Mark Groves - The Elusive Relationship To Truth

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

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

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Talking points: truth, social media, relationships, men, culture Phew! Mark and I covered about a million things this episode, but that's what happens when you've been friends for over a decade. There's an overarching theme though: getting caught up in narratives, and how that actually fractures our ability to stay relational and kind to people. Dig in for this very wide-ranging conversation. Editor's note: while Adderall (dextroamphetamine) has some molecular similarity with methamphetamine, they are not the same. The attached methyl group—the "meth" part—lets the compound cross the blood-brain barrier very easily, last longer, and amps up how addictive it is. The "dextro" means the compound is arranged in a specific way so much lower doses can be used. (00:00:00) - Why men a seen as the problem in our current society, and how social media plays into that narrative (00:14:42) - Balancing our perception of what men and women each bring to the table (00:27:59) - How Mark approaches charged topics and binary thinking (00:43:07) - Dehumanizing is easier thanks to social media, and how to stay relational (00:58:06) - Acknowledging complexity, and intersubjective reality Mark Groves is the founder of Create The Love. His own rock bottom – a relationship ending – sparked his lifelong journey to turn his mess into his message. Today, Mark is a human connection specialist, speaker, writer, motivator, creator, connector and collaborator. All. The. Things. As a bridge between the academic and the human, Mark invites people to explore the good, bad, downright ugly, and beautiful sides of connection. Connect with Mark -New book: Liberated Love: https://markgroves.com/elementor-landing-page-1696/ -Website: https://markgroves.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove/ *** This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Become your own soulmate, whether you’re looking for one or not. Visit BetterHelp.com/ManTalks today to get 10% off your first month. Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, Mr. Mark Groves, welcome back to the Man Talks show.
0:11.0	How you doing, brother?
0:11.9	I'm good, man.
0:12.7	I'm excited to be back.
0:14.1	I miss the Man Talks, peeps.
0:15.9	You know what's funny is you and I could just shoot the shit forever.
0:18.9	We basically spent the last 20 minutes.
0:21.1	We were supposed to start 20 minutes ago and ended up just sort of like shooting the shit.
0:25.1	So it's awesome. We got to hit record. Otherwise you and I will just like catch up.
0:29.9	So that's kind of what I hope this conversation turns into is just two good friends having a
0:36.7	conversation that people can be a fly on the wall
0:40.4	for. Does that sound good? That sounds great. Let's start with why are men seen as the problem
0:46.5	in relationships in our current society. Oh, we're going right there. I like it. We're just going to
0:53.0	start right there because I see all
0:54.7	of this content. I see so much like TikTok videos and social media videos and it's like men are the bad
1:01.5	ones and do, da, da, men need to change and grow and all that kind of stuff. And so like, what's that
1:06.0	all about? Yeah, you know, I did this video where I said that your partner, if he's male, is not going to
1:12.7	want to change if you keep telling him that he's broken and he's a problem.
1:16.9	You know, if you keep telling him that masculinity is toxic, that da-da-da-da-da,
1:21.2	because no one changes when shame is the mechanism or the tool to try to engage change.
1:28.1	And so there's so many layers to it, but I'll say the first part is, as you very well know,
1:33.3	is that society teaches us that men are bad, that masculinity is toxic,
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