Ep. 239 There comes a moment in your life where “security” no longer feels safe… it feels suffocating.

In my talk from the Second Act Virtual Business Summit hosted by Leslie A.M. Smith—From Security to Sovereignty—I invite you to gently question the roles, identities, and expectations you’ve been holding onto… and ask yourself: Is this truly aligned with who I am becoming?

So many of us were taught to choose stability over truth.

But your second act? It’s about expanding into your sovereignty.

💫 Reclaiming your voice

About the Speakers:

Maryann Rivera-Dannert is the founder of the Liberated Women's Movement, a coaching business devoted to empowering women from the inside out. As host of HealingHer Within podcast, Maryann focuses on transforming the mindset, tackling issues like self-doubt and imposter syndrome, and guiding women toward healing their inner selves. With a rich background in HR and coaching, Maryann has dedicated her efforts to helping others lead liberated lives.

👉 Maryann’s Website
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📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Leslie A.M. Smith is the host of the Second Act Business Summit, which offers a platform for experienced professionals to explore new career ventures. Leslie facilitates insightful discussions with various experts, offering rich resources and practical advice for those looking to redefine or reboot their professional lives.

00:03:41 Entrepreneurship Truths: Passion, Freedom & Challenges

00:06:15 Resilience & Mindset: What It Really Takes

00:09:07 From Corporate Comfort to Entrepreneurial Freedom

00:12:02 Networking & Knowledge: Building the Right Rooms

00:14:37 Finding Your Why & Staying Committed

00:19:41 Facing Fear & Embracing the Unknown

00:23:29 Preparing Financially for Your Career Transition

00:27:14 From Security to Sovereignty: Reclaiming Your Power

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Ep. 238 Returning to yourself isn’t a one-time moment. It’s a lifelong practice. In the final installment of the Return to Self series, Maryann Rivera-Dannert explores one of the most important tools for protecting your healing: healthy boundaries.

Many women are conditioned to equate love with self-sacrifice, but boundaries are not about controlling others—they are about protecting your peace, energy, and authenticity.

In this episode, Maryann shares how boundaries reveal the health of our relationships, prevent resentment, and help us stay aligned with the woman we are becoming.

Key Takeaways:

• Boundaries protect your emotional well-being and healing

🌐 Resources:

Return to Self Private Coaching

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
👉 TikTok
📖 Book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

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Ep. 237 You can be successful, accomplished, and still feel like something inside you is out of alignment. In Part 5 of the Return to Self series, Maryann explores the deeper layer of healing many women overlook—spiritual alignment.

🌐 Resources:

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
📖 New book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

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Ep. 236 What if your trauma isn’t a flaw, but proof that your body was trying to protect you?

In Part Four of the Return to Self series, Maryann gently guides you through one of the most sacred phases of healing: rebuilding safety, reclaiming your strength, and learning to trust yourself again.

This episode is a reminder that healing doesn’t come from forcing your way through old pain. It comes from teaching your body that the danger has passed.

Key Takeaways;
✨ How to create emotional, physical, and internal safety
✨ What it means to move beyond survival mode
✨ How to restore self-trust by listening to your body without judgment
✨ Daily safety rituals and body-based practices that help you return to calm

🌐 Resources:

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
📖 New book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Episode Chapters:

00:00 Topic Teaser: Understanding Trauma Recovery
02:02 Defining Trauma and Its Impact
03:27 Building Emotional and Physical Safety
4:52 Reclaiming Strength Beyond Survival Mode
6:59 Restoring Self-Trust and Intuition
8:51 Action Steps for Healing and Self-Care

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Ep. 235 There is a version of you still waiting to be forgiven.

In Part 3 of The Return to Self series, Maryann walks you through self-forgiveness. You’ve done the inner child work. You’ve released the emotions. Now it’s time to stop punishing yourself for surviving.

So many women carry guilt for choices they made when they were trying to stay safe, loved, or accepted. But shame is not accountability. And punishment is not growth.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

Return to Self-Series:

PART 1: Ep 233 Inner Child Healing

PART 2: Ep 234 Emotional Release

Ep. 188 - Guided Meditation Self-Love Affirmations

Self-Affirmations Guide

Chapters:

00:00 – Welcome Back

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Ep. 234 Have you ever felt resentment, guilt, or shame and then judged yourself for feeling that? In Part 2 of The Return to Self, I’m inviting you to look at those emotions differently — not as signs that something is wrong with you, but as signals that something within you needs compassion and release.

In this episode, I share personal reflections, gentle questions, and practical steps to help you start loosening your grip on these emotional burdens — not by forcing yourself to “fix” them, but by allowing yourself to feel them with compassion.

