Welcome to "The Right Intention," where your host, Todd Tononi, invites you to join a transformative journey towards intentional living. Like many, Todd has grappled with the pressures of modern life, feeling overwhelmed and detached. This podcast stems from his realization of the profound impact that living with intention can have on our lives.
Alongside inspiring guests who have reshaped his perspectives, Todd explores how intention plays a pivotal role in unlocking our latent potential and steering us towards a fulfilling existence. "The Right Intention" is more than a podcast; it's a movement against the backdrop of everyday noise. Here, we focus on practical tactics, timeless wisdom, and direct actions that empower you to take charge of your journey.
We delve into personal development, enriching relationships, thriving careers, and spiritual enlightenment. This podcast is a sanctuary from the stormâa place to slow down, ponder, and reconnect with your core intentions. It's about living boldly with purpose, challenging the constraints imposed by society and our own doubts.
With intentional living, we rise above the fray, align our deeds with our true values, and forge impactful, lasting bonds. We possess the strength to transform not only our lives but also the world around us.
So, if you're ready to escape the tumult of daily life and unlock your inherent potential, "The Right Intention" is where your journey begins. Prepare to be inspired, moved, and changed. Let's embark on this profound journey together. Welcome to "The Right Intention."
Season 2 Finale: Living Aligned, Living Intentionally
Season 2 ¡ Episode 37
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 ⢠Duration 08:36
Season 2 Finale: Living Aligned, Living Intentionally
This episode marks the official close of Season 2 of The Right Intentionâa season dedicated to alignment, healing, energy, boundaries, rest, intention, and reclaiming the parts of life we often overlook.
Together, this community crossed a remarkable milestone:
2,000,000 downloads.
Not because of hype, but because people everywhere are choosing to live with purpose.
In this reflective season finale, Todd looks back on the most transformative themes of the year, including:
đš What alignment really meansâand why it matters
A deeper look at how intentional living shapes your health, relationships, choices, and spiritual connection.
đš How healing happens in stages, not all at once
The inner work, the quiet shifts, and the courage required to face the places we usually avoid.
đš Boundaries that protect the life youâre building
Why boundaries are not walls, but sacred lines that give peace room to exist.
đš The link between the body and purpose
How the nervous system, rest, and physical alignment directly influence clarity and direction.
đš Slowing down long enough to live wisely
Inspired by Psalm 90:12 â learning to number our days so life becomes intentional instead of reactive.
đš Cultivating a peaceful heart
Rooted in Proverbs 14:30 â understanding how internal peace leads to a healthier, grounded life.
Todd closes the season with gratitude, scripture, and a reminder that alignment isnât an eventâŚ
Itâs a lifestyle.
Whether this is your first episode or your twentieth, thank you for being part of the journey.
Thank you for showing up for the deeper conversations.
Thank you for helping build a movement of intentional living.
Season 2 is complete â and what you do with these lessons is entirely in your hands.
Your next season doesnât need more hustle â it needs more hearing.In this quiet yet powerful solo episode, Todd Tononi teaches you how to tune out the world and tune in to the voice of God.Because the answers youâre searching for?They donât always come in a sermon or a podcast.They come in the still small whisper â the one that only speaks when you're still enough to hear it.
Featured Scriptures:
1 Kings 19:11â12 (NIV)âAfter the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.ââ The clearest guidance often comes when the noise has stopped. John 10:27 (NIV)âMy sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.ââ You are wired to recognize Godâs voice â itâs not reserved for the âspiritual elite.â Psalm 46:10 (NIV)âBe still, and know that I am God.ââ Stillness isnât passive â itâs the posture of spiritual knowing. Luke 11:28 (NIV)âBlessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.ââ Hearing is only the beginning. Obedience makes it real. James 4:8 (NIV)âCome near to God and He will come near to you.ââ Proximity to God isnât earned â itâs chosen.
