Meet Zakia Rani

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Zakia Rani a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Zakia , we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?

My resilience was built during the times when I had to keep going even though no one saw the struggle. It was those in-between seasons where I had to keep pushing, but nothing made sense. It didn’t come from never breaking, it came from learning how to be flexible without losing myself.

There were moments I felt completely crushed in my spirit and stripped financially, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically. But those were also the same moments that taught me how to listen to the Most High God. What steadied me the most wasn’t trying to control the situation, it was surrendering to God. I learned that strength doesn’t always look like fighting your way through. It often looks like slowing down and quieting everything long enough to hear God’s voice and feel His peace again.

I stopped trying to be everything for everyone and started allowing divine wisdom to guide me instead of my fears. That’s where the shift happened. Resilience for me isn’t about perfection or being an endless robot. It’s about trusting that even when everything is being rebuilt or I have to start over again, there’s purpose in the process. I’ve learned how to find peace in uncertainty, how to rebuild slowly, and how to honor the softer, wiser version of myself that emerged after the storms.

That’s where my resilience lives now. It’s my faith in my God that what He has for me will find me, no matter how many times life rearranges my path. Therefore, I get my resilience by holding on to God’s promises and His Word. I draw my strength from knowing that every season still has a purpose. Even when I can’t see the outcome yet, I know that God is still working it out for my good.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

Over the last year, my focus has shifted from simply teaching wellness to walking people through restoration. I now serve as an Emotional Clarity Mentor and Faith-Based Facilitator, helping others slow down, heal, and reconnect with the peace they’ve been missing. What makes this work so special is that it’s not about being perfect it’s about presence. Every session, conversation, or resource I create is designed to help people rebuild from the inside out.

I’m especially excited about stepping deeper into the ministry side of my calling- creating faith-led spaces for reflection, emotional release, and spiritual growth. My journey taught me that healing isn’t just physical or mental; it’s also spiritual. The next chapter of my work centers on that truth: guiding others toward emotional clarity through faith, rest, and restoration.

I’m currently completing my first manual, Dream Warfare: Understanding the Unseen Spiritual Battle, which was birthed from personal experience of walking through intense spiritual warfare and learning how to stand firm in the fire. It’s a practical and spiritual guide designed to help readers navigate their dream life with peace, awareness, and discernment.

Alongside that, I have an upcoming project called She Connects Sessions, faith-led gatherings designed to help people study, reflect, and connect in a sacred and judgment-free space. It’s all about bringing God’s children together for honest conversations, encouragement, and clarity.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Discernment taught me how to pause before reacting and listen for divine guidance instead of rushing to fix everything on my own. Perseverance kept me going when everything in me wanted to quit. It gave me the endurance to keep moving when the tests were hard. I stayed committed to the process of studying, praying, fasting, working, and showing up even when I was exhausted.

Discipline, for me, is about doing what’s right consistently, not just when it feels good. Spiritual discipline comes with a healthy fear of God, one rooted in love and purpose. It’s not easy to be in the world but not of it. Discipline means showing up even when it’s uncomfortable, even when it’s unpopular, and even when you feel unseen.

For those who are just beginning their own journey, my advice is this: it takes discernment to hear, perseverance to keep going, and discipline to stay aligned. So don’t rush the process. Every test has a purpose, and every delay is teaching you something that you’ll need later. Stay close to God even when you don’t understand what He’s doing. Develop the discipline to keep showing up, the perseverance to keep believing, and the discernment to know when it’s time to be still. This path is about becoming, and the more you surrender to the process, the more you’ll see that every trial was shaping you to become who you needed to be for your God-given assignment.

What has been your biggest area of growth or improvement in the past 12 months?

My biggest area of growth has been learning to fully trust the Holy Spirit and obey God’s instructions, even when I didn’t understand them. Over the past year, I made the decision to step back from everything and everyone that was familiar so I could hear God’s voice clearly. I didn’t have support in the natural, but that isolation became the training ground for my faith.

During that season, God sent what I call my Raven Light, the same way He sent ravens to feed the prophet Elijah during his wilderness season. He sent me a raven to feed me spiritual food while I was alone at my own brook, refining and learning to rest in Him. That helped me see myself clearly, stay aligned with Heaven’s timing, and remember that I was never walking alone.

Through that process, I learned discipline, patience, and surrender. The Holy Spirit taught me how to rest, how to listen, and how to respond with wisdom instead of reaction. I discovered that sometimes the most powerful growth happens in silence when God removes every distraction so He can reveal who you really are.

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