11. Sara Koppa on Finding Adventure, Sisterhood, & Yourself Through Travel

Today we chat with Sara Koppa, who brings us on a journey of exploration. Sara shares about exploring the depths of her inner self, finding courage to take the leap toward her heart's desires, traveling with her family, and her path to empowering others through destination retreats. Sara provides a supportive mirror to your own life's choices and journey, sharing that while there is a lot of positivity and support on her path, there have been many challenges, struggles, and emotional points which she has had to face and overcome. Through her winding path through medicine, science, and trusting herself, she found her heart's passion in sharing the power of sisterhood and nature with others, and bringing together women in a retreat setting to support transformation and community. This conversation will surely leave you with a spark of curiosity around finding adventure, joy, travel, and community in your own way. Sara is the founding owner of Soul Adventure Collective, which aims to provide a special healing journey to women. Through specially curated retreats, professionally designed courses and classes, and unique sisterhood gatherings, women can learn to take steps towards liberation, shattering the chains of limiting beliefs and societal expectations. Sara is an empowerment coach, retreat leader, sound healer, and yoga instructor. She lives nomadically with her husband and 5 children, traveling both in the United States and internationally. In This Episode We Talk About: Sara's background and story Full circle journey from nature's wisdom, medicine, science, and coming back to her roots. How she found courage and trust on her path What she's seen in her children in response to the nomadic, unschooling lifestyle What her international travel experiences have been like and what they've learned from traveling internationally What she thinks society is not providing people with or what’s the missing factors that have led so many people searching for adventure, travel, alternative living to feel whole Share about her newest venture, Sol Adventure Wellness Retreats. How she trusted herself and the pull to begin leading these retreats Challenges or doubts she faced stepping forward as a leader and guide for others How she balances adventure with the deeper work that supports one’s inner growth on these retreats Mom guilt and why it's ok to have but how to overcome How leaning into discomfort, challenges, and adventure helps one to grow, change, and uncover deeper truths or inner satisfaction Why space for women to bond and create sisterhood is so important in this day and age, and how a retreat setting supports these relationship How she integrates nature’s medicine in her retreats How mindfulness and other supportive modalities support those on her retreat How she helps attendees integrate what they’ve learned on her retreats and her Sol Adventure Collective creation How one can start to have adventure and community at home Why her retreats How she lives wildly What currently inspires her Tips for someone who is curious about following their heart but is scared or unsure where to start Upcoming Retreats Resources: Getting In Touch With Sara Koppa www.souladventurecollective.com Instagram: Soul.adventure.collective Family IG: koppa7adventures Where To Find Olivia: ⁠www.olivia-ashley.com⁠ IG: ⁠@wildlyolivia⁠ ⁠@ilvewildlypodcast YouTube: Live Wildly with Olivia Ashley