🌐 Resources:

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
👉 TikTok
📖 New book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Chapters:

0:00 — Why Heavy Feelings Show Up
1:42 — Pain That Turned Into Resentment
4:05 — The Hidden Message Inside Guilt
6:48 — Breaking the Lie of Shame
9:30 — Questions That Bring Clarity
12:15 — Letting Go Without Forcing Healing
15:02 — Compassion Over Self-Criticism
17:40 — Choosing Peace and Honoring Growth

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Ep.233 Explore how childhood wounds manifest in adult life and discover ways to identify, repair, and nurture your inner self with compassion. Maryann offers insights into reparenting, embracing self-kindness, and recognizing the profound impact of addressing old emotional imprints. She guides listeners through practical exercises to connect with and honor their inner child, fostering personal growth and liberation. Tune in for an empowering discussion on self-awareness, resilience, and the path to becoming whole.

"You were never broken; you were becoming."

"Awareness is the first layer in healing.”

"Reparenting is how we teach our inner child a new way of being."

🌐 Connect with Me:

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
👉 TikTok
📖 New book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Chapters:

0:00 Healing Your Inner Child

4:50 The Pressure of Perfection for Love and Acceptance

5:32 Cultural Expectations and Childhood Responsibilities

6:55 Awareness and Healing of Inner Child Wounds

8:05 Reparenting and Self-Compassion for Healing Inner Childhood Wounds

11:41 Inner Child Healing Through Compassion and Self-Reflection

16:17 Connect on Social Media and Prioritize Mental Health

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Ep. 232 I’m setting the tone for this episode the same way I begin my own practice — slowing down, lighting Palo Santo, pulling oracle cards, and coming back to myself.

In this conversation, I’m sharing what intention-setting really looks like when life interrupts your routines and pulls you back toward comfort. After my Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, my spiritual practices deepened — but I’ll be honest, staying consistent hasn’t always been easy. And that’s exactly why this episode matters.

The oracle cards I pulled spoke directly to trust, patience, and resilience. One reminded me (and maybe you) that you’re already on the right path — even if it doesn’t feel like it yet.

Another, The Ever Unfolding Rose, whispered this truth: growth can be beautiful and uncomfortable at the same time. 🌹

This episode is also a gentle introduction to my upcoming series, Return to Self — a trauma-aware, heart-centered space for women who are ready to heal, reconnect, and remember who they are beneath the noise.

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Ep. 231 Ever hovered over a checkout page for an honorary doctorate and felt that pit in your stomach like, “Something about this doesn’t sit right…” — you’re not alone. In this episode of Healing Her Within, Maryann Rivera- unpacks the rise of honorary doctorates in social media and coaching spaces — and the blurred line between recognition and status chasing.

As someone who actually holds an honorary doctorate and earned academic degrees, Maryann speaks candidly about the ethics, the pressure to look “credible,” and the quiet discomfort many feel when titles start doing more talking than truth.

This conversation isn’t about judgment. It’s about clarity.

Hot Takes:

Honorary doctorates are recognition, not earned degrees

Accredited institutions matter

Paying for ceremonies ≠ , buying titles

Misrepresentation can cause legal and ethical issues

Transparency protects your credibility

Integrity always outlives titles

🌐 Resources:

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
👉 TikTok
📖 New book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Chapters:

0:00 The Truth About Honorary Doctorates

2:00 Why Everyone Suddenly Wants to Be Called “Doctor”

3:31 Dropping Out, Starting Over, and Redefining Success

4:44 Honor vs. Credentials: What an Honorary Degree Really Means

14:03 The Real Cost of Higher Education No One Talks About

17:51 When Titles Become Traps Instead of Tools

23:05 Integrity Over Image: The Ethics of Using Honorary Titles

31:00 Choosing Self-Worth, Financial Wisdom, and True Empowerment

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Ep. 230 You can love God deeply and still be angry, confused, and heartbroken. If you’ve ever tried to make sense of loss that has no explanation—or hold faith in one hand while carrying grief in the other—this episode is for you.

In this deeply personal episode of HealingHer Within, Maryann Rivera-Dannert opens her heart following a devastating Christmas Day tragedy involving her son. Maryann offers three tips for building resilience and honoring personal healing journeys.

🌐 Resources:⁠

NEW BOOK: In the Pursuit of Fearless Living⁠

👉 Maryann’s Website
👉 Instagram
👉 Facebook
👉 TikTok
📖 Book: The Liberated Woman’s Voice: 365 Affirmations for the Mind, Body, & Soul

📖 Book: From Limitation to Liberation

Key Takeaways:

Faith & Uncertainty Can Coexist – Faith doesn’t require certainty. It means showing up, even with the questions.

Honor Every Emotion – Anger, confusion, grief, and betrayal all deserve space—no explanations required.

Resilience Is a Practice – Grounding tools like prayer, journaling, meditation, and breathwork help you return to yourself.

Support Is Strength – Therapy and counseling are vital resources when navigating trauma and loss.

Your Healing Has Its Own Timeline – There is no rush, no deadline, and no “right” way to heal.

💬 “Faith means that you keep showing up even with the questions.”

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