

The Mark Groves Podcast
Mark Groves
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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Aug 26, 2021 • 55min
#165: Attachment Theory 101 with Silvy Khoucasian
Themes: Attachment Theory, Attachment Styles, Dating, Relationships
THIS IS IT! The Attachment theory podcast you’ve all been waiting for! Silvy Khoucasian is my personal go-to expert for attachment theory so sit back and let us guide you through all things attachment!
Discover:
Attachment 101- New Course all about Attachment Theory and attachment styles
Silvy’s background and expertise in Attachment Theory
What your attachment style tendencies are and how you can change them to create secure stable relationships
Links:
https://createthelove.com/attachment
https://www.instagram.com/silvykhoucasian/
Sponsors:
Organifi | Visit organifi.com/createthelove to receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE!
Create more love by visiting:
createthelove.com
@createthelove
@createthelovecards
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Aug 19, 2021 • 58min
#164: Just BREATHE with Josh Trent
Themes: Breathwork, Emotional Awareness
Josh Trent is back by popular demand! Josh is the Founder of Wellness Force Media , host of the Wellness Force Podcast and the creator of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program. Josh has spent the past 19 years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world. This episode is for new AND seasoned breathwork practitioners!
Discover:
The role pain plays in shaping our ability to deal with adversity
The power of using breathwork to regulate emotions in everyday life
All about Josh’s program BREATHE, use code 'MARK' for 20% off!!!
Find more of josh at the following links!
www.wellnessforce.com
www.civilizedcaveman.com
www.wellnessforce.com/iTunes
www.youtube.com/wellnessforce
www.facebook.com/wellnessF
www.wellnessforce.com/group
www.twitter.com/wellnessforce
www.instagram.com/wellnessforce
www.linkedin.com/in/joshtrent
www.facebook.com/fitnessSD
www.instagram.com/trent_SD
www.facebook.com/CivilizedCaveman
www.instragram.com/civilizedcaveman
Sponsors:
Organifi | Visit organifi.com/createthelove to receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE!
Create more love by visiting:
createthelove.com
@createthelove
@createthelovecards
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Aug 13, 2021 • 58min
#163: Quit Your Day Job with Cathy Heller
Themes: Careers, Alignment, Professional development,
Cathy Heller is your number one hype woman! Seriously I get so pumped talking to her. Cathy helps people find out what they truly love in life and then helps them find ways to get paid for it.
Discover:
How to come back home to yourself and find out what you truly would like to do with your life
How to hold your own wants as goals for professional and personal development
What finding alignment with your professional life can do for your interpersonal relationships.
Links:
https://www.cathyheller.com/
https://www.instagram.com/cathy.heller/
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Aug 8, 2021 • 17min
#162: On Loving Yourself: Solo Episode
Themes: Values, Relationship to self, Boundaries, Self-love
Join me on this gentle invitation to think about how you love and relate to your own self. What do you value? What do you hold sacred when venturing outside of yourself to love another? If self-love is ultimately about the choices we make, do you love your choices?
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Discover:
The process of processing grief
Why checking in with yourself is important
Nurturing mental and emotional health
What is self love?
Sitting with yourself and listening, "What this pain asking of you?"
Betrayal of self
How to have reverence for yourself
What does sacredness mean to you?
Sponsors:
Organifi | Visit organifi.com/createthelove to receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE!
Create more love by visiting:
createthelove.com
@createthelove
@createthelovecards
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Aug 4, 2021 • 1h 1min
#161: Inside Male Emotions with Bryan Reeves
Themes: Male emotions, Masculine vs feminine communication, Anxious attachment, Breakups
Bryan Reeves is a writer, educator and coach specializing in the male experience within relationships. Bryan is an expert in troubleshooting emotional expression and you're going to want what he has to say!
Discover:
The male emotional experience and how men were traditionally expected to show up in relationships
What men AND women can do to take responsibility for how we communicate with each other
Bryan’s new book “Choose Her Everyday Or Leave Her”
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/bryanreevesinsight/
https://bryanreeves.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/@bryanreevesinsight?lang=en
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Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jul 28, 2021 • 55min
#160: What Femininity Wants with John Wineland
John Wineland is a speaker and teacher who leads men and women in the practices of embodied masculine leadership, spiritual intimacy and sexual polarity. John’s embodiment-driven teachings draw from over 30 years of experience of his own Buddhist meditative practice, as well as 10 years of intensive study and practice with renowned Yogic Intimacy teacher, David Deida.
Listen in as John unpacks the roles that masculinity and femininity play in our lives. John is a master teacher who navigates this space like no other. You’re going to want to hear his new paradigm of how masculinity can inform what action needs to take place in order for more freedom and love to be experienced in a relationship. I’ve admired John’s work for years, incorporating many of his teachings into my personal journey. You can find out more about John via the following links.