What Youâll Learn:
Why most people struggle to hear Godâs voiceThe difference between internal noise and divine nudges5 practical ways to begin hearing God more clearlyHow to build rhythms of listening into your daily lifeThe one thing God always honors: obedience to the last word you heard
Reflection Prompts:
When have I heard God clearly in the past? What made it possible?What ânoiseâ is most likely to drown out Godâs whisper in my life?What might God be saying right now â and what would obedience look like?Am I waiting for clarity that only comes I move?Call to Action:Practice 5 minutes of intentional silence every morning this week.Choose one Scripture from todayâs episode and meditate on it deeply.Write down what you sense â donât filter it.Share this episode with someone whoâs navigating decisions and needs stillness.Final Takeaway:The voice of God is not distant. Itâs not reserved for the perfect.Itâs near. Itâs personal. And itâs waiting to be heard by you â today.The key isnât turning up the volume of your life â itâs turning down the noise.Because in a world addicted to volume, you have the courage to follow the .Keep showing up⌠with .
But now â God is asking you to do something harder:
Leave the familiar behind.
In this bold and prophetic solo episode, Todd Tononi challenges listeners to stop circling the wilderness and start stepping toward the promise. Itâs not about having the whole map â itâs about trusting the One who goes before you.
If youâve been feeling the nudge to move â emotionally, spiritually, relationally â this episode is your confirmation. Youâre standing at the Jordan. And the water wonât part until you move.
Featured Scriptures:
Genesis 12:1 (NIV)
âThe Lord had said to Abram, âGo from your country, your people and your fatherâs household to the land I will show you.ââ
â Obedience often starts without a full plan â just a whisper and a promise.
Joshua 3:5 (NIV)
âConsecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.â
â Cleansing always precedes crossing. Let go before you level up.
Joshua 3:17 (NIV)
âThe priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry groundâŚâ
â Sometimes, youâve got to stand still in the unknown until the miracle finishes.
Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)
âBy faith Abraham⌠obeyed and went â even though he did not know where he was going.â
â Obedience doesn't wait for the perfect plan â it moves in faith.
What Youâll Learn:
How to know if youâre standing at a âJordan momentâ
The emotional cost of clinging to comfort
Four spiritual preparations needed to step into your next
Why the water only parts after you move
How to let go of survival-season attachments
Reflection Prompts:Call to Action:Teaser for Episode 36:
Love Done Right
Season 2 ¡ Episode 34
Thursday, October 16, 2025 ⢠Duration 33:07
Episode Overview
In this powerful and poetic solo episode, Todd takes listeners through one of the most passionate and misunderstood books in the Bible â The Song of Solomon.
Through every verse, Todd unpacks what love done right truly means â love thatâs rooted in admiration, elevated by purpose, strengthened through challenge, and sealed by Godâs design. Whether youâre single, married, divorced, or rediscovering yourself, this episode invites you to see love and yourself through heavenâs lens.
đ Scripture Focus (NIV)
Song of Solomon 1:2â4 â Love begins with character before chemistry.
Song of Solomon 2:10â13 â Love calls you higher; winter is never permanent.
Song of Solomon 2:15 â Catch the âlittle foxesâ before they ruin the vineyard.
Song of Solomon 3:1â4 â Real love stays through silence and distance.
Song of Solomon 4:7 â Grace sees beauty beyond flaws.
Song of Solomon 5:6â8 â Love endures through misunderstanding.
Song of Solomon 6:3 â Mutual devotion: âI am my belovedâs and my beloved is mine.â
Song of Solomon 8:6â7 â Real love is unquenchable, unshakable, eternal.
đŞ Key Takeaways
Love begins with admiration, not infatuation.
Character attracts; chemistry sustains nothing without integrity.
Healthy love calls you higher.
It lifts you into your next season, not locks you in your last.
Protect whatâs blooming.
Small compromises â the âlittle foxesâ â destroy beautiful things fast.
Distance doesnât define devotion.
When love is real, silence becomes the soil for growth, not decay.
Grace changes how you see.
True love looks through compassion, not comparison.
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Designed for the Deep End
Season 2 ¡ Episode 33
Thursday, October 9, 2025 ⢠Duration 21:51
đĽ Episode Summary:
Many of us have learned how to survive. But few of us have been taught how to thrive. In this episode, Todd Tononi walks you through the signs that God is calling you deeper â out of survival mode and into sustainable strength, clarity, and overflow.
From practical rhythms to powerful scripture, youâll be challenged to release your grip on the shallow waters of familiarity⌠and move in faith into the depth of your true design.
