The Mark Groves Podcast

Themes: Marriage, Relationships, Commitment, Divorce, Trust, Intimacy

 

Summary:

One night during his divorce, Matthew Fray started a blog. He needed to figure out how his ex-wife went from the 18 year old college freshman who adored him to the angry woman who thought he was a jerk and left him. As he pieced together the story of his marriage and its end, Matthew began to realize a hard truth: even though he was a decent guy, he was a bad husband.

As he shared raw, uncomfortable, and darkly humorous first-person stories about the lessons he’d learned from his failed marriage, his post – “She Divorced Me Because I Left Dishes By the Sink” — was read over four million times. Now, his book, This Is How Your Marriage Ends: A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships, is set to release this month.

Filtered through the lens of his own surprising, life-changing experience and his years counselling couples, the book exposes the root problem of so many relationships that go wrong to help partners identify and address relationship-killing behaviour patterns in their own lives. I am so excited to have Matt on today to dive into it all!

 

Discover:

Why most relationships or marriages come to an end (even if we’re still in love)

The subtle ways we erode trust in our relationships

Two foundational habits you can focus on to build more trust and intimacy within your relationship

What it means to validate your partner

 

Links:

This Is How Your Marriage Ends: A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships by Matthew Fray

Matt's Blog - Must Be This Tall to Ride

 

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Themes: Health, Holistic Healing, Relationships, Transformation, Connection to Self

 

Summary:

Today's episode is all about exploring the inner healing journey and how to uncover layers of conditioning so you can be finally be present with your true self, your intuition, and the innate wisdom that already exists within you. 

I'm joined by my fiancé and Zura Health Co-founder Kylie McBeath and Meg Crockett. Meg is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and is the Coaching Program Director & a Community Steward at Zura Health, in addition to working with clients 1:1. Meg is interested in deepening understanding and education on the true root causes of modern day illness, as well as freeing individuals from the pervasive societal programming that's keeping us sick, small, and disempowered.

 

Discover:

Why health is so much more than just the physical and how trauma and unhealed emotional wounds impact our physical bodies

How the familial, cultural, ancestral and generational systems we live in or grew up in affect our health in all ways

Uncovering the root cause of symptoms for sustainable change

Why ditching toxic relationships is key in healing physically, emotionally and energetically

How taking small, simple steps towards better health inevitably leads to a cascade of great, big change

 

Links:

Join the Zura Health Coaching Certification Program! Enrolment ends March 25th, 2022.

Instagram: @zurahealth

 

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Themes: Body Image, Mindset, Self-Love, Transformation, Self-Sabotage, Infidelity

 

Summary:

Drew Manning is a fitness trainer, motivator, New York Times best-selling author, and creator of the Fit2Fat2Fit movement where he shares the lessons learned from his personal experiences of gaining and losing over 75 pounds.

I've been following Drew's work for a while now, and am so excited to have him on the podcast. His message extends well beyond health and fitness, and has empowered millions of people from all over the world with a healthy mindset, greater self-love, and empathy for those around them.

 

Discover:

What inspired Drew to gain and lose over 75 pounds (on purpose, twice!) and his key takeaways from these experiments

How to approach your health and fitness goals from a place of self-love instead of 'hating yourself to skinny'

Why most people lose motivation and give up on their health goals

Simple practices you can incorporate into your daily routine to help you stick with your goals in moments of discomfort

Drew's experience of divorce, porn addiction and growing up in the Mormon community

 

Links:

fit2fat2fit.com

Instagram: @fit2fat2fit

Check out my Rediscover Your Wholeness course as mentioned in this episode

The Fit2Fat2Fit Experience Episode 100: Life After Porn, Affairs and Lies

 

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Themes: Self-Love, Self-Worth, Shame, Forgiveness, Boundaries, Self-Reflection

Summary:

This week I'm bringing my good friend, author, speaker and coach Sylvester McNutt back on the podcast to chat about the often abstract topic of self-love. WTF does loving yourself even mean, anyway? What does self-love look like, and more importantly, why does it really matter? If you've asked yourself these questions, then firstly, you're not alone. And second, this episode is for you! Grab a mug of something delicious, settle in and get ready to take charge of your worth.

Discover:

What self-love actually means (Hint: it's not just bubble baths)

The importance of investigating where shame shows up in your life and what it has to do with self-love

How to assess your behaviours and habits from a space of compassionate curiosity instead of criticism 

What self-love looks like after a breakup

Boundaries as an act of self-love

When being selfish is a good thing

The importance of the language you use during self-talk

Links:

Loving Yourself Properly by Sylvester McNutt III

sylvestermcnutt.net

Instagram: @sylvestermcnutt

Free Yourself with Sylvester McNutt | The Mark Groves Podcast

Sylvester McNutt Extended - It's Complicated | The Mark Groves Podcast

 

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Themes:

The Subconscious Mind, Limiting Beliefs, Personal Growth, Identity, Ego, Liberation

Summary:

This week I’m thrilled to have Peter Crone, AKA the Mind Architect, join me on the podcast for mind-blowing episode. Peter works with everyone from world-class athletes to stay-at-home parents to redesign the subconscious mind. We exist within limiting mental constructs that dictate our thoughts, feelings, actions, and the results we experience, and Peter helps people and groups step outside of the world as they know it by identifying mental constructs that have been holding them back. Peter’s work explores the fundamental issues that affect us all to foster a deeper understanding of our common humanity. Peter is a writer, speaker, and thought leader in human awakening and potential.

Discover:

Why we repeatedly subscribe to limiting beliefs 

How to recognize where you’re holding yourself back

Peter’s number one tip for accessing more joy and liberation

A helpful mantra to reconcile your past and let that shit go!

