our work and life.Hope you enjoy!!Carey

Hello Everyone.We are so excited to welcome back Dr. Paula Clark and Dr. Kristin Barbour for what we are calling an Education Roundtable. It has been too long since the four of us gathered around our virtual zoom room and talked about the books, articles, and other topics on our minds. In part one of our roundtable, we discuss Hope and Help and scratch the surface into why many kids in K-12 do not like school. Hope you enjoy!

No - Brianne and I are not snowed in but this article and the weather in the town provided an opportunity for one researcher to explore the every day experiences of belonging. We often forget that belonging is grounded in people, places, and our history. Brianne and I share the article and the discoveries and questions that emerged for us.Enjoy!Carey

Brianne and I had so much fun revisiting and sharing a very recent article about school belonging. In it, Dr. Kuttner, a professor at the University of Utah, writes about how multiple perspectives inform his definition of school belonging. We discuss the importance of agency, intersectionality, systems, and others.We hope you enjoy this episode.Carey and Brianne

Hello Everyone!I bet you were starting to wonder if we were ever coming back. We are BACK! We are so excited to emerge from our six months of deep thinking, coding, and writing. We are grateful for the time and thrilled to share what we are learning from this process. Enjoy the first of many conversations during the second half of this season.

We are so excited to share our conversation with Dr. Vanessa May. Dr. May is a sociologist and researcher who studies belonging in the context of place. We had so much fun getting to talk with Dr. May and exploring some of the questions she examines in her research.Hope you enjoy.

Hello Everyone.Thanks for tuning in for another episode of the pod. Brianne and I are so excited to share a conversation we recently had with Kimberlee Rivers and Es Swihart about code switching and belonging.Hope you enjoy!Carey

Hello Everyone.Please take a listen to this beautiful conversation that Brianne and I were lucky enough to be a part of with Janine McGuire. It was an amazing journey into Janine's early music days at camp, sharing ideas and music across the distance, and her current work in musical theatre. She shares her views on belonging, music and story, and much more.I know you are going to love this one!Take care,Carey

Hi Everyone.Brianne and I are extra excited to share our conversation with Dr. Nick Sousanis. He is an award winning comics author, artist, mathematician, and an Associate Professor Humanities and Liberal Arts. We talked about his beautiful creation, Unflattening, his "origin story," as well as his journey to make Unflattening the focus of his doctoral studies and eventually a published book. If you want to learn more about Dr. Sousanis be visit his website and check out the comic-focused minor and certificate he leads at San Francisco State. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed spending time with Nick.With joyful anticipation,Carey and Brianne

Hi Everyone.Brianne and I recently sat down with Coach and Educator Andrea DeWitt to talk about her book and her journey to belonging to self. She shared important insights and tips for living a well-lived life and how to cultivate your own gentle warrior.Hope you enjoy this conversation.Best,Carey and Brianne

Hello Everyone.Brianne and I are so excited to share a conversation we had with Dr. Lisa Schoenbrodt and Kayla Grange. Dr. Schonebrodt is a Professor at Loyola University Maryland and co-founder of Leadability, an organization whose mission is to provide services to support programs and curricula that train people to effectively and respectfully work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Ms. Kayla Grange identifies as an autistic adult and is a Self-Advocate Educator (SAE) at Leadability. In our conversation we explore definitions of belonging and the work of belonging for and with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We hope you enjoy our conversation.With gratitude,Carey and Brianne

Hello Everyone.Thank you for listening. Brianne and I are so excited to introduce our guest, Jordan Differding, to the podcast. He is an amazing human being, teacher, and baker. We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did.Carey and Brianne

Hello Friends,I am offering this replay of an episode from a few summers ago in memory and celebration of Coach Erika Alexander who we lost way too soon. Please take a listen.With Gratitude,Carey

Hi Everyone.Brianne and I are busy getting our conversations with our great guests scheduled, edited, and posted. In the meantime, please take a listen to our latest minisode.Thanks,Carey

Brianne and I are so excited about our conversation with Dr. Kevin Frick.He is a professor, former Vice Dean, mentor, and dear friend to many and he stopped by to share his thoughts on belonging, his stories of his personal journey, and ideas on how we can cultivate spaces for belonging to emerge and grow.Hope you enjoy the show.Carey and Brianne

We are excited to jump into Season 5. In this episode we explore our "Why" for focusing on belonging to self, share research on the topic, describe snapshots of our own belonging stories, and a tee up the plan for the season.Hope you enjoy!

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