The Mark Groves Podcast

Mark Groves is a human connection specialist -- that's his actual title, and somehow he makes it work without sounding pretentious. His podcast has grown to over 500 episodes with a 4.9-star rating from nearly 4,700 reviews, making it one of the highest-rated relationship-focused shows out there. And while it's not exclusively a men's podcast, Mark's perspective as a man navigating emotional intelligence, attachment patterns, and relational dynamics makes it particularly valuable for guys. The show mixes solo episodes (usually 10-37 minutes) with longer guest interviews that can stretch past an hour. Topics hit hard: narcissistic relationships, inherited family trauma, emotional abuse patterns, the impact of technology on genuine connection, grief processing, and how to stop repeating the same relationship mistakes. Mark brings on psychologists, therapists, and wellness experts, but the best episodes are often his solo reflections where he gets raw about his own experiences. Mark's style is direct without being aggressive. He challenges listeners to look at their own patterns honestly, and he does it with enough warmth that it doesn't feel like an attack. His background gives these conversations real structure -- he's not just sharing opinions, he's working from frameworks around attachment theory, nervous system regulation, and behavioral psychology. New episodes drop twice a week. If you're a guy who keeps ending up in the same frustrating relationship dynamics, or you just want to understand yourself better in the context of how you connect with others, Mark Groves gives you tools that actually transfer to real life. This is emotional intelligence training disguised as a podcast.