The Chemistry of Connection: Psychedelics, Love, and the Human Heart - Mark Groves

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Dec 22, 2025

In this engaging discussion, Mark Groves, a human connection specialist and founder of Create The Love, delves into how psychedelics can unveil the hidden patterns in our relationships. He shares personal experiences shifting from external validation to inner truth through heartbreak and plant medicine. They tackle the impact of technology on emotional safety, the risks of over-relying on healing tools, and how intentional psychedelic use can bridge societal divides, fostering understanding and dialogue. Mark's insights on personal sovereignty in partnerships are both thought-provoking and practical.

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INSIGHT

Relationships Drive Health

Mark Groves realized relationships are central to health because emotional dysregulation drives inflammation and disease.
He shifted from pharma sales to studying positive psychology to teach relational skills that protect well-being.

ANECDOTE

Breakup Triggered Relational Work

Mark described leaving his engagement after realizing he avoided hard conversations his whole life.
That breakup triggered a vow to have every conversation he avoided and launched his relational work.

INSIGHT

Belonging Versus Self-Expression

Humans need both belonging and self-expression, and belonging usually wins when they're in conflict.
That trade-off explains why people often abandon themselves to preserve relationships.

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In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin speaks with human connection specialist and Create The Love founder Mark Groves about how psychedelics reveal the hidden patterns shaping our relationships.

Find full show notes and links here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-335/?ref=278

Mark shares how heartbreak, honesty, and plant medicine helped him move from external validation to inner truth. Together, they explore emotional safety, attachment wounds, technology's influence on agency, and the growing overlap between relational healing and psychedelic integration.

Mark Groves is a human connection specialist, author, speaker, coach, podcast host, and founder of Create The Love. For over a decade, he has helped individuals and organizations transform relationships through emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and radical honesty.

Highlights:

Psychedelics and relationship patterns
Attachment wounds and emotional safety
Honesty as integration practice
Technology, agency, and attention
Personal sovereignty in partnership

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