I have been thinking lately about the journey I’ve been on – where I am in life vs the way I envisioned it. I realize how little things look exactly like I thought they would. . I have always had a vivid imagination. I can envision details in my head for the future as if […]

Here we are in what Brené Brown calls “Day 2” in her Unlocking Us podcast. She refers to it as the intense “in between.” The time after the die has been cast – we are past the point of no return. There’s a glaze that has formed again over our initial raw feelings that burst […]

I resisted being a teacher. Although my undergraduate degree was in Education, I swiftly pulled the plug on that deal after my student teaching semester. Up until now, I’ve never identified as a teacher, and I’m starting to understand why. Instead, I have strongly identified as a “marketing researcher,” which really doesn’t mean much to […]

A few years ago, amidst exhaustion, burnout, and a desire to do something meaningful with less energy, I started down the path of creating an online course. At the time, I thought this course I wanted to create should teach micro business owners to brand their business by going through the same research process large […]

When the perfect storm hits, you have two choices – smile and jump into it, praying for something bigger than you to take you to shore. Or resist it, fight it. Either way, you may die. You may not live, but I am learning to believe, to have faith that things will turn out. I […]

Originally Published April 29th, 2020 on aprilbellresearch.com As we continue down the COVID-19 journey, I have found myself aching somedays, and rejoicing others. As a way of coping with my own emotions, I decided to do what I normally do – interview others to understand their experience as a way of processing my own.   […]