The Mark Groves Podcast

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The Mark Groves Podcast is for heart-led humans eager to expand perspectives, explore HARD truths, and break old patterns while cultivating deeper, more honest connections with self, our relationships, community, and the world. Tune in twice a week for powerful guest interviews and solo episodes that deliver real talk, fresh insights, and practical tools to transform (y)our relationships — because relationships are how we truly connect — and supercharge (y)our personal growth.

  1. 2d ago

    #517: How to Optimize Your Body, Mind and Soul With Drew Canole

    In this episode, I sit down with my favorite human optimization master, Drew Canole, to talk about something that is getting a lot of attention right now: is optimizing your life actually stealing your joy, or is it the path to more of it? We dig into why your vices are not just bad habits but doorways to the parts of yourself you have been avoiding, how your purpose is actually the reverse of your deepest shame, and why when you are truly connected to your soul's mission there is no room left for the things that dim your light. We also get into the biochemistry of alcohol, how to use your morning to tap into the divine, and why coincidences are not accidents but clues pointing you toward the life you are meant to live. 0:00 - Introduction: Is Optimization Stealing Your Joy? 2:37 - Why Your Purpose Is the Reverse of Your Deepest Shame 6:15 - How Vices Disconnect You From God and Your Mission 9:06 - The Fifth Dimension and How to Change Your Reality 15:00 - The Biochemistry of Alcohol and Why It Destroys Your System 22:00 - Turning Your Mess Into Your Mission 30:00 - Coincidences Are Clues: Tapping Into the Divine Timeline 36:00 - How to Use Your Morning Routine to Access the Soul 42:00 - The Power of Staring at a Blank Wall at 3:34 AM 44:00 - Organic Blaze Products and the Parasite Cleanse Challenge Links: Get 25% off all Organifi: www.organifi.com/createthelove  Drew Canoli https://www.instagram.com/drewcanole/  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnk3JQzK3UTyk3deZ49FAdg  Organifi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organifi/  Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Organifi - High Quality Superfood Supplements To Keep Working Toward Your Goals - Use code CREATETHELOVE for 25% off  www.organifi.com/createthelove

    49 min

  2. Jun 15

    #516: Finding Wisdom In Your Wounds

    In this episode, I talk about something that most of us will never admit out loud: that we can become addicted to our own suffering. That the wound we carry, as painful as it is, can become the most familiar thing about us, slowing life down to a pace we can control and keeping us locked in the same relational cycles wondering why nothing ever changes. We talk about why forgiveness is not about the person who hurt you but about refusing to let the wound keep damaging you, why real healing ultimately requires community and not just solo work, and how to shift from seeing yourself as the problem to seeing your life as the curriculum that is shaping you into who you are meant to become. 00:00 Addicted to Our Suffering 00:30 Why We Build Support Groups Around Our Wounds 01:15 Finding Wisdom in the Belly of the Wound 01:56 Transforming Your Life Curriculum Into Gold 02:54 Healing Cannot Happen in Isolation 04:05 Transcending Pain into Strategic Wisdom 05:45 How Our Wounds Slow Down the Pace of Life 10:19 Moving from a Lens of Deficit to One of Possibility Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Organifi - High Quality Superfood Supplements To Keep Working Toward Your Goals - Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off  www.organifi.com/createthelove

    14 min

  3. Jun 8

    #515: Why AI Can Never Replace Human Connection

    In this episode, I want to talk about emotional fluency and why I believe it is the most important skill you can develop in a world that is becoming more digital and more disconnected by the day. Because here is the truth: AI can mirror your emotions but it cannot regulate your nervous system, and that is something only another human being can do. We talk about why your feelings are not problems to be solved but information to be listened to, the difference between primary emotions like grief and anger and the secondary ones like anxiety and shame that show up when we are too afraid to feel the real thing, and why your rock bottom might actually be the most important initiation of your life. 00:00 - Emotional Fluency as the Currency of the Future 00:41 - Why Your Feelings Are Information 01:51 - How Childhood Lessons Block Emotional Maturity 02:40 - Navigating Grief and the Power of Core Emotions 04:11 - The Connection Between Grief and Anger 04:53 - Using Clean Anger to Protect Your Boundaries 06:22 - Primary vs. Inhibitory Emotions: Moving Beyond Anxiety 08:31 - Learning to Descend into Yourself 09:43 - Transforming Pain into Purpose and Passion Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Cozy Earth: Use code CHANGE for 20% off sitewide at http://www.cozyearth.com

    13 min

  4. Jun 1

    #514: Do You Stay or Do You Go?

