Thanks to everyone who has been listening to Season 6 of the pod. It has been quite a journey and, yet, we feel like we are just getting started. Today marks the end of Season 6 and the start of our deep work to review, reflect, code, and try to understand the stories and experiences of our guests. We would also like to thank our guests, again, for the generosity and willingness to share so much of their stories and themselves during our conversations. We will be taking the summer off and will b...
Jul 24, 2025•40 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Hello Listeners. We are excited to share a conversation we had with Steve and Deb. We talked about Deb's book, Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke, their nonprofit, Stroke Onward, and their carepartnership journeying with Deb's stroke and aphasia. We know you are going to enjoy this one. Thanks, Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is ac...
Jul 17, 2025•59 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Hello Everyone! Brianne and I are excited, grateful, and truly in awe of today's guest. Renee Beavers is an exceptional human being with expertise and experience working with kids and families experiencing trauma. She supports family and helps them to access critical support to begin their healing process. Today, she talks about her work with these families as well as her own journeys of grief. We know that you will get so many nuggets of wisdom from this conversation. Enjoy. The Be Podcast Netw...
Jun 19, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Hi Everyone. We are excited to welcome Ms. Kate Holden to the podcast. We have heard from several folks living with aphasia who work with Kate and her team at the Loyola Clinic. We were so excited to finally chat with Kate. We hope you enjoy this episode. Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school di...
Jun 11, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Enjoy this short from our own Dr. Brianne Roos! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technology Save teachers’ time Reliably meet Tier 1 standards Imp...
May 29, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Brianne and I are so excited to share our conversation with Mrs. Peg Drew. Peg brings beautiful stories, amazing poetry, and expertise and experience to help us better understand grief, belonging, and learning to live with our losses. Enjoy! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and b...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Brianne and I had a wonderful conversation with Carol Vales and her husband. She shared her journey of living through a stroke and managing aphasia. It is an incredible story of grace, hope, and resilience. She describes not only her personal journey but also her deep connections within the community. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as Brianne and I enjoyed being a part of it. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platfor...
Apr 10, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Brianne and I had a wonderful and eye-opening conversation with Mr. Varnis Whitley-Knight. As you will hear in the episode, Mr. Whitley-Knight suffered from multiple strokes that resulted in aphasia, a language disorder that causes difficulty in communication. Over the course of our conversation, Varnis shares his journey of grief and newfound joy, connection, and continued perseverance. We hope you enjoy our conversation. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehe...
Mar 20, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 13
We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Thank you, Dr. Swihart, for your generosity and wisdom. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline te...
Mar 04, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Brianne and I are so excited to share our conversation with Dan Baum. We are so grateful to Dan for his generosity and willingness to tell some of the story of his journey with grief. Please take a listen and let us know what you learn. Thanks, Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teach...
Feb 13, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 11
We are honored and thrilled to share our conversation with Dr. Jennifer Attonito. Jennifer recently lost her partner and generously shared her experiences, emotions, and perspectives on grief. We know you are going to learn so much from this conversation. Thanks for tuning in. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. schoo...
Jan 09, 2025•41 min•Season 6Ep. 10
We hope you enjoy our conversation with grief counselor and expert, Dawn Tippett. Her experiences, perspectives, and personal stories provide powerful insights about how to think about our grief. She invites us to consider how natural grief is, and yet, it evokes discomfort, avoidance, and masking our feelings about profound loss. Dawn also offered ideas about how we can show up better for friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors experiencing their own grief journey. Thanks for listening. The ...
Dec 12, 2024•47 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Hello Everyone! We are so excited to share a beautiful conversation we had with Anna Ruby. Anna is a graduate student and former Division I college athlete. She shares her grief journey related to an early lacrosse injury, her journey back to playing, and then her eventual transition out of college athletics. She shares the many emotions, amazing relationships, and stories related to her grief and the process of reimagining and redesigning her next chapter. Hope you enjoy! Carey and Brianne The ...
Dec 05, 2024•52 min•Season 6Ep. 8
As parents and care givers we imagine and reimagine our lives and our kids' lives. We also know that one certainty in life is that plans do and will change. In these moments of change, we find love, hope, possibility, worry, fear, and grief (and many other emotions!). Dana Reinhardt joins us today to share parts of her beautiful, heartwarming, and heartbreaking stories of grief, hope, and joy. We hope you enjoy our conversation. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s co...
Nov 21, 2024•48 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Hello Everyone. Thanks for listening to another episode of Tell Me This. Brianne and I are thrilled to share a conversation we had with Dr. Aviva Moore. Aviva shares stories of grief through her journey of what she describes as "medical chaos." She has some amazing insights, ideas, and reflections on grief and her journey. We know you are going to enjoy this. Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, ...
Nov 14, 2024•54 min•Season 6Ep. 5
I am so excited to share a conversation I had with Dr. Breauna Wall. Dr. Wall's willingness to be open and vulnerable in sharing her journey of grief and hope (yes, I said hope), is an amazing example of the complexity and courage that comes in times of grief. I am grateful for her story and know that you will enjoy this episode. Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies...
Oct 31, 2024•58 min•Season 6Ep. 6
We are so excited to welcome back, Dr. Carrie Miller. She has been on the pod to talk about belonging in the pandemic, leadership, and now, to share a very personal grief story and journey. We know you are going to enjoy this. Thanks, Carey and Brianne The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by tea...
Oct 17, 2024•55 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Welcome back to another episode of Season 6. We are so excited to welcome Emily Barnett. We had a wonderful conversation about grief as it relates to our kids growing up and becoming more independent. There are a lot of yes-and moments in this exploration: learning to find joy and allowing space for the loss. We hope you enjoy this episode! Brianne and Carey The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, scie...
Oct 03, 2024•47 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Hello Everyone. Thanks for listening. Today, Brianne turns the tables on Carey to interview her about her experiences with grief and the journey she (and Brianne) took that brought them to their research and interests in the connections between grief and belonging. We hope you enjoy it. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 ...
Sep 19, 2024•38 min•Season 6Ep. 2
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 vari...
Sep 05, 2024•40 min•Season 6Ep. 1
We hope you enjoy this spring reflection from Brianne. Thanks for listening! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more: Simplify and streamline technology Save teachers’ time Relia...
Jun 21, 2024•12 min•Season 5Ep. 18
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...
Jun 21, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 17
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! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comp...
Mar 28, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 16
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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, a...
Mar 14, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 15
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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language art...
Feb 24, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 14
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. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and socia...
Feb 15, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 13
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. The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. ...
Dec 11, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 12
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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by ...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 11
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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL’s comprehensive teac...
Nov 02, 2023•43 min•Season 5Ep. 10
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...
Oct 26, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 9
