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

Nasra, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

My mission is to help people reconnect with their INNER-net!

What does that mean?

We live in a day and age where we are hyper connected to everything outside of ourselves 24/7 and many have lost the connection to themselves. Some of which never really had a true connection to themselves.

Some lost themselves in previous relationships or grew up in challenging family dynamics. Some lived in survival mode for many years or have been hyper-connected to the outside world of emails, texts, and social media.

We all have the ability to numb and disconnect from ourselves, as a protection mechanism.

Today, many are subconsciously and maybe even consciously doing just that to escape their own reality, feelings, emotions, and desires; delaying true happiness, fulfillment and life that is in alignment with who they really are at their core.

The problem with this delay and ignoring our hearts desires by suppressing unresolved emotions, doesn’t make them go away, they just get buried deep in our psyche, where they fester and affect not just our current life but also our future.

I was disconnected from my true self; most of my life and by age 27 everything came crashing down.

I became a divorced single mom of 2 small children, who was financially, emotionally, and spiritually bankrupt. What I didn’t know then, is that beginnings always hide themselves in ends and it became my starting point to push reset on my life but also understand how I ended up there in the first place.

My self-discovery journey took me on many different paths of explorations. From religion to spirituality to psychology and even biology.

Today I am 40 and have done a lot of work to heal and grow not just personally but also professionally, which enabled me to live a life that is in alignment with who I am and where I want to go.

My story is a testament to the transformative potential within each of us and I want to show people that how we can start over anytime in our lives, but more importantly, how we can reconnect with our INNER-net and rebuild a life that is true to ourselves.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I never aspired to be a coach, writer or facilitator but my healing journey led me on this path, because I believe that most of our problems and suffering in the world can be solved through self discovery.

As a biracial girl, born in the 80s with parents that came from two different worlds, I grew up spending all of my energy trying to navigate the world around me and blend in as much as possible to feel accepted. Those subconscious survival tactics resulted in me being a divorced single mom of 2 small children, who was also financially, emotionally, and spiritually bankrupt by the age of 27.

Because I wasn’t taught nor encouraged how to get to know and honor myself, I learned how to survive and feel like I belong, by doing everything people wanted or expected of me. People pleasing and being a chameleon was the thing I quickly learned how to do very well.

When you’re in survival mode, whether that’s due to your upbringing, environment, or circumstance, you do not have the capacity to get to know your true self. Your only focus is to survive by fitting in, not rocking the boat, and sacrificing yourself for the world’s acceptance and approval.

Fast forward to the end of your life, you wish you had the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expected of you. Which is the number one wish of the dying, even today.

When it was time to push reset on my life, I needed to understand how I ended up there in the first place and work on not repeating the subconscious survival cycle. This was a long and painful process, with very little support and guidance.

My mission is to BE the support, that I needed in uncovering my most authentic, aligned and courageous self.

My coaching business is called Soul Wanderlust, because it is a spiritual and adventurous journey of self discovery.

I help clients explore internal parts of themselves that are holding limiting beliefs and emotions which drive behaviors and desires that lead to instant gratification and numbing, instead of creating a more intentional, sustainable and wholesome life.

It’s a soul transformation process where Awareness, Alignment, and Action, work together to create the momentum needed to move from their head to their heart.

It’s a psychological safe space for people of all backgrounds, orientations, identifications and ethnicities.

As a mind body connection coach and hypnotherapist, I integrate the wisdom of mind-body transformational psychology with the power of the subconscious mind.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Back in 2007, I had moved from Germany with my then husband (now ex husband) and two small children to the US, with no immediate family or friends around me. Although my marriage was unhealthy and abusive in Germany, I thought moving to a new environment and starting over would change that.

Not only did that not work, things got even worse.

When I decided to leave my marriage, my then husband was not going to let me leave with the kids, and get back to where I had support to rebuild my life. Instead, he tried to make my life more miserable, in an effort to make me stay.

During that time, I received no financial support from him and had to figure out how to survive on my own in a foreign country. Luckily my sister agreed to move to the US and help me with child care, so I could work and take care of my children.

Not only was I emotionally and spiritually depleted from my abusive marriage, I also had to file for financial bankruptcy when my ex husband stopped paying his car note and other bills, because they all came after me with court ordered garnishments. As a veteran, he could survive of his disability check that no one could touch, not even the child support system.

Shortly before, what I believe could have been my breaking point, I heard about ‘the secret’ and became obsessed with the idea that my external world could change, if I gave myself permission to change what I believed internally. So that is what I did!

I learned how to change my internal dialogue, started asking myself profound questions about who I was, who I wanted to become and where I wanted to go in life. When things got really hard, I forced myself to find the things that were good.

This shift in my beliefs, behavior and getting to know myself from the inside out, lead to me being really clear on what I wanted and what actions I needed to take to make it happen. It not only changed my energy but also the frequency I was operating on.

Within a few years of making that shift, I was offered a job promotion but not just any job promotion. It was a role that didn’t exist and was created for me. It lead me to move from Arizona to Silicon Valley, doubling my income and being able to raise my children in a better environment mentally, spiritually, emotionally and economically.

All of this inspired me to get certified and teach others what I learned, in a professional, strategic and empathetic way.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Changing our outside world, will NOT change the inside. You have to start within.

Many believe that external factors like partners, possessions and environments are the things that will change how we feel on the inside, but it is only a bandaid that covers up and numbs our internal wounds.

I had to unlearn that nothing and no one on the outside was going to make me feel whole and happy. Outside factors can contribute to it, but only I could make it last.

One of my favorite quotes is “The trauma isn’t your fault but the healing is your responsibility”. Getting to know myself and honoring what I liked, didn’t like and taking action was and still is my healing journey.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://soulwanderlust.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulwanderlust_/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulWanderlust/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2SZeQ38XkWwSM429cQ4qUQ