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This map is relevant to my context because sometimes we are traversing our experiences (+ and -) in an ice fog. We sometimes don't have the time to be aware of where we are. This map helps me to think about how to make the invisible more visible.

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This map helps to ground me and allows me to better visualize where I was, am, and where I want to go. Now to get not overloaded.

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Crystal WarnerEvery parent is on a different place on the map. And I'm on a totally different place. I need to help us meet on common ground.

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Crystal WarnerEvery parent is on a different place on the map. And I'm on a totally different place. I need to help us meet on common ground.

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Hollea says- Surviving & using all the resources!!😃😀

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Hollea says- Surviving & using all the resources!!😃😀

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This map is diverse, and people are all over the place. I want to be on Success Island while also not going there and leaving people on Isolation Isle. 🏝

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The struggle and uncertainty I have dealt with personally this past year informs my ability to listen to my families with compassion and to extend grace.

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As long as I continue to have purpose, I can succeed.

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Sandy That we are all in different places and we go to these spots due to how we handled our past experiences 

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Sandy That we are all in different places and we go to these spots due to how we handled our past experiences 

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When exploring this map, I remembered that our colleagues and students may not be in the place we expect them to be. It is important for us to consider that others will be in a variety of different locations/emotional places. We can approach others with empathy, open mindedness, and a desire to understand each individual’s perspective.

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Understanding and empathy

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Seeing where I am, as well as where other people are, helps me understand how we all fit together. We each play different roles in IDEA and seeing each person in their role gives me a better understanding of how things work.

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I need to remember that all the families and coworkers I work with are on different places on the map. I need not judge, but love.

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Understanding that everyone is on their individual journey and where they are will effect their perspective and decisions. Discovering where they are, where they want to be and helping them get there

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This map helps me to be aware of where our families might be - to then be empathetic & hopefully helpful, where they are.

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Before I make a judgement consider 1) their map locatin, then 2) My location.

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This map helps me better visualize how I feel I stand in IDEA and where I would like to go from there.

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Lots of changes are happening right now, for individuals and IDEA as an organization. There's lots of uncertainty, and it can be hard to see where we're going

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Being able to provide Technical support to family and staff. Finding success in assisting families and staff

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I think self awareness is a very important practice. Being self-aware is at the very foundation of self-care.

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Gail
Process matters (oftentimes even more than the outcome) - slow down when with a family. Ask/Listen

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Navigation skills. Having clarity. Knowing your destination. Possessing confidence to get you there. Determination and courage to bring others with you to the positive destinations.

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Kirsten Boatright & Wanda Reams
We need to be aware that what people are going through reflects their current experiences which impacts their emotions & level of comfort; trying not to take their responses personally.

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The map reminds us that even though the past and maybe even the present can be challenging, we have so much hope for moving forward toward creatively flourishing with our collaboration and collective effervescence.

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The map helps me to remember that people are coming to me with so many different experiences and feelings.

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This map is fantastic as it provides a broader scope to be sensitive to families and being better equipped to serve.

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The map provides a visual for emotional presence

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This map gives me a great visual to see the journey of life I've been on and where I want my destination to be.

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Being able to step back & ask what’s happening in someone else’s world and processing the best way to lend a hand.

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This map shows me that I may not like where I am now, but there are multiple places that I can go. I need to choose and aim for that... not just wish I was "anywhere but here."

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Mindfulness is increasingly important the more stress one is under.

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As a younger person, this would have been helpful to create perspective. Even now, it's helpful to reflect as Tonio mentioned. And to find our coworkers and families in the map to support them.

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• people come from different places/perspectives and I need to remember that when I listen & respond to people.
• some people don’t live day-to-day with a deeper awareness about themselves, family, or circumstances, therefore I shouldn’t expect that from them. Listen to understand them before responding.

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It’s helpful to remember how many places we’ve been and how resilient we are!

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Audril - It makes me see the bigger picture of what my part is in the organization. It also makes me realize that there are things I can do to make my current feeling/situation better.

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To be more sensitive and aware that as coworkers we may all be in different places which lends towards respect.
For self, to refocus and be mindful as where I am at will have an affect on others.

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I can help to connect folks with others on staff or in community who have been there.

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On the map I have on my journey the word optimism I use this every day dealing with covid..families and the future

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I am learning that self awareness is important to how I receive info from others and that being quiet to hear where people are on the map is essential to helping them move to success island!

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It’s important to be self aware because
1) I can set it aside to a degree
2) I realize where I am in relation to others when engaging
Then I can make the conversation about them and be more open and compassionate.

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I feel that this map could really help me figure where I need to go and what steps I could take to get to where I need or want to go.

