Maggie Mer McDanal, MA Counseling Psychology
Maggie Mer McDanal, MA Counseling Psychology
Maggie Mer McDanal brings together a lifelong curiosity about people, nature, creativity, spirituality, and the many ways we experience the world.
Her work with Sana Dea is rooted in exploration. Through guided experiences, meditation, hypnosis, breath, imagination, nature, animals, and reflective conversation, Maggie creates space for people to slow down, become curious, and encounter themselves and their surroundings in new ways.
Maggie is the founder and host of Sana Dea’s experiential podcasts, where she explores the intersections of spirituality, nature, science, philosophy, creativity, culture, and community.
She received her first degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon, inspired by a desire to rethink the relationships between people, animals, the natural world, and the spaces we create. She later earned her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California.
That background continues to shape the depth, curiosity, and respect Maggie brings to each Sana Dea experience. Her approach welcomes many ways of understanding ourselves and the world around us—personal, cultural, spiritual, creative, and experiential.
Maggie believes that some of the most meaningful discoveries happen when we step beyond what is familiar. She is drawn to exploration in all its forms: internal and external adventure, relationships, play, creativity, travel, nature, water, animals, and the moments that invite us to see differently.
In Maggie’s words:
“I believe that ceilings are mostly self-imposed. And nothing hurts me more than banging my head against them. So instead of ceilings, I imagine treetops that invite us to climb into infinity—and beyond. I trust in the transformational power of exploration, adventure, relationships, play, creativity, and coming to know ourselves in nature—whether that means sharing sapphire water with a sea turtle or standing on a mountain covered in white nearly to the sky.”
Maggie is also an ordained marriage officiant, entrepreneur, designer, writer, traveler, and lifelong animal lover. She is passionate about psychology, philosophy, creativity, cultural connection, the natural world, and the countless ways people find meaning, wonder, and possibility.
Don’t just transcend — Soulscend!
Have an idea for an exploration, a question about Sana Dea, or simply want to learn more about what we do? We would love to hear from you.
Don't just transcend --
Soulscend!
Do you want to write us with ideas for exploration on our next podcast? Do you have questions? Are you curious about exploring something new with Sana Dea?
- (720) 227-8979 United States
- 1 (720) 227-8979 International/Whatsapp
- maggie@sana-dea.com
- www.sana-dea.com
