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The Daring Well Podcast - Holistic Health & Wellness, Mindset, and Personal Growth
Are you ready to feel empowered and motivated to crush your wellness goals?
Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. Your one stop for mindfulness, meditations, holistic wellness, mental health, evidence based strategies, healthy habits, and deep and meaningful conversations to help you transform your mind and relationships.
Well, I’m your host, Rita Mercer. I’m a holistic wellness and mindset coach, licensed counselor, and your new virtual friend on this wild and crazy journey called life.
On the Daring Well podcast, we will explore holistic wellness practices to strengthen your mind, body, and spirit. Each episode we will learn new coping skills and explore holistic wellness tools and tips to shift your mindset and discover your true self.
With nearly a decade of experience as a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in trauma, grief, loss, and integrative mental health, I’m excited to share some nuggets of wisdom, clinical experience and research that I’ve learned along the way.
I invite you to lean in as I share stress management tools, resources, and guest interviews to help you DARE TO BE free, calm, have more joy, create meaningful relationships, be your true and authentic self.
Want more wellness and mindset support, let’s connect at DaringWell.com or on YouTube at Daring Well Coach.
If you’re ready to Dare to be Well, let’s lean in!
Episodes
124 episodes
There’s No Card for That with Rita Mercer
In this heartfelt and deeply affirming episode, Rita Mercer explores the life moments that often go unseen, unacknowledged, and uncelebrated. Titled “There’s No Card for That,” this conversation shines a light on the silent wins, invis...
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You Don’t Have to Hold It All Together: Go Beyond Survival Mode
Have you ever felt like you’re holding it all together on the outside… but quietly falling apart on the inside?In this powerful and honest conversation, Rita sits down with therapist and author Cherise Small to unpack wha...
The Hidden Key to Chronic Pain Relief: Healing Through Myofascial Release with Gwen Bernardo
✨ If you’ve been struggling with chronic pain, anxiety, or feeling “stuck,” this conversation may open a door you didn’t know existed.In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer sits down with Gwen ...
Stop Waiting, Start Living: Why Most People Stay Stuck (And How to Change)
Cam Cordin - I wasn’t waiting to die, I was racing to live!In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Rita Mercer sits down with Cam Corden, founder of Savage Chill and author of Savage Chill: Die to Live,...
How Are You? A Gentle Check-In for Your Mind & Heart
When was the last time you truly paused and asked yourself, “How am I really doing?”In this heartfelt and grounding episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita offers a moment of stillness in the middle of life’s busyness. T...
Secure Attachment: Healthy & Whole (Healing Attachment Wounds - Part 4)
In this final episode of the Healing Attachment Wounds series, Rita Mercer, podcast host, holistic wellness & mindset coach, and licensed counselor, explores what it truly means to experience secure attachment—the foundation...
Creating Calm & Safety in the Body: Movement Practices to Release Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress with Jo Stewart
In this insightful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer sits down with Jo Stewart, Yoga Teacher & the Founder of Garden of Yoga, Cohost of the Flow Artists Podcast, and author of Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga. ...
Want to go from Brain Hijack to Emotional Safety? Learn how to Regulate your Nervous System with Diane McDowell
Have you ever found yourself reacting in ways you later regret or feeling overwhelmed despite “doing everything right,” or constantly seeking validation from others? If you answered yes, you might be struggling with emotional safety and I...
Anxious Attachment: Calming the Fear of Abandonment (Healing Attachment Wounds - Part 3)
Anxious Attachment: Calming the Fear of Abandonment (Healing Attachment Wounds – Part 3)Relationships can bring us deep joy and connection—but they can also awaken some of our deepest fears.Have you ever found yourself wo...
Have a Soft Day – You Are Worthy of Softness
This week on The Daring Well Podcast, we’re pausing our attachment styles series for something deeply needed — a reminder and permission slip to embrace softness.This message is not just for women. It’s for men too!In a w...
Cut Soul Ties & Clear Negative Energy: How to Free Yourself from the Hidden Forces Draining Your Energy
In this powerful and eye-opening episode, Rita sits down with Herman Petrick, an internationally renowned energy healer with over 15 years of experience helping individuals and families clear energetic attachments.Herman shares ho...
Why Burnout Hits Women Differently: Nervous System Regulation for High-Achieving Women with Rachel Korb
In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer welcomes Rachel Korb, a somatic leadership coach specializing in supporting high-achieving women, leaders, and startup professionals. Rachel shares her journey from repeated burno...
Dismissive–Avoidant Attachment: Learning to Need Without Shame (Healing Attachment Wounds – Part 2)
In Part 2 of our Healing Attachment Wounds series, we gently explore the dismissive–avoidant attachment style — the pattern of emotional independence that once served as protection but may now be limiting deeper connection.Have you ever ...
Fearful–Avoidant Attachment: When Closeness Feels Unsafe (Healing Attachment Wounds Part - 1)
Healing Attachment Wounds – From Survival to Secure Connection (Part 1)In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, we begin a powerful four-part series on attachment styles and how early experiences shape the way we connect...
Are You Stuck in Survival Mode? Find Freedom to Heal & Restore with EFT Tapping with Sophia Torrini
In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer is joined by Sophia Torrini, certified clinical EFT practitioner and nervous system regulation expert. Together, they explore how chronic stress, trauma, and burnout...
Are you in control of your technology—or is it quietly controlling you?
In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, burnout is becoming the norm rather than the exception. In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, I sat down with Colin Corby, a technologist turned Digital Detox Coach, to explor...
Boundary Reframes: What Roles Are You Resigning From? (Part 2)
What roles are you resigning from?In this heartfelt continuation of last week’s conversation, Rita invites you to pause, breathe, and reflect on the unassigned roles you may have stepped into—roles that are no longer serving who y...
What Roles Are You Resigning From This Year ? (Part 1)
In this powerful and reflective episode of The Daring Well Podcast, host Rita Mercer invites you into a compassionate conversation about the roles many of us unconsciously take on—and why it may be time to lovingly resign from them.
Sacred Rest: Increase Productivity and Balance Rest (Replay)
In today’s episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer invites you to slow down, pause, and reconnect with the healing power of sacred rest. In a world that glorifies hustle, productivity, and constant movement, thi...
Why We Can’t Sleep: Insomnia, Anxiety, & the Call to Rest Well with Dr. Benjamin Long
Sleep is essential to our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being—yet for so many people, bedtime is filled with restlessness, anxiety, and frustration. In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer is joined by ...
Peak Performance, Purpose, & the Path to Health, Wealth, & Love with Alan Lazaros
What if peak performance wasn’t about doing more—but about living more intentionally?In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer sits down with Alan Lazaros to explore peak performance through purp...
Healing Your Relationship with Money with AJ Schneider
In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita sits down with AJ Schneider, founder of Beyond the Green Coaching, to explore the emotional roots of our money habits, the shame many people carry around finances,...
How Movement, Mindfulness & Self-Love Shape a Wellness Lifestyle
Guest: Kat Anselmo – Health Coach, Yoga Teacher, Wellness GuideIn this week's episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer sits down with wellness coach and yoga teacher Kat Anselmo to explore how small daily pr...
Soul Surgery. It's time to heal you. Turning Pain Into Purpose with Nikki Allen
In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, I had the honor of sitting down with Nikki Allen, award-winning author, filmmaker, R&B artist, and spiritual disruptor. Nikki is candid and opens up about her healin...
The Yielding Warrior: How Meditative Arts Build Awareness, Strength & Flow with Jeff Patterson
In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, I sit down with Jeff Patterson, founder of the Northwest Fighting Arts Academy and creator of The Yielding Warrior Method. With over 36 years in meditative and martial arts...