This is your spiritual permission slip to stop treading water⌠and start living on purpose.
đ Featured Scriptures:
Psalm 18:19 (NIV)
âHe brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.â
â God didnât rescue you to make you small. He delights in you. He makes room for your expansion.
Proverbs 3:5â6 (NIV)
âTrust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.â
â Deep living requires letting go of needing all the answers. Trust is the path-maker.
2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)
âFor God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.â
â Your spiritual wiring is for courage, compassion, and clarity â not confusion and timidity.
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
âSee, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.â
â God is not recycling the past. He is creating something new, even where you thought life was barren.
đ§ What Youâll Learn:
How survival mode still hides in your daily rhythms
The five signs that youâre ready to thrive
Why pruning is essential to expansion
What âdeep-end livingâ looks like practically
Daily and weekly rhythms that hold the
âď¸ Reflection Prompts:đ ď¸ Call to Action:
Holding Space Without Losing Your Center
Season 2 ¡ Episode 32
Thursday, October 2, 2025 ⢠Duration 56:52
đĽ Episode Summary:
When your healing becomes light for others, how do you make sure it doesnât dim your own?
In this powerful guest episode, Todd Tononi sits down with Brooke Deanne â trauma-informed healer, RTT practitioner, spiritual mentor, and bestselling author of Shattered, Broken & Beautiful â to explore what it means to hold space for others without betraying yourself.
Together, they dive into spiritual bypassing, codependent caregiving, religious trauma, boundaries, and the journey of coming home to your true identity after being emotionally shattered.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone who feels like theyâre the âstrong one,â the âempath,â the âemotional anchorâ for others⌠but who secretly needs healing of their own.
đ¤ About the Guest:
Brooke Deanne is known as the Life Goddess Coach â a trauma-informed healer and rapid transformational therapist who specializes in helping women break free from religious conditioning, emotional abuse, and chronic people-pleasing.
Her book, Shattered, Broken & Beautiful: Losing My Religion and Reclaiming My Power, is a bold and deeply vulnerable look at how she broke the silence of religious trauma and found sovereignty, sacred self-expression, and peace on the other side.
đ Featured Themes:
How to hold space without absorbing other peopleâs pain
Rebuilding trust in your intuition after spiritual abuse
Setting energetic boundaries without guilt
The sacred power of walking away from identities that kept you safe but small
Why survival is not your final destination â sovereignty is
đŹ Key Quotes:
âYouâre allowed to stop being the one who holds it all together for everyone else.â â Brooke Deanne
âď¸ Reflection Prompts:đ Resource Spotlight:đŽ Teaser for Episode 33:
Some People Are Pass-Throughs
Season 2 ¡ Episode 31
Thursday, September 25, 2025 ⢠Duration 32:24
đĽ Episode Summary:
Not every connection is meant to be carried forever.
In this raw and freeing solo episode, Todd explores what it means to love people deeply without tethering your identity to them â especially when their role in your life was meant to be temporary.
From spiritual assignments to relational pruning, Todd walks listeners through the emotional wisdom of releasing with peace, loving with boundaries, and letting go without guilt.
This episode is a spiritual reset for anyone carrying expired relationships, emotional codependency, or trauma-bonds that masquerade as divine connection.
đ Featured Scriptures:
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
âThere is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.â
â Discernment is required to know when a relationship has fulfilled its season.
Isaiah 55:8â9 (NIV)
ââFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,â declares the LordâŚâ
â Just because something felt right doesnât mean itâs meant to last.
John 15:2 (NIV)
âHe cuts off every branch⌠that bears no fruit⌠and prunes those that doâŚâ
âIf anyone will not welcome you⌠shake the dust off your feet.â
â Sacred distance is not bitterness. Itâs clarity.
Magnetizing What Matches You
Season 2 ¡ Episode 30
Thursday, September 18, 2025 ⢠Duration 35:54
The Right Intention â Season 2, Episode 30
đĽ Episode Summary:
Youâve done the work. Youâve cleared space. Youâve set boundaries. Now what?
In this heart-centered and Spirit-led solo episode, Todd dives into what comes nextâcalling in what aligns.
Youâll learn how to become a magnet for people, relationships, and opportunities that match your energy, faith, and valuesâwithout chasing, performing, or settling.
