Awakening the Light Within with Dawn M. Rivers

About Awakening the Light Within with Dawn M. Rivers

You Get What You Get: Beyond Achievement, Into Alignment is for high-achieving women asking, *Is this still the life I want?* Join transformational speaker, life coach, and author Dawn M. Rivers for honest conversations about identity, midlife reinvention, ambition, inherited patterns, boundaries, grief, career transitions, and redefining success. Discover what happens when you stop letting achievement define you and start creating a life that actually feels like yours. Because you get what you get because you get who you are.

Publisher

Dawn M. Rivers

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Aug 2022

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   You Get What You Get: Six Months of Breaking Cycles and Becoming.

   Hey, love! Sometimes life gives you an unexpected reminder that letting go is part of becoming. Today, I'm sharing a personal moment that caught me completely off guard. A former neighbor sent me pictures of my late mother's house, and what I saw stirred up emotions I wasn't expecting. It reminded me that even when we've released something physically, there can still be an emotional attachment to what it once represented. And somehow, that experience connects beautifully to something I'm celebrating: the six-month anniversary of my book, You Get What You Get: Break the Cycles You Didn't Choose, Reclaim Your Identity, & Create a Life That Finally Feels Like Yours. In this episode, I'm reflecting on legacy, generational patterns, and what it means to recognize the cycles we've inherited without feeling obligated to continue them. I'm also taking you behind the scenes of two of my coaching frameworks, The Path to the Awakened Woman and the Luxe Identity Spiral™, and introducing you to three women you might recognize in yourself: Stagnant Stella, Searching Serena, and Thriving Theresa. Because awareness is only the beginning. We get to reclaim our truth, make new choices, and create a legacy that begins with us. And we're celebrating! Join me on Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 PM Eastern for a special livestream celebrating six months of You Get What You Get. I want to hear your favorite chapters, your biggest takeaways, the Dawnisms that stayed with you, and how you've been applying what you've learned. Whether you've read the book, are still making your way through it, or are just discovering it, I'd love to have you join the conversation. Explore the book, audio course, and additional resources: https://dawnmrivers.com/book (https://dawnmrivers.com/book) Because you get what you get because you get who you are. And the beautiful thing is, you get to choose who you're becoming.

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   57, A Spiritual Reset, and the Beauty of Making It Easy

   I'm back, love! And sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is stop trying to make everything happen. After taking a little break from the podcast, I'm sharing what happens when you give yourself permission to pull back, get quiet, and let life unfold without forcing it. In this free-flowing episode, I'm reflecting on my 57th birthday celebration in Long Beach, California, the beautiful women who gathered around me, and why this birthday felt less like a party and more like an energetic, emotional, and spiritual reset. I'm also sharing my unexpected journey into A Course in Miracles, how Amanda Frances's Abundance Timeline sparked my curiosity, and the surprising synchronicities that followed. From conversations with friends to daily spiritual lessons, I've been exploring what it means to move from fear toward love, trust, and alignment. And somewhere along the way, I found my spark again. Because sometimes wanting more doesn't mean doing more. Sometimes it means getting still enough to recognize what's already waiting for you. Let's talk about birthdays, friendship, spiritual curiosity, divine timing, and the beauty of making life a little easier. I'd love to hear from you: Have you ever read, studied, or practiced A Course in Miracles? What has it taught you? https://dawnmrivers.com (https://dawnmrivers.com)

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   7 Sept 2026

   What If Your Awakening Makes Your Life Inconvenient?

   Comeback Season, Episode 5: What If Your Awakening Makes Your Life Inconvenient? We love to describe awakening as a beautiful moment of clarity. The clouds part, the truth appears, and suddenly everything makes sense. But what happens when the truth you awaken to threatens the life you worked hard to create? In this episode, I’m exploring the inconvenient side of awakening: recognizing that a job, relationship, routine, role, or version of success may no longer fit—and realizing that you can’t unknow what you now know. I share how this has appeared throughout my own life, from divorce and opening and closing Daybreak Yoga to becoming a flight attendant, caring for and losing my mother, publishing You Get What You Get, and continuing to question what I want my life to look like now. The awakening isn’t only found in the event. It happens at the intersection of what occurred, what you noticed, what you could no longer deny, and what you chose to do next. In this episode, we discuss: Why awakening doesn’t always feel peaceful How high-achieving women negotiate with truths that disrupt their plans Why gratitude and misalignment can exist at the same time The difference between aligned action and impulsive action What to do when you recognize the truth but aren’t ready to make a major change Why naming what you know is already a form of movement A Practice: The Inconvenient Truth Inventory Divide a page into three sections: What I know: What truth have I already recognized? What it disrupts: What role, relationship, routine, plan, identity, or source of security could be affected if I honor it? What I can do now: What is one aligned action I can take without forcing myself to solve everything today? Awakening may require action, but it doesn’t require recklessness. Sometimes the next step is to notice the truth. Sometimes it is to name it clearly. And sometimes it is to begin moving with it. Omwork What have I already awakened to that I keep treating as if I’m still confused? Then ask yourself: What is the smallest action I can take that demonstrates I believe what I already know? You don’t have to blow up your life today. But you may need to stop pretending you haven’t seen what you’ve seen. Interested in 1:1 Coaching? Learn more here: https://dawnmrivers.com/apply

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