Connection Project 360

In this podcast episode Mare and Tara have a Conscious Conversation reviewing October living intentions and setting their November focuses. Tara, in her year-of-50 themes (home, health, wealth), describes using 5–15 minute timers and a tracker to make progress despite nonstop softball commitments, including canceling a hard-to-find recurring charge, clearing clutter around a bathtub, moving her bo...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with author Peter J. Hughes (At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity) to discuss action point 15, “wear energy garlic,” meaning awareness and an unwillingness to engage as protection from “energy suckers.” Tara shares how resisting the crowd can feel lonely and trigger guilt, FOMO, and doubt about trusting her internal yes/no, using...

In this podcast episode Mare and Tara have a Conscious Conversation with guest Bill Fauth. Bill is a regular at Dream Lifting Office Hours and a member of a Dream Connection Accelerator. Bill introduces his PEAK MAESTRO framework and shares his background in taxes and financial planning alongside a spiritual and healing path shaped by complex PTSD; he describes using PSYCH-K® (including muscle tes...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with guest Kathryn Severns Avery, describing their podcast as a space to support living intentions and “dream lifting.” Kathryn shares how Mare’s dream lifting helped her after her husband Chris was killed in a car crash, and how she pursued a major dream—Restoration Ranch Colorado, a respite ranch for first responders—until it cl...

In this podcast episode Tara, and Mare have a Conscious Conversation reflecting on their September Living Intentions and setting up October. Tara reviews her 2026 Living Intention year long quest to turn 50 years old. Tara's Living Intention focus areas ares (health, wealth, home): she improved most in wealth by opening a bank account with spending “buckets” to track categories, but struggled...

In this podcast episode Mare and Tara open a conscious conversation with author Peter J. Hughes using the At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity card “Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?” regarding accountability for emotional triggers and rewiring the stories behind them. Mare describes feeling dysregulated and collectively triggered by the president restricting media access and perceived First A...

In this podcast episode Mare and Tara have a Conscious Conversation discussing action point 13 from Peter J. Hughes’ At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity card deck: “When someone tells you who they are, believe them,” focusing on how words, actions, and energetic “vibes” often don’t match and why that calls for caution rather than fear. Tara reflects on humans going in and out of alignment (like c...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare are joined by international best selling author Peter J. Hughes for a “surprise party” Conscious Conversation regarding Mare’s upcoming book on Dream Lifting and Conscious Connection Circles, tracing how her early practice of collecting loved ones’ “10 things” intention lists and later Sonia Choquette events led her into Six Sensory gatherings, Heart’s Desire...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation reviewing their August intentions and claiming their September Living Intentions. Tara, in her “year of 50” focused on health, wealth, and home, tried a 10-item habit tracker (cleaning hotspots, inbox, reading, stretching, strength, cooking, tracking investments) but did none perfectly, triggering “judgment dragons,” guilt, and pr...

In this podcast episode Tara, Mare and Peter J Hughes have a Conscious Conversation inspired by Peter J. Hughes’ At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity card “Action Point Six: Clean Your Nos,” emphasizing clear, respectful “no thank you” instead of wishy-washy refusals. Tara shares struggling with boundaries, guilt, FOMO, and overcommitting to family needs (games, dinner decisions, meal prep), notin...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation discussing action point four from Peter J. Hughes’ At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity deck: when something or someone inspires you, say so, because authentic acknowledgment can shift interactions and help break repetitive patterns. They explore inherited beliefs and whether their families encouraged questioning, with Tara descri...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation by drawing card “Action Point 8: develop your vibe scanning skills” from Peter J. Hughes’ At-One-Ment deck, discussing how perception is filtered by past emotions and how practicing gut-level “vibe checks” strengthens intuition. Mare shares remembering that Tara hosting a foreign exchange student began with an intuitive phone scro...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation reviewing July intentions and choosing their August intentions. Tara’s July was disrupted by two softball trips, including 10 days in California, and a new hormone medication for perimenopause that improved sleep but coincided with worsening joint pain, hot flashes, and emotional distress; after researching side effects she contac...

In this podcast episode, Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with International best selling author Peter J Hughes. They discuss one of Hughes' concepts in his work At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity. Their conversation centers around “String Training,” comparing inherited beliefs to a tether that limits potential. Tara shares recent examples of mind filters: inheriting a “life is he...

In this podcast episode Mare opens the Conscious Conversation without Tara who is at a softball event with her daughter. And she welcomes guests Kathy Hyland, a midlife reinvention coach, author, and speaker, and returning guest Kathryn Severns Avery, founder of Restoration Ranch Colorado. Kathy shares leaving a 30-year corporate career after becoming an empty nester and later losing her job, then...

In this podcast episode, , hosts Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with Janine Durso, a former New York City advertising creative director who spent decades in high-stress agency life, rarely seeing her daughter and developing dangerously high blood pressure until a doctor warned she risked a stroke and needed to change her life. Janine took leave, trained as a life coach, and realized h...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation discussing a card from At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity by international best selling author Peter J Hughes. Action point three: “fine-tune your attitude of gratitude,” emphasizing that appreciation changes how we experience life, attracts more to appreciate, and begins with simple, present-moment basics like running water. Th...

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 fat...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with best selling author Peter J. Hughes. They discuss a card from Hughes's work "At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity". The card “And the Oscar goes to…,” about change, discomfort, and learning by stumbling forward. Tara shares feeling overwhelmed while progressing toward hosting a foreign exchange student, and refl...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation discussing a card from Peter J Hughes work At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity. Specifically, the card was action point seven which invites them to consider that anyone they meet could be an “angel” messenger, including with uncomfortable or unwelcome news, and that recognizing messages requires presence, intuitive listening, and...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation discussing May living intentions and June plans. Tara reviews her May focus on health, wealth, and home: she increased her average steps by 1,000 per day despite a toe injury, accepted a job offer with a September 1 start date, and completed a first-phase closet purge. She also joined a direct primary care practice for more person...

In this podcast episode Mare and Tara have a Conscious Conversation with Veronika, an artist and hairstylist, about manifestation, dreams, and revisiting a “living intention” dream list Mare helped her create (about 100 items across categories). Veronika describes rereading the list after it “hibernated,” noticing some dreams changed while others progressed, including improved self-love and having...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with international Best Selling Author Peter J. Hughes (At-One-Ment and coauthor of Discover the Gift of Joy) based on Action Point 9: “Allow yourself to be awkwardly awesome.” They discuss how exploring the unknown feels unbalanced and vulnerable, and Tara shares a story of her daughter persisting through repeated failed softball...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation regarding action point five from Peter J. Hughes’ At-One-Ment card deck: “Get excited about something, anything,” emphasizing that excitement fuels engagement, motivation, curiosity, and forward focus, and that creating different results requires accountability and shifting limiting beliefs. Tara shares challenges expressing enthu...

In this podcast episode Tara and Mare have a Conscious Conversation with Atira, who is a behind-the-scenes team member in Stacey’s Do The Thing community, she helped build challenges like the Dream Nudge Challenge and works on standardizing them so others can use them. Atira shares her path to hypnotherapy after talk therapies didn’t help her childhood trauma, describing hypnosis as a meditative,...