About Our Founder
Dr. April Day, Ph.D., MBA, CNP
For almost 20 years, April Day has brought her unique mastery and “sheer willingness” to her mission to develop communities and unleash the best of life through education and sustainability. She has been a sought out mentor, speaker and facilitator for women in business, transformational leadership, reducing burnout, and self-care. April has a deep-rooted passion to increase longevity, work life integration, and wellness through leadership development, education and executive coaching.
No stranger to the fast paced life of business, climbing the corporate ladder, and excelling April joins the ranks of super CEOs, community leaders, and business owners and has the pleasure of serving as president of the number one women business development and certifying entity in South Texas.
After suffering a pulmonary embolism at age 40 in tandem with life long chronic asthma deteriorating her lung capacity, April’s doctors informed her it was time to start thinking of going on disability and to stop working.
Her body of work demonstrates that she has always been on the front end of active service, challenging the status quo in order to create, deliver programs and services that help change and extend lives one day, one person at a time.
She started with herself first…and she learned how to F.L.Y. (First Love Yourself). It is through her intentional and active choice to ignite her longevity plan to Engage and FLY that she changed the course of her life after a month long hospitalization, a year of observation with a low life expectancy and a lung capacity of 65% on a good day.
Through her doctoral studies and research on leadership and burnout, April has crafted out an intensive, targeted strategy to enhance overall wellness, optimize performance, and increase resiliency while reducing emotional exhaustion. More than a buzz word, bigger than a hashtag-implementing diagnostics, coaching, and grounding work, April commands the space around self-care and wellness to unleash a better you for longer WellDays.
In addition to her top 40 Tips for Self-care, April invests in herself through reflection, aromatherapy, spending time with nature, traveling, volunteerism, shopping and dining.You can catch April making her own concoctions with essential oils, embracing wine, water and wonder, or frequenting local hot spots at home and abroad.A few fun facts about April: Her favorite color is royal blue, she is a native of Massachusetts, enjoys the Power of No…& the inertia saying YES, being near water, taking naps, and wants to live with her family in Houston forever!
April earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Houston, an MBA and Ph. D. in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University. Her area of research was transformational leadership, wellness, and burnout. April is a proud UH Alum, Nonprofit Leadership Alliance alum and member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, inc. April enjoys home life with her children Darrell, Shananda, Will, SeNoah, & Ethan, and loving husband, Kris.