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Discover:
What is authentic masculine and feminine energy?
How do the masculine and feminine act in nature? (Structure vs. Flow)
The recipe for presence
How to dismantle pain and how it liberates us
The collective grief for men
How we lost permission to access anger
The path for men to reconnect to their feelings
How non-verbal communication can co-regulate the nervous system
What women really need
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_wineland/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/johnwineland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnWineland1/
Webstite: www.JohnWineland.com
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Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jul 18, 2021 • 50min
#159: How To Not Die Alone - Logan Ury
What does the science say about finding and creating health relationships? This week I dive into the science on dating and love with behavioral scientist turned dating coach, Logan Ury, who is also the author of the incredible book How To Not Die Alone. Not only is Logan a dating and relationship science ninja, she's also the Director of Relationship Science at the dating app Hinge where she leads a research team dedicated to helping people find love. You're not going to want to miss her brilliant and practical insights on how to create the love. #seewhatididthere
Find Logan at www.loganury.com on Instagram.
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Discover:
What makes a great relationship?
Dating blindspots
The "romanticizer", the "maximizer" and the "hesitater"
The Disney and Rom-Com paradox
The happily every after fallacy
The life partner vs. the prom date
How to improve your dating habits
How are you showing up?
Why we don't use discernment in dating
The drug of love
How to not die alone
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Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jul 14, 2021 • 1h 1min
#158: Why You Run From Love (or Sabotage it) - Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Why do we have such a hard time stepping towards love and/or surrendering into it? Why do we sabotage relationships with people who actually want to love us? In this episode, I welcome back one of your favourites, Dr. Alexandra Solomon. She is an absolute relationship wizard and we discuss what gets in the way of love and why. We explore how to navigate the delicate space of relationships and take responsibility for ourselves, and invite our partner to take responsibility for themselves. You're not going to want to miss this wisdom-packed episode. Buckle up.
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Discover:
Why we don't touch the depth of grief and pain
Noticing and exploring patterns are necessary to create shift
Why do we hesitate talking about our feelings
Name your pain
Taking in feedback and healthy shame
How to deepen relationships
How to move through shutting down
Relational is change cemented when...
Why acknowledgment is so critical
How to love bravely
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Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jul 7, 2021 • 1h 10min
#157: The Impacts of Lockdowns - Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
This week I am so excited to welcome Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on the podcast. He is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and directs Stanford’s Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. Dr. Bhattacharya’s recent research focuses on the epidemiology of COVID, including the lethality of COVID infection and effects of lockdown policies.
Listen out for:
The ideas behind pandemic plans, and why Dr. Bhattacharya says lockdowns will be viewed as the single biggest public health mistake in all of history.
Why public health officials' had the wrong approach by focusing on controlling all infections (or cases) in the population, rather than focusing on how to protect those most at risk.
The psychological, socio-economic, and physical effects that infection control/ lockdowns have had on individuals and communities.
Learn more about the Collateral Global project and connect with Dr. Bhattacharya on LinkedIn.
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Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jun 30, 2021 • 57min
#156: Recognizing Red Flags - Vienna Pharaon
This week I am so excited to share an amazing conversation from a Live webinar I hosted with one of my best friends, Vienna Pharaon. Vienna is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of New York, practicing out of NYC. Vienna received her Master of Science in Marriage & Family Therapy from Northwestern University and trained extensively at The Family Institute, Bette D. Harris Center.
In this episode we dive deep into dating, red flags, narcissism, unavailability, self-worth and so much more. Grab your pen and paper—this episode is dynamite!
Find more about Vienna's work here, and be sure to follow her on Instagram @mindfulmft.
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Discover:
Dating Q&A with Vienna
Dating dynamics and red flags
Why don't they text me back?
If you loved yourself would you respond this way?
Signs of green flags
What is love bombing?
Narcissism, gas lighting and discarding
Why we are drawn to people who wound us
Emotional familiarity, trauma bonding, and healing
How to touch the wound differently
The conversations we don't want to have are the exact thing we need for alignment
Why we are drawn to avoidant people?
How to heal the chasing
Why you need to tune in to yourself
How to take your power back
Your body is an amazing organic machine that can accomplish miraculous feats. But it needs the right fuel and signals to function at its best. Some of those signals include adaptogens which can help boost energy and help you return to a state of calm when you’re feeling stressed. Create The Love’s favourite source of adaptogens is Organifi!
Grab your Organifi at organifi.com/createthelove and receive 20% off all products with code CREATETHELOVE at the cart!
Our Sponsors:* Check out Saily: https://saily.com* Head to Avocado today and save up to 20% on certified organic mattresses during their Labor Day Sale. https://www.avocadogreenmattress.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands