Ep. 210 What if a cancelled flight wasn’t an inconvenience… but the start of your transformation? In this soul-stirring episode of Healing Her Within, host Maryann Rivera-Dannert takes you deep into the Costa Rican jungle for her first encounter with the sacred plant medicine, Grandmother Ayahuasca.

From airport chaos and travel setbacks to a powerful spiritual awakening, Maryann’s journey is a masterclass in patience, surrender, and self-discovery. Along the way, she shares how unexpected challenges can be your greatest teachers, why the people around you often reflect the lessons you most need, and how to be gentle with yourself when life doesn’t go to plan.

💡 You’ll Learn:

How to shift from frustration to focus when life tests you

The surprising lessons Ayahuasca revealed about healing and growth

Why surrendering control can lead to deeper peace and clarity

The magic of finding yourself surrounded by the “right” people at the “right” time

If you’ve ever wondered what’s waiting for you on the other side of discomfort, this episode is your invitation to lean in, listen, and discover the wisdom hidden in life’s detours.

Episode 206: My Soul's YES to Ayahuasca

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Chapters:

0:00 Embracing Ayahuasca: A Journey of Spiritual Awakening

4:03 Overcoming Travel Hurdles to Reach Costa Rica on Time

9:53 A Transformative Journey to a Costa Rican Jungle Retreat

14:26 Overcoming Physical Challenges and Finding Support in Nature

17:27 Travel Chaos and Resilience Amid Flight Cancellations

22:07 A Chaotic Journey Home Involving Buses and Unexpected Delays

26:06 Embracing Life's Lessons Through Ayahuasca and Self-Reflection

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Ep. 209 Everyone’s obsessed with joining the 6-figure club, but what about the consistent 4- and 5-figure earners who are building something real — something sustainable?

In this episode, we're calling out the glamorized hustle and redirecting the conversation to what actually matters:

✅ Healing your relationship with money

✅ Creating emotional safety around growth

✅ Developing a mindset that can hold success — not just chase it

Because if you can’t manage 3 figures, how will you steward 6?

Resource: Download the "Love Letter to Money" PDF Guide

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

Why glorifying the 6-figure mark is keeping you stuck

How to shift your mindset around “small beginnings”

The connection between trauma and money management

How to build capacity before chasing income

Why healing first will always be your best ROI

📣 Call to Action:

 ✨ Post one “small win” you’re celebrating this week and tag @therealmaryannriveradannert

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Chapters:

0:00 Embracing Financial Growth Stages

4:24 Setting Worthy Pricing

7:17 Overcoming Scarcity Mindset 

9:37 Celebrating Small Wins

11:53 Charging Your Worth in Business

12:59 Money Mindset Shifts

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Ep. 208 What if healing didn’t start with fixing what’s “wrong”—but celebrating what’s always been right? Host Maryann Rivera-Dannert sits down with TEDx speaker and boudoir photographer Liz Hansen to explore how sensual self-expression can be a radical tool for transformation.

Through intimate photography, Liz has helped over 2,000 women shift from shame to self-celebration—proving that confidence isn't a size, and healing doesn’t have to be quiet. It can be fierce. Bold. Beautiful. And deeply liberating.

Key Takeaways:

Whether you’re curious about boudoir or seeking a new way to reconnect with your body and spirit, this conversation will inspire you to see yourself through a more loving lens.

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Ep. 207 🌿 If you've ever felt like traditional healing methods only scratch the surface of your pain, this episode is your permission slip to go deeper. Maryann sits down with Lauren of Love — the transformative voice in plant medicine, feminine entrepreneurship, and soul healing — for a conversation that will leave you rethinking everything you thought you knew about success, self-worth, and the power of your inner teen.

After referencing Lauren’s work in the previous episode, Maryann dives into why she’s embarking on a healing retreat with Lauren in Costa Rica and what makes Lauren’s approach to healing so life-changing.

Lauren opens up about her own path: from surviving trauma, addiction, and chronic illness to finding freedom through plant medicine and deep inner work. She shares the layered process of healing — particularly the importance of integrating the inner child and teenager — and the transformational shifts that happen when we stop outsourcing our power and start trusting ourselves.

Learn about Lauren’s signature HEAL program and Conscious Creator Mastermind, both designed to support women in rediscovering their authentic selves, reclaiming their feminine energy, and building businesses rooted in soul purpose instead of strategy.

Key Takeaways:

🌱 Self-Healing as Reclamation – You can change your reality by reclaiming your inner power.