Links:

petercrone.com

Instagram: @petercroneofficial

 

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Themes: Sobriety, Addiction, Authenticity, Resentment, Belonging

 

Summary: 

Laura McKowen is the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and the forthcoming sobriety manifesto, Push Off From Here. Following a long, successful career in the Mad Men-esque drinking culture of advertising, Laura got sober and quickly became recognized as a fresh voice in recovery, beloved for her soulful and irreverent writing online and in print. She has been published in The New York Times and her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the Today show, and more. In 2020, Laura founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support organization.

 

Discover:

Our individual experiences of sobriety

Our thoughts on the current state of affairs and why we’re so divided as a collective

The problem with “keeping the peace” and why speaking your truth is the ultimate invitation to expansion

What’s really behind feelings of resentment and how they often lead to addictive behaviours

 

Links:

We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life 

lauramckowen.com 

The Luckiest Club 

Instagram: @theluckiestclub

Listen to my first episode with Laura here

 

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Themes: Relationships, Commitment, Integrity, Intimacy, Relationship to Self

 

Summary: 

This week we’re diving further into the topic of commitment with a special episode straight from my Mine’d Liberated Love series with my love and partner, Kylie McBeath. Having recently gotten engaged, I wanted to share this conversation where we explore common fears around commitment and how to navigate what comes up for you as you explore deepening the agreements of your relationship.

 

Discover:

Questions to ask yourself to uncover why you may resist commitment

Commitment to self as the foundation to commitment within a relationship

Why being committed doesn’t have to mean a loss of freedom

How to bring up your fears around commitment with your partner in a way that builds safety, intimacy and connection

 

Links:

Mine'd Liberated Love Series

Explore Kylie's Offerings

Kylie's Instagram

Finding Your Soul in the Darkness - Podcast with Francis Weller

The Alchemy of Initiation Audio Recordings by Francis Weller

 

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Themes: Relationships, Commitment, Uncertainty, Self-Worth, Self-Compassion, Self-Acceptance

 

Summary: 

I remember when I was afraid to get engaged in my twenties, someone told me I was just afraid of commitment. That as a man, it was normal. I wasn't supposed to run towards love, but rather just surrender — as if it was some sort of life sentence I would need to learn to tolerate.

All of that couldn't have been more wrong. I wasn't afraid of commitment — I was afraid that love would hurt me.

Join me this week as I explore my thoughts on commitment, marriage, getting feedback, having compassion for yourself and what it means to trust yourself in love.

 

Discover:

What may be behind your fear of commitment

Why trusting love means trusting yourself

Why your partner shouldn’t be your ‘everything’

My tips on how to give and hold feedback

How relationships are your invitation to expansion

 

Links:

Download the Mine'd app now!

The Nervous System Explained with Sarah Baldwin

Healing Our Nervous System with Nicole Lohse

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Themes: Love, Courage, Awareness, Relationships, Ego, Curiosity

 

Summary: 

Ready to reconnect with your spiritual self? Well you’re in luck, my friend, because today one of my favourite teachers joins us to share some of the potent wisdom that has helped me on my journey of expansion over the years.

Danielle Laporte is a member of Oprah’s Super Soul 100, the creator of The Heart Centered Membership and author of The Desire Map, The Fire Starter Sessions, and White Hot Truth. There are currently 350+ Heart Centered Facilitators running her programs in 24+ countries and her podcast, With Love, Danielle, ranks in iTunes’ Top 10 for wellness with over 1 million downloads. Named one of the “Top 100 Websites for Women” by Forbes, over 5 million people a month visit DanielleLaPorte.com. 

 

Discover:

Why you are not your feelings

Tools for reflective and heart-led living

How to begin listening to your heart

Why community is the antidote to ego

The power of courage and curiosity

 

Links:

Heart Centered Facilitator Program - Teaching tools for resilience + reflective living to empower the people you serve. 30+ exercises, workshop outlines + business support for your work in the world. For coaches, counsellors, team builders, teachers, wellness professionals, and idealists of all kinds...

Heart Centered Membership - Find solace. Build resiliency. Spiritual practices for self + collective healing. Join a community of seeking humans who want to create change through self-awareness and service. Danielle LaPorte is offering vetted esoteric tools for dissolving the obstructions to love and compassion. Cleanse, relate, and create the conditions for healing. 

Luca Fogale

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Themes: Dating, Relationships, Narcissism, Red Flags, Gaslighting

 

Summary: 

Our relationships and how happy we are within them has a powerful influence on our health, wellbeing and quality of life. In fact, in the Harvard Study of Adult Development which tracked the health of 268 sophomores over a period of 80 years, those who were the most satisfied in their relationships at age 50 were the healthiest at age 80. Surprise, surprise: close relationships are what keep us going and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ or even genes.

With that in mind, I wanted to interview relational alchemist Stefanos Sifandos on the important topic of narcissism so you can feel more empowered as you navigate dating and your relationships in general. This episode is a sneak peek into Week Four of my Dating 101 course, so if you're ready to dive into the deep work of relational awareness and set the stage for heart-led, fulfilling relationships, head to datingisdope.com now to sign up!

 

Discover:

The root of narcissism or narcissistic traits and why this personality disorder/way of relating manifests

Why those with narcissistic traits are attracted to those who are empathic, highly-sensitive and/or codependent 

How to identify narcissism and the red flags to look for

Empowering tips to diffuse the power of a narcissist 

 

Links:

Dating 101

Instagram: @stefanossifandos

Check out Stefanos’ new book Tuned In and Turned On: Bring Conscious Sexuality & Sacred Connection Into Your Life and Elementum Coaching Institute 

 

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