Has life ever thrown you a curve ball called challenges or maybe even a boulder called adversity? It's not surprising that from all of our roles and responsibilities as a parent, career-climber, spouse, business owner, PTA volunteer, church volunteer, you name it, we often compromise our health & wellbeing, relationships, careers, dreams, goals, and even our spiritual beliefs. Which all leads to being overwhelmed, stressed, depression, unhealthy relationships, dependency of unnecessary medications and the list goes on. You Are Not Alone, How To Rise Above Life's Challenges With Grace, Gratitude, Love & Joy is about finding the gold in life's challenges. A path finding who we are inside and the way we handle the challenges we face is how we transition and transform into who we are truly meant to be. We are not only guided by our inner-self but the resources of guidance all around us, none of us are ever alone. The author, April J. Ford shares how her tragedies from her past taught her the alchemy of adversity. Alchemy meaning turning something from nothing, like a rubble of plain metal and turning it into precious gold. She shares simple and practical tools to navigate with to transition to creating a life filled with grace, gratitude, love & joy all using a simple 4 step system. Your challenges may be similar to hers; becoming a widow at 32, a single parent, faced with mental, emotional, physical and even sexual abuse at a young age. Or maybe your challenges aren't so extreme but you'll be able to find your blueprint on how to rise from any challenges you'll have in your path.
About the Author: Who is April J. Ford? She is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. April is a purpose driven Entrepreneur that knows the alchemy of adversity and inspires people to find the gold in life's challenges. April was born in San Francisco, Cal., and was raised in the surrounding Bay Area and Sacramento area. She attended California State University, Sacramento, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. After being successful in the corporate world for over thirteen years at Intel Corporation, April realized that her faith was greater than her fear and walked away as an engineer to fully transition into an entrepreneur. She has accomplished much in her life, while also overcoming immeasurable hurdles. Her passion fuels her to inspire others to overcome any adversity and to thrive through health, healing, happiness and prosperity. Learning firsthand the importance of bouncing back from insurmountable difficulties; she lost her husband who was her best friend at thirty-two years young. The many adversities that April has endured throughout her entire life helped prepare her to deal with the ultimate tragedy of losing the father of her two young children in 2010. She shares her story in Chase The Challenge and Conquer, My 4 R's: Rubble, Recovery, Rebuild, Relationships, which was featured on Amazon's Top 100 Best-Seller's List. Chase The Challenge and Conquer, along with her Mind, Body, Soul Program titled 4 Step 4 R's; Recognize, Respond, Re-evaluate, Rebalance, were featured on national TV. These two publications are for you if you're looking to be inspired and empowered to transform into your true potential and if you are looking for practical methods to achieve health, healing, and happiness. April's brand, J.O.Y. (Joys of Yah), started the vision of how we can all share and spread the joys and blessings from the gifts of life's challenges. Her dedication expanded to the 501c (3) nonprofit, Joy's G.I.F.T. (Global Illumination Foundation Thrives). Joy's G.I.F.T. empowers widows and abused women-youth on how to transition from tragedy to triumph by providing them with a support system and an infrastructure of resources for services.