Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Tell Me This

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.

Author

Carey Borkoski, Ph.D., Ed.D.

Category

Education

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Latest episode

Sep 25, 2025

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Episodes

Season 4, Tell Me This Glad You Are Here, You Are Welcome 10.11.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin 03.11.2022

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 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 10...

Season 4 Tell Me This: The Five Senses of Belonging 27.10.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching a...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Boundaries, Belonging, and Finding Your People 20.10.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thr...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Showing Your Belly 13.10.2022

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 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...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Driving 06.10.2022

Hi Everyone. Brianne decided to drop our first "short" of the season. 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 independent research from Johns Hopkins...

Season 4, Tell Me This: Rainbow Bench 29.09.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled t...

Season 4 Tell Me This: Belonging to Self 22.09.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehens...

Tell Me This Season 4: Radical Acceptance 15.09.2022

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! The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math,...

Season 4: Welcome Back! 13.09.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platfo...

Season 3 - Final Episode - Being the Work 26.05.2022

Thanks for another great season. Enjoy this final episode and stay tuned in August for Season 4!! -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 independent research from J...

Paying Attention 21.04.2022

Hi Everyone. Welcome to another short episode for Dancing with Discomfort. I look forward to your feedback and suggestions. 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 teachers and back...

Season 3 Tell Me This: Doing the Work is Being the Work 15.04.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.  IXL’s comprehensive tea...

Season 3 - We Interrupt This Program... 07.04.2022

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...

Season 3: Dancing with Discomfort, The Book Episode 1 04.04.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is...

Season 3: Dancing With Discomfort, Part II of Our Discussion 24.03.2022

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 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...

Belonging in Action - Sticks and Stones?? 17.03.2022

Hi Everyone. I hope you enjoy today's episode. I know I had fun preparing for it. Thanks for listening. 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 independent research f...

Season 3: Book Club - Dancing with Discomfort, Part I 04.03.2022

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 The Be Podcast Network is thrilled to be sponsored...

Season 3: What do you need in this moment? 24.02.2022

Hello, everyone. Thanks so much for listening. Please enjoy this short on confidence, core values, and belonging.  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 independent...

Season 3: What's Important? 19.02.2022

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 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 accelerat...

Season 3: What is Possible? 11.02.2022

Enjoy another short about perspectives, new ways of seeing things, and, of course, some coaching!! Enjoy the show. -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 independen...

Season 3 - A Gift From My Grandmother 03.02.2022

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 o...

Season 3: Getting Unstuck 27.01.2022

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 tho...

Self-Coaching In Action 20.01.2022

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 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 o...

Season 3: Brianne and Carey Talk Coaching 20.01.2022

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 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...

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