The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Brand is a pioneering entrepreneur and chef in the field of Social Impact and Community Development. Along with overseeing the 5 organizations under MB Inc, Brand leads his A Better Life Foundation in Canada, the United States, he is a Stanford fellow, Professor of Innovation and Design Thinking, and has served as executive chef for the American Refugee Committee and Pope Francis's Climate Challenge. Brand has recently been appointed to the United Nations Catalyst team focusing on food waste, poverty, and the impacts of current systemic structures on the most marginalized. At the root of everything he works on, his belief is that the solutions are all attainable with deep cooperation and the understanding there is no “Us and Them, only Us.”

This transformative episode is one that can't be missed. Mark and I discuss poverty and how it affects all of us. Mark walks us through how we as individuals can take immediate steps towards eradicating poverty and becoming and activists in our own communities.

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"The one vs. the one percent"

The incredible things Mark Brand is doing to eradicate poverty

What do you care about and why?

Why volunteering and contribution will light you up

Never stop following your inner guidance

If the community is unwell, we are unwell.

We have to sit in our grief because there is something powerful inside of it

How socialization has caused us to dehumanized

Ways you can show up for humanity

Find Mark on Instagram, or at www.markbrandinc.com www.abetterlifefoundation.ca www.abetterlifefoundation.us

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Back for a third time is the fantastic Terri Cole. Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist and global relationship and empowerment expert and this week she is here to talk all things BOUNDARIES!

Terri breaks down her own definition of Boundaries and walks us through the 10 rules of her Boundary Bill of Rights outlined in her new Boundary Boss Book. Understanding and getting to know your boundaries is the first step toward getting to know the real you, and building a life that aligns. Start by asking yourself - where am I angry? Where am I exhausted? Where am I not talking my truth?

Discover:

What is a boundary and how to be a boundary boss

How we have learned codependency and people pleasing

Why do we say yes when we want say no

Why checking off the boxes can still leave you empty

What a boundary disaster looks like

Becoming fluent in boundaries is a process of learning about yourself

The "ok and not ok list"

The "boundary bully"

Compatibility and compliance

Are your current boundaries getting you what you want?

What you get by continuing to have disordered boundaries

How to empower yourself by choosing differently

The "boundary boss bill of rights"

Find Terri's book at www.boundarybossbook.com and head to www.boundaryboss.me/ctl for your free gift.

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Back by very popular demand, we welcome Dr. Zach Bush. Zach Bush MD is a renowned, multi-disciplinary physician of internal medicine, endocrinology, hospice care and internationally recognized educator on the microbiome as it relates to human health, soil health, food systems, and a regenerative future.

Once again - I want to premise with the fact that this conversation is a complex one, and not for the faint of heart. After having Zach on previously to discuss the world's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, I wanted to bring him back to further divulge the medical systems response to the virus, primarily; the vaccination, the PCR test and the various strategies that were implemented to combat this virus - plus so. much. more.

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Discover:

Fear-mongering and isolation negatively affect immunity

Why doesn't the government talk about strategies that promote health?

The benefits of sunshine/vitamin D, sleep hygiene, nutrition, and fresh air for the immune system

The no-fear approach

The genetic modification of humanity

New facts about PCR tests

How the innate immune system adapts naturally

A fascinating study with Gonzaga University

The statistics of comorbidities

We have to work with nature, not against it

Our bacteria are essential for our health

What questions are we not asking about the human immune system

We need to be in balance with Mother Earth, not in opposition to it

Healthy soil is directly connected with healthy humans

Viruses are genetic upgrades and we should not fear it

Find Zach on his website www.ZachBushMD.com or on Instagram.

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Steph Corker is my dear friend and the founder of The Corker Collective, a human capital consulting firm committed to everyone living their best life, integrated. She is passionate about potential and leading people towards personal transformation.

In this episode we dive into how to bring out the actualized version of yourself in all areas of your life, specifically - in relationships and your career. Join us to learn how to change what is possible in your life so you can love every moment you experience. You will learn how to allocate your time in a way that generates the best version of yourself and raises the frequency of every experience you encounter.

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Discover:

The Corker Collective: Injecting heart beats into businesses 

How are you showing up in work, life, relationships, and is it the same?

The evolution of the workplace 

To have a big life, you have to be willing to have big conversations

The steps we can take to get who we want to be

It's hard for toxicity to penetrate when you're connected to yourself

What would the actualized version of you do?

The resistance in going to the edge

The consumer vs. the generator

Slow down, you'll get there faster

The five regrets of the dying, and what matters

The "and" is always possible

 

Find Steph on Instagram or at www.thecorkercollective.com.

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Part 2 of the much anticipated conversation with my partner Kylie on our breakup is here. We dive deeper into the imperative work that was required of both of us to be able to re-enter into right relationship, together. Both Ky and I explore the necessity of the rupture, our wounding and how we healed. Join us for Part 2 of this emotional conversation that further explores so many crucial topics from Part 1. Expanding, unpacking and dismantling old frameworks around what we were taught about relationship. Letting go of what no longer served us, to invite reconciliation.

