• Season 6: Grief and Belonging with Renee Beavers
    Jun 19 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    56 mins
  • Tell Me This, Season 6 with Kate Holden
    Jun 11 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    44 mins
  • Tell Me This, Season Six: A Short Bikeride
    May 29 2025

    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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    9 mins
  • Season 6: Tell Me This with Peg Drew
    May 8 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Season 6: Tell Me This with Carol Vales
    Apr 10 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    45 mins
  • Season 6: Belonging and Grief, A Conversation with Mr. Varnis Whitley-Knight
    Mar 20 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    45 mins
  • Season 6: Belonging and Grief with Dr. Es Swihart
    Mar 4 2025

    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 technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    48 mins
  • Season 6: Belonging and Grief, A Story of Hope
    Feb 13 2025

    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 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
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

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    56 mins