Quotables:

"Self-healing is really the reclamation process of coming back to a place within yourself where you believe you have the power to change your reality." – Lauren Eliz Love

"The inner teenager is such a wild phase... claiming these parts of us that we have been told are so wrong." – Lauren Eliz Love

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🔗 Lauren’s Website + Programs

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Ep. 206 🌿 If you’ve ever felt a tug from deep within—a knowing that something powerful is calling you toward plant medicine—this episode is for you.

Maryann gets real, raw, and radically honest as she prepares for her first sacred Ayahuasca Retreat in Costa Rica. From emotional readiness to spiritual surrender, this solo episode offers an intimate look into why she’s finally saying yes to this transformative journey—and what she hopes to leave behind.

✨ Key Takeaways:

What ayahuasca is—and what it’s not

Why preparation is spiritual, emotional, and physical

How clean eating, journaling, and intentional solitude prepare your vessel

What it means to be called (vs. curious)

The importance of safety and choosing women-led spaces

Why true healing starts before the ceremony

Whether you're exploring plant medicine for the first time or you're simply craving deeper healing, Maryann’s transparency offers insight, inspiration, and reflection prompts to honor your soul’s whispers.

⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 – A Personal & Sacred Invitation

0:57 – What Is Ayahuasca? (Origins + Ingredients)

2:11 – The Soul’s Question: What Are You Ready to Surrender?

3:35 – Trusting the Facilitators & Safe Spaces

5:17 – The Screening Process + Medical Intakes

6:30 – Purpose, Legacy & Facing What’s Been Buried

8:12 – What to Expect in Ceremony (Visions, Purging, Healing)

10:33 – The Power of Surrender 12:52 – “10 Years of Therapy in One Night” 13:35 – A Guiding Affirmation

14:20 – Mind, Body, and Spirit Preparation 15:31 – When You Say Yes, Things Begin to Shift 16:34 – Clearing Space for What’s Next

17:46 – Tips for Those Curious About Plant Medicine

18:21 – This Is Not Escape—This Is Return 19:02 – Advice for Women: Choose Safe, Feminine Containers

19:34 – Upcoming Episodes with Lauren of Love & Dr. Stephanie Burgos 20:30 – Reflection Prompt + The Courage to Sit With Yourself

21:19 – Your Healing Is Your Responsibility…But You’re Not Alone

🧘🏽‍♀️ “Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is sit with yourself and listen to the truth your soul has been whispering all along.”

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Ep. 205 Dr. Milicent Driver, an entrepreneurial strategist explores the connection between trauma, healing, and entrepreneurship.

Dr. Driver talks candidly about the pivotal moment in her life following personal tragedies and health challenges, sharing how these experiences unveiled entrepreneurship as her healing path.

This conversation unfolds touching stories of resilience, empowerment, and self-reclamation, offering hope and practical insights for women striving to find their footing amid life’s storms.

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About the Guest:

Milicent Driver is an empowerment strategist, author and speaker that is enthusiastic about supporting women in discovering their passions while inspiring them to establish goals. 

Milicent received her Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, a Master’s in Public and Environmental Affairs with a concentration in Human Services, and a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy. She’s a Christian Life Coach, certified in Evangelism and Exhortation.

0:00 Empowering Women Entrepreneurs With Dr. Milicent Driver

1:55 Turning Grief Into Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship

5:56 Healing Through Music, Journaling, and Meditation

9:23 Milicent on Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

12:28 Misconceptions About Healing and Managing Emotions

14:14 Building Confidence in Entrepreneurship

22:18 Empowering Women Through Healing and Personal Growth

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Ep. 204 Ever wonder if tarot could actually read you—before you say a single word? In this deeply personal episode of Healing Her Within, host Maryann Rivera-Dannert receives a live 3-card tarot reading from psychic life coach Lady Shiya… and what unfolds is nothing short of divine alignment. No prompts, no cues—just pure energetic truth that cuts through the noise and lands exactly where Maryann needs it.

Lady Shiya pulls three powerful cards—🪄 The Magician, 🦁 Strength, and 🌱 The Page of Pentacles—and each one brings a spiritual message that reflects Maryann’s own journey through burnout, boundary-setting, and breaking generational cycles of silence.

📲 Ready for your own soul truth moment? Listen now, then share this with a sister-friend who needs to reclaim her power too.

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✨ Key Takeaways:

You already have the tools—now move. Waiting is no longer a strategy.

Quiet strength isn’t weakness. It’s the bedrock of your next chapter.

