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Permission Slip to Want More — Coming Soon
MERMAIDS RISING
MERCEDES MAIDANA
YOUR PERMISSION SLIP TO WANT MORE
More aliveness. More abundance. More freedom. More creativity. More courage.
More of the dreams you keep thinking about when nobody else is around.
You can be grateful for your life and still want more from it.
You can love the people around you and still want more for yourself.
You can have absolutely no idea how your dream is going to happen and still decide that it matters.
YOU HAVE ONE WILD LIFE
01 / WANTING MORE
WELCOME TO MERMAIDS RISING.
Mermaids Rising is a sisterhood for women from all over the world who are ready to dream bigger, go after what they truly want, and rise through whatever is standing between them and their dreams.
Because we need a village to do this.
Women who understand the crazy dream, celebrate the scary step, sit beside us when life gets dark or messy, and remind us who we are when we forget.
WHY MERMAIDS?
Because mermaids go deep. We’re willing to dive beneath the surface into our dreams, fears, wounds, desires and the parts of ourselves we’ve hidden. We learn to surf the waves life brings us—even when it’s messy—and when we get knocked underwater, we surface wiser, stronger and more ourselves than before.
And then
02 / THE SISTERHOOD
That is Mermaids Rising
A sisterhood for women who know there’s more for them. Women with big, bold dreams who are ready to stop postponing themselves. We dream bigger. We go deeper. We learn to navigate life’s waves. We surface stronger. And we rise together.
WE RISE TOGETHER
03 / BECOMING WHOLE
WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT?
Not what’s realistic.
Not what makes sense on paper.
Not what everyone else thinks you should want by now.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Maybe you want to write the book.
Start the company.
Launch the thing.
Take the trip.
Leave the safe career.
Make more money than you ever thought possible.
Start the podcast.
Move somewhere new.
Return to the sport, art or dream you abandoned years ago.
Reinvent yourself at 40, 45, 50 or beyond.
Or maybe you can’t even name it yet.
You just hear that little voice inside you asking:
IS THIS IT? BECAUSE I WANT MORE
You’re in the right place.
04 / MEET MERCEDES
THIS IS YOUR PERMISSION SLIP TO WANT MORE
This is a space for women who are ready to stop shrinking their desires, negotiating with what they want, and waiting for someday.
We talk about dreams, abundance, courage, reinvention, money, identity, creativity, fear, receiving, starting over—and what it actually takes to create a life that feels like yours.
But we’re not doing fake positivity here.
You don’t need to eliminate every negative thought.
You don’t need to pretend you’re not scared.
You don’t need to become perfectly healed, enlightened or fearless.
You get to be human.
Because I believe:
ABUNDANCE ISN’T ABOUT BECOMING ALL LIGHT
IT’S ABOUT BECOMING WHOLE
You can feel fear and move.
You can grieve and dream.
You can have parts of your life that are dark, confusing or messy and still create something beautiful.
You can be grateful for everything you already have and still whisper:
I WANT MORE
05 / THE COMPASS
WHAT’S YOUR HELL YEAH?
That dream. That idea. That thing you keep coming back to. The one that makes you feel more alive when you talk about it. Your HELL YEAH isn’t a command to blow up your life tomorrow. It’s information.
YOUR HELL YEAH IS A COMPASS, NOT A COMMAND.
06 / WORK WITH ME
HOW LONG HAS YOUR DREAM BEEN WAITING?
Maybe there’s an idea you keep thinking about. A book. A business. A creative project. A move. An experience. A completely different version of your life.
You keep telling yourself: When things calm down. When I have more time. When I feel ready. And somehow everyone else keeps getting your time, energy and attention while your dream gets whatever is left.
WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE MY TURN?
1:1 DREAM + ABUNDANCE COACHING WITH MERCEDES MAIDANA
PRIVATE 1:1 SESSION
$250
A focused private coaching session to get clear on what you actually want, identify what has been keeping you stuck and decide what happens next.
5-SESSION COACHING PACKAGE
$1,000 / SAVE $250
For the woman who doesn’t just want one breakthrough. She wants support while she actually moves the dream forward. Clarity. Action. Accountability. Traction.
Your dream has waited long enough. And so have you.
07 / IN THEIR WORDS
REAL WOMEN. REAL DREAMS. REAL CHANGE.
“Mercedes gave me permission to make a move I’d been avoiding for years.”
— AMANDA
“This work helped me remember what I wanted before I learned to be practical.”
— JESS
“I didn’t need a new life. I needed to come home to myself.”
— KATIE
08 / MY WORLD
COME INTO MY WORLD.
SUBSTACK
Letters about dreams, abundance, reinvention, courage and being beautifully human.
Big dreams. Messy reinventions. Going for it in real time.
STILL EFFING HERE
MEMOIR IN PROGRESS
MEMOIR IN PROGRESS
STILL EFFING HERE
A Memoir of Big Waves, Wild Dreams, Falling Apart, and Finding My Way Back.
DON’T MISS YOUR PERMISSION SLIP.
Big dreams. Real stories. Abundance. Reinvention. Courage. And the occasional reminder that you’re allowed to want more.
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DON’T MISS YOUR PERMISSION SLIP.
Big dreams. Real stories. Abundance. Reinvention. Courage. And the occasional reminder that you’re allowed to want more.
By subscribing, you agree to receive emails from Mercedes Maidana / Mermaids Rising. Unsubscribe anytime.
WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE OF?
Not what would be practical. Not what would make everyone else comfortable. Not what you think you’re supposed to want. What do you actually want?
Another year will pass either way.