Everything Is Working And Something Still Feels Wrong | Danielle Mercurio

Danielle Mercurio was told she was too much for most of her life, by the people closest to her, before she ever had the language to push back on it.

This conversation covers what that actually did to her, the years she spent escaping herself instead of facing it, and how she eventually built a business on the exact instinct she was once told to suppress.

If you have ever been handed a label by someone else and spent years living inside it, the second half of this episode names exactly how to stop.

What we explore:

1: The zodiac scroll she took from a grocery store at four years old, and the sentence that shaped the next four decades.

2: What escapism actually looked like for her, and why understanding it builds compassion rather than judgment.

3: Why a business problem is almost never actually a business problem.

4: The coach who told her his own business model was to dangle a carrot, and why she told him he was in the wrong industry.

5: The business card found in a bathroom on a bad date, and the nonprofit it led her to help build.

6: The moment she finally understood what Deevo actually does, and why that understanding is what makes her recommend him to others.

Guest Bio: Danielle Mercurio is an astrologer, intuitive advisor, spiritual guide, speaker, performer, and retreat leader based in Austin, Texas. A former Gabby Bernstein insider, she has worked as a certified life coach for more than a decade, helping entrepreneurs, creatives, and visionaries navigate the crossroads moments where life looks like it should be working but something still feels off.

Chapters

00:00 The point of the show: that crossroads

00:19 Welcome, and introducing Danielle Mercurio

01:46 A 30,000 foot check-in

02:02 The zodiac scroll at four years old

06:49 Being told she was too much

09:14 The line between too much and too much for the wrong people

12:03 Society’s timeline and the mid-20s reckoning

13:07 The voice she heard

16:13 Escapism as a survival strategy

19:10 Childhood, parents, and being homeschooled

26:10 The pivot to meditation

28:31 Isness explained

29:48 A live heart meditation

32:21 The retreat and the guardian angels

36:22 From self-work to a real business

38:01 Who her ideal client actually is

40:28 Why it is almost never really a business problem

45:16 How she manages herself as a coach

48:54 The coach who called dangling the carrot his business model

51:13 Financial boundaries and reverse engineering her pricing

54:12 The business card in the bathroom

56:16 What she actually does, and why she loves it

59:12 The moment she finally understood what he does

01:00:39 Closing reflections

01:02:31 What Deevo actually does

01:04:33 Sign off

Connect with Danielle Mercurio

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniellemercurio

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@DanielleMercurio⁩

Website: https://daniellemercurio.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-mercurio-%E2%9C%A8-61892237/

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