Superficial healing led to dead ends. Yet I craved a life of wild-hearted freedom, creativity, and spirit-led work. Spiritual Personality Typing℠ helped me find my true self. Now, let me help you discover who you're meant to be!
Reclaim Your True Self
Today, with lessons learned, I now hold one core belief close to my heart. You’re a soul expressing through personality — both people and places can reveal your continued becoming. A mantra for my soul-led business.
Spiritual Personality Typing℠ is a sacred self-identity framework that helps you realize your personality is in service of the soul. This is when life feels harmonious, vibrant, and purposeful. Your potential soars.
I offer a practical approach for developing self-authority, deep self-understanding, and a more aligned way of making a living, where you are free to be you. Without apology.
You don’t need to learn another system — you just need to remember how to listen to your own soul.
Midlife is often the moment when the old story stops working—and the new one hasn’t fully taken shape yet.
You may be asking, Who am I now? What’s next? How did I get here? This isn’t a breakdown. It’s a waking up.
My work supports women who are starting to realize the external world can’t provide the answers they’re looking for.
Through Spiritual Personality Typing℠—a method I developed during my own midlife reckoning—I guide you back to a deeper understanding of who you are now. It helps you see why the past no longer fits and how to move forward in a way that feels aligned and true.
Awakening Calls
Walk n’ Wonder
Travel Archetype Identity
Soul Mentoring
Author + Signature Events
Curated Guest Programming
Bespoke Packages
What Will I Learn?
A soul-first, way to understand how identity shapes travel, places, and experiences.
How Does This Influence Travel
When travel matches who you are, it restores instead of depletes.
What Makes This Different?
It’s an interpretive lens, not a label or formula. It’s soul-led intentional travel.
How Does It Actually Work?
It attracts the right guests, to the right place — by expressing pure personality — not trends.
How It Is Used In Practice
Travelers gain clarity and ease. Brands create resonance, loyalty, and meaning.
I was gobsmacked
“I was gobsmacked when I read the copy Nina wrote for my upcoming retreat. It’s like she was getting a reading from my soul. Amazing!“
Alison Yendell, The Grief Architect. @alisonyendell
Unlock your soul: Embrace your creativity.
“Many creatives crave a deeper understanding of ourselves and seek answers to life’s pressing questions.. Nina Zapala, a former luxury travel marketing executive turned author, offers a fresh perspective on personal growth and creativity through her book, “Unpack Your Personality: Let Your Inner Guide Be Your Travel Guide.” Her journey is a testament to the transformative power of self-discovery, heightened by a willingness to embrace change.”
La Creative, Listen here
Nina’s an incredible woman.
I had the pleasure of hosting Nina Zapala on Real Conversations, and I can honestly say she is an incredible woman full of life, wisdom, and warmth. From the moment we started chatting, her vibrant energy and genuine passion shone through.
Real Conversations, Listen here
A sneak peek into the framework beyond classic typology and into the world of spiritual personality typing:
My debut book, Unpack Your Personality, illuminates how your personality interacts with a place, a culture, and people. It shifts the landscape of travel to align with your true self to enrich worldly pleasures while exploring the inner world of the soul.
It’s a vibrant alternative to classic “checklist” travel. It’s intentional, offering ease in decision-making, and it shapes ultra-personal travel versus the one-size-fits-all tourism escape.
Rooted in a simple, sacred practice — slow walking — Walk n’ Wonder transforms movement into possibilities of what could be, especially relevant at midlife. It introduces 16 wondering archetypes to reflect how your personality and soul express in everyday life.
This book isn’t about counting steps. It’s about inhabiting your true self — while embodying presence, rhythm, and personal power.
