The Stories We Hold: Intentions, Attention and Accountability Growth

The Stories We Hold: Intentions, Attention and Accountability Growth

From Connection Project 360 by Mare and Tara

July 7, 2026 · 52 min · Season 3 · Episode 137

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Tara and Mare discuss their intentions and plans for July, reflecting on personal growth and community engagement.

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation reviewing June “living intentions” and set up July plans. Tara, approaching 50, focuses on health, wealth, and home: she successfully cleared an upstairs guest room for a fall exchange student and passed a required home visit, but her office refilled with piles as the family funnels undecided items there, highlighting decision fatigue, lack of assigned “homes” for things, and long-standing attachment to stuff tied to childhood experiences and generational beliefs about value and saving. She increased daily steps through house projects but avoids going for walks because it feels like exercise, is navigating remodeling bids by balancing desires with ROI and budget, and notes modest health progress with a new doctor and weight loss; July travel for major softball tournaments will disrupt routines but may allow walks. Mare shares her successful June intention through a weeklong “My People Party Palooza” in the Do The Thing community that raised over $30,000 for charity, her dream-boosting session, selling five one-on-ones, and writing a book chapter after pivoting to a more story-based format. Her July intention is…

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