Conscious Living: Accountability and Reclaiming Our Humanity Together

Conscious Living: Accountability and Reclaiming Our Humanity Together

From Connection Project 360 by Mare and Tara

March 31, 2026 · 59 min · Season 3 · Episode 123

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Tara and Mare discuss accountability and reclaiming humanity with guest Peter J. Hughes, focusing on personal responsibility and the impact of behaviors we accept.

In this podcast episode, Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with monthly guest Peter J. Hughes, author of At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity, the group discusses the chapter-one theme of reclaiming humanity by getting real about behaviors we accept, accommodate, and enable, starting with ourselves. They explore responsibility and accountability through personal examples involving addiction, mental illness, dementia caregiving, forgiveness, and making amends, emphasizing that the only controllable factor is how we choose to show up and participate. Peter argues that taking responsibility must come first—before the story—using AA’s “I’m an alcoholic” as an example of ownership, and broadens addiction to any compulsive pattern, including attachment to “stories.” They stress boundaries that avoid enabling, rewriting narratives toward thriving, and practical tools like saying “no, I do not receive that; I choose love,” concluding with an invitation to take ownership and seek support via ConnectionProject360.com. 1. What is a Conscious Conversation?: Learn more here: https://www.connectionproject360.com/ 2. Learn more about Reclaiming Our Humanity with Author Peter J.Hughes…

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