Meaningful Friendships That Last, Start Here.

In a world where romantic relationships are centered, friendship often takes the back seat. And yet, research proves that having quality friendships is the #1 indicator of health and longevity. The good news: it's not too late to start.

Signs That You Need

Friendship Support

  • You give a lot, but notice that you don't receive the same effort back.

  • While you can make initial connections, you feel stuck on how to deepen those into real friendships.

  • You're worried about friendships changing during big life transitions.

  • You feel uncomfortable showing up fully and authentically.

  • You avoid bringing up issues out of fear that you'll end or ruin the friendship.

  • You find yourself overthinking during or after hangouts, rather than being present.

  • You're in a friend group but feel like the odd one out.

  • You struggle with setting and holding boundaries.

  • You're contemplating or processing a friendship break up

  • You feel increasingly distant from your friends, and it didn't used to be like that.

  • You give a lot, but notice that you don't receive the same effort back.

  • While you can make initial connections, you

    feel stuck on how to deepen those into real

    friendships.

  • You're worried about friendships changing

    during big life transitions.

  • You feel uncomfortable showing up fully and authentically.

  • You avoid bringing up issues out of fear that

    you'll end or ruin the friendship.

  • You find yourself overthinking during or after hangouts, rather than being present.

  • You're in a friend group but feel like the odd

    one out.

  • You struggle with setting and holding

    boundaries.

  • You're contemplating or processing a friendship break up

  • You feel increasingly distant from your friends, and it didn't used to be like that.

Testimonials

I worked with Zahra for 12 sessions, and from the very first one, she created a space that felt deeply caring and supportive. I always felt safe to voice whatever was on my mind, and no matter how big or small the topic seemed, Zahra consistently validated its importance. Her coaching held space for growth, reflection, and healing in a way that made me feel truly seen and supported throughout my journey. Zahra truly has a beautiful way of listening to you, reflecting back what we share, and asking thoughtful questions that help you uncover your inner wisdom. It has been an absolute privilege to be able to work with Zahra. Thank you so much for your care, Zahra <3

Tracey Wong
13-07-2025

Zahra Masaoka is a wonderful coach. She helped me examine my thoughts and think with more clarity to help with making decisions (I’m an overthinker). She always showed up with love and grace. I have been in a transitional phase of my life, so I’ve been often frustrated-I’ve been managing my emotions better. Zahra also helped me recognize patterns in myself I wasn’t even aware of, and it helped me navigate them with more awareness and intentions. I highly recommend Zahra to anyone looking to grow stronger as a person.

Zahra Al Zuwayed
12-07-2025

Zahra is an amazing, thoughtful, wise, caring, and intelligent coach. She has helped me so much with the little time we’ve worked together through relationships, finances, career goals, and self-improvement. She is able to cooperate so effortlessly with me during our sessions and gives me the space to talk/work on anything that I wanted to work on for each session, which relieves a lot of pressure for myself. It feels like I’m talking to a friend that genuinely wants to see me succeed. Her ability to give insightful advice and feedback with the issues I was having was very valuable. Her consistency, timeliness, and communication was amazing as well. Meetings always started on time, emails/session overviews were sent on a timely manner, and communication with scheduling was always smooth. I would recommend anyone to have Zahra as a coach. Be prepared to be the driver and be willing to take action and you will gain so much value!

AZ Dela Cuesta
25-08-2025

Why Friendship?

I get asked this question a lot, and it makes sense. In a culture that centers romantic love, we’re taught friendships should “just happen,” and if they don’t, oh well… they must not matter that much, right? Wrong. And it doesn’t help that the line between healthy boundaries and “cutting people off” have been blurred by the normalization of ghosting, flakiness and a resistance to work through conflict and growing pains in our platonic friendships. It’s no one’s fault - we were never taught how to make and keep friends, and there isn’t enough encouragement to fight for the sake of them.

There’s a reason one of the top regrets of the dying is: “I wish I hadn’t lost touch with my friends.” (Bonnie Ware)

Friendships are foundational. They deserve the same care and intentionality as any other meaningful relationship. Investing in your friendships is an often-overlooked key to living a life that feels full, joyful, and grounded. You don’t have to take my word for it, there’s plenty of data which proves that the quality of your friendships is one of the strongest predictors of your health, longevity, and life satisfaction.

  • People with strong social connections have lower risks of depression, high blood pressure, and other chronic conditions. (Mayo Clinic)

  • Adults with close friendships tend to live longer than those who are socially disconnected. (World Economic Forum, PubMed)

  • Safe, supported, trusting, nonjudgmental friendships matter far more than a big social circle. (NIH News in Health)

Good friendships not only provide joy, fulfillment and support, they literally help us live longer and healthier lives. 

During my coaching certification, we were encouraged to explore a specialization. Without a second thought, I knew I wanted to focus on friendship coaching. To be honest, I was scared. It’s not a common path, and most coaching around relationships focuses on romantic love. But my excitement outweighed the fear. I thought about the impact this work could have: supporting women in creating deep, reliable, long-lasting friendships that bring light to their lives. That vision moved me. What better way to contribute than helping others cultivate friendships that walk with them through every season of life? That impact is what fuels my passion.

Better friendships, more fulfillment, and a happier, healthier life.

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