#338: When Things Get Tough, Do You Quit?

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, I share about my transformative journey with plant medicine in Peru. I explain the physical sensations, the discomfort I felt and how I worked through it, the visions I saw, the reflections I had, and the profound lessons I learned throughout the experience. I share this with you in hopes that some of my reflections will resonate with you. Sending you so much love. —Matt Zemon - Beyond the Trip: A Journal for Psychedelic Preparation and Integration: https://a.co/d/akIQfVE —Branden Collinsworth’s Warrior Retreats: https://www.warriorretreats.com —Get My New Book! Liberated Love - Release Codependent Patterns and Create the Love You Desire: https://a.co/d/91ElXvN —Follow me on Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —Subscribe to my Newsletter: https://mark-groves.mykajabi.com/newsletter —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com —Follow me on Facebook - @createthelove: https://www.facebook.com/createthelove If you want to dive deeper into my content, search through every episode, find specific topics I've covered, and ask me questions, go to my Dexa page: https://dexa.ai/markgroves Themes: Psychedelics, Ayahuasca, Shamanism, Spirituality, Presence, Introspection, Codependency, Martyrdom, Transformation, Fear, Grief, Truth, Plant Medicine, Reverent Relationship to Plant Medicine 0:00:00 Intro 0:09:44 Preparing and participating in the jungle plant rituals 0:18:59 Physical Sensations and Reflections 0:20:51 Connection to Ayahuasca through Reciprocal Relationship with Land 0:22:46 Feeling the Discomfort 0:24:40 Navigating Dark Entities and Protecting Your Energy 0:25:51 Embracing the Present and the Importance of Integrity 0:27:52 Having Patience with Unresolved Matters in the Heart 0:28:06 Embracing the Mystery of Unanswered Questions 0:30:05 The Importance of Self-Leadership 0:32:14 Stepping into Personal Leadership 0:32:44 Gathering Wisdom 0:34:06 A Commitment Driven by Love for Family 0:34:52 Trusting the Spiritual Realms and Letting Go 0:36:58 Embracing the Unknown and Finding Community This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth: Use code GROVES for 40% off sitewide at https://cozyearth.com/GROVES Drop us a note at podcast@markgroves.com for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of the Mark Groves podcast.
0:06.7	Today I'm coming at you with a solo episode. I'm going to dive deeper into my experience in Peru,
0:13.9	give you a little more details on it and my experience with ayahuasca.
0:19.0	And also, if you're watching the video of this, you'll notice that I'm in a
0:24.1	booth, like a phone booth, basically, and I'm at WeWork. And, you know, I think I just wanted to
0:29.6	mention this because so often we don't start, because I don't have the right camera, I don't have
0:35.9	the perfect microphone, I don't have, we have so many bullshit excuses so that we don't have the right camera. I don't have the perfect microphone. I don't have, we have so many
0:38.6	bullshit excuses so that we don't have to begin, so that we don't have to be vulnerable.
0:44.1	And, you know, this is often the pursuit of perfection actually getting in the way of even
0:49.1	greatness, you know, this idea that it all has to be perfect. It's such a lie. But again, it's our way of not
0:56.7	having to put ourselves out there. So I hope that my podcast recording in a booth inspires you
1:04.5	to hit record wherever you're at. There are so many successful creators, teachers, all that
1:10.1	kind of stuff who are defying all the quote-unquote rules.
1:14.4	The rules are what get in the way.
1:17.4	You know, like people want real.
1:19.5	They want truth.
1:20.8	They want honesty.
1:22.7	They want vulnerability.
1:24.0	They want to witness someone taking a risk.
1:27.3	So take that risk. So I went to
1:31.4	Peru, the end of November and beginning of December. I went for six days into the jungle. So I was
1:39.2	there for a total of 10 days, 10 or 11, but six of them were spent deep in the jungle in the Amazon. So I landed
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