Co-Founder, Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness
About April Kaiserlian LMSW
April is a psychotherapist focused on creative, body-centered therapy. She co-founded the Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness. April teaches and practices from a place of authenticity. She believes in field-testing each practice she offers because it is important that each practice be able to meet you in the struggles and joys of everyday life. April has been teaching and practicing mindfulness and self-compassion for over 10 years. April enjoys supporting non-profit organizations around the country by sharing her art and favorite books through her new projects: Art-by-Donation and Books-by-Donation. In this interview April talked about how you can struggle but let the hardship shape you.
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Three Takeaways from this Episode!
- You can struggle but let the hardship shape you!
- You can do what you set your mind to. April’s family didn’t go to college. Her high school teacher even laughed at her. She went anyway!
- Being a mother isn’t easy. You don’t have to do it the same way everyone else does. Raising a child can take a village.
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Your Guide to This Episode!
Intro
2:34 April answers if she is ordinary or Badass.
9:26 April tells us a little bit about herself!
14:22 How to be more mindful of your body and what it’s telling you.
18:34 How April handled having her teacher laugh at her when she said she was going to college. April struggled to feel like she was intelligent.
26:11 April says she has been through a lot of struggles but the hardship has shaped her.
30:33 Often times women have social pressure to smile and not rock the boat. Trying to fit into that societal norm can be stressful.
35:43 No Mother Left Alone would have been the name of a non-profit April joked about making. Being a mom is hard and you shouldn’t have to struggle alone.
39:35 April checked in with her mother & mother-in-law about parenting and asked how they did it. They shrugged their shoulders and said just get through it.
44:52 Katie Couric told April “SHHHH”
49:16 Being willing to embrace uncertainty helped April to be a Badass.
52:38 There is no Good Card for This by Emily Mcdowell is the book April Recommends.
Contact April on her website aprilkaiserlian.com.
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