10: Friendship Breakups Into Breakthroughs with Zahara Zimring

Have you ever gone through a friend breakup? Today’s guest has a long history with the host and will inspire you to see relationships in a new way.

Zahara Zimring is a transformation coach, practitioner of spiritual psychology, and the creator of the Liberation Dojo.

Once an elite martial artist who was training for the Olympics, Zahara talks about her recovery from a debilitating spinal fusion and how she learned that trauma can be turned into transformation.

Zahara and Josefina also talk about their long history as both close friends and business partners. They share what they’ve learned from each other and how their former falling out pushed them to embody their highest selves.

Zahara and Josefina’s story will help you see that every single relationship in your life is there to teach you important lessons. They will push you to drop the disempowering narratives that you’re holding inside of you so you can reach a new level of freedom.

Key Takeaways:

• What Zahara’s spinal problems taught her. [6:30]
• How Zahara began her healing journey. [12:24]
• Zahara and Josefina’s experience being business partners. [20:34]
• How Josefina released her fear of being left behind. [31:35]
• Magnetizing people back into your life. [41:21]
• Self-abandonment. [47:01]
• Going through a friend breakup. [43:33]
• Zahara talks about her work at the Liberation Dojo. [54:38]

Where to Find the Guest:

ZarharaZimring.com

@zaharazimring

Memorable Quotes:

“I feel like a lot of individuals live their lives into success that is determined and conditioned by the collective expectation of what success looks like.” (10:53, Zahara)

“I think that when we surround ourselves with women who reflect back the qualities that we seek, it helps embody the qualities that we desire.” (26:39, Zahara)

“For anyone listening who's gone through friend breakups. That can be sometimes just as hard, if not even harder, than breakups with a partner.” (43:33, Zahara)

“It actually doesn't serve the world at all for us to pretend in any arena and to placate what's happening as a result of us authentically being expressed as who we are in the moment.” (49:49, Zahara)

“The feeling, it's the freedom, it's the liberation, right?” (1:02:57, Josefina)

“We're all human. That's the fact. So it's about embracing our human experience.” (1:05:21, Josefina)