159. Building a 'Third Place" Community: Inclusion, Leadership, and Intentional Connection with Meg Mashore

In this Be The Frequency interview, Dr. Shalane Carter speaks with Meg Mashore, co-founder of Common Ground Pottery and owner of Rox Management, about building community through a “Third Place” pottery studio. 

Meg shares that the studio was community-first and pottery-second, emphasizing inclusivity without trying to be for everyone, and the necessity of accepting failure, ego checks, and the pressure of stewarding a 24/7 space. T

hey discuss how adult friendships are harder to form, why pottery uniquely grounds people away from technology, and how community can extend into supporting neighboring local businesses. 

Meg connects her drive for community to losing her mother, a family matriarch, and to COVID’s community loss, and reflects on parenting, grit, people-pleasing as control, and living with intention as the key to a fulfilled life.

Time Stamps:

00:00 Meet Meg Mashore

01:37 Building Community Isn’t Easy

04:57 Inclusive But Not For Everyone

05:57 Third Place Theory

10:14 Downsides and Pressure

17:47 Why Adults Need Community

23:43 Why Pottery Works

27:41 Pottery As Workout

28:19 Kids Classes And Adults

29:33 Membership Tiers Waitlist

30:06 Second Location Necessity

31:39 Third Space Community

32:55 Supporting Local Businesses

34:10 Remembering Small Moments

41:17 Trauma Trust Barriers

43:59 Boarding School Community

46:05 Motherhood Career Balance

49:57 Starting Studio Later

51:56 Teen Walks Connection

53:40 Empty Nesting Feels

54:32 Pottery Studio Origins

55:29 Accidental Entrepreneurship

56:45 Fear Bravery Pride

01:00:05 Teaching Kids Grit

01:03:01 Adversity Without Trauma

01:05:51 Boarding School Confidence

01:10:39 Not Being Liked

01:13:59 People Pleasing Control

01:19:51 Intentional Living Wrap

Visit commongroundpottery.com to check connect, find community and make pottery with Meg!

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