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Discover:

Relational patterns and dynamics

What is buried underneath grief, loss and suffering

The deep soul knowing that it's time to let go of your old self

The key behind deep, meaningful relationships

How suffering gives us a gift

Support and community is vital during a breakup

Examining and processing generational lineage/patterns

"Man = mother until you do mother work"

External validation vs. internal sourcing

Why we soothe wounds with arousal

Holding reverence for the feminine and mother earth

What love truly means

Find Kylie on Instagram or on her website https://www.kyliemcbeath.com/courses.

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This week we jam with Laurasia Mattingly about the power of mindfulness and meditation. Following the loss of her mother, Laurasia began exploring her own spirituality as a means of working through her grief to find peace in the uncertainty of life. Laurasia shares with us how meditation can transform our lives. Join us as we explore how we, through mindfulness and meditation, can overcome our stress and free up the space for us to deepen our relationship with ourselves and our intuition.

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Discover:

The beautiful power of meditation

Can you sit with it?

Start with mindfulness

The power of presence

Why is it difficult to hold so many feelings

Joy vs. Happiness

How softening your parameters makes everything easier

Why life is delicious within this space

Are you abandoning yourself?

Loneliness vs. Alone

Beauty is growing from where you are hurt

The invitation to slowness

Caring for your wounds (aka frequent visitors)

What is essentialism

Find more on Laurasia on her website www.laurasiamattingly.com or on Instagram. You can grab a copy of her book here.

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Alejandra Proaño is an Anger Management Specialist and is the co-owner of Moose Anger Management. She directs Healing Anger, the program for women that now runs online and worldwide. She and her team specialize in individual, couple and group counselling work on anger and addictions. Alejandra holds a Specialization in Family Therapy, a Master’s in clinical psychology, a Master’s in Science and a Master’s in Literature.

I am so excited to have Alejandra on this week for an extremely informative conversation on anger - how so many of us don't truly know how to express it or feel shame in the emotion. Anger is necessary to protect the integrity of individuals in a relationship; it represents the need for a boundary. Our capacity for a compassionate expression of our anger, is usually the result of past trauma and experience. Tune in to learn more!

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Discover:

Why we can't externalize anger

What is underneath anger?

What are you really feeling?

Understanding cues in the body

Understanding your own relationship to anger

How anger can deepen intimacy and personal evolution

The power of the collective anger

Until we change, nothing changes.

You can find more about Alejandra at www.healinganger.ca or on Instagram. Find her book here: https://healinganger.ca/product/healing-anger-ebook/.

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In this episode join me on my hike as I share my thoughts on the false sense of separation we have with the Earth, the disconnection we have with ourselves, and our worth.  

The truth is hidden in plain sight, and we can all find it by being present, turning inward and taking radical responsibility for our self worth. We can’t wait for people to choose us. Otherwise we’ll always be waiting, because nobody wants the responsibility of our self worth. We model the love we want by the type of love we give. Make yours unconditional. 

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Discover:

Asking the questions: What are you ignoring? What does your body need? What does your soul crave?

Why we get stuck in co-dependency and wrapped up in our wounds

Boundaries are guide-posts to love and trust

Why a baseline for grace, kindness, trust and respect is vital

Expansion is hidden inside the frustrations and challenges

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When you don't stand in the truth of what, you're not going to get what you want - pretty simple right? Whether or not we decide to talk about our truth, it will always still live inside you. Not honouring our truth leads to small betrayals, which usually become giant betrayals later on and typically we can look back and see where we betrayed ourselves initially in order to get there. 

This week I share a personal story from my past where I self abandoned and didn't declare what I really wanted. The truth always sets us free, no matter how difficult it can be to say it. 

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Discover:

Why do we fear stepping into our truth?

The dangers of staying in the comfort zone

Why we self-betray and self-abandon in effort to keep connection

Why we need to explore grief

The two most important questions you need to ask yourself

Small betrayals become giant betrayals later

Where do you betray yourself?

The power of claiming yourself

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Stefanos Sifandos is a trained educator and relationship expert with a background in behavioral science. He is passionate about leading people closer to their highest potential and to each other.

Join us this week for a deep dive into how to take the first steps towards seriously changing your life and the way you relate. Stefanos will walk you through the masculine perspective, shame spirals, and how to create space to heal and take the leap from the old you, to the new you.

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Discover:

The complexities of the human experience

Why we need more quality strong men calling others forward

Why owning your sh*t is healing

Why men shame other men for showing their emotions

What male emotion truly means (strength)

Why we hang on to our identity

Why we need to think of our parents as children of parents

Why rock bottoms are often the best way we learn

Why we need to get comfortable with uncertainty

Why men need adventure back to the mystery

How to hold space for others and yourself

What would love do now?

Find Stefanos on Instagram, or on his website www.growwithstef.com. 

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