What is The Room to Be Brave about?

The Room to Be Brave is a memoir about healing, identity, and the courage it takes to return to the places inside us where our stories were shaped.

The book is built around the idea that our memories live in “rooms” — inner spaces formed by experiences that taught us who we had to be to survive. Through personal stories, reflection, and insight, April explores what can happen when we revisit those rooms with adult eyes and compassion, and begin choosing who we want to become.

What is the Rooms Framework?

The Rooms Framework is a way of understanding memory, identity, and healing through the idea of the inner rooms we carry.

It grew organically from April’s own healing process and the writing of The Room to Be Brave. It offers a language and structure for revisiting past experiences, examining the beliefs formed there, honoring the ways we adapted, and reclaiming choice.

The framework centers on five elements:
Awareness, Compassion, Meaning, Adaptation, and Choice.

Is this book self-help or memoir?

It is a memoir first.

The Room to Be Brave tells a true personal story. But many readers find it experiential — because within the storytelling, they begin recognizing their own rooms, memories, and patterns.

The upcoming Rooms Framework work and workbook are where the guided practices live more fully.

Do I need to have experienced trauma to connect with this book?

No.

This book is for anyone who has ever wondered why certain moments still echo, why certain fears repeat, or why parts of themselves feel frozen in time.

You don’t need a dramatic story to have rooms.
We all have them.

Is this therapy?

No. April is not offering therapy, diagnosis, or treatment.

Her work is story-led, reflection-based, and trauma-informed. It is designed to support personal insight, journaling, and growth, and to complement—not replace—therapy, counseling, or medical care.

Many readers use the book and framework alongside therapy or recovery work.

Is this only for people in recovery or sobriety?

Not at all.

Recovery is part of April’s story, and she speaks openly about it. But the Rooms Framework is about memory, identity, and becoming—experiences that cross every background, season, and life chapter.

People connect to this work around relationships, grief, childhood experiences, self-worth, transitions, burnout, and reinvention.

Will this book be emotionally heavy?

The book is honest.

It touches on difficult experiences, but it is not written from a place of darkness. It is written from a place of integration, reflection, and healing.

Readers often describe it as grounded, compassionate, and ultimately hopeful.

This is not a book about staying in the pain.
It is a book about what happens after.

What is the Rooms Workbook Companion?

The Rooms Workbook Companion is an upcoming guided journal and reflection book inspired by The Room to Be Brave.

It will translate the Rooms Framework into practical, gentle exercises using tools such as journaling, mindfulness, reflection, joy practices, and meaning-based work.

It is designed to help readers explore their own rooms at their own pace.

Can the Rooms Framework be used for groups, book clubs, or workshops?

Yes.

The Rooms Framework is designed to work beautifully in community spaces such as book clubs, recovery groups, women’s circles, classrooms, and workshops.

April is currently developing guided experiences and speaking offerings based on the framework.

Does April speak or host workshops?

Yes.

April offers talks and experiences centered on the Rooms Framework, identity, courage, recovery, and story-led transformation.

You can learn more on the Speaking page or reach out through the Contact page.

How can I start engaging with the Rooms Framework now?

You can begin by:

• Reading The Room to Be Brave
• Downloading the free “5 Questions to Identify the Rooms Holding You Back” guide
• Joining April’s newsletter
• Attending a talk or event
• Exploring the upcoming workbook

Where can I buy the book or preorder a signed copy?

You can find all preorder links and signed copy options on The Book page.