Redefining Success: Karla Parra on Living from the Inside Out - RVE 384
The RV Entrepreneur
RV LIFE
4.8 ⢠544 Ratings
đď¸ 6 March 2025
âąď¸ 65 minutes
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Summary
What does success really look like? For Karla Parra, it wasnât the corporate career, the degrees, or the external achievementsâit was the freedom to live life on her own terms. In this episode, Karla shares her journey from growing up on the beaches of Mexico to pursuing the "American dream" in the U.S., only to walk away from it all in 2019 to travel full-time in an 84-square-foot camper with her husband and two dogs.
Over five years on the road, Karla rediscovered her Mexican heritage, built a coaching business helping women in corporate find more joy, and ultimately embraced a âslowmadâ lifestyle in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where sheâs now writing her first book, her memoir.
Discover:
- The mindset shifts that helped Karla leave corporate life for full-time travel
- How RV life led her to reconnect with her roots in Mexico
- Her transition from coaching to becoming a full-time writer
- The importance of building a life from the inside out instead of chasing external success
Connect & Learn More:
Coloring Across The Lines:
https://karlaparra.substack.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/karlaexploradora/
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| 0:00.0 | I realized how much I was changing and how much I needed to live a life that was internally driven |
| 0:06.0 | instead of, you know, living inside out instead of outside in. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the RV entrepreneur podcast, the weekly show for nomads, work campers, |
| 0:17.7 | RVers, and entrepreneurs looking to earn a living or build a business while |
| 0:21.7 | enjoying the RV lifestyle. This week's host is Rose Willard. Let's settle in and enjoy the |
| 0:27.7 | RV Entrepreneur podcast brought to you by RV Life. Welcome back to the RV Entrepreneur podcast. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Rose Willard and today we're headed to Mexico. |
| 0:40.9 | That's right, my guest, Carla Parra, will be sharing a lot of inspiration from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. |
| 0:48.6 | I have never been to that part of Mexico, but man, does it sound absolutely wonderful right now, as it is totally |
| 0:56.1 | frigid here in Delaware. Carla Para is a former corporate consultant who walked away from the |
| 1:02.7 | traditional definition of success to create a life on her own terms. She and her husband spent |
| 1:08.5 | five years traveling in an 84 square footare-foot camper with their two dogs, |
| 1:13.7 | exploring the U.S., reconnecting with her Mexican heritage, and coaching women in corporate to find more joy in their lives. |
| 1:21.5 | In our conversation, Carla opened up about the mindset ships that allowed her to leave behind a thriving career, what |
| 1:28.6 | RV life taught her about simplicity and fulfillment, and the unexpected ways her journey led her |
| 1:34.9 | back to her roots. We also dive into her latest transition, stepping away from full-time |
| 1:40.4 | travel to embrace a slow-mad lifestyle in San Miguel, where she's now writing her first book, |
| 1:46.4 | her memoir. She shared so many nuggets of wisdom in this episode, including the importance of building |
| 1:52.9 | a life from the inside out, rather than chasing external validations. Love that. So if you've ever |
| 2:00.7 | questioned what success really looks like |
| 2:03.3 | for you or wondered how to create more meaning in your entrepreneurial journey than this episode |
| 2:08.9 | is for you. So let's go. Bid farewell to the stress of travel planning with RV Life Trip Wizard. |
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