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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In this episode I dismantle the prison of regret, resentment, and anger and show you how those very emotions can become the fuel for your greatest transformation. I unpack the paradox of regret, why your past can educate you without defining you, and how to channel heartbreak, betrayal, and disappointment into a comeback that is personal, powerful, and aligned.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello!
#500: Lessons From 500 Podcast Episodes
Monday, February 23, 2026 • Duration 24:53
In this episode I mark 500 conversations by pulling back the curtain on the most important lessons I’ve learned about integrity, humility, codependency, leadership, and evolving out loud. I share how studying the masters taught me to become one in my own life, how people pleasing quietly leaked into my business and lowered my standards, and why restoring integrity—again and again—is the foundation of peace, power, and exceptional relationships.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode I go straight at the truth most of us avoid: if you don’t decide who you are, someone else will decide for you. I unpack how people pleasing, codependency, and the fear of saying no quietly steal your dreams, your health, and your self respect, and how every external betrayal usually starts with an internal one. I challenge you to audit where you’re abandoning yourself, where you’re choosing belonging over authenticity, and where you’re consuming instead of creating. If you’re ready to stop outsourcing your identity, stop living for approval, and finally build relationships that help you grow instead of shrink, this conversation will light a fire under you.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode I speak directly to anyone stuck in a manipulative or emotionally abusive relationship and wondering why leaving feels so impossible. I unpack how empathy, hope, and old attachment wounds can keep you bonded to chaos, and why compassion without boundaries turns into self-abandonment. This episode offers a clear, empowering truth: the moment you recognize where you’re still consenting to the dynamic, you regain the power to choose differently. If you’ve been doubting yourself, questioning your reality, or waiting for someone else to change, this is your invitation to reclaim your agency and become the safety you’ve been searching for.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode I share a deeply personal reflection on how a recent therapeutic psychedelic experience helped me untangle inner conflict, release resentment, and reconnect with a clearer sense of purpose. I unpack the realization that I was pouring energy into the wrong battles and how parts work revealed a more life giving path forward focused on presence, integration, and truth rather than reactivity. This episode explores identity, belonging, trauma, and technology and invites you to stop fighting yourself, reclaim your life force, and redirect it toward a life that actually feels grounded, meaningful, and whole.
Resources:
—More about Mike and his work here: https://mikezeller.com/
- Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode Mark sits down with acclaimed therapist and author of It Didn’t Start With You, Mark Wolynn, to unpack the shocking science and lived reality of inherited trauma. They dive into research showing how war and partner violence can leave epigenetic “fingerprints” across generations, and why so many high-functioning people still wake up with panic, loneliness, or a sense of not being safe, often without knowing why. Learn the powerful “worst fear” question that helps pinpoint whether you’re dealing with attachment trauma or inherited family trauma. This conversation offers a radically clear map for where the pain actually starts and how to finally resolve it.
Mark Wolynn (accent on second syllable) is the director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco. He is a leading expert in the field of inherited family trauma. His book It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle is the winner of the 2016 Nautilus Book Award in psychology, and has been translated into 17 languages. His articles have appeared in Psychology Today, Mind Body Green, MariaShriver.com, Elephant Journal and Psych Central, and his poetry has been published in The New Yorker.
In this episode I deliver a no-BS reminder that you’re not stuck, you’re actually choosing, and the moment you stop owning your choices is the moment you hand your life over to resentment, helplessness, and disconnection. I break down why radical responsibility is the gateway to real freedom (without denying grief, pain, or the ways you’ve been hurt), and why “pretending you don’t know” is one of the most self-destructive habits we normalize. This is your call to stop playing small, stop colluding with old identities and addictions, and start treating failure as feedback, not a final verdict.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode I take a hard look at our addiction to speed, noise, and constant consumption—and how it’s quietly pulling us out of our bodies, our relationships, and our lives. I unpack why silence feels so uncomfortable, how technology and blue light are reshaping our nervous systems, and why choosing slowness, reading, and presence has become a radical act. This is an invitation to stop outsourcing your awareness, reclaim your attention, and build a conscious relationship with technology that actually supports your humanity. If you’ve been feeling overstimulated, disconnected, or restless, this episode will call you back to what’s real, grounded, and life-giving.
In this episode I deliver a wake-up call for anyone who keeps delaying the changes they know they need to make—because the cost of avoidance always shows up as anxiety, addiction, and quiet self-betrayal. I unpack why so many of us wait until a crisis, rock bottom, or brush with mortality forces transformation, and how our unconscious wounds silently steer our choices until we start calling it “fate.” This episode is a direct challenge to stop negotiating with your potential, stop pretending you don’t know, and finally live in integrity—because the time isn’t “someday.” It’s now.
Resources:
—Get My Breakup 5 Day Audio Series and Workbook: www.createthelove.com/breakupaudio
—Get My Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire:https://markgroves.com/book
In this episode I share a raw, unexpected series of moments—that all converge on one unavoidable truth: life is fragile, and integrity can’t wait. I explore how incongruence slowly kills our aliveness, how the smallest compromises quietly accumulate, and why waiting for the “right time” is the most dangerous lie we tell ourselves. This is a direct, unfiltered invitation to stop negotiating with your future self, to reclaim your attention from the distractions anesthetizing your potential, and to live in alignment with what you already know is true. Because every choice you make is either life-affirming or life-draining, and one day, you won’t have the luxury of pretending otherwise.
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello!
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
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:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at https://l.shareiin.com/Zs6uK
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello!
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
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:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
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—Contact us at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, or just to say hello!
—This episode is sponsored by: Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
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:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
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:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
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:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
If you want to dive deeper into Mark’s content, search through every episode, find specific topics we’ve covered, and ask him questions, go to his Dexa page: https://ask.markgroves.com
This episode is sponsored by:
Institute for Integrative Nutrition: Certified Health Coach Training: Use code MARKGROVES20 for20% off ALL courses from IIN & Chopra at http://bit.ly/MARKIIN
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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