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This makes me think of something I read once which states:

There is an expression: ‘Bloom where you’re planted.’ This passage encourages you to make roots even where you feel uncomfortable or isolated (like in exile). Sometimes the place where you find yourself is not where you want to be but if God has led you there, then that place must be fertile ground for God’s work in you to thrive.

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Jaci-qanemcikarluni tekitnarqelartuq. One arrives with a story to tell. Everyone brings something to the team, so cultivating relationships really enriches the workplace and sets us up to show empathy towards our families as well.

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I have developed a compassion for families that are going through what feels like too much, and wanting to shut down. I’ve learned how to do just enough to get through the hour, then the day, then the week. I can help guide families out of paralysis.

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I concur.

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Not only can ai better assist my families by identifying where they are on the map, I can help them identify where they want to go in the future. What can I do to help them get where they desire?

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Andrea - This map is a visual representation of the huge variety of places people are at emotionally and physically in their lives. When I worked with families in the Fairbanks office as a coach, I saw this as parents struggled to handle the changes before them, and now in the Business office I am aware of our staff and how we are all still navigating these rapid changes and need support and encouragement in different ways.

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When you hear peoples’ stories you have more compassion for their place in life currently. It often changes your feelings about them.

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This map is relevant to my context because it helps to visualize the different experiences we are all having during this time. Understanding that all of us are in different places in the map helps us to move from a place of grace and understanding for ourselves and our colleagues rather than moving from a place of reactivity when we encounter setbacks and difficulties in our work.

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Map helps us see different paths and ways to move to successful out come.

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Kelly Hopp - This map is a visual example of honoring the vast differences our families and coworkers have experienced the last year

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After looking at this map, I understand why I have been so tired. I am all over the map. I believe that understanding our own thoughts and experiences allows us to have empathy for the experiences of our students.

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Awareness of others fearful excitement about the journey ahead

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I found that looking at feelings in the area of my initial feeling helped me realize the connections the feelings have. A pessimistic mom may be tired of the routine of homeschooling.

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This map helps show me that my compass is now pointing towards Purpose and Dream.

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I feel that we are moving in the right direction.

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When we understand and articulate our own feelings we are better able to connect to and support the others around us.

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Although I splash around in the Bay of Anxiety, I also spend a lot of time cruising the Sea of Hope and wandering on land between Future Peninsula and the River of Joy.

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The map helps me to self reflect and to be mindful of where I am on the map as well as where my colleagues are on the map so that I can know how I can best support them. In our busyness, we don’t always take time to understand our neighbor and where they are. This map helps us to be mindful.

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Janine - We’re not just helping students but also the homeschooling parent.  Finding out where they’re at is key to coming alongside each family.  This visual helps us all.

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Janine - We’re not just helping students but also the homeschooling parent.  Finding out where they’re at is key to coming alongside each family.  This visual helps us all.

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We all come from a unique set of life experiences. This map reminds me that we are all on a different journey. We may all be headed to the Sea of Joy but the journey will be different for each of us.

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This map is relevant in the areas of gratitude and appreciation for this position in IDEA. The excitement and collaboration of colleagues and families in this job is brings us back to gratitude and appreciation. It is a process that crisscrosses continually.

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My coworkers may all be at a different spot on the map currently and may have been in different places already. I hope to be supportive of where they are wanting to go in the future. Their experience is unique.

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The struggles I have as a parent help me connect to the struggles my families have.

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It’s interesting the cycles of life we go through. I think that what everyone needs to remember is that no matter how tough things are, they will eventually get better. You just have to try to be positive.

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Everyone is influenced by so many factors, stresses, and experiences-both good and bad. We don’t know from day to day where each individual is or what past experiences are influencing their decisions. We need to be mindful of our own experiences and how those mirror or contrast with those of our families.

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It helps me understand where my experiences have taken me and how I am expressing my emotions in my response to others

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It helped me see that I am actually going through things that our families are dealing with more than I thought.

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This map helps me be AWARE of background emotions I may be hauling along with me that can influence myself or others. It also helps me be AWARE that others can be all the over the map and not in the same place I am. That increases my empathy and care for them.

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Cindy - i realize it’s important to know where you are on the map and acknowledge how that impacts your own perspective of a problem.  That is going to impact what you hear from the other and how you react.  We need to try to put ourselves in the other persons place, if we can.

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Cindy - i realize it’s important to know where you are on the map and acknowledge how that impacts your own perspective of a problem.  That is going to impact what you hear from the other and how you react.  We need to try to put ourselves in the other persons place, if we can.

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For me, this map illustrates that there is something to be learned at each location on the "map." Even though some of the places are negative, they still contribute to growth.

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Amy -This map has shown me that people could be anywhere on this map and might all have different destinations. I need to build relationships to understand how I can support them and in some cases just support them on their own journeys as they see fit.

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Amy -This map has shown me that people could be anywhere on this map and might all have different destinations. I need to build relationships to understand how I can support them and in some cases just support them on their own journeys as they see fit.

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Tonia:  I/we have been all over this map!  It helps to validate that we’ve all been in the valleys and mountain tops, in rough waters, high and low tides, tsunamis,  typhoons and volcanoes! 

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Tonia:  I/we have been all over this map!  It helps to validate that we’ve all been in the valleys and mountain tops, in rough waters, high and low tides, tsunamis,  typhoons and volcanoes! 

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If we feel all these thoughts , emotions and experiences, our families are probably feeling the same.

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Every person we talk to is somewhere on this map, has been somewhere —- will choose their next destination.

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This activity showed me that we have similar experiences and if that is the case our families also have had similar struggles. We are a team and teammates encourage each other. A picture came to mind of individuals joining together by holding hands on a path to reach a shared destination.

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This map was interesting to me because it made me realize that I was sort of in a rut and how that expanded into other areas of my life such as work and how only I can make the mindful decision to say “okay, I need to make some changes so I can succeed” with the hope it makes me a better person, employee, coworker and parent.

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Empathy is important. Understanding where people are coming from, where they are, and what their plans are for the future. Sometimes all people need is someone to listen to them.

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Cindy.  This map is relevant because I have visited some hard places, and when I  am listening to my families, I am able to have the kind of empathy that comes from a shared experience.  More compassionate. 

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Cindy.  This map is relevant because I have visited some hard places, and when I  am listening to my families, I am able to have the kind of empathy that comes from a shared experience.  More compassionate. 

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This map was perfectly suited to its purpose. It made me reflect on my past year & where I'm headed. And who knew my porcupine partner and I would be in tears together!!

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This map promotes self reflection. The most whole way for me is to journey together. Interdependence and collaboration. Being a team. Caring for my fellow caregivers. Compassion.  Understanding. Listening. And having that reflected back to me is important to my well being.

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Right angles seldom occur in nature. However, Western architecture emphasizes using dimensional lumber in construction and right angles. The map is a reminder that we live in both natural and constructed worlds.

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Mine were almost all positive! I need to be more patient with those who are focusing on half-empty part of the glass.

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This map reminds me, as I talk with my families, to listen to their story carefully…keeping in mind where/why they started homeschooling. Where they are at now and where they want to be. Relating my own personal homeschooling experiences in helping them see the positive points in devoting this time to their children. Affirming and celebrating with them, while also helping/
encouraging them with struggles and challenges.

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Laura - There are similarities between what we experience in our personal and professional lives and our families are having the same type of difficulties. Keeping the different map destinations in mind can help us to serve our families better and take care of ourselves.

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Meet people where they are at

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I picked the word optimism on the map i have strived to stay optimistic both for my homeschooling families.navigating covid and all the events in my home life.

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Finding a flow with how your mind works and translating that to your work style. Also, understanding that everyone's experiences are different so their mind and work style will be different from yours. Being open and understanding.

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This map helps us to see what others may be experiencing which then allows us to better show patience, understanding, and support. It also helps us as individuals as it guides us towards a place where we strive to be.

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Tonia:  Maybe we could add “The Sea of Forgetfulness” ?  (We can learn from the past, but maybe some things just need to be thrown into the Sea of Forgetfulness! ☺️)

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Tonia:  Maybe we could add “The Sea of Forgetfulness” ?  (We can learn from the past, but maybe some things just need to be thrown into the Sea of Forgetfulness! ☺️)

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I have traveled around Mt. Stress, but am now enjoying the ride down the River of Excitement. In the future I see visiting Health, Wellness, and Passion (art).

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It’s okay not to be okay. Everyone’s experience matters.

It’s not my job to ’fix’ someone, and it is really off putting to feel like someone is trying to ‘fix’ me. There are parts of the map I hadn’t experienced or felt connected to, but it doesn’t make that part of the map any less or more important than my own experiences.

There are people who have lived super similar lives and have similar future goals, and it helps to not make you feel so alone.

There are people who have lived completely different lives, and their experiences are important too. Reminding myself that the world is bigger than me.

I don’t really work with families directly, but what I do effects the team. A nice domino effect of how I manage my mental health, my time,  my attitude effects the rest of the team in their responsibilities and how they’re day flows.

One smile, one thank you can make a difference!