26 Things About April

Hola!
April Yvette Thompson here! I've not met all the folks who recently started following me, so let me introduce myself with 26 Things About April

One
Divorced my chubby-chasing-husbands Ben & Jerry

Two
Had a midlife genius crisis, went on vacation & moved to Morocco for 3 years with one suitcase, no plan & ended up living in a dreamy, garden filled 12th Century Moroccan Riad

Three
Met a magical creature, got engaged, moved to Florida only to learn it wouldn't work. Sad, but undeterred, I bought my dream VW convertible beetle (that I was told I would never have), drove cross country finally stopping when it felt right.

Four
I grew up in Miami around bible thumping, Ballantine ale- drinking-gangsta-Gullah women & their Cuban and Bahamian rolling stone men

Five
Refocused my company, TheDreamUnLocked, on what I do best: small group life transforming coaching for midlife geniuses who are
- looking for purpose/meaning in their work
- how to map out the 2nd half of their lives
& find their Soul's Song

RESULTS: six two year private coaching clients

Six
Held Private Writers Retreats in Morocco, Mexico & New Mexico

Seven
I have an MFA in acting, toured the USA doing Shakespeare, appeared in TV/Film, produced four Sundance films, 2 Broadway shows and won a Tony award for producing "Porgy & Bess"

Eight
Learned that courage is what shows up when fear has dragged you into a version of yourself you no longer recognize
Nin
Nine
Detached from the matrix and fell in love with cat naps & outta love with online dating

Ten
Took a family break without asking permission & returned to folks who finally treated me like a fully-realized human being

Eleven
Asked for what I wanted to get paid and got it. Stopped auditioning opting for Offer Only Jobs. Offer only jobs are where the best writing and acting work lives.  

Twelve
Got adopted by 9 moroccan kitties and brought them to the states to their forever families

Thirteen
Finally moved my acting career from chasing work to only accepting substantial offers that reflect both my experience, training & mastery of my craft: got offered my first top of show Guest Star on a primetime TV network without an audition, just an offer.

Fourteen
Stopped telling people what to do, went about doing exactly what I wanted to do & learned it was sublime liberation

Fifteen
COVID, BLM death, loss & settling into my fabulous 50s taught me to say 'fuck it' & follow my heart without question leaping, stumbling & dancing my way through it

Sixteen
Raised in a cult religion which taught me that folk choose religion as their source of superiority and self-esteem building so they're never having a conversation with you, but with their fear of not being enough

Seventeen
Learned to speak my truth with vulnerability.

Eighteen
I've had two great loves: one was a lover, the other was a best friend. Missing the intimacy & understanding of truly deep, revealing friendships

Nineteen
The people I love the most understand me the least

Twenty
Growing older alone is terrifying until you get there & realize how happy you are...

Twenty-One
I value my freedom & ability to transform more than anything else in the world (even when I thought marriage & a movie star acting career were the priorities)

Twenty-Two
I've realized what I'm willing to do to be free & unencumbered supercedes everything else

Twenty-Three
When things feel stuck, I move, no matter what...

Twenty-four
I believe joy & ease are my birth rites; hence my life looks/feels like sunshine on my face

Twenty-Five
I've lived in unspeakably beautiful homes that I always dreamed about as a child

Twenty-Six
Stillness & solitude taught me to own my story & rewrite it every day in every way

What I'm Manifesting 
Chasing sunshine and ancient beauty in Kerala India, Andalusia, Lisbon, Lake Como & Tuscany
Turn my New Mexico Adobe loft into a Jungalow complete with outdoor soaking tub.
Looking for my global bohemian beach house on a cliff overlooking the sea. 

After completing 4 Two Year Coaching packages, I've instituted short-term coaching packages and am now interviewing clients.

Using my DreamingOutLoud Technique from my Ted Talk, I've created 3, 6 and 12 month Transformation Coaching Packages for 2-4 Clients.

Ever-grateful for the love, light & all ThatGoddessShit,

AprilYvetteThompson
Tony-winning producer, actor,
writer & TheDreamUnLocked Founder

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