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The Mark Groves Podcast

#403: What is Love Bombing? Signs of Emotional Manipulation

The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves

Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Explore the deceptive allure of love bombing — where overwhelming affection and grand gestures mask manipulative intentions that can lead to emotional turmoil. This episode unpacks the psychological roots of this behavior, often driven by narcissistic tendencies, and its impact on creating distance from loved ones. Discover the key signs to watch for, the importance of setting healthy boundaries, and strategies to reclaim your personal agency. Through reflection and practical advice, this episode encourages you to prioritize your emotional well-being and seek relationships that truly honor your worth. Resources: —Join My Online Community: http://markgroves.com/aligned —Get My New 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 Newsletter: https://markgroves.com/newsletter —Subscribe to my Substack: https://markgroves.substack.com Find an archive of my work here: —Instagram - @createthelove: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove —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: Authenticity, Love Bombing, Manipulative Relationships, Narcissistic Behavior, Emotional Manipulation, Overwhelming Affection, Relationship Red Flags, Emotional Chaos, Psychological Roots, Narcissism in Relationships, Toxic Relationships, Relationship Boundaries, Healthy Boundaries, Personal Agency, Emotional Well-Being, Reclaiming Your Power, Isolation in Relationships, Recognizing Love Bombing, Protecting Your Heart, Healing from Manipulation, Mental Health in Relationships Drop us a note at [email protected] for sponsor product support, questions, comments, guest suggestions, or just to say hello! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What people do in abusive relationship dynamics is they start to create opposition with you and the people you love because the people who love you can see these types of behaviors so the way that the narcissistic abuser protects from that is they start to section you off, cut you off.

0:16.4

You might be receiving this podcast because someone has listened to this who cares about

0:20.1

you and has witnessed you get this distance between you and them that the people you love your friends

0:25.9

that you don't spend time with anymore and inevitably it's because perhaps the

0:29.8

person you're dating has said oh I don't like their values or they're not a good influence on you and

0:35.2

maybe just in receiving this podcast episode there's an opportunity to just reflect do they have

0:40.1

bad intentions are their values have I been corralled off from the people I love? Is there a part within my own body that feels like I'm not happy that I've been manipulated, that I don't feel grounded?

0:52.0

But first, these messages.

0:54.0

For the last couple of years my soul has been calling me towards creating an analog retreat

0:59.6

experience for entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs.

1:02.6

We create our own businesses from a place of passion, purpose,

1:06.0

this desire to liberate ourselves from working for other people, from leaving a 9-to-5.

1:11.4

And then you realize, as you're in it that entrepreneurship, much like romantic

1:15.7

relationships, is one of the most potent containers for personal growth because when you build a business

1:21.2

based on you and something you love, then it is directly correlated

1:25.6

to our sense of worth.

1:26.7

And this is why abundance and relationship to money is so connected to self-worth and security, right? Both romantic relationships and

1:34.0

relationships to money are both connected to safety and that's why the triggers

1:39.2

that come up with one come up with both. This is why I wanted to one bring entrepreneurs and people who want to create businesses back into nature, back into connection with themselves, back into connection with the thing that truly fuels your business, which is you.

1:53.0

What really sells the things you do is that it is based on what you love doing.

1:58.0

It's based on why you start it.

2:00.0

But we forget why we started when we get stuck in all the have-to's and the shoulds.

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