The Mark Groves Podcast

Your dharma is your souls purpose - the big reason of why you are here, what you're supposed to be doing, and how you do it.

This week we welcome back the amazing Sahara Rose. In anticipation of her new book Discover Your Dharma, Sahara walks us through what finding your dharma really means and looks like. She teaches us that our lifetime is about figuring out what our dharma is, and once we understand our higher calling, everything we're looking for naturally falls into place. We learn how the obstacles that we face in life are our souls curriculum to get you to your purpose. Uncovering our Dharma can lead to a life of happiness, fulfillment and joy.

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Discover:

Why you should shift from improving yourself to knowing yourself

The obstacles you were meant to overcome were there for a reason

The path of least resistance is found on the path of most resistance

Rock-bottoms, breakdowns and cosmic 2x4's

Karma vs. Kriya

Economic down turns are the birth place of innovation

Using Covid as a speed track for opportunities

It's always an invitation if we pay attention

Trusting the feeling before it forces you to change

Learn more about Sahara and her book at https://iamsahararose.com/dharma, find her on Instagram, or take her quiz here.

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This week I share the much anticipated conversation with my partner Kylie on our breakup.

We dive into our relationship ending, what lead our old container to rupture and the expansion that occurred, bringing us to where we are now. 

Both Ky and I explore the struggles we were facing, the masks, messages and wounds we had internalized, and the extensive healing that was necessary for us to reconcile.

This episode is part 1 of an emotional conversation that explores so many crucial topics that contribute to our worth, how to honour ourselves and reclaim our power - both individually, and within relationship.

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

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This week I have a unique treat for you. After getting my dog Carl last April, I went on the search for a Dog Trainer and ended up meeting the incredible Annika McDade. Annika is a triple certified Professional Dog Trainer & Behaviour Consultant, who focuses primarily on the connection between dogs and their people. After working with Annika I was most compelled by her ability to relate canine training to human connection and relationship.

In this episode we dive into dog training and connecting with our pets, and how it's correlated to our ability to connect and relate with humans. Find more about Annika at www.canineconnectiontraining.ca and find her on instagram @canineconnectiontraining.

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Discover:

The little things we never knew about our pets

The connection between parenting, partners and puppies

Expectations and behaviors with our pets

The ripple effect of our nervous system

The biggest mistakes we make

Incredible helpful things you need to know about animals

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This week I wanted to share thoughts on something that I feel very passionate about right now - worth. So often we shape-shift and adapt from our true selves in order to feel safe, loved, or even just to prevent rocking the boat. Our worth should live in who we are, not in other people's opinions or validations. Are you ready to give birth to your authentic self?

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Discover:

Why we need to pay attention to our pain

Why are we afraid of being authentic?

The power of courageous conversations

Your worth should never depend on someone else's validation

"Enoughness" and the growth of taking up space 

How do you get 1% more you?

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Toko-pa Turner is a Canadian author, teacher, and dreamworker. Blending the mystical tradition of Sufism in which she was raised with a Jungian approach to dreamwork, she founded the Dream School in 2001 from which hundreds of students have since graduated. Her bestselling book "Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home" explores the themes of exile and the search for belonging.

In this episode we dive into Toko-pa's theories behind Belonging and Dreamwork, and her inspirations and experiences pertaining to both. She teaches us that perhaps belonging isn't a place at all, but rather a skill that we can nurture and strengthen within ourselves.

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Discover:

The longing to belong drives so many of us to places of false belonging

How family and ancestors have influenced our belonging

When we come back into belonging, there is a beautiful cemetery that occurs

As we learn to become our whole self unconditionally, we no longer seek places to belong

What are the initiations by exile and why they are necessary

Why dreaming and curiosity are the most valuable tools we have

You can find Toko-pa on lnstagram, and on her website at www.toko-pa.com.

