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The Zero Comfort Zone

The Zero Comfort Zone 3 Episodes Oct 2, 2026

The Zero Comfort Zone podcast explores work, leadership, friendship, and navigating life's challenges without sacrificing dreams or sanity. It features honest conversations about growth, pressure, values, and boundaries, sharing stories, mistakes, and practical lessons from lived experience.

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The Friendship Trap | Ep. 4 Oct 2, 2026 00:57:07 Working with a friend means navigating two relationships at once — and that takes trust, accountability, honest conversations, and clear boundaries.In this episode, The Friendship Trap, Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira and Maryam Darwich explore how to navigate feedback, conflict, money, and fairness in work, without losing sight of the relationship. They share how challenging each other, and staying cur

Protect The Engine | Ep. 3 Sep 5, 2026 00:56:07 What happens when you keep pushing, but forget to refuel?In Protect The Engine, Maryam Darwich and Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira explore what it really takes to sustain your energy, focus and ambition. They talk about setting boundaries, adjusting life choices, recognising what genuinely fuels you, and using the body’s own chemistry to help restore energy and motivation.Because protecting your engine

Can you stand the pressure? | Ep. 2 Aug 7, 2026 00:55:45 It’s easy to stand by your principles when they’re not tested. But what happens when they are?A lucrative opportunity. A demanding client. A deadline you probably shouldn’t have agreed to. The temptation to make an exception “just this once.” Or the familiar justification: this is simply how things are done here.In Can You Stand the Pressure?, Maryam Darwich and Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira get into

Unapologetically Me | Ep. 1 Jul 10, 2026 00:35:06 How do you stay true to yourself when everyone has an opinion?In the first episode of The Zero Comfort Zone, hosts Maryam Darwich and Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira explore what it means to be unapologetically yourself in work, leadership, business, and life.They discuss trusting your gut, knowing when to seek advice, saying no without guilt, choosing your trusted circle, filtering noise, and staying g

Meet Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira | Intro Jul 10, 2026 00:06:08 Bonus Prelude: Meet Sjierly Rodrigues PereiraHow do you stay true to yourself while still allowing your beliefs to be tested, stretched, and reshaped?In this bonus prelude to The Zero Comfort Zone, co-host Sjierly Rodrigues Pereira introduces herself from her roots in Amsterdam to the years she spent living, building, and leading in Sierra Leone.Sjierly reflects on independence, intentionality, se

Meet Maryam Darwich | Intro Jul 10, 2026 00:06:20 Bonus Prelude: Meet Maryam DarwichWhat does it look like to build a life and business through instinct, adventure, values, and a little bit of healthy discomfort?In this bonus prelude to The Zero Comfort Zone, co-host Maryam Darwich introduces herself from Sierra Leone, where she has lived for almost 16 years and built Afriqia HR Solutions.Maryam reflects on the values that shape her work: integri

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