Remembering We Are Already Connected | Connection with Mark Meadows

What would you do if we were already connected to one another?

Mark Meadows shares this evocative question with the knowledge that we’re already connected. We are already connected, because we are human and we are here. And that which gets in our way of connecting is only the stories we are telling ourselves.

Mark is an Org Development practitioner, a business owner, and is a self-proclaimed recovering deep thinker. He’s put in the work to re-discover how to be present, how to acknowledge the feeling of being, and how to be connected with those around him.

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Mark shares a beautiful journey to discovering the truth of connection and what he does now to create and honor connection – it’s a simple framework:
1. Remember we’re already connected
2. Act accordingly

In this episode, Mark answers the following questions:
• How to create a connection with people?
• How to connect more deeply with people?
• Why do I struggle to connect with people?
• Why can't I emotionally connect with anyone?

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My favorite quote from the episode: “Connection is an innate wisdom. It is about remember what was already present.”

Borrowing from something Sebene Selassie wrote in her book, “we already belong to one another.” We are already connected. The contrary is artificial and made up.

What I know to be true about the episode: Mark’s vulnerability in sharing where his appreciation for connection as a shared superpower with his father is inspiring.

What I learned from the episode: Acknowledging the gifts from complicated relationships is a sign of growth and the ability to strip away all that prevents connection in the first place.

Chapters
0:00 Welcome
3:54 Recovering Intellectual
8:52 “You cannot be seen until you make yourself visible”
13:44 Belonging and Connection
16: 33 Terra Nova and Curiosity
22:18 Connection as Superpower
37:11 Relationship to Purpose
40:07 What Do You Know To Be True about Connection?
57:03 Outtakes

Resources mentioned in this episode:
• Mark's company, Terra Nova Development: https://www.terranovaod.com

• Book: “You Belong” by Sebene Selassie: https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-belo...

• Book with Mark’s “Recovering Intellectual” essay appears in “Love Notes from the Soul” by Cynthia Gregory: https://bookshop.org/p/books/love-not...

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Music in this episode created by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is a series of conversations where I speak with interesting people about their special talent or superhero power and the meaningful impact it has on others. The intention is to learn more about their experience with their superpower, so that we can learn something about the special talent in each of us which allows us to connect more deeply with our purpose and achieve our potential.

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