Boundaries aren’t about being harsh—they’re contracts of self-worth.

Whether you’re tarot-curious or fully awakened, this episode invites you to step into the unknown and find healing in places you were taught to fear.

🧘🏽‍♀️ “Healing doesn’t always come wrapped in tradition. Sometimes it shows up in unexpected spaces—through people who speak your soul’s language before you even say a word.”

⏱ Chapters

00:00 – Opening Blessing & Maryann’s Skeptical Truth 02:45 – Stepping Outside Religious Trauma

03:30 – 🔮 Card 1: The Magician – Use What You Already Have

04:45 – 🔥 Goosebumps & the Power of Action

05:30 – 🦁 Card 2: Strength – The Power in Your Quiet Resilience

06:50 – 🛑 Card 3: Page of Pentacles – Boundary Reset & Reciprocity 08:45 – The Emotional Cost of One-Sided Friendships

10:28 – Three Strikes Rule for Boundary Breakers

13:15 – 🎤 Live Reading by Lady Shiya

19:55 – Maryann’s Closing Reflections & Affirmations

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Ep. 203 Reiki isn’t just energy work—it’s a spiritual recalibration. If you’ve heard of Reiki but never felt ready to try it, I want to share my story with you. Through Reiki, I was finally able to release pain I didn’t even realize I was holding. It helped me realign with my purpose and reconnect with a deep sense of inner peace. In this episode, I open up about how journaling, meditation, and Reiki became powerful tools on my healing journey—and how they can support you on yours.

✨ Key Takeaways:

Journaling as Emotional Alchemy: Use words to heal your inner child and gain clarity.

Meditation for Mindful Stillness: Calm the chaos and tune into your intuition.

Reiki for Energy Renewal: Clear trauma and restore balance to your body and spirit.

Small Steps, Big Shifts: Daily commitment leads to lasting transformation.

Intentional Self-Care: Build routines that connect you to divine guidance and inner strength.

📝 “Healing is a practice—and you are encouraged to have grace. It’s about showing up for you.”

🎧 Press play and join me in a 7-day challenge to integrate these soul-healing tools into your life. Your path to clarity, confidence, and emotional freedom begins here.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro 3 Soul Healing Tools

2:19 Reiki, Journaling, and Meditation for Emotional Healing

7:47 Journaling for Personal Growth

13:08 Meditation Tips for a Calmer Daily Routine

14:41 7 Day Challenge

18:13 Empowerment and Healing Through Consistency and Community

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Ep. 202 What if the key to healing isn’t found in a pill—but in a pressure point? In this episode of HealingHer Within, host Maryann Rivera-Dannert unpacks how acupuncture and massage therapy awaken the body’s natural ability to heal. From easing chronic pain to releasing emotional trauma, these ancient practices aren’t just remedies—they’re rituals of self-reclamation.

"Healing isn't just personal, it's generational. This is healing her within."

"Acupuncture helps to restore flow and it supports the body's natural ability to heal."

"Massage is more than pampering. It is medicine for the nervous system."

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Ep. 201 After 200 powerful episodes of Fearless Fridays with Maryann, we’re stepping into deeper waters of healing. In this debut episode of HealingHer Within, host Maryann Rivera-Dannert invites you into a sacred space where chakra alignment and breathwork become tools for transformation.

If you’re feeling stuck, anxious, or disconnected, your energy centers—your chakras—may be out of balance. Maryann breaks down what each chakra means, how it affects your emotional well-being, and how breathwork can help restore harmony from the inside out.

Whether you’ve been here since Fearless Fridays or you’re just discovering Maryann’s work, this episode sets the tone for a healing journey rooted in truth, self-love, and personal power.

Key Takeaways:
🔴 Root Chakra : Safety, stability, and feeling grounded.
🟠 Sacral Chakra: Creativity, pleasure, and emotional flow.
🟡 Solar Plexus Chakra: Self-confidence and personal power.
💚 Heart Chakra : Love, compassion, and forgiveness.
🔵 Throat Chakra : Truth-telling and clear communication.
🟣 Third Eye Chakra : Intuition and inner wisdom.
⚪ Crown Chakra : Spiritual connection and higher purpose.

💨 Breathwork is also introduced as a healing modality to regulate your nervous system, release stuck emotions, and ground you in the present moment.

💬 Notable Quotes:
"Balancing your chakras isn't about perfection. It's about coming back to yourself."
"When you heal your inner world, your outer world shifts with it. Period."
"Your breath is your reset button. It's a direct path to your peace, to your power, and your presence."

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