Carey Borkoski – författare

Transitions are universal. They include the important and familiar milestones of starting kindergarten, graduating from high school or college, and becoming employed, parents, or retirees. These transitional moments, however, also include unexpected or unanticipated events like losing a job, joining a running club, or experiencing a global pandemic. In each of these moments, individuals, groups, and organizations experience the anxiety, self-doubt, worry, and uncertainty associated with these novel experiences. Our natural response to these moments is to avoid, side-step, or hurry through until this moment of transition is over. The problem with these strategies is that while we are trying to shut out the unpleasant feelings of those moments, we also miss all the possibilities and discovery. What if we invested time, training, and space to learn, experiment with and strengthen our ability to wrestle with and successfully navigate these moments of transition? Whether a significant transition like moving into a new school or just shifting from one project to the next, we need to build strategies and techniques to leverage and learn from the discomfort that individuals experience during these moments. This book offers names and faces for our feelings, thoughts, and reactions in our transitions. It is based on sound research and data collected by the author and other researchers but is also based on the author’s experiences, mistakes, reflection, and learning from doing the work in different contexts. It includes a framework to learn to stay in these transitions, embrace dissonance, and leverage these moments of discovery. Whether you want to introduce this transitions framework and strategies in a classroom, boardroom, or your own life, this book is for you and your organization to start the intentional work to create spaces, and time to name, feel, explore, reflect on, and move through the myriad transitions occurring during our personal and professional journeys.

In Tell Me This: Voices, Stories, and Scholarship of Belonging, a diverse array of voices—including educators, leaders, researchers, and parents—combines to tell a rich and complex story of human connection. This groundbreaking work blends rigorous academic research with deeply personal narratives, offering a unique exploration of belonging in its many forms. Journey with the authors as they unravel the complex, fluid nature of belonging through podcast interviews, intimate personal stories and reflections, and in-depth literature reviews. Leaning into the stories shared over several years of a podcast and evidence from multiple scholarly perspectives, this book is a journey into belonging that challenges our definitions, considers the senses of belonging, and emphasizes belonging to self. Tell Me This both illuminates the concept of belonging and provides practical strategies for educators fostering inclusive learning environments, leaders building cohesive teams and organizations, researchers exploring human connection, and individuals facilitating professional development. Whether you're an academic, practitioner, or simply curious about the human experience, this work will challenge and inspire you. Tell Me This is more than a book—it's an invitation to understand and nurture the fundamental human need for connection. Join us on a transformative journey to understand and cultivate belonging—one story, one voice at a time.

In Tell Me This: Voices, Stories, and Scholarship of Belonging, a diverse array of voices—including educators, leaders, researchers, and parents—combines to tell a rich and complex story of human connection. This groundbreaking work blends rigorous academic research with deeply personal narratives, offering a unique exploration of belonging in its many forms. Journey with the authors as they unravel the complex, fluid nature of belonging through podcast interviews, intimate personal stories and reflections, and in-depth literature reviews. Leaning into the stories shared over several years of a podcast and evidence from multiple scholarly perspectives, this book is a journey into belonging that challenges our definitions, considers the senses of belonging, and emphasizes belonging to self. Tell Me This both illuminates the concept of belonging and provides practical strategies for educators fostering inclusive learning environments, leaders building cohesive teams and organizations, researchers exploring human connection, and individuals facilitating professional development. Whether you're an academic, practitioner, or simply curious about the human experience, this work will challenge and inspire you. Tell Me This is more than a book—it's an invitation to understand and nurture the fundamental human need for connection. Join us on a transformative journey to understand and cultivate belonging—one story, one voice at a time.