Power of Your Mind Podcast Interview with Sara Safari– Climbing the Seven Summits to Empower Women
In Episode #108, I’m talking with Sara Safari.
Sara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, Electrical Engineer and advocate for women empowerment. She has received the award for The Global Citizen from United Nations Association in 2015. She is a board member and director of development in Empower Nepali Girls foundation. She also has received the award for Outstanding Practice with Broad Impact in the area of women and leadership from International Leadership Association in 2017.
Sara will be the first Iranian in history to climb the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks in each continent. She is climbing to raise funds for seven organizations who are empowering women. She published her books “Follow my Footsteps”, “Above the Mountain Shadow” and “Making a Difference” to share her story with the world. She is working on a featured film and a documentary with a talented team of directors and producers who have extensive experience working on complex social justice issues.
Today, Sara is sharing with us some of her insights on Climbing the Seven Summits to Empower Women
We talked about:
- How and why she got involved with Empower Nepali Girls.
- How and why she decided to climb Mount Everest.
- The first time that she climbed Everest she got stuck in avalanches caused by a massive earthquake and what that brush with death was like.
- What climbing mountains has taught her.
- What she has learned from getting out of her comfort zone.
- Why she thinks it’s important to try challenging things and take risks.
She can be found on:
http://www.climbyoureverest.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZ8kpvydt8
Her book: Above the Mountain’s Shadow: A Journey of Hope and Adventure Inspired by the Forgotten
https://www.amazon.com/Above-Mountains-Shadow-Sara-Safari/dp/1516533216/