    Are you wondering if you should stay or go? Because here is the thing, it is never really just about the relationship. It is about you, your patterns, your upper limits, and the stories you have been telling yourself about what love is supposed to look like. We talk about why staying for the kids might not be the noble choice you think it is, why both people have to be all in or the healing is just pretend, and the questions that will cut straight to the truth of what you actually want. 00:00 The Big Question: Should You Stay or Go? 00:50 Context: Navigating Healthy Adults' Dysfunctions 02:05 Identifying Relational "Upper Limits" and Patterns 02:56 Why Both Partners Must Be "All In" to Heal 04:17 The Nuance of Staying for the Kids 06:58 Why Relational Education is a Vital Life Skill 09:25 Essential Questions from "Too Good to Stay, Too Bad to Leave 10:29 3 Perspective-Shifting Questions for Clarity Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Organifi - High Quality Superfood Supplements To Keep Working Toward Your Goals - Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off  www.organifi.com/createthelove

    14 min

  5. May 25

    #513: What Leaving Taught Me

    In this episode, I share the story of quitting Instagram and what that period of separation taught me about endings, growth, and what it actually means to return to something. What started as a personal reckoning became a much bigger conversation about what these platforms are actually doing to us - how they're designed to hijack your nervous system through shock, rage, and dopamine hits, and why the anxiety so many of us feel might just be a normal response to a very abnormal relationship with technology. And at the root of all of it is one simple question: if you can't put your phone down, is your yes actually a choice? 00:00 - The Power of Choosing to End Something 01:10 - Learning from Mistakes and Moving Forward 02:50 - The Toxic Psychology of Social Media Platforms 04:11 - How Algorithms Exploit Human Attention 08:02 - Your Phone's Impact on the Nervous System 09:44 - Anxiety as a Response to Extractive Technology Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Cozy Earth: Use code CHANGE for 20% off sitewide at http://www.cozyearth.com Organifi - High Quality Superfood Supplements To Keep Working Toward Your Goals - Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off  www.organifi.com/createthelove  Instagram, Endings, Breakups, Boundaries, Anxiety, Dopamine, Algorithm, Healing, Growth, Mindfulness, Depression, Detox, Relationships, Consciousness, Nervous system, Discernment, Technology

    12 min

  6. May 18

    #512: Are You Living Adjacent to Your Own Life?

    In this episode, I want to encourage you to think about one thing - are you actually living your life, or are you living next to it? We explore what it means to stop being adjacent to yourself, why the things we use to numb the gap like alcohol, screens, and other people's opinions are actually keeping us from the most important relationship we will ever have, and why the journey to find yourself and the journey to find God are the same road. 00:00 - Introduction to Divine Purpose 01:00 - Numbing and Distraction in Culture 02:25 - The Journey to Self and God 04:27 - Integrity and Attention 05:30 - Evolution of Teaching and Authentic Voice Resources: —Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  —Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Cozy Earth: Use code CHANGE for 20% off sitewide at http://www.cozyearth.com

    12 min

  7. May 11

    #511: Meeting Authority with Authority: Accessing Your Inner Power

    In this episode, I explore inner authority and why so many of us have been conditioned to fawn, shrink, and give our power away in the face of authority, whether that's a parent, a boss, a partner, or a system. True devotion to yourself means having your own back, and that requires accessing the part of you that can say no, draw a boundary, and meet injustice with the full force of who you are. We dig into the neuroscience of why niceness can actually be manipulation, why a harmless man is not a good man, and how reclaiming your relationship to anger and power is not about destruction but about protection of everything you hold sacred. Because the world will never stop trying to pull you out of alignment, and the only thing that keeps you anchored is knowing that when push comes to shove, you have yourself. 00:01 - Meeting Authority with Authority 01:30 - Why We Fawn to Authority Figures 02:45 - The Masculine Energy Paradox: Destruction vs Protection 04:20 - Standing Up Without Shrinking Yourself 05:15 - Strategic Power vs Fawning Energy 06:30 - When Saying Yes Means Betraying Yourself 07:45 - The Dangerous Good Person: Voluntary Control 08:30 - Accessing Your Rage to Find Your Boundaries 09:15 - Why "Nice" People Are Actually Manipulative 10:00 - Your Power Practice: Boxing, Boundaries & Devotion Resources: —Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  —Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Organifi - High Quality Superfood Supplements To Keep Working Toward Your Goals - Use code CREATETHELOVE for 20% off  www.organifi.com/createthelove

    16 min

  8. May 4

    #510: The Benefits of a Digital Detox

    In this episode, I explore how our relationship with technology, and specifically our smartphones, has quietly become one of the greatest threats to our most sacred relationship: the one we have with ourselves. Devotion isn't just a spiritual concept, it's a choice we make every single day, and every time we reach for our phone we are either honoring or abandoning that relationship. We dig into the neuroscience of why social media is designed to hijack your attention, why even having your phone in the room is costing you more than you think, and the simple but powerful practices that can help you reclaim your focus, hear your own inner voice, and stop outsourcing your peace to a screen. Because focus is the competitive advantage of the future, and the life you want is waiting on the other side of your attention. Resources: Need a digital detox? We've put together a free, science-backed protocol with everything you need to reclaim your focus, sleep, and attention — download it here.  Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://markgroves.com/book —Explore My Courses: https://markgroves.com/courses Follow me and my work here: —Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markgrovestv  —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove Have A Question?—Have a Question For Mark That You’d Like To Hear Answered on the Podcast? Leave us a Voice Note Here: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMarkGrovesPodcast  Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! This episode is sponsored by: Cozy Earth: Use code CHANGE for 20% off sitewide at http://www.cozyearth.com

    17 min
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The Mark Groves Podcast is for heart-led humans eager to expand perspectives, explore HARD truths, and break old patterns while cultivating deeper, more honest connections with self, our relationships, community, and the world. Tune in twice a week for powerful guest interviews and solo episodes that deliver real talk, fresh insights, and practical tools to transform (y)our relationships — because relationships are how we truly connect — and supercharge (y)our personal growth.

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