The Mark Groves Podcast

There is a question that will cut straight through any relationship fog you are sitting in right now. Could someone else love them better? Because if the answer is yes and you are still holding on, you have to ask yourself why. We get into why the life you were taught to want might be the very thing making you miserable, why your body is always the first to know when you are living out of integrity, and why real self love does not start with a grand gesture. It starts with the small choice to stop betraying yourself one boundary at a time.

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

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—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

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www.organifi.com/createthelove

Something is happening to men right now and we need to talk about it. Not in the way the internet does, with shame and hot takes, but in a way that actually gets to the root of the problem. Because the energy that destroys when it is unintegrated is the exact same energy that protects and leads when it is not. So why are we trying to crush it instead of initiate it? In this episode we get into fatherless boys, what The Manosphere is getting right and wrong, and why holding space for men's suffering is not a negation of anyone else's. It is actually how the whole system heals.

Resources:

The Fourth Quarter Men’s Mastermind: www.markgroves.com/fourthquarter

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 - @itsmarkgroves: https://www.instagram.com/itsmarkgroves

—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!

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In this episode, I have an honest conversation about something that I think every parent needs to hear right now. What are we actually signing our kids up for when we hand them a smartphone? Because the data is becoming really hard to ignore, and what is happening to our kids, especially our girls, is not okay. We talk about why social media hits boys and girls differently, what it is actually doing to their developing brains, and why learning to curate your attention might be the most important thing you can teach yourself and your child right now.

02:15 - The Anxious Generation: How Tech Outpaced Human Evolution

06:45 - The Shocking Stats: Why Social Media Hits Girls Harder

09:20 - My Wake-Up Call

12:40 - When Algorithms Decide Your Worth (And Kill Your Art)

15:59 Digital Dementia: What Smartphones Do to Kids' Brains

22:45 - The Contagion Effect: Why Everyone Thinks They Have ADHD

25:50 - Taking Back Control: Your Attention is Your Life

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 - @itsmarkgroves: https://www.instagram.com/itsmarkgroves

—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

In this episode we’re going to talk about betrayal, and not just the kind that someone else does to you. Because here is what I have come to understand: almost every external betrayal is preceded by a betrayal of yourself. The moment you said yes when you meant no. The moment you agreed to a dynamic you did not actually want because the need to belong was louder than the need to be honest. We explore why unprocessed betrayal keeps you locked in the same relationship patterns, why victims of betrayal often either become like the person who hurt them or shut their hearts down entirely, and the two sentence completions that will reveal everything you need to know about the unconscious beliefs driving your love life. Because the goal is not just to heal from what they did. It is to come home to yourself so completely that you never have to choose between connection and truth again.

00:00 - The Consequences of Unprocessed Betrayal

01:04 - Personal Story: The Betrayal I Ignored

02:41 - Self-Awareness vs. Truly Letting Someone Love You

04:38 - How Betrayal Becomes Standards and Walls

05:59 - Reflective Exercise: Complete These Sentences

06:42 - The Deep Link Between External and Internal Betrayal

11:09 - Moving from Blame to Responsibility

13:24 - Healing: Reconnecting to Yourself and Your Heart

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

In this episode, I want to talk about sobriety, and not the kind that starts with a rock bottom. The kind that starts with a whisper. A quiet voice inside you that says, what if life was better without this? We explore why the truths we know but refuse to live actually block us from receiving the next level of guidance we need, why quitting drinking is so often less about the alcohol and more about the fear of what other people will think, and why sobriety might just be the most radical act of presence you can choose. Because staying numb is not neutral. It is a choice to stay in the aquarium when the ocean is right there waiting for you.

00:06 – Heeding the "Small Voice"

01:13 – Simple "Life Math"

03:16 – Alchemizing Your Truth

05:05 – Aquarium vs. Ocean

06:21 – Breaking Social Codependency

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