If youâre ready to stop attracting chaos and start magnetizing whatâs aligned with your healing⌠this episode shows you how.
đ Featured Scriptures:
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
âAbove all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.â
â Your heart is your energetic filter. Alignment starts from within.
Habakkuk 2:2 (ESV)
âAnd the Lord answered me: âWrite the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.ââ
â Clarity is magnetic. Vagueness repels.
Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
âLet the peace of Christ rule in your hearts⌠you were called to peace.â
â Peace is your referee. If peace leaves the room, itâs not alignment.
Isaiah 43:18â19 (NIV)
âForget the former things⌠I am doing a new thing! Do you not perceive it?â
â God canât fill space you wonât release.
James 3:10 (NIV)
âOut of the same mouth come praise and cursing. This should not be.â
â Your words create your magnetic field. Speak in alignment.
𧲠Key Takeaways:
You donât attract what you wantâyou attract what youâre aligned with
Magnetism begins with internal clarity, not external strategy
Stop filling sacred space with familiar dysfunction
Use peace as your relational filter, not chemistry or history
Speak what youâre praying forâyour words shape your energetic invitation
âď¸ Reflection Prompts:đĄ Practice Tip:
Relational Alignment
Season 2 ¡ Episode 29
Thursday, September 11, 2025 ⢠Duration 32:52
đ The Right Intention â Season 2, Episode 29
đĽ Episode Summary:
As you grow and heal, youâll notice a truth many avoidânot every relationship gets to walk with you into the next season.
In this soul-shifting solo episode, Todd unpacks the power of relational alignmentâlearning how to discern who reflects your healed identity, who still relates to the old you, and how to love people without losing your peace.
This conversation helps listeners recalibrate their circles with wisdom, grace, and boundaries rooted in scriptureânot guilt or fear.
If youâre sensing that your current relationships donât match your emotional or spiritual growth⌠this episode gives you the clarity and permission to walk aligned.
đ Featured Scriptures:
Amos 3:3
âCan two walk together unless they are agreed?â
Proverbs 13:20
âWalk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.â
2 Corinthians 6:14
âDo not be unequally yoked with unbelieversâŚâ
John 15:2
âHe cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit⌠every branch that does bear fruit he prunesâŚâ
đ§ What Youâll Learn:
How to recognize when a relationship is rooted in history, not destiny
Signs that a connection is out of emotional or spiritual alignment
The 3 Circles of Relationship: Core, Community, Crowd
Why pruning doesnât mean punishmentâit means preparation
How to set boundaries from truth, not trauma
𧹠Toddâs 3 Circles of Relational Access:
Core â Deeply aligned, intimate, reciprocal
Community â Supportive but not always vulnerable
Crowd â Passive connections or seasonal contacts
Reorganizing your circle isnât rejectionâitâs .
âď¸ Reflection Prompts:đĄ Practice Tip:đŽ Teaser for Episode 30:
Energetic Architecture
Season 2 ¡ Episode 28
Thursday, September 4, 2025 ⢠Duration 35:22
đ The Right Intention â Season 2, Episode 28
Anchored in the Storm: Emotional Alignment When Life Gets Loud
đĽ Episode Summary:
When life gets loud, emotions riseâand if your inner world isnât built to hold peace, chaos takes over.
In this powerful solo episode, Todd introduces the concept of Energetic Architectureâa fresh framework that helps listeners understand how emotions flow through the âhouseâ of their nervous system, boundaries, beliefs, and spiritual practices.
Youâll learn how to stay emotionally anchored even when the storm hits, and why peace isnât something you feelâitâs something you build.
đ Featured Scriptures:
Mark 4:37â39
âA furious squall came up⌠Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion⌠âQuiet! Be still!â Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.â
John 15:5
âI am the vine; you are the branches⌠If you remain in me⌠you will bear much fruit.â
Isaiah 26:3
âYou will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.â
Psalm 61:2
âWhen my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.â
Romans 12:2
âBe transformed by the renewing of your mindâŚâ
𧹠Key Concept: Energetic Architecture
âYou donât just pray for peaceâyou build for it.â
Todd breaks down the âarchitectureâ of your emotional and energetic life:
Foundation = Your nervous system regulation
Walls = Your emotional boundaries and beliefs
đĄ What Youâll Learn:âď¸ Reflection Prompts:đ¨ Toddâs 4 Aâs Framework for Emotional Anchoring:Teaser for Episode 29:
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Itâs mutual respect and shared purpose, not possession.
