Ep. 27 | Wasfia Nazreen - Reaching Our Highest Summits

Wasfia Nazreen is a powerhouse. Her story is anything but ordinary, and life-accomplishments already the stuff of legends. I had such a great time chatting with Wasfia on this podcast and our two-hour conversation takes you on a journey through the peaks and valleys of her amazing life (which I sense is only getting started!).  Wasfia is a human-rights activist, educator, mountaineer, and so much more. As a visionary campaign to celebrate and uplift the women of her native country, Bangladesh, Wasfia became the first Bangladeshi, and first Bengali, to climb the Seven Summits - aka the highest mountains of every continent!  She is the ONLY woman to be named both a National Geographic Explorer & Adventurer.  Her passion has always been driven by causes close to her heart — all of which are grounded in a strong foundation of meditation and self-realization practices. She has been blessed to learn from and become close friends with some of the greatest spiritual teachers on the planet, including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa.  Listen in on a fascinating life story, from childhood abandonment trauma that led not to despair but instead to a life built on fierce independence, drive, and loving compassion. Forging her own path far away from the arranged marriages and status quo for women in her country, Wasfia chose instead to look fear square in the eye, to fall asleep to the lullaby of avalanches, and to keep climbing. "That mountain gives you an excuse to give up every day," she says of Everest. Thankfully for us, she did no such thing.  Visit Wasfia's official website here and definitely watch the epic short documentary, 'Wasfia', produced by Apple, Inc. and presented by National Geographic.  fb.com/WasfiaNazreen IG: @wasfianazreen  Twitter: @wasfia