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In the current state of the world there is so much information coming at us, but our opinions and perspectives are not safe to share. They are dividing us and inflicting hatred amongst our peers and within our community. Why are we not able to to recognize that two truths can exist at the same time? Right now, it is more important than ever to be having hard conversations with love, and being open to other peoples perspectives, and meeting them where they are at. 

Can you be open to the possibility that what you think right now isn't true?

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Discover:

Covid, censorship, taking sides and gaslighting

How to dance in the middle and see both sides

When you're open to the way you see the world, you're free

Observing the liberties you give away

Media and highjacking for fear and your attention

Trusting yourself and yourself

The space between reaction and response is where we have a choice

Why we need to stop shaming each other for questioning

Holding space for ourselves and each other in middle of information warfare

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In this episode I chat with my good friends Alex Faherty and Kerry Docherty! Along with Alex’s twin brother Mike, they are the dream team and founders of Faherty Brand - a family run clothing company anchored in quality, comfort, sustainability and joy. 

We dive into how this duo are raising kids, running a business and still manage to make time to foster a loving relationship! We discuss the ins and outs of long distance relationships, work stressors, boundary issues, communication, and being in business with your family! 

Find more on Faherty's on Instagram and at www.fahertybrand.com and remember to use the discount code CREATETHELOVE for 25% off!! 

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This week I am pleased to introduce you to my friend Lalah Delia. Lalah is a spiritual writer, wellness educator, certified spiritual practitioner, founder of VibrateHigherDaily.com, online School of Vibration, and bestselling author Vibrate Higher Daily: Live Your Power. Her work, writings, and bestselling book are guiding readers around the globe on a journey back home to their empowered, higher-potential, whole selves. 

In this episode, Lalah shares her own story of transformation and awakening. She explains how she learnt to transform her lows into highs by channelling the energetic vibrations of all things in her life. Lalah explains how we can reach our higher-potential by recognizing our internal place, the vibrations we are calling in, and our overall outlook on life. 

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Discover:

What is vibration telling us?

Are butterflies a good thing?

The fear around saying "no"

Who dampens your light?

Why creating safety is so important

"A partner at their 100 will invite 100 of the others"

Once you say yes to the next level of life, you will be tested

Each choice you make contributes to your self-worth

When you say yes and claim it, the universe will align

Find Lalah on Instagram, or on her website at www.vibratehigherdaily.com.

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The Alchemy of Initiation: Soul Work and the Art of Ripening

This week I am absolutely elated to introduce you to the incredibly insightful, Francis Weller. Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer and soul activist. He is a master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures, and poetic traditions. Having completed some of Francis' workshops myself, I couldn't wait to have him on to speak about the initiatory process and his theories behind soul-centered psychotherapy.

In this episode, Francis leads us through a discussion of the soul, and how the greatest work and connection to the sacred is found during our greatest times of darkness and grief. We dive into what Francis teaches as initiation, a process which encompasses grief, loss, challenge, illness etc. where our identity is altered drastically and we land in the hands of something that is far greater than ourselves. 

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Discover:

Why we need to fall in love with grief

There is so much to be found in the dark

Change happens at the edges

The child seeking the home vs. becoming the home

What elders can teach us

What is the initiation?

The gateway to accessing our soul

Everyone came here with their own medicine

Find out more about Francis, and his audio series at www.francisweller.net.

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Ryland Engelhart is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground, and is the producer of Kiss The Ground the Movie on Netflix. He has spent the last 15 years as an entrepreneur and love-activist, working in hospitality and building a family business of organic plant-based restaurants called Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre in Southern CA. 

In this episode, Ryland tells us the origins behind his business and restaurants, and the fundamental idea behind the film Kiss The Ground. The film explores the idea that by regenerating the Earth's soils we can reverse some of the effects of climate change. We also dive into some of the things we can do as consumers to contribute to a healthier future for our planet.

Find Ryland on Instagram or learn more at www.kisstheground.com.

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