Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Sarah Zaldivar.
Thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, how did you get started?
How did I go from being a broke immigrant who grew up in Lebanon to being my own boss, making 6-figures, and working from home by chasing my passions? It was due to the resilience forged from growing up in war-torn Lebanon and learning to live in survival mode. I also had to widen my education when it came to healing acne, depression, anxiety, and yo-yo dieting. That’s because the mainstream medical system failed me. In addition, my traditional academic background in Nutrition and Dietetics also failed me royally. It would be decades before I realized how much the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics was in bed with the food industry. The most considerable stimulus for my success was leaving Lebanon and landing in Miami to pursue my doctorate in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition at the University of Miami. I planned my exit in 2012, right after my boyfriend dumped me for being so depressed at the hopeless future I had in Lebanon. I never felt that I “fit” in Lebanon, and I almost wholly rejected almost all values that my family espoused. I was always a rebel at heart, and I believe that that is the secret to my current success and happiness. The funny part is that I still don’t feel that I “fit” in, even in the United States. That’s probably because of my ambition and monomaniacal focus on pursuing big dreams like music and curing aging.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not, what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Chasing big goals is never a smooth road. The struggles are always the ones you fight within yourself. Becoming a healthy, wealthy, and successful version of yourself means developing ironclad discipline. Thankfully, we have David Goggins to take pointers from, and he honestly helps me stay disciplined and win the battle every day.
Thanks for sharing that. Can you tell us more about your work next?
After getting my doctorate, and even in the years while I was finishing up my dissertation, I knew that I couldn’t be an employee. I would rather be skinned alive than be employed :). My only employment was as a Nutrition Professor at Miami Dade College. Still, with the success of my online brand, I finally managed to quit teaching to focus entirely on my 6-figure online brand. My day-to-day job is creating content on social media (carnivore diet, health, and fitness, business content to help you quit your 9 to 5, and rap songs, which you can check out on all streaming platforms!). I also coach clients with nutrition and social media success, and I sell guides that teach you everything I know on my website. It’s also cool to have been an expert speaker on the first ever TV reality show/docuseries filmed on the Carnivore Diet, called Reversed TV. Fun fact, our director, Charles Mattocks, is the nephew of the late Bob Marley!
Another major work that I am proud to have spearheaded is my work on how to raise baseline dopamine levels. Most blogs and content pieces revolve around how to increase your dopamine levels, but if you’ve ever genuinely struggled with addiction (food, drugs, gaming, etc.), you know that all the suggestions in these mainstream sources are BS. I did my doctoral dissertation on how exercise can tackle the root cause of sugar addiction by building back up again the dopamine centers in the brain. Years later, I wrote a guide, Dopamine Brain, that developed this work further into a brain rehab protocol that has been life-changing for my food addiction and my work with my clients.
What are your plans for the future?
I am working on scaling my business (guides, coaching, growing my social media following) and improving my songwriting and performing skills so we can have a hit on our hands! Curing aging is a primary passion of mine, and it is spreading awareness that aging should be considered optional today. The more I get educated on anti-aging medicine, the more mind-blown I get, and I want to share my knowledge with the world so everybody realizes that aging is a chronic disease that we can have control over. I want to influence the super-rich to realize how critical it is for them and their loved ones to pour more money into funding anti-aging research so we can cure aging in our lifetime. This issue is a matter of life and death situation.
Pricing:
- Coaching PREMIUM package ($400)
- Dopamine Brain guide ($49)
- Productivity Bundle guides ($69)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.drsarahzaldivar.com/shop
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.sarah.zaldivar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drsarahzaldivar
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sarah-zaldivar-23266620/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSarahZaldivar
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXm-oCTN-dJdbD65gK5lEQ
Image Credits
Pink latex bodysuit: Christopher Oxford Photography
