The Mark Groves Podcast

Your story does matter because it shaped you, but it is not who you are. Join me on a solo journey this week as I shed some light on how Create The Love came to be. Create The Love was born in part by my break down that came from the ending of a relationship. Rock bottoms are a chance to meet ourselves, and I was called in that breakup to break away from the social conditioning and pressure to 'fit in'. Over time, I have gradually learned to continue to let go of the life that I was taught to want and in doing so connected to my inner truth. That truth is, I don’t want to live behind masks. Love is not scarce, it is everywhere, and it is up to us to create it and cultivate it. In this episode I share some of the events of my childhood, teen years and early adulthood and reflect on how they shaped my journey. I go deep into how I learned to sit with and learn from painful experiences and emotions and invite you to do the same. Lastly, I want to thank you all for being such an important part of this journey and for joining me in creating the love together.

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Discover:

Why did this happen to me vs. why did this happen for me?

The beautiful invitation to expansion

We either repeat our patterns or we decide to learn from them

The beliefs in your family system that have subconsciously programmed you

Healing defensiveness

Getting curious with our feelings before we shut down

There are no shortcuts to healing

Every next level of you requires the next level of you

You can't be addicted to your mediocrity and your expansion at the same time

Why do we abandon ourselves for others?

Life will always humble you if you think you're better than it

Certainty is not where growth is

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Selina Gray is an epic friend of mine who opens up on her journey to dropping the mask. Selina grew up with that feeling of being “not enough” due to both her mother’s criticism as well as not feeling "wealthy". Becoming a hustler early on meant Selina achieved huge financial success but found herself trapped within the mask of having it all. She found herself surrounded by money, labels and “success” but felt no meaning or connection. This week we discuss how Selina dropped the mask, how her body finally said no, and how she stepped into her truth to create Money Boss.

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Discover:

We absolutely must do the work around money

What does money mean to you?

The relationship to money and the rest of your life

What is money wounding?

Money is the vehicle we hide our truths

How can we create safety around money?

How can you be valuable without your masks?

Being the observer

Clearing resentment

How to create freedom through inner richness

Why we need to ask ourselves: What do you need to know here?

Money is just love

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Do you ever find yourself feeling out of balance, maybe with food, energy, or relationships? Sahara Rose opens us up to the world of ancient Ayurvedic medicine and the mind-body dosha system to understand what your body truly needs in order to be in balance. We work through the three dosha types, how to know your dosha, how to know if you’re in balance and how to get into balance if you’re not. If Ayurveda is new to you, then you cannot miss Sahara Rose!

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Discover:

What is Ayurveda?

What is Dosha?

Understanding Ayurvedic nutrition and what works with your body

Vata, Pitta, Kapha energies

The sacred pause

How dosha's fuel our daily choices, cravings and even addiction

Dosha's and their compass in life and relationship

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Take Sahara’s dosha quiz!

Sahara Rose is the host of the Highest Self Podcast, ranked as the #1 top podcast in the spirituality category on iTunes and best-selling author of Eat Feel Fresh and Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda. She has been called “a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift” by Deepak Chopra. She loves to make spiritual + Ayurvedic wisdom fun and relatable so it can serve the needs of today's people.

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Our most popular podcast guest @AmyYoungCo is back this week for a no holds barred conversation. We started with a Q&A about connections and friendships with exes. It quickly evolved into a free flowing conversation about speaking without filters, sexualisation of social media, Instagram ‘likes’, gender norms, #MeToo, compassion, unifying with the male experience and healing through connection. If you loved Amy's last episode (of course you did!) then you don't want to miss this one!

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Discover:

Not everything is about you.

Is it possible for you partner to be friends with your ex?

What is empowered sexuality?

Why are men so afraid of therapy?

Men, heartbreak and the responsibility of their pain

Holding the space of the masculine

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My good friend Josh Trent, CEO of @wellnessforce has joined me this week to discuss his journey home to truth. Josh started out much like myself in jobs, roles and spaces that did not align with his true inner being. His awakening started with health and wellness, but then became so much more. Josh explains a series of reckonings to be real that pulled him toward alignment, as well as the continuous process of expanding, letting go and coming closer to your true self. As Josh explains, the truth is hidden in plain sight and we can all find it by looking within.

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Discover:

Why we should always let our identity be fluid

If you are open to being wrong, you're open to building a bridge

Why is it so damn hard to create new patterns of communication?

Getting the call to life - do you hang up or answer it?

What is spiritual suicide?

What is emotional wellness?

Why we should lean in to the things that bring you the most growth

The power of psychedelics and intention

How embodiment creates safety

What is the price of being asleep?

Learn more about Josh and Wellness Force here!

Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media and host of the Wellness Force Radio Podcast. Josh has spent the past 16 years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world.

 

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This week I share more about Ky and I’s breakup and a closing ceremony we did for our relationship. I share about my process. Wow. I’m not gonna lie… this week was a tough one to do. I get emotional, I stay open. I discuss what it means to “adult”. How to navigate life’s pains and how to build trust again in oneself rather than making other people the authority on your life. No one knows you better than you. Enjoy this episode and grab a few Kleenex… not for you, but for me. :)

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Discover:

Navigating through breakups, grief and pain

The conversations we have or don't have change our life

Don't bypass the human in the human experience

How to build self-trust

Your heart is not broken, it's open

Why you should turn towards endings

Let life crack you open

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I am proud to call Erin Skye Kelly a true friend, mentor, and all around boss. Not only has she totally transformed my world, but she has done the same for countless others, and most importantly herself too. In this episode we dive right into the power of our own choices, we go deep into my current heartbreak, and we unpack the process by which Erin ended the toxic relationship with her family of origin. This is such an important topic for so many people who struggle with difficult or abusive parents. There is so much to learn about the power of boundaries and choices to shape our future.

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Discover:

Why we can take in wisdom but don't change

Class 1, 2, 3 experiences and how they will change your life

The roadmap to a Class 1 life

When do you know you are forcing something vs. doing the work

Expectations vs. standards

What are we trying to avoid?

Resentment shows you where you aren't prioritizing yourself

How to have boundaries with toxic family relationships

Breaking the branch off the family tree to regrow a new one

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Listen to the podcast on silence we were discussing called Gangaji here!

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Dr Nicole LePera @the.holistic.psychologist is truly a game changer in the world of psychology and mental wellness. I was so honoured to join her and discuss her very personal journey into becoming the holistic psychologist and her movement for self-healing. Dr LePera opens up with us on her own childhood, her working through familial enmeshment and codependency, and her foundational practices for self care that are so crucial for every one of us. It is a truly courageous journey to confront the harm we may face within our own family unit, and to break free from bonds that may feel impossible to change. I hope that for anyone who is struggling with difficult or enmeshed family patterns, the wisdom of Dr LePera gives you renewed hope for a future of freedom to be your true self.

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Anxiety, psychology, gut health, trauma and the connection to our nervous system

How patterns in family can be passed down

Our subconscious mind runs the show (95%!)

Why we need to look at the imbalances in our gut

Why food, sleep and circadian rhythm affects your nervous system

What is over-activation of the nervous system

Why we as humans have become dysregulated

How to build your mental muscle

Tools to shift your mind when life hits you

What is emotional addiction?

What are your edges?

Ending family enmeshment

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Dr. Nicole LePera was trained in clinical psychology at Cornell University and the New School. She is a holistic psychologist who founded the Mindful Healing Center in Philadelphia. Her work addresses the connection between the mind and body and incorporates nutrition, lifestyle and psychological wellness practices. She is the creator of the movement #selfhealers where people from around the world are joining together in community to take healing into their own hands. 

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My good friend Dr Jeremy Goldberg @longdistancelovebombs has joined me this week to dive deep into heartbreak. We both open up about our past experiences of breakups and heartbreak, we go all the way back to our childhoods and early experiences. We explore how our conceptions of love and heartbreak have radically transformed as we have both done our work as adults over the years. This was such a healing and loving episode for me, where we both explored our pain and held space for each other. I really hope this episode helps you in having compassion for your own heartbreaks too.

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Why we need to have tea with our rock bottom

There is a fundamental aliveness to feeling anything deeply

Grief is a powerful opportunity to get curious

We get to choose who we want to be in the face of pain

Sometimes choosing love means choosing yourself

When you face heartbreak, who are you?

Don't shame the part of you that woke you up

Your greatest lesson is your greatest opportunity

Don't overlook the value of play

Where we find ourselves again

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Find out more about Dr Jeremy Goldberg here!

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Maya Angelou famously said that ‘love liberates, it doesn’t bind’. My relationship coming to a close is not a failing, a giving up, or a problem to be solved. In this episode I want to refocus on what is important - the victory isn’t the relationship lasting - the victory is in the process of who you become along the way. And through this process I have been fully liberated, to being all of myself, to loving, and to living all out with no holds barred. This is exactly the delicious, messy, complex journey that I love, that is life. After spending some time connecting to the universe and self, I am surrendering to letting life move through me, I am turning towards it all. I hope that this episode will invite you to do the same.

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Discover:

The beauty of relationships ending

What gifts you find in the challenges

Relationships are mirrors for our own up-leveling

We show up differently when we feel worthy of being chosen

The difference between compassion and tolerance

Where addiction comes from and what it means

The beauty of contrast

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