Godâs love is the model.
His fire never goes out, no matter how high the waters rise.
Reflective Prompts for Listeners
What kind of âfragranceâ does your name leave behind?
Who is God calling you to love higher?
What âlittle foxesâ are stealing joy from your relationships?
How can you start loving with grace instead of guarding with fear?
Where do you need to believe that you are still worthy of unquenchable love?
Memorable Quote Moments
âLove done right begins with admiration, not infatuation.â
âThe right person doesnât pull you back â they call you higher.â
âCatch the little foxes before they ruin whatâs blooming.â
âLove isnât about ownership; itâs about belonging without control.â
âGodâs love is the only fire that never burns out.â
Listener Challenge
Before the week ends, write down three ways to love better:
One for yourself.
One for someone close to you.
One for God.
Love multiplies when itâs practiced with intention.
Closing Reminder
Love isnât a feeling you chase â itâs a decision you live.. When itâs done right, it mirrors the heart of God. Because in every season, every chapter, every testâŚ
âCarry each otherâs burdens⌠for each one should carry their own load.â
â Help others, but donât hijack their healing or lose your own center.
đ§ What Youâll Learn:
The difference between a divine assignment and true alignment
How to spot when a relationship is draining your peace or identity
Why pruning is often the next step after emotional growth
How to release people without resentment or self-betrayal
The importance of discerning sacred distance vs. emotional detachment
âď¸ Reflection Prompts:
Who in your life may have served their season already?
What roles have you played in othersâ lives that youâre no longer meant to carry?
Where are you afraid of being alone, so youâre tolerating misalignment?
What emotional identity are you still holding onto from an old role?
What would it look like to love from a distance without guilt or grief owning you?
đ Core Message:
You are not required to carry everyone across every threshold.
Some people are pass-throughs.
Honor them.
Bless them.
And move forwardâwith peace.
đŽ Teaser for Episode 32:
Next week, Todd is joined by Brooke Deanne, the Life Goddess Coach â a trauma-informed healer, bestselling author of Shattered, Broken & Beautiful, and a woman who has survived religious trauma, PTSD, and deep emotional rewiring.
If youâve ever been the one who got shattered â this next episode will speak to the parts of you no one else could reach.
Who in my life reflects my growthâand who pulls me back to past versions of myself?
Where am I giving emotional access out of habit, fear, or guilt?
What boundaries need to be lovingly reinforced?
Who has earned a seat at my coreâand who belongs in the community or crowd?
Am I willing to let God realign my circle without trying to control who stays?
Spend 10 quiet minutes this week mapping your Core, Community, and Crowd on paper.
Ask God for wisdom to realign your relationships with grace, truth, and peace.
Youâve made space.
Youâve protected your peace.
Now⌠how do you attract people who match your frequency, your faith, your values?
Next weekâs episode is all about Magnetizing What Matches Youâhow to draw in aligned relationships, connections, and divine partnerships without striving or settling.
This framework helps listeners identify where energy is leaking and how to rebuild alignment from the inside out.
Why peace requires structure, not just willpower
How to respond instead of react in emotional storms
Why your nervous system is the foundation of sustained alignment
How to identify âemotional leaksâ through poor boundaries or input
Why emotional maturity is tied to daily architectural design
What emotional reaction has been most overwhelming latelyâand where might that be pointing to a structural weakness?
Where have I been letting chaos in through my âwindowsâ?
What spiritual rhythms anchor me when life gets loud?
What part of my energetic architecture needs repair right now?
Where do I need to speak âPeace, be stillâ over my inner storm?
Awareness â Identify the emotional wave
Architecture â Ask which part of your inner structure needs support
Anchor â Root into truth and scripture
Action â Choose alignment, not reaction
Youâve stabilized your energy. Youâve rebuilt your internal house.
But who are you letting through the door?
Next weekâs episode is all about Relational Alignmentâhow to walk with people who reflect your growth, support your healing, and challenge you in love, not chaos.
