Daring Well

About Daring Well

Are you ready to feel empowered and motivated to crush your personal development and 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!

Publisher

Rita Mercer, Wellness, Mindset & Mental Health Expert

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Dec 2023

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

147 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Make Room for Your Purpose: Live, Love, Lead from Your Overflow Pt 1

   What if the next season of your life requires you to release some of what carried you through the last one? In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita explores what it really means to make room for your purpose. When we desire something new—a healthier life, deeper relationships, a new career, greater impact, or a stronger sense of purpose—we may need to first release the things that are taking up space. Sometimes, before we can be filled with something new, we have to get empty. But em...

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   What Do I Know for Sure? Finding Your Path When You Feel Stuck with Rita Mercer

   What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Whether you’re facing uncertainty in your career, relationships, health, finances, business, or simply wondering what’s next in life, it’s easy to get overwhelmed trying to figure out the whole path. In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita explores a simple but powerful mindset shift: when you don’t know what to do, start with what you know. You don’t need to have every answer, every step, or your entire future mapped out. Sometimes find...

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Stop Pushing Through: How to Listen to Your Body, Reduce Stress & Reconnect With Yourself with Katia Sereno

   What if the stress you're trying so hard to avoid is actually your body trying to get your attention? In this episode of the Daring Well Podcast, Rita sits down with former elite athlete and movement coach Katia Sereno for a powerful conversation about stress, anxiety, resilience, self-trust, and the wisdom of the body. Katia shares her journey from years of performing, training, and pushing her body beyond its limits to discovering a different way of living—one rooted in slowing down, listen...

Who has been a guest on Daring Well

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Debi Silber
• Dr Julius Torelli
• Dr Emily R Carter
• Banya Lim
• Vanessa De Jesus Guzman

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

60,837

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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