Rachid Z

Rachid Zahidi is the creator of the EmoGym journal. A journal and workbook with prompts and reminders for more emotional awareness and other practices for well-being. He also hosts the Resilience Across Borders Podcast. Expert appearances and contributions include being featured on CLTV Chicago, Fox Baltimore, Inc. Magazine online, ESPN Radio, and many other programs and publications. On a personal level, he has navigated many journeys and challenges, including emigrating to the United States at an early age by himself with only a couple of hundred dollars borrowed. He worked his way through different jobs and eventually careers and managed to put himself through business school while working two jobs. He has peacefully navigated through a divorce after a twenty-year marriage with two beautiful kids, emerging with a great co-parenting relationship and a desirable outcome for all involved, considering how these types of separations can wreak havoc on people’s lives. He has also overcome an addiction to nicotine after twenty years of being a smoker. He has learned multiple languages and learned to play the guitar with no formal training or instruction. As he achieved more and became successful by most definitions, he has helped many family or work team members and siblings emotionally and financially, including through many setbacks, and to improve their overall quality of life through coaching and perspective.

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