About Our Guest
This episode features Zulma Williams
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Zulma Beatriz Williams is the founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, a bilingual psychotherapist, podcaster and inspirational speaker specialising in trauma, anxiety and depression. A breast cancer survivor who completed her master’s degree at 50 and moved to Panama at 60, Zulma helps others challenge the belief that it is ever too late to change their lives.
🔸 Country: PANAMA
🔸 Connect with our guest: https://www.dragonflytherapyservices.net
Psychotherapist Zulma Williams shares how she survived breast cancer, changed careers after 40 and proved it is never too late to pursue a dream.
KEY POINTS
- How Zulma shifted from asking “Why me?” to “Why not me?” and refused to allow breast cancer to control her identity or future.
- Why age, language, illness and past circumstances do not have to prevent someone from changing careers, pursuing an education or beginning again.
- How Zulma’s lived experiences shaped Dragonfly Therapy Services and her approach to supporting people experiencing trauma, anxiety and depression.
About this Episode
What happens when life places a cancer diagnosis in the path of the future you have just begun to build?
For Zulma Beatriz Williams, the answer was not surrender. Born in Buenos Aires, Zulma immigrated to the United States at 31 after the sudden death of a cousin reminded her that waiting could carry its own cost. At 42, while working in accounting, she began studying social work in English, her second language. Six weeks after completing her bachelor’s degree, she discovered a breast lump and was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The diagnosis changed Zulma’s life, but it did not take ownership of it. She moved from asking “Why me?” to “Why not me?” and made a decision to face treatment without allowing cancer to define her identity. Her words, “I had cancer. Cancer didn’t have me,” became more than a statement about illness. They became a philosophy for meeting every challenge with courage, responsibility and choice.
In this episode of Not Just A Story™ with Rose Davidson, Zulma shares how breast cancer resilience, migration, education and personal reinvention shaped her path. She returned to study, completed her master’s degree at 50, founded Dragonfly Therapy Services and built a career as a bilingual psychotherapist supporting people experiencing trauma, anxiety and depression. At 60, she moved to Panama to fulfil her dream of living beside the ocean.
This conversation offers encouragement for anyone starting over later in life, rebuilding after illness or wondering whether age, fear or past circumstances have closed the door on their dreams. Zulma’s story shows that life transitions can become turning points, that support matters when facing a medical diagnosis and that meaningful change begins from within.
It is never too late to pursue a calling, choose a different direction or step more fully into your potential.
Listen to the Episode
What challenge have you allowed to define you, and what might change if you decided it could be part of your story without owning your future?
Take a moment to consider what may still be possible for you, and when you feel ready, explore how sharing your story could help someone else recognise what is still possible for them.
More About Zulma
Zulma Beatriz Williams is the founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, a bilingual psychotherapist, podcaster and inspirational speaker specialising in trauma, anxiety and depression. Born in Buenos Aires, she immigrated to the United States at 31 and began studying social work at 42. Six weeks after earning her bachelor’s degree, Zulma was diagnosed with breast cancer, an experience that strengthened her commitment to purposeful living. She later completed her master’s degree at 50, established her private practice and moved to Panama at 60 to live by the ocean. Her mission is to challenge the belief